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Love the Switch so far. 

But I'd say Wii U started with better 3rd party support. I know it died quickly, but it is slow starting up with the Switch. 

With Wii U we had:
Zombi U (exclusive)
Mass Effect 3 (a few months late, but people are freaking out over Doom which is over a year old now, and Skyrim which is 6 years old)
Assassin's Creed 3 and 4 launching at the same time as other versions.
2 Call of Duty games that launched at the same time as other versions.
Arkham City (the definitive version IMO, but released 1 year after other versions)
Arkham Origins, launching at the same time as other versions.
Splinter Cell Blacklist, launching at the same time as other versions.
Injustice same time as other versions
2 exclusive Sonic games (Lost World is severely underrated. Boom was a mess)
Watch Dogs (though a few months after initial release; kind of like Wolfenstein 2 will be, which people are freaking out over)

I may be missing a few. But my point is, Switch 3rd party support isn't that fantastic right now. I'm still pessimistic about future support. The Wii U initially sounded very promising pertaining to 3rd parties. 

I know the Switch will sell a hell of a lot more. But look at the Wii 3rd party support. It did not have the same heavy hitters as the competition did. I see this happening with the Switch as well, because it is severely lacking in power compared to its competition. 

What do you think?



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Some games will simply not arrive because the hardware is not capable but its a good first sign companies are going to put in more effort to port the games that can come over with recent announcements.

Rockstar, Bethesda, Ea etc they are all releasing some games and if they sell well the third party support will be impressive later down the line and I think they will sell well since the response to the announcements has been overwhelmingly possitive, where on the Wii-U that was not the case.




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No, it isn't very impressive yet.

However, 3rd party games have been selling relatively well on the Switch (even an old overpriced Street Fighter port sold decently) and there are some big ports coming in the near future. If these sell well, other 3rd party companies may be convinced to port their games too.



I'm actually quite pleased with what's announced so far. There are tonnes of games that I want and my bank balance is already paying the price.



Comparing Wii U's third party support to Switch's is pointless. Especially like this. While the Wii U began with better third party support it didn't have a reason to be impressive compared to the competition. Having an Assassins Creed game on an underpowered console is one thing, having it on a portable is another. People getting excited for DooM on Switch is not equivalent to ridiculousness just because Wii U had more support. Wii U fans had less reason to pick up third party games. There is also nothing as demanding as DooM on Wii U, although it could run it.

So from a technical or feature standpoint? There's a reason to act like Switch is a step up.

I do agree that the Switch has a worse 3rd party lineup, but that's static reasoning. Once The Evil Within 2, Dishonored(Why is no one predicting this?), and other games come? It will have amazing support .

Monster Hunter 5 being on PS4 is disappointing but I predicted that in a thread already. To be frank games like Mario+Rabbids and Octopath are more interestibg third party exclusives than Zombi U



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Not yet noo.



 

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For a console that's only been out for 6 months its crazy good, especially when it was doomed to fail by most 3rd party developers and internet.

The 3rd party support the next year/s so far is way better then what PS4/Xbox had from 1st and 2nd party games the first 2 years.



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Naum said:

For a console that's only been out for 6 months its crazy good, especially when it was doomed to fail by most 3rd party developers and internet.

The 3rd party support the next year/s so far is way better then what PS4/Xbox had from 1st and 2nd party games the first 2 years.

^ this guy gets it



Naum said:

For a console that's only been out for 6 months its crazy good, especially when it was doomed to fail by most 3rd party developers and internet.

The 3rd party support the next year/s so far is way better then what PS4/Xbox had from 1st and 2nd party games the first 2 years.

Hear hear.



Naum said:

For a console that's only been out for 6 months its crazy good, especially when it was doomed to fail by most 3rd party developers and internet.

The 3rd party support the next year/s so far is way better then what PS4/Xbox had from 1st and 2nd party games the first 2 years.

This. x3