Simple Image of Switch's Software

[DanneSandin]

RolStoppable said:

DanneSandin said:
Looks like the Switch is actually getting quite a few games, which is really nice to see! Sad to see Nintendo's total mishandling of this fact!

How did Nintendo mishandle this? At the presentation they announced that more than 80 games are in development for Switch and they showed footage for a good number of games.

Nintendo can't do anything about gaming forums jumping to wrong conclusions. When someone like you says things like Zelda and Mario Kart don't count for much in the launch window, how is any of this Nintendo's fault? You only have yourself to blame for buying into the wrong narrative that is being pushed hard by other forum members.

A simple example of this is the claim that Switch won't get third party support. You are prone to buy into such a narrative, because you aren't interested in fact-checking. But if you actually took an honest look at the big picture, you'd quickly notice that people aren't talking about third party support despite using that term. What they always mean is AAA support, but they don't use that term because that would still leave Nintendo with a lot of third party support and that would contradict the overall narrative of "Nintendo messed up again". In reality, Switch is set up to absorb the software pipelines of Wii U, 3DS and Vita. Meanwhile, the PS4 and XB1 won't get the third party support that has been home at handhelds; these two consoles are going to lose out on a lot of RPGs.

How they mishandled the presentation of the Switch? Show, don't tell. Don't TELL us you have 80 games in development, SHOW us the games! They TOLD us Nintendo would have an unprecedented 3rd party support with the Wii U, but they didn't SHOW us the games - and we all know how that turned out. And showing the footage of a good number of games isn't exactly the same thing. This is miscommunication, and it's all on Nintendo. Spacing out the game announcements over a period of time isn't that smart of a move, since that means less games to show of in the big presentation. Just look around yourself; people everywhere seem to be thinking the Switch has few games coming to it. That picture superchunky has posted in the OP, it didn't have that many names just a week ago. It didn't even have half the names a week ago. That's what I'm talking about when I'm talking about Nintendo mishandling the coomunication/game announcements.

You know what? I think the Switch will be doing just fine without 3rd party support, but ONLY because it's getting Nintendo's full attention; it's getting all the home console games AND all the portable games. Yes, it'll probably see a lot of Japanese support, and probably quite a few indie titles as well. While it might not receive the AAA-games, like you said, it will get a lot of other games. I'm fine with that. But even here, Nintendo is leaving out information; we still don't know what version of SKyrim we're getting. Is it the Special Edition? Is it a costum made version just for the Switch? We don't know. Nintendo has become really bad at conveing information to us.