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friendlyfamine on 10 June 2017
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Miyamotoo said:
friendlyfamine said:

They're doomed if most of the third party games announced by Bethesda/Ubi/Square/Capcom etc are not coming to the Switch. That would negatively establish the Switch as a Nintendo, JRPG and indie machine. I mean, I wouldn't want to buy a $300 console just to play those games :/

Nintendo could live with just Mario Odyssey if third parties come to the system. it's damn important

Yup, same like Wii, DS and 3DS were also doomed without strong 3rd party support.

Such a shit comparison. First of all, those systems succeeded for reasons that the Switch currently doesn't acquire. 

3DS and DS were affordable, had Pokemon...does the Switch have that? It's about double the price of both. Kids primarily had those systems which parents bought them on a special occasion. The Switch doesn't capture that spark at all, at least not yet. Right now this system is more appealing to adults. I wouldn't want that to change either, no? Would you want the Switch to have a similar library to the DS/3DS? It could certainly get more than that. Irrelevant comparison in general-- the DS especially existed in a market where mobile gaming was in its infancy. The DS was the most affordable system that could provide a gaming experience that was also portable. The Switch now? The 3DS just rode off the success of the original DS. Even then, still sold more than half less than what the original DS did lifetime, and any other successors will probably sell less too.

Wii is an even worse comparison. Let me remind you that the Wii was a fad, exponentially intriguing casuals up until about 2011. Subsequently, the phenomenon died out and the Wii left an infamous legacy. The system was encapsulated with shovelware: including carnival, minigame, dance, party, sports games dominating its library. Do you want to Switch to degrade into that? I want to play competent RPG, fighting, action and story-driven games. Now in terms of actual relevance...how did the Wii U perform? It was practically a Wii successor. Nobody who bought a Wii U cared about Wii Fit and Wii Sports on it...the fad even died with the owners. They actually bought it for good games, but there weren't enough of them.

To put it into perspective, the Switch DOES need third party support. It's not carrying the advantages of those systems you listed, and frankly, do you want it to carry the advantages of the Wii? Unless you actually thoroughly relish the Wii's library-- shudder. 

You're one of those, it seems. Can tell by the profile picture and name at that, too.