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KLAMarine on 23 September 2017
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GhaudePhaede010 said:
KLAMarine said:

I would have been blown away by Doom on WiiU even with the shortcomings. I'd understand why considering the WiiU's limitations compared to the X1/PS4.

Same issues?... Did WiiU ever get an NBA 2k game or Fifa game or Doom 2016? There are issues, sure, seeing as how the Switch is a completely different beast than X1/PS4 but that's tech for ya: there are tradeoffs when you shrink the device to such a degree and design it to operate off of a battery.

If you don't want to say that Nintendo is back with third parties, that's fine but I feel things have certainly improved.

Wii U did get a 2K and a Fifa. It also got Batman, Darksiders, 2 CoD titles, 2 Assassins Creed titles, Ninja Gaiden 3, Zombii U, Mass Effect and a host of other third party titles. You see any of that on Switch?

I stand corrected. No, I don't see any of that on Switch but consider WiiU launched at the end of the PS360 era just about matching them in terms of power. This made it easier to port PS360 games to it. The Switch is releasing in the middle of this gen and we're seeing games release on it like Xenoverse 2 which was only released on PC, PS4, and X1 prior. We're now getting Doom 2016 too and there's interest in getting Overwatch and FF15 on the Switch as well perhaps because the Japanese spend big money on microtransactions and mobile gaming is big over there.

GhaudePhaede010 said:

DOOM came out so late that it would be silly to think it would come to Wii U.

WiiU was still set to get games in 2016. Its life was yet to end but no Doom 2016. Switch will be getting that title even though it's hardly more powerful than WiiU.

GhaudePhaede010 said:

However, it seems you forgot about the Wii U and its third party support. But that is OK because I did not. I suffered through that generation and the people that blasted it.

I confess I didn't even bother to look it up. I'd much rather other people look it up for me and I'll happily accept being corrected. Thanks!

GhaudePhaede010 said:

I am telling you, nothing has changed, I have been here the whole way.

I think something has changed. I'm seeing much greater interest and enthusiasm for the Switch than I did for the WiiU. Let's look at some numbers:

On YouTube, the WiiU reveal trailer over a period of some six years has accrued views just shy of 12 million.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e3qaPg_keg

Contrast this to the Switch reveal which under ONE year has built up an impressive 32.9 million views.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5uik5fgIaI

Go beyond and compare it to reveal trailers that have been around longer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_E6Bn6fWM

or even

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7QhUL8NUK4

 

I'm seeing an enthusiasm for the Switch that I did not see for the Wii U and if third party releases for the Switch can make third parties money, we can only expect more support moving forward.

 

$$$ speaks louder than specs.