Nintendo: "Outselling the Wii is not the true goal!"

Tatsumi Kimishima, the current president of Nintendo has spoken with investors in the framework of a Q & A about the relationship of the Japanese company with its most recently launched console. A switch from which Nintendo expects to sell 20 million consoles in the next 12 months, and that is beating commercial records.

The executive, when asked about the possibility of Switch exceeding Wii sales, something that would happen if estimates were kept year by year, said he had more ambitious goals for the new video game console. "The goal is not for Nintendo Switch sales to outstrip Wii's sales in total, instead we seek to adapt to respond to market changes and mutate to continue selling Switch for as long as possible," acknowledged a Tatsumi Kimishima. who will leave the Nintendo presidency in June?

"We need to continue offering new experiences that cause consumers to continue wanting to play Switch in order to maintain their sales for as long as possible," he continued. "I can not go into details today about how long the platform will last, but we have a lot of experience when it comes to selling gaming systems and we will actively try to incorporate everything we have learned, including our mistakes."

SOURCE: NINTENDO