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Mummelmann on 21 December 2016
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Miyamotoo said:
Mummelmann said:

That's a terrible analogy, of course Nintendo are going to support their own platform. 3rd party support is much less obvious and can't be taken for granted. I would imagine that any modern gamer with a decent amount of insight would have learned how the industry works by now.

 

It seems you came late to a party, he saying he still dobuts about Skyrim, even what would be point of showing 3rd party game runing on new Nintendo console if that game is not 100% coming on that console!? Nintendo definitely wouldn't show 3rd game running on their console if they are not sure that game is coming. So we have Skyrim at Switch reveal trailer that showing Skyrim running on Switch, we have Bethesda saying that they supporting Switch, and at end we have confirmation from them that Skyrim is coming to Switch, and he still doubt about Skryim on Switch.

That doesn't change the fact that it's a poor analogy, a 3rd party and a 1st party have completely different responsibilities.

As for showing footage and cofirming releases and/or platform exclusivity; Final Fantasy V XIII, The Last Guardian, heck; Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Rayman Legends being first announced as a Wii U exclusive, and then delayed several times and finally made multiplat, despite reports that the Wii U version was finished some time ago.

3rd parties talk, they test and they make statements or promises. A lot of it is hot air. Given Nintendo's insanely poor track record with 3rd parties since the mid 90's, I really, really can't blame anyone for being skeptical, despite promises and footage (which wasn't even running on that hardware at all). For all we know, the Switch might receive a "light" version of Skyrim, more tailored for handheld gaming, maybe it'll be digital only, maybe it won't show up at all if sales of other 3rd party titles are poor. We don't know, we just don't, and by default, as a Nintendo fan, you should be more skeptical than most. Did the 7th and 8th generation inspire you to trust in the 3rd parties' will to wholeheartedly support Nintendo platforms?