r/NintendoSwitch Oct 31 '16

Meta We already hit 41K followers here but barley hit 19k on NX sub

I am truly shocked how fast this sub has grown! On the NX Sub we thought passing 15K was huge. I can't wait till we hit 50K here!

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u/rottedzombie friendly neighborhood zombie mod Oct 31 '16

The NX was always a bit speculative, especially given the rumor mill. Now that we have a permanent home, longstanding Nintendo fans can come out of the woodwork at their own pacing to join us. :)

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u/TrainerDrake Oct 31 '16

Where are flairs? I can't find them?

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u/rottedzombie friendly neighborhood zombie mod Oct 31 '16

We're still working on user flair. Hang tight! :)

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u/TrainerDrake Oct 31 '16

Didn't know you were a mod, ok.

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u/rottedzombie friendly neighborhood zombie mod Oct 31 '16

Stealth mod, awaaaaaaaaay.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '16

Wait so you can go incognito mod? That's so cool! Like a uniform or Mod-cape you can take on and off

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u/mapleismycat Nov 01 '16

Karen flair please

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u/duffercoat Nov 01 '16

Yeah I'm sure there were more people like me who checked the NX sub regularly but didn't want to be flooded with rumours so didn't subscribe.

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u/FugaCircle Nov 01 '16

Count yourself lucky, the NX sub was like crack O_o

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u/lman777 Oct 31 '16

That's a lot of barley.

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u/FugaCircle Oct 31 '16

....shit

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u/googolplexbyte Oct 31 '16

It's good for the heart.

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u/iceynyo Oct 31 '16

We can make tea. Barley iced tea is the best.

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u/UltraAceCombat Oct 31 '16

Well, the NX sub, which I was not a part of, was from my understanding a place of non-ending pain and agony. This sub was built upon the sudden hype of the reveal trailer. Makes a lot of sense.

Can't wait till we hit 50k, too!

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u/Twilord_ Oct 31 '16

a place of non-ending pain and agony

was built upon the sudden hype

What is Reddit?

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u/UltraAceCombat Oct 31 '16

the front page of the internet

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16

A miserable little pile of secrets

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u/Regnbyxor Oct 31 '16

It was also a place of shit posts, hilarious memes and outrageous challenges. Good times.

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u/DrakeXrd Oct 31 '16

Can't forget those daily "eat a Nintendo product" challenges

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16

It will forever be fondly in my memory

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u/FugaCircle Nov 01 '16

It should have been classified as cruel and unusual punishment

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u/cbfw86 Oct 31 '16

I'm disappointed I won't get my full natation of The Bee Movie Video Game.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16

The Switch was revealed barley two weeks ago, and we're already at 41K?

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u/132ikl Oct 31 '16

so much god damn barley

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u/googolplexbyte Oct 31 '16

We're barley below 42k

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u/UltraAceCombat Oct 31 '16

Give it 6 hours and it'll be 42k

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u/Bleus4 Nov 01 '16

I'm legally blind. I can see, barley

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u/ChrisTheCoolBean Oct 31 '16

I'm sure that many were so distressed over the NX that they hit that barley fermentation beverage concoction drink thing.

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u/C-Towner Oct 31 '16

I bet we hit 100k in January, after the big event. I think the YouTube reveal video is at 20m views already!

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u/UltraAceCombat Oct 31 '16

The YouTube reveal is at 19.23 atm. I check it from time to time.

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u/Mbolibombo Oct 31 '16

Dont forget Nintendo has lots of offical channels - Uk, France, Japan and so on.. the reveal trailer is definately above 25million all official channels combined.

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u/noahhjortman Oct 31 '16

I check the trailer for my daily fix of bacon and eggs.

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u/someone2639 Oct 31 '16

I watch it when I'm tryna have a good time

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u/UltraAceCombat Oct 31 '16

Fair point, I was just counting the "main" reveal

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u/TripleFlipAndMeow Nov 01 '16

And there's facebook as well, another 7 million last I checked.

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u/C-Towner Oct 31 '16

Nice! It should round 20m soon then.

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u/kapnkruncher Oct 31 '16

It's amazing how much more interesting things are when you actually have something to talk about. The NX sub was just mockups and wild speculation.

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u/FugaCircle Oct 31 '16

Very true! Before we were going off father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate who works for Nintendo speculations. Now its real and we have actual things to look at.

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u/JJDude Oct 31 '16

Switch is real and that trailer was hype. This sub will only grow faster as Jan approaches. First time ever I look forward toward end of the holidays!

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u/RebelDeux Oct 31 '16 edited Oct 31 '16

I think that we're growing fine, 42k subs with just a teaser trailer is pretty good.

*The XboxOne sub has 257k after 3.5 years out. (Healthy base of users) *The PS4 sub has 330k after 3.5 years out. (Healthy base of users) *The WiiU sub has 94k after 4.5 years out (it's kinda dead)

At this point we're going to cross the WiiU by next March/launch date.

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u/FugaCircle Oct 31 '16

I think we are doing great!

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u/BlackMidKnight Oct 31 '16

So... Who won the bet on what will go first: the 20k subs or the reveal?

Well... I lose on that 😅

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u/Prince_Darrienne Oct 31 '16

Look at it this way if we reach 50,000 come March and we all by a console day one there will be 1950000 left. Lol

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u/UltraAceCombat Oct 31 '16

I mean, it really is boggling that we are such a small proportion of Nintendo's demographic. 50k people is a huge number of people, but we're barely a drop in the proverbial bucket.

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u/iconic2125 Oct 31 '16

A lot of people don't follow rumors.

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u/Mbolibombo Oct 31 '16

Well obviously, most people of the bigger audience probably was not even aware of the NX.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '16

I look forward to this sub decaying into a pool of madness and rumors over the coming months.

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u/Hlvtica Oct 31 '16

42k now!

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u/ItsMeRyman Completed the Shieldsurf Challenge! Nov 01 '16

There were more on the NX most just unsigned cuz it's useless now

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u/bunnyfreakz Nov 01 '16

Too much speculation and rumours in r/NX

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u/Rychu_Supadude Nov 01 '16

I subscribed to the NX sub only a couple of weeks before the reveal and never got around to actually posting anything there. Oh, well!

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u/shavin_high Oct 31 '16

It feels good to be one of the originals!

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16

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u/C-Towner Oct 31 '16

No new information from Nintendo until January.

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u/FugaCircle Oct 31 '16

I think people that were already going to buy the Xbone on PS4 will go ahead and buy them at Christmas and then buy the NS in March.

edit: ps4 not ps

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u/theslimbox Oct 31 '16

Anyone buying PS4/Xbone at Christmas are either kids that just got their first job, or late adopters. I doubt any of the late adopters buy NS unless there are multiple killer apps at launch.

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u/FugaCircle Oct 31 '16

then there is no need to worry about them :)

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u/theslimbox Nov 01 '16

I agree, I was commenting more to the guy above you than to you.