Why people shouldn't worry so much about the Switch's third party support

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Alkibiádēs said:

Captain_Yuri said:

And you think the world revolves around Japan? Those western games cover 2 continents, NA and EU where as Japan only covers Japan. And sure, use official numbers but considering MH never sold well outside of Japan even with official numbers, I doubt its going to change very much.

And I am not ignoring Japan, you are ignoring everyone else. I have said that Japanese third party isn't the problem, western third party is...

https://www.vg247.com/2015/10/21/monster-hunter-4-ultimate-4-million-sales/

I said that Western third party isn't as important because of the hybrid nature of the console (and Nintendo's unified development teams, making them much more efficient). And I stand by it. Obviously the more support the better, but the Switch won't have droughts like the Wii U and 3DS had. If the Switch sells well, there will always be some third party support at least.

And indie games are becoming more popular and Nintendo can definitely count on the support of Western indie developers. Just look at Yooka-Laylee, Shantae; Half Genie Hero, Shovel Knight, Fast Racing Neo (even got a retail release in Europe), Minecraft, Terraria, etc.

Yes, outside of Japan which is NA and EU... 2 Continents selling only 1 million isn't what I would call decent... Vgc actually has slightly more

It is if people want to play big western third party games... The issue isn't japanese third party support. Like I said before, the Vita had tons and considering that the vita is dead, I am sure the NS will have tons. The issue is the big western third party support because those games sell a ton more than virtually all Japanese games in the west. If they are missing those, then they lose a chunk of the potential userbase. Now I am not saying that it is going to sell like shit or anything but that doesn't mean people shouldn't worry about it's third party support. Since if it had those big western third parties on board, it would sell to pretty much every type of gamer but if it won't have western third party support, it will only sell to those who love Nintendo games and Japanese third party games.

You know that most indie games don't sell well and only a few that really do. And most people wouldn't trade indie games for AAA in a million years regardless of how great they may be. Many people hated those segments on Sony's press conf about how they would go on and on showing indie games. Funly enough, Minecraft took forever to get ported to the wiiU and its not even on 3ds. Now the license on owned by Microsoft so idk if they are gonna play ball this time around.

All I am saying is this, it will sell well provided its priced right but it doesn't mean that if people are interested in western third party support shouldn't worry about it. Because if that is what they want to play, then based on the sales numbers, the third party japanese games won't replace most people's taste. So yes, they should worry about it.