CaptainExplosion said:
So you're saying Nintendo needs to also do something to make their userbase even more loyal? They're already pretty damn loyal from what I've seen so far. |
Nintendo's userbase is one of the most, if not the most, loyal in the industry (probably only surpassed by CoD, FIFA and Apple buyers), but that's not what I'm talking about. The Vita, while lacking 1st party attention and major 3rd party titles, managed to carve a decent niche by itself. Vita users have a plethora of JRPGs, indies and other small games to choose, and they, in turn, support them.
The Switch needs something like that. Nintendo's 1st parties alone will probably get more attention to the Switch than anything the Vita has ever had avalible, but it's not enough, specially in the West. The PS4 and the XBOne are already established there, and the Switch comes after the WiiU disaster. Nintendo needs to distinguish the Switch as a key player by doing something better than these two, and the portable aspect alone will not help get that many western companies on board. If Nintendo manages to become the first and foremost provider of JRPGs and other similar genres, plus its already established 1st party titles, they could get the ball rolling and make the Switch a success. Maybe not a Wii-level one, but you have to start somewhere.
