It's November 21st 2016. The NX is out and more powerful than the PS4. Are 3rd parties on board?

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zorg1000 said:

potato_hamster said:

Doesn't this just further the idea that Nintendo fans only buy Nintendo games, or Nintendo-like games, and thus third parties shouldn't bother with it unless they're going to make a game that "appeals to the fan base"?

Which gives you the same situation the Wii U and 3DS are in now.

Why do people think the next platform is going to get more support than either of those platforms?

 

Sorta but the same goes for PS/XB. Those consoles in the west are primarily bought for online shooters, open world action, sports/racing sims, fighting games which leads to the vast majority of retail releases coming from those genres.

On the other hand, genres like platformers, party/local multiplayer, puzzle, life simulators, turn-based RPGs are more fitted for the Nintendo audience so it makes more sense to release games in these genres on such devices if u want a game to succeed.

It all comes down to demographics and genres that fit in with the userbase, if u want a game to be successful on a platform than release a game that appeals to the primary audience of said platform.

3rd parties need to pay attention to what games actually sell on Nintendo systems. The 3rd party launch titles for the WiiU were all focused on being M rated, instead of focusing on what the audience interested on the WiiU actually wanted. I bet that, if instead of all of those 3rd parties, the WiiU just got Minecraft as a 3rd party launch game, they system would have faired better the first year.