The_Liquid_Laser said: The phrase "Nintendo has had a disappointing year so far" is really code for "I personally don't like Animal Crossing". |
Is it, though?
I love Animal Crossing. New Horizons is probably one of my favorite games ever. But this year has been disappointing so far, and the next five months are really barren and uncertain for first-party games.
We got Tokyo Mirage (Wii U port), Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (A remake of a GBA/DS title), Animal Crossing, Xenoblade Chronicles (A remake of a game that was previously remade on New 3DS), Clubhouse Games, and Paper Mario.
Bravely Default II is coming out later this year at some point, but it's not really first-party. There's no way Metroid Prime 4 comes out this year, Bayonetta 3 likely won't come out, and the Breath of the Wild sequel likely won't come out this year either.
If this was a line-up for a Nintendo home console, or handheld that wouldn't be disappointing at all. But Switch is a hybrid and the unified focus of Nintendo. When you put that in perspective, the year is a big let-down. Also keep in mind that Animal Crossing was supposed to launch in 2019, so that makes 2020 seem even more barren when its biggest game was delayed from last year.
August is only about a week away and we know very little about the rest of Nintendo's 2020. We don't even have any first-party games confirmed for a 2021 release date. Usually we would know that by June.
Honestly the best we can hope for are the rumored Mario remasters, and maybe some kind of Mario spin-off or small scale-title.
Lifetime Sales Predictions
Switch: 151 million (was 73, then 96, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million)
PS5: 115 million (was 105 million) Xbox Series S/X: 57 million (was 60 million, then 67 million)
PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)
3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)
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