Nintendo Switch is perfectly viable as a primary or even only gaming device...

[0D0]

0D0 said:

I couldn't agree more.

The average gamer just can't find games on Nintendo since the last years of Wii at least. So many genres, so many basic 3rd party games that Nintendo lacks, plus the prices and the technology. You can get a full entertainment machine from PS4/Xb1 and dozens of great games in a reasonable price, while many average gamers out there would only get Zelda on Switch. For most gamers out there, 2d platforms, indies, FE, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, octopath, don't mean anything.

 

Sales data says otherwise.  You are embarrassing yourself.

I'm not embarrassing myself, I'm just saying the hard truth about the casual console buyer.

The average casual gamer on this end of year have on PS4:

Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4
Battlefield V
SpiderMan
Read Dead Redemption 2
Darksiders III
Just Cause 4

What do you have on Switch?

Smash, Mario Party, Pokemon Lets go?

Do you think the average game will miss out Spiderman and Read Dea to play Mario Party and Pokemon? Let alone other things like Yoshi and Captain Toad?

Do you think the average casual gamer will choose the second list to the first?

Only gamers that would choose switch as a primary console would be nintendo fans or gamers who do know what they're getting into, enthusiasts, gamers that like Japanese content.

I'm going to say again:

The average gamer just can't find games on Nintendo since the last years of Wii at least. So many genres, so many basic 3rd party games that Nintendo lacks, plus the prices and the technology. You can get a full entertainment machine from PS4/Xb1 and dozens of great games in a reasonable price, while many average gamers out there would only get Zelda on Switch. For most gamers out there, 2d platforms, indies, FE, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, octopath, don't mean anything.

Even considering the entire library of switch and ps4, I'd say that the average gamer would prefer PS Now library to Switch. On PS Now, even old games like God of War and Read Dead 1 are worth more than all kirbies and yoshies.

Kill PS4 and the average console buyer will go to X1.

All the games are on X1 and PS4, all the franchises that everybody knows and hears about: Battlefield, COD, Read Dead, GTA, you name it. Switch is it's own thing.

Like I said PS4/X1 is the regular grocer with everything you need to buy. Switch is the posh vegan store.

Now, of course if you put personal tastes on the balance, then this entire discussion is pointless as well your story of how many hours you play your switch.

Last edited by 0D0 - on 06 December 2018