NawaiNey said:
It's about both, you can't make a couple really good games and then sit on your laurels, and you can't just make a lot of terrible games and say "oh well atleast we tried". You need a steady stream of quality titles to have a successful console that people will buy and remember fondly. |
Except Nintendo isn't just Mario and Zelda as you assume. ARMS just came out and has a 77 Meta, which is decent, and outsold the first week sales of Tekken 7 and SFV combined in Japan. Then you have Splatoon 2 in about 3 weeks and it's dominating Japan's COMG charts and has taken multiple positions in the top of the charts for a good while even with the Switch dealing with shortages and the Splatoon 2 amiibos are apparently getting good preorders as well. And yes, an 81 score like from the original Splatoon is considered a "good" score. Then you go down the list for the rest of the year with Mario + Rabbids, which surprised many who saw and tried the game, Pokken Tournament DX, Fire Emblem Warriors, Super Mario Odyssey, and Xenoblade Chronicles 2. So you got a good stream of first party titles here with more to be announced. Then add in Skyrim, Rocket League, Monster Hunter XX, Sonic Mania and Forces, Rayman Legends port, NBA 2K, FIFA 18, LEGO games, and indies, it's not a bad third party lineup for the rest of the year. Not saying it's great but it isn't really bad per se. So i don't know where you're coming from with "oh well at least we tried" games other than maybe third party related.
