NATO said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
Why would you just assume that you're "hitting a nerve"?
It's not exact equivalence. The Switch is getting ports of current gen games. It is not the same as Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 games being ported over to the Xbox One and Playstation 4 to make their libraries look more impressive, which to be clear is what they were getting hate for, because these games are still current generation titles and are still relevent. It's a false equivalence to say that Doom coming to the Switch is like an old game being ported to a new platform to bolster it's library, cause the game isn't old.
My stance on ports has been consistent. I got a Wii U because it was the console delivering actually truely new experiences, and I loved it. When I see the same Nintendo fans that were making fun of the PS4 because it was the "portstation 4" excuse ports like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Pokken Tournament, or mediocre sequels like Splatoon 2 .. it definitely enrages me.
Doom is not even close to that scenario though.
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So the reason you believe it's not the same is because Doom and The New Colossus are still new and relevant titles?, let me show you something:
The last of us : June 14th 2013
The last of us remastered : July 29, 2014
Time between releases: 1 year 1 month
GTAV (ps3) : September 17th, 2013
GTAV (ps4) : November 18th, 2014
Time between releases: 1 year 2 month
Tomb Raider (ps3): March 5th, 2013
Tomb Raider (pa4) January 28th, 2014
Time between releases: 10 and a half months.
So the three most commonly alluded to when moaning about ports, were actually more relevant than doom at the time of launch, because:
Doom : May 13, 2016
Doom (Switch) : Not released yet
Time between releases: 1 year 4 months and counting
Now, to be clear, I'm not saying ports are a bad thing, but the only thing you can really say is different in these instances is, that they were same-manufacturer, as in xbox 360 to xbox one, ps3 to ps4, but in most cases that was down to them being multiplat titles, but given the time frames involved, many were still highly relevant titles, and a significant amount of the beef people had was it was exactly because they were recent titles being ported over from older platforms.
That's no different for the switch, they're recent titles being ported over from older platforms.
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