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NightlyPoe said:
John2290 said:
Half the people in this poll are in denial. Switch is dead in the water, not even an upgrade or a new fully fledged hybrid console could keep up with the leap in hardware here. After the initial cross gen period, Switch ain't getting shit on the big budget front but spin offs. It's not feasible.

No one's in denial about the super-budget games rarely coming to Switch.  A handful of miracle ports aside, that's the status quo now.

But the Switch is obviously being heavily supported by 3rd parties and will continue to be heavily supported as long as it's selling more software than its competitors.  No matter how you slice things, Sony and Microsoft will be starting with a install base of zero come this fall.  The Switch will be at 60 million and most likely will still be the top-selling system of the 2020 holidays (due to supply constraint if nothing else).

If you're a 3rd-party developer, do you choose the system that's in its moneymaking prime, or the one still in its infancy where your game can be expected to be discounted to $20 before the system's install base reaches 10 million?

You are making a very big spin on second paragraph.

Switch isn't selling more software than competitors. You may say "developers who sell more on switch than on PS4+X1". Otherwise you are plainly wrong. PS4 sell much more SW in total than switch also the sum of 3rd party games sold on PS4 is bigger than the sum of 3rd party games sold on Switch.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."