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Soundwave on 26 May 2017
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zorg1000 said:
Soundwave said:

Pros and cons go both ways I suppose. Early on they probably would've managed an easy 500k in extra sales like Bomberman did, but later on the userbase is larger but so is the game library (ARMS, Mario Kart, Splatoon 2, other third party titles, etc.). 

a game like Monster Hunter i dont think really has to worry about competition from other games.

If it was a completely new MH game maybe, but this will be a bit of an older port by the time it releases on Switch. 

They probably could've scored an extra 250k-300k in sales if they had it at launch or 2-3 weeks after launch (simultaneously release with 3DS version). 

Anyways, better late than never, I think they made a mistake in missing that launch window though. 

Konami was the only other developer with a "new" game for the Switch window that wasn't pandered completely to the "oh it's a Nintendo system, lets crap out another Wii-era title" line of thinking (Skylanders, Just Dance). As such Bomberman cleaned up. 

If any of these other devs had taken this launch seriously they'd have made good money. SNK/Neo Geo guys are probably very happy too ... made a bunch of money off basically ROM dumps ... you look at Sega and wonder what they could have made with Sonic 1/2/3, Shinobi, Streets of Rage, After Burner, Outrun, Ecco, etc.