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Entropio on 24 November 2016
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Soundwave said:

"On board" doesn't mean much if they bail after 1 game.

Also why Skyrim ... a 5 year old game, how many people seriously are going to buy this game twice to be able to play it portably with worse graphics.

If Bethesda commits to the next Elder Scrolls game on Switch, a brand new game, then I will be impressed.

The Wii U had COD, Assassin's Creed, FIFA, NBA 2K, Madden, and Batman in the launch window, that's like 6/8 or 9 top "hardcore IP" of the day (GTA, Skyrim were the two missing ones).

Is Switch even getting COD? Probably not Battlefield, because EA said only one game and that's almost assuredly FIFA. GTA? Switch will likely be missing several here too. 

We'll see but I think the only third party launch window game that's going to sell great is Minecraft (assuming this is there for launch) and Monster Hunter XX. Nintendo fans are going to do their usual thing and buy Mario 3D Switch and Splatoon and then sit around waiting for Zelda. 

What I mean by "on board" is that, back in 2013, Bethesda considered that the way Nintendo approached third parties was utterly inadequate: http://gimmegimmegames.com/2013/09/bethesda-nintendo-sony-microsoft-us/. I think that this is, among others, one of the reasons Nintendo relationship with third parties has been traditionally weak.

If know thay have been able to convince Bethesda, it seems that at least they have fixed part of their problems. Of course it alone is not enough and without good sales 3rd parties will leave again, as is completely logical.

About Nintendo fans not buying 3rd party games, here are some reasons beyond the traditional "3rd parties and evil and give Nintendo shitty ports" of one side and "Nintendo fans only care about Nintendo" of the other... First of all, an important percentage of Nintendo consumers are kids or (with Wii/DS) "casual" gamers that don't buy so many games as "hardcore" gamers, so they focus on the games that appeal them most (I myself only buy two or three games yearly, I don't have enough time to gaming anymore). Also, many hardocore consumers people buy Nintendo consoles as a secondary console, only for its exclusive titles. Does this mean that there's nothing Nintendo can do to increase 3rd party sales in its consoles? No, Nintendo could try to attract the other audience and help with the promotion of 3rd party games (With Monster Hunter, for example, seems to work fine): with the Switch they have the chance of selling portability of AAA games to attract its audience. Also 3rd parties can suit their developments to the Nintendo console audience (Plants vs Zombies with a good promotion could do great in Switch, for example).