| potato_hamster said: ... |
Come off it mate the point is the appeal for JRPGs was already there to begin with even from Nintendo themselves whether Earthbound, PM, M&L or for a more traditional JRPG the are games like Soma so the appeal has always been there for such games, FFXV has no particular quirk to it that's a weak attempt at a rebuttal XV is doing what all other games are doing and going open world even if you ask anyone who has played it the is nothing that stands out in it this response highlights you don't even know the context of quirk in gameplay.
Again you saying they have to have a sales impact to matter we know is not the case because the Switch or any other Nintendo platform isn't relying on them to sell the system it's relying on it's first party to do that third party games for Nintendo are mainly there to keep owners of the system invested in it most third party games on Nintendo platforms sell mainly to people who are already owners. Ironic you bring up the Wii U to try and argue against this because that system is the perfect example of what I'm saying that platform for the first year had COD, AC, Arkham etc... most of the industries heavy hitters but sold little in fact it was when first party games release that any semblance of sales spikes and momentum appeared this is because these games have smaller appeal to those who buy Nintendo's platform. What matters to Nintendo for them to sell are first party and a good concept executed well or decent hardware to accommodate the first party, as for indie titles too bad the sales of them contradict you claiming no one is interested in them.
What's left? Nintendo's library has a large number of options they can decide to turn to off the top of my head Tomodachi, Paper Mario, M&L, Sin and Punishment, Fire Emblem, Chibi Robo, Yoshi, Pikmin, Warioware, Advance Wars, 1080, Kid Icarus, Luigi's Mansion, Pilot Wings, Project Zero, Custom robo, Star Fox, F Zero etc... They can even do collaboration deals like with Daeman and Marvel Ultimate Alliance and such. Either way this is a weak argument because saying well this is already out so it can't help in future has been proven wrong so many times like with Pokemon, X/Y as well as ORAS was already on the platform it didn't stop Sun/Moon tearing things up and many of the franchises you mention have offshoots that are their own thing that also sell.
Last edited by Wyrdness - on 24 January 2019
