| spurgeonryan said: Whenever I see devs saying things would be a struggle to put on a Nintendo system I laugh. Just rediculous. Why is Nintendo still struggling with 3rd parties? |
Because western AAA 3rd parties for the most part don't really need the Nintendo Switch. A lot of western AAA devs seem to have a snobbishly low opinion of Nintendo, some of them haven't developed for Nintendo at all and the majority of them seem to be perfectly content with what they have with the twins and PC markets. The only way a lot of them are going to have a meaningful presence on the Switch is if Nintendo sells so many of them that it forces their hands. And even if they do eventually start developing for the Switch, they'll have to compete with the devs that came early and already courted the Switch userbase.
You know who does need the Nintendo Switch though? Indies and Japanese developers. Indies because a lot of them are getting lost in the shuffle everywhere else and the Switch is another chance to find an audience like how Shin'en, Yacht Club Games, Choice Provisions and others have been able to do. Japanese devs need Nintendo because traditional console gaming is dying in Japan and the Switch is going to be the only game in town for portable, non-smartphone gaming.
My only hope for indies is that Nintendo really ups the quality control because the last thing we need is a repeat of what the Steam marketplace has turned into. And I do hope that Overwatch eventually makes its way to the Switch before the game becomes old and busted. The last thing I want is for Blizzard to say "Hey, Switch owners, here comes Overwatch!" when everyone else is getting Overwatch 2.
