| Green098 said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvvZMsTYSM0&t=0s Thought I'd add in what was the inspiration for this thread to add in to the discussion. Basically goes over that Nintendo needs AAA third party support the likes of Xbox One and PS4 and that they have to release a new version of the Switch which vastly more powerful and since Monster Hunter World is coming to everything but Switch, Nintendo need a more powerful system so it can run the game. Personally I think a system as powerful as Xbox One/PS4 is just possible/practicle right now and would also just greatly divide the fanbase. |
Honestly, people are looking a bit too much into the Monster Hunter thing. Capcom is idiotic, but they are a public company pressured by investors. They took a gamble betting that handheld gaming was going to die, and then Nintendo released the Switch. Monster Hunter 5/World likely started development right after Monster Hunter 4. Capcom probably had no idea about the Switch. Capcom also has these weird delusions that Monster Hunter has the potential to sell like a Western AAA title. So they will likely be dissapointed by the 2-3 million that Monster Hunter World gets, release a Monster Hunter portable on the Switch, and that's that.
Nintendo has shown with the Wii , NDS, and 3DS that they don't need amazing third party support to succeed. People will buy their platforms alongside whatever Sony/Microsoft/PC system they own and people who don't game on Sony/Microsoft/PC also bought these platforms. The Wii U's probem was never third party games. It was that the system did not know who its intended audience was, and Nintendo just released it for the sake of releasing a new console. The Switch has so much more potential than the Wii U had. I mean, I personally am a huge Nintendo fan and I didn't purchase a Wii U until Xenoblade Chronicles X released, because the system and its titles weren't compelling.
Nintendo will likely release a more powerful version of the Switch, but only in the way Nintendo released the N3DS, and Sony and Microsoft released their pro versions. To appease graphic/framerate whores, and to force people to double dip, not to bring in support.
