zorg1000 said:
Sakurai likes to work on different projects between Smash Bros releases, he directed a couple smaller Kirby games between Melee & Brawl and directed Kid Icarus between Brawl & Smash 4. Either he begins work on Smash 5 right away which releases in 2018 and doesnt get to make a new game until after that or he makes a new game which releases around that time and Switch doesnt get a Smash Bros until 2021 at the earliest. By releasing an updated port they can get Smash on the system early in its life they get the best of both worlds, Smash early in Switch's life along with another game relatively early on. This same thing applies for those other games. If Breathe of the Wild stayed a Wii U exclusive, Switch wouldnt get a Zelda title until 2021 at the earliest. One of the big issues Wii U had was that it had too few big games and many of them released too late in its life. By releasing these updated ports, Switch gets these big hitting franchises early on while also allowing these teams to get a 2nd game out relatively early on it its life. I know you feel shafted by Nintendo but try looking at the big picture, in the long term this will be beneficial to Nintendo and its fans. |
Nintendo's inability to manage a consistent release schedule isn't an excuse for shafting their customers. Whatever Nintendo does in the future doesn't give me back the money I spent on their crappy system or the games that they ported to other platforms.
