While it's true Nintendo fans don't buy every first party title and nothing else, I think it's rather unsurprising that first party sales dominate the Switch software charts when you compare the games.

I mean, third parties have not exactly brought their A-game to the Switch. There are success stories, like Skyrim and FIFA passing the million mark, Crash Bandicoot on its way to join them shortly, the breakout success Octopath Traveler achieved by emulating the 16-bit era of JRPGs that a lot of long-time Nintendo fans grew up with, etc. But these are hardly a match in quality and appeal for the likes of Breath of the Wild, Mario Odyssey, or Smash Bros Ultimate. While there are some good ones, most third party games on Switch are of comparatively poor quality.

Speaking as a Nintendo fan, I'll buy third party games if I feel they've earned my dollar. I bought Doom and Wolfenstein II for Switch on day 1, I plan to buy Team Sonic Racing and Doom Eternal when they release.

I apply the same scrutiny and standards to both first and third party titles. I buy what I consider to be high quality, and on the whole Nintendo simply does a better job of providing that than Activision or Ubisoft or EA, in my opinion.

What I like about these "I'm going to reply in a new thread" threads is that they allow the OP to create an absolute dichotomy since they don't usually quote individual arguments. That means they can frame the other "argument" as an extreme, which makes it a lot easier to attack and a lot easier for people to climb on the bandwagon. Reminds me a bit of the way tabloids operate. I guess picking out arguments you can win against is the best tactic for group self-esteem but it really is just an illusion.

Another good tactic for self-esteem is to downplay the points of others and ultimately make fun of someone for expressing their opinions in their topic.  This allows one to focus all negative attention on the OP while making one's self feel better without adding anything constructive to the topic at hand.  This too however, is just an illusion...

So you don't think I have a valid point at all?  Or you just wanted to make a completely meaningless post that ignored everything I said?

First of all, Labo didn't even sell all that much. The highest selling kit stands at just 750k as of November the 17th by VGC numbers. So it doesn't really support the notion that Nintendo fans will buy anything first party.

Secondly, it really wasn't that bad, it was actually quite a clever and creative idea and people have done some really cool stuff with it, it was just overpriced for what it was and not aimed at forum-going "hardcorez" like us.

He's using Labo as an example to support the OP

Ah, since he only used the single word it was hard to infer which way he meant it, and since Labo is generally viewed as pure evil by a lot of forumgoers, I guessed he meant it the other way.

Actually ... I guess I don't entirely know for sure either. I just assumed he meant it to support OP. Would be funny if my correction was wrong

I wouldn't go as far as say most are poor quality, just that most aren't the type of games that get huge sales. Up to this point the 3rd party lineup consists mostly of indies, niche Japanese titles & late ports/remasters. These arent poor quality, just not typically huge sellers.

I meant in relation to Nintendo's games, I mean what third party games on Switch are on the level of Breath of the Wild or Mario Odyssey? Heck, there are few I'd even consider in the same league as Splatoon 2 or Xenoblade 2.