Emily Rogers: Splatoon, Mario Kart, And Zelda For Nintendo Switch Will All Be Enhanced Ports

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Stefan.De.Machtige said:

KLXVER said:

Wasted? They say that the massive, big team, several years in development Zelda BOTW needs to sell 2 million to make a profit. Imagine how much profit Splatoon, MK8 and Mario Maker made with between 3-6 million sold each...

Nintendo is indeed good at cost management, but I meant more wasted in sales potential. The Wii U just lost too little. Imagine that those games were put on the 3DS instead, the profits would haven been higher.

Nintendo knows that a big part of the new, potential NS audience never played them, just like some of the PS4 remasters worked. So this makes a lot of sense. Even more so when you look at NS software support. It needs to be there in the first year.

I could see them port some WiiU games later if the Switch turns out to be a success, but Nintendo already announcing WiiU ports before the system has proven itself? That sounds more like they are trying to squeeze more money out of their loyal fans and that they dont have much new stuff until way later in the life of the console.