Japan Sales week 5, January 28 - February 3 , 2019

[Azelover]

Agente42 said:

Azelover said:

Yes, for a long time I wondered too. And after talking with a lot of people about this, I cam to one conclusion: Third parties do not want to compete directly with Nintendo games. Most of these third parties want to make crap, and sell it. That would never fly on a Nintendo console.

And even the good developers that have a lot of quality, their sales would still suffer a little bit from being compared with Nintendo games.

It's unfortunate, but I don't think that's gonna change. It would need some heavy money-hatting from Nintendo, and money-hatting never works because the party in question would just go to another console manufacturer and have them make another offer. And then it would end up like a ping pong, and everybody would lose. So, I've come to accept that third parties will only support Nintendo consoles minimally, or almost minimally.

In  handheld scene Nintendo aways sell third parties games, Tetris (only published by Nintendo), Professor Layton, Sonic Games,  Monster Hunter,Mario & Sonic Games, Dragon Quest and go on. It`s not true. They are losing loots of money.

Good point. But the Switch is not a regular Nintendo handheld.

I've explained this a thousand times, but the Switch is not currently classified as a handheld. It is a home console, that you can take on the go. This is clear as day. It isn't a handheld that you can connect to the TV. Console costs $300, games cost $60, and it was marketed at young adults(instead of children).

Nintendo doesn't have the spot for handheld this gen covered, because the Switch isn't a handheld. Third parties know this, and so does Nintendo. Even so, it is very successful, and it's been that way for almost two years. It's high time for third parties to take notice. But, like I said, they don't want to compete with Nintendo directly in the Home Console space(which the Switch is primarily part of at the moment).