Just like the Wii U? Which had a lot of M rated games to start off

Provided that the game is on PS4 and PSV.

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Only so much effort is to be expected when that audience is already on other platforms. You'll get ports, but then it's the same exact situation as the previous 3 generations.

And to exploit an empty niche; if practically nobody else is offering M-rated content on Switch, that means little to no competition. On Switch, Bethesda basically have a monopoly on mature content for the time being.

Good point.

Outside of Mario, Doom and Skyrim are pretty much the most desired titles for the Switch these holidays. I think it's going to work out really well for them.

If the content is good, I'll be there.

Great news for those who make a deal about the rating on the cover.

The flipside of no competition is no market. PS4/XB1/PC have a long and storied history of Mature games doing well. Nintendo not making many M-Rated games in the last 5 years is not a good signal of a healthy market.

That's assuming though that the audience Switch is attracting is the same group of people who bought Wii Us; I don't think that's the case, I think having Botw as the system's flagship and the shift in advertising focus to hip Gen Ys in their 20s and 30s has attracted a crowd who will be more receptive to the likes of Skyrim or Doom than the diehard Ninty loyalists who bought the Wii U would've been.

I do agree with you though that Nintendo should lead from the front and get Retro to create their own equivalent to Uncharted or Gears to help broaden their appeal.

I wish there was a like button. Leading from the front is the way to go. Look at Sony. So, so many M-Rated games flourished under them. Silent Hill, MGS, GTA, etc, etc. I know if Nintendo put their talent to work, they'd make an amazing game that could establish themselves as another safe haven for adult content. How Skyrim and Doom (2016) do will be very telling for the future of said adult content on Nintendo platforms going forward. The only pothole in this road is that Doom is a year old, and on other platforms for cheap (and it's full price or more on Switch, plus only 30 FPS), and Skyrim is already out and for cheaper on other platforms. Honest question, do you think portability is a good enough incentive for people with other consoles to choose the Switch version. Skyrim portable is pretty compelling, but I have to say, sales this November will be the be-all, end-all indicator of success.

I think portability will be a selling point for Skyrim simply because being able to play an open world AAA game on a portable still has a certain wow factor attached. 

Same with Doom, though probably to a lesser extent; there have been portable FPS games before, but never so close to the full fat console experience.

I think for the first year or so of the Switch a lot of these games will benefit from the fact that people just aren't used to being able to play stuff like this on the go, it's still an appealing novelty.