Nintendo intends to maintain a steady stream of releases for Switch

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guiduc said:

Lonely_Dolphin said:

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your wording, but Nintendo did not put out all their biggest series this year. Animal Crossing, Pokemon (which you later acknowledge making this more silly), an original Mario Kart, and 2D Mario are still available, plus Zelda and Odyssey are undoubtedly going to see sequels. No way it'd suddenly dry up considering they have so many unused series and are actually getting semi-decent third party support. And you can't just have big name games but with months of nothingness inbetween. The smaller titles are very much necessary for keeping hype n momentum.

Nintendo had to bring a lot of the big guns the first year because they couldn't afford a slow start after the Wii U, but now that they've gotten great momentum they don't have to have 4 huge guns every year, just 2 or even 1 can suffice as long as there are plenty of other games releasing each year.

I gave an example of how much first party support wavered in Year 2 of 3DS, despite Nintendo not launching most of their big flagship franchises in Year 1. My fear is to see that happen again, even though they have a lot left to tap into. I seriously doubt Pokemon will see the light of day in 2018, as the last core title is about to be launched.

This is not a scenario of ''I believe next year will be a disaster because launch year has been strong''. It is more about me expressing my apprehension as Year 2 is fast approaching and I want the momentum to keep on going. At least having 2 or 3 ''big guns'' in Q1-Q2. But those are my silly apprehensions because I care.

We're only about halfway through Year 1...

And the 3DS was competing with the Wii U for game development from internal studios in its second year. The Switch will be an only child by this time next year. Let's be confident that Nintendo won't let it's only console going forward face the kinds of draughts some of its previous consoles had to deal with.