Whose in the trickier position: Nintendo or Xbox?

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friendlyfamine said:

Areym said:

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

Which ones are you talking about? The only console moving potential franchises Nintendo has are (in my opinion) 3D Mario, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Zelda, Animal Crossing and Pokemon.

Next tier would probably consist of Metroid, Fire Emblem, Donkey Kong and Kirby (?) - franchises that can break a million at least.

I think for Nintendo it goes

A-Team: Mario (2D and 3D), Mario Kart,  Smash Bros., Animal Crossing, Pokemon, Splatoon (top selling staples)

B-Team: Donkey Kong, Luigi's Mansion, Fire Emblem, Kirby, Mario Party, Yoshi, Paper Mario (solid selling IP)

C-Team: Metroid, Pikmin, Kid Icarus, Punch-Out!, Mario Strikers, Wario (Sell OK, support titles, can be a long time between sequels)

D-Team: F-Zero, Star Fox, Pilotwings, Wave Race, Advance Wars (semi-retired IP that Nintendo pulls out of their hat once in a blue moon).