bdbdbd said:
Insidb said:
Uh, the third-party support for the Wii was A) limited or B) nonexistent. That was already proven. The Wii was not a true next-gen console, in terms of performance. The exact same was true of the WiiU. That was already proven. The Wii used novel controls to sell to EVERYONE, hence all the grandmas and grandpas who ended up with a Wii. Gamers know this; we all know this. Some call it a design novelty; others call it a gimmick. Some call it clever; others call it a fluke. Nearly everyone on this forum agrees and is well aware that it was an aberration. This is regularly being proven.
The Switch has a novel design element (or "gimmick:" your choice), like the Wii and the WiiU. It's success hinges on the market's receptiveness to this novelty, which I've had to say here again and again and again and again. If it does not, it will be left to lean on mainstream gamers: the gamers who primarily buy multiplatform games. The pricepoint is too high to be an incentive. The performance capabilities are too low to be an incentive. Unless you missed the WiiU, PS3, PS4, X360, and X1 i.e. the last decade of gaming, you know that first-party support isn't driving console sales (like the Wii). It's third-party support or innovation.
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You just make no sense. There's no cohesion in your posts. Either it matters or doesn't matter, but according to you, 3rd party support matters only when it fits your argument. Wii had something like 1500 games, I wouldn't go on to call that nonexistent.
Obviously the EVERYONE was buying games, so one might think the console was bought to play games. So, if Wii had a gimmick and Switch has a gimmick to sell it, why would the third party support matter?
Why would anyone buy games for the sake of them being multiplatform games? I don't get it. I do know, however, lots of people that buy games they like, no matter if they are multiplatform or exclusive.
The last decade of gaming had first party sales driving the sales of Wii, so maybe it was you and not me who missed the last decade of gaming.
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