By Emma Boyle
This coming March, the Nintendo Switch will turn one year old and what a first year it’s had. With more than 10 million sales at the close of 2017 the console has been a far greater success than the Wii U that came before it and Nintendo’s president Tatsumi Kimishima has even said that he believes it could rival the success of the Wii.
Not to run away with initial success, however, Kimishima has also said in an interview with Japanese publication Mainichi that the Switch’s second year will be “crucial” in securing the “long lifespan” he believes that the console has.
The sales goal for the Switch’s second year is now 20 million which is a high target to set. To achieve this, Kimishima has said that Nintendo’s aim is to expand the console’s user base beyond traditional gamers and include those “who barely touch game consoles.”
A console for everyone
In order to do this Nintendo will have to continue to expand the Switch’s library of games which is already off to a fairly good start. More than any other Nintendo console in recent years, the Switch has a reasonably wide range of games to play.
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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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