| Nuvendil said: I actually think the density of releases is part of the reason they are laujching in March. They know they are launching mid gen. And even if the Switch is in the ballpark of the Xbone in power, they know they are launching against the Pro and later the Scorpio. So they don't want to have to fight for add time with either. They also want the first year to be super strong with as much attention on them as humanly possible. By launching in March, they cut out December, January and February. So instead of spreading releases between launch and Holiday 2017 over 12 months, they can take that lineup and squish it into 9. By doing so, big names land more frequently along with whatever 3rd parties show up to keep them in headlines constantly. I also fully expect them to capitalize on the 3 months chopped off by moving a title or two to Holidays so they can hit hard at E3. Also, expect that 3D Mario to be Holidays to give them a strong answer to Scorpio. |
Yeah, I think the prospect of what the is talking about is exciting. Not so much as a fan of their games, but as a follower of them as a business. Them having this kind of constant flow of games reminds me a lot of Disney Channel, where they would always have original shows and made for TV movies come out year round. Because of the frequency of new things coming out, that channel always had this amazing ecosystem, and it's made me really nostalgic about them in retrospect.
Nintendo has a great back catalogue of games obviously, but I don't think they've ever had a stride that matches what Emily claims will be coming to the Switch, and that will be extremely exciting to watch happen if it turns out to be true. Expecially if they don't have to think about making a new Mario Kart and Smash right away.
I'm never going to be able to play the amount of games Emily is proposing because I don't have the time or the money, but it's more about the kind of envorinment that kind of output creates. The feeling that there's constantly something new coming out. It felt a little bit like that earlier this year, when we were getting Twilight Princess HD, Pokken, Star Fox, and Tokyo Mirage Sessions back-to-back-to-back. Even doubling that output in the same amount of time would be overwhelming to see, and would create constant buzz.
