Nintendo wants more "mature" content on the switch

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ryuzaki57 said:

princevenom said:
this is big news

No it isn't. Nintendo has had this stance since 2011 and 3DS, hence the 1st Senran Kagura and a couple of other ecchi games on 3DS between 2011 and 2013. Nintendo lost those games because the mature audience migrated to PS4/PSV. That has nothing to do with Nintendo's monitoring.

Similarly, COD, AC and stuff were released on WiiU and failed miserably, again because the audience wasn't there. Consequently, their publishers do nothing for mature games on Switch.

Nintendo "wanting" mature games on Switch won't magically grant them tons of 3rd party titles. There are lot of technical, marketing parameters to take into account. Moneyhatting Nights of Azure or Gal Gun isn't enough to turn the tides in their favor : why would people want a Switch if they can have those titles on PS4 1/with better graphics 2/ with trophies? Nights of Azure 2 sales on Switch account for a mere 13% of the total.

The best thing they can do is to show the way with mature 1st party titles. Obviously Metroid Prime 4 can be one of those, but they need a lot more.

Agree with the italicised, disagree with the bolded. On the bolded text in particular - isn't this the same reasoning for people dissing the Vita?

Nintendo did make a few token efforts with respect to "mature" titles last gen, too. Bayonetta 2, Fatal Frame 5, and Devil's Third (lol) both come to mind. But, those were token efforts at best and people will only tend to remember Bayonetta 2.