When the movie titanic first came out, it wasn’t very popular: it took a few weeks to become the sensation we know it as today. The Nintendo Wii was the same way: people needed to play Wii Sports before realizing how fun the system was. In effect, the Wii was Nintendo’s Titanic.
The Switch, on the other hand seems much more straight forward, and therefore the initial sales are much higher. Personally, I still want to buy a Switch. :)
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Nintendo’s Titanic Show Notes
So… it turns out that Google’s messaging portfolio is getting more complicated before it becomes more unified. This time, they’re splitting hangouts into 3 distinct products: Meet for G Suite video conferences. Chat for G Suite texting. And Hangouts for consumers.
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