Nuvendil said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
The sad thing is that looking at Nintendo's line up for the first year it's actually pretty good on paper :
The Legend of Zelda : Breath of the Wild(Launch)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe(April 28th)
Splatoon 2(Summer)
Super Mario Odyssey(Holiday)
Fire Emblem Warriors(Holiday)
Xenoblade 2(Holiday)
The problem is that that leaves one big Nintendo game in the first MONTH of the system's release. If anything it makes almost no sense to release the system in early march with such a small lineup. At first when the livestream started I was like, "Thank GOD this is releasing so early!!" Now I'm thinking "Ya...don't really care anymore. Might pick one up after a few months". Beyond that, Fire Emblem Warriors and Xenoblade 2 probably won't even be finished by the end of 2017, and if anything even if one of them is finished(most likely the Warriors title) it will release in Japan first THEN be released worlwide a few months into 2018.
What's worse is that Nintendo didn't outline their exclusives. This is the equivalent to 2014 for Nintendo, the difference is that it felt like we always had something to look forward to in 2014. This line up is better than anything the Playstation 4 or Xbox One had for their first year and a half, but those systems got third parties and they advertised the few exclusives they had.
This is just so ... anti hype... |
I mean...for reference, the PS4 had 2 retail available launch exclussives: Killzone Shadowfall and Knack. All others were 3rd party multiplats and a small number of digital only little exclussives. Because you don't want to waste 4 ro 5 big exclussives in one period. The Launch Window is more important.
And again, PS4: http://www.ign.com/wikis/playstation-4/PlayStation_4_Launch_Titles
In launch window Drive Club and Infamous were it for retail exclusives. And Drive Club got delayed.
The big point is to *use* your exclusives in marketing and promotion to build hype but the more important thing is to use your first year's lineup. Day 1 buyers are buying into the future as much as the present. Nintendo has the necessary ammunition here I think, depending on 3rd party commitments and when they come through. The question is if they will effectively use it.
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PS4 (and xbox1) had plenty of big 3rd party games though. Which ones does switch have?
