SURPRISE MECHANIC ACTIVATED!

yup i just looked at minecraft  JP 0.25m NA 0.69 EU 0.56 other 0.12m Total 1.89m now we know that japan alone is over a million so the real number is much higher

Meh. Everyone's entitled to their opinions. Would love break off joycons and have a game of Madden during a tailgate, but if they don't want to make it, I guess they won't get my money.

So what you're saying, EA, is that Nintendo gamers are more discerning and can tell cash grabs from quality. Innovation over Iteration. Well at least they're being honest with themselves and their investors.

No need to get defensive? FYI it’s good to be aware of your favourite consoles weaknesses. The highest game sale, by far, are all 1st party. Xbox and PlayStation are dominated by 3rd party sales. 

Look I’ll do it: Xbox One has a serious lack of 1st party exclusives. See it’s ok to be self aware :)

That’s just devs trying to cash in on the sales. Unless they are high profile rereleases most will be lucky to sell 100k-500k lifetime.  

These statements are as convincing as EA's.

Trust me, he does.

The thing is, I can count on my fingers the number of noteworthy releases from big devs that launched on Switch without a massive asterisk. Most ports have come late (at times very late) or low effort (hello EA, Capcom) or with download only or download most of the game shenanigans (hello Capcom (again), 2K). At times it's been more than one of those, even all three. A lot of these publishers have torched their reputation on the platform because rather than treating it as a platform for meaningfully expanding their audience with high quality releases, they have chosen to treat it as a low effort, easy cash grab. Shoot, EA and Capcom's support could easily be characterized as one prolonged experiment in seeing what they can get away with.

And shockingly, treating a platform and a subset of consumers with utter contempt doesn't endear people to you or make them want to support your products.

Oh and also, EA comments that it's troubling that Nintendo games are the best sellers. But the biggest sellers on other platforms are mostly series that AREN'T ON THE SWITCH. Of course CoD and Battlefield and Assassin's Creed and GTAV and Red Dead Redemption 2 don't dominate the top sellers list alongside the first party releases, those games AREN'T ON THE PLATFORM. And the only sports titles released on it are NBA 2K - which always has shenanigans with having to download nearly all of it even if you get the physical copy - and FIFA - which EA themselves have been half-assing for years. People can't buy what isn't there.

Let me get this clear. You are saying nintendo doesn't have the best 1st party games? What are 2nd party games? Those funded by 1st parties? And nintendo was always a place for every game, including 3rd parties. It's those 3rd parties own unprofessionalism that's in the way (this thread showing a magnificent example).

They're just trying to remind us who the informed gamer's #1 enemy is after a bunch of competitors have stepped up to dethrone them.