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It's a big gamble on the demand of customers. If it pays off, Nintendo will reap enormous profits. If it doesn't, they can always walk back on it and will probably be celebrated for it. They can't really loose here.
Needless to say, I won't touch Nintendo products with a stick. It's a ridiculously greedy and aggressive company.
The best way to touch Nintendo products is with a soldering iron - to install a modchip.
History shows it does pay off.
The Wii U had Nintendo Land, which was the 5th top selling game for the console.
The Switch had 1 2 Switch, which was the 40th top selling game for the console. 40th might sound low, but that's about the same as Zelda Echoes of Wisdom, Pikmin 4 or Paper Mario Origami King.
Now this "game" looks to be terrible so far, but that can always throw it as a pack in after a year or two and suddenly the total sales bump right up. No downside.
Yeah, I figured 12 switch must have sold well enough that they know they'll make the money. Honestly I think it sold because there were no other launch titles and people were starved for games.
Theyve set things up the same way again (literally only Mario Kart on release), but the marketing on the game and market in general aren't as good.
To be fair the Switch launched with Zelda Breath of the Wild, which is arguably the best Zelda game and possibly the best game on the Switch.
So even with only a single title, the Switch had a strong launch title.
Now for Switch 2 they're launching with Mario Kart. Now I know Mario Kart is the top selling Switch game, so it sounds like a good launch title, but I'm less confident.
I know Nintendo hasn't made a new Mario Kart game in 10+ years, just updated the existing Mario Kart 8, and I'm sure it'll be fun, but I think Mario Kart is too casual of a game, I think it sells systems eventually, but not so much on launch.
Well technically BOTW released on the WiiU and switch, so pseudo launch title (although no one had the WiiU).
That being said Mario Kart tends to do a lot better than zelda games (especially given BOTW is actually a sales outlier for Zelda games).
Its not a bad game to release with. Plus you can tell by the other games release dates that they're really just building up to the holiday season.
They know that loyal fans will buy it. They will also buy Switch 2 day-one and Switch 2 OLED after 2 years. They do not care for the average costumer and user really.