Laura Kate Dale : BGE 2 exclusive to Switch... For 12 months.

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KLXVER said:

Captain_Yuri said:

Yes but that is what a lot of people do... Not everyone can afford all 3 consoles and it shows by the sales numbers. Most people just want one console that has a great mix of exclusives and third party games. And yes, they can't keep on paying for every big multiplatform title but they can pay for the ones that people really want + aren't likely to come. We have had AssCreed, Cod and etc in the past so they don't need to pay for those, they just need to pay for the zomg ones like RDR2 and it has to be a simultanous launch of course. Also that depending on how well the games sell which they should sell well, they shouldn't need to continue to pay. We have had many publishers say "we will wait and see" because they want to see how the Switch sells first before putting in the effort. If Nintendo pays them and get the Switch to sell a lot, then the publishers will port the games anyway cause there is money to be made.

The other issue is that those ports were late ports with some of them missing dlc and what not. The games that were being ported, maybe except COD, everyone has already played on other consoles before it went on the wiiU. Why would people buy a game that they already played a while ago, just on a different console and the upgraded visuals aren't that noticable. Oh and some of them with missing content and performance hiccups. And then of course, you had that with all the other third parties saying their games wont be on the wiiU and it's pretty easy to see where the market confidence with the third party support went.

Im sure a game like GTA would sell well on the Switch, but it would sell to the people who already wanted a Switch. Im sure Nintendo fans would love a GTA game, but its one of the few big franchises that would do well on a Nintendo console I think. The PS4 and XB1 are better consoles for people who enjoy GTA, RDR, COD, AC, BF and the likes, because they also get more mature exclusive games like Halo, TLOU, Uncharted, Gears Of War, God Of War etc. The core gamer ship has sailed for Nintendo. They should just focus on experiences you wont get on other consoles. Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Kirby, Pokemon etc. plus exclusive third party games and some new IPs from Nintendo is the way to go for them I think. If they get some big AAA multi platform games, then thats a great bonus. 

But I don't think we know that for sure. The 3ds is able to sell 60 million and it doesn't have games like GTA, RDR, COD and etc. It has Nintendo games and big third party japanese exclusives. You take those two, pair that up with big western third party games and I think they would have a big winner. Not having the big western third party becomes more of a gamble.

I think if they at least try it once after this many years and then if it doesn't help, then they could scratch that off rather than not trying it at all. Cause really, it would be a mix of experiences you won't get on other consoles + the third party games people love on other consoles.

Then again, I guess I should at least wait till January 12th before fully thinking Nintendo hasn't done something like that yet.