Whose in the trickier position: Nintendo or Xbox?

[Areym]

friendlyfamine said:

Areym said:

Your first party devs or I guess in house development team (i don't know the proper terms but you get my point) can only put out so many titles in a year, big 3rd party titles are essenial to help mitigate droughts and also draw in a more casual crowd after the hardcore fans get their consoles. At least that's how i understand it. Nintendo already played their Zelda and Big Mario card in just this year. Titles like Kirby and Yoshi are not gonna push a ton of consoles next year.

I agree though that Nintendo started the Switch very well. They gotta find ways to keep that momentum and so far this year, they are doing just that.

Microsoft has a much tougher rode ahead having to constantly one-up Sony and the PS4.

There's a good possibility that next year a Pokemon game will be released/revealed. That will push a lot of consoles and possibly make up for the otherwise lack of system sellers. Here are some other titles I can think of for 2018:

No More Heroes 3, Pikmin 4, Retro New IP, Project Octopath Traveler, SMT 5, Fire Emblem 2018, (along with the mention of Kirby and Yoshi) for possible exclusives that we already know about. Collectively, I assume the Switch will have a good first two years. Afterward, we'll sure get Metroid Prime 4, possibly Animal Crossing? Not too sure. I'm inclined that this system is going to imitate the success of the 3DS if this perpetuates. Third party support surely will come if numbers show***.  Not nearly as competent as Xbone/PS4, but Nintendo have enough IP's to pull it off. With the Wii U they delivered on no IP besides Mario Kart. Zelda came late, Mario 3D World (is that what it was called?) was underwhelming for a 3D Mario, no Animal Crossing, no Metroid, no main Pokemon, no proper Kirby (they focused on 3DS), Yoshi Woolly World didn't really push systems...I could go on :)

To maximize success, I'm hoping the 3DS is out by 2018. Nintendo could really do with supporting one system wholeheartedly in exclusives if they cannot negotiate with third party developers.

If Nintendo does do away with the 3ds and put all their titles into the switch, then it can have games for days. They still have conflicting messages where the Switch is not gonna do away with the 3DS so I'm not sure what to believe. I'd still say you are overestimating the console moving potential of those first titles and last ones you mentioned. Games like NMH, pikmin and Kirby are equivalent to games like Nioh, Gravity Rush and Nier on the PS4, relatively smaller titles compared to the Uncharteds and HZDs (granted, from a attachment rate perspective, the nintendo titles will sell much better) They didn't announce much for 2018 so those directs around the end of the year/early next year are gonna need some good announcements