Report: Japanese Third Parties Unconvinced Of The Switch Are Now Scrambling

[Nautilus]

DonFerrari said:

Nautilus said:

Just to get this out of the way.The Switch is neither a console that can be taken on the go, or a handheld that can be docked.Its a hybrid.Neither of its sides is lesser than its counterpart.People need to understand that part of the appeal of the system is because of this simple fact.

With this out of the way, what Nintendo handheld was ever a failure worldwide?While my problem trully lies with japanese developers regarding the japanese market(and thus Im giving some slack to western developers, since that part of the Switch was never a big appeal to them), its not like WW it would be that much worse.Business are made on taking chances every now and then, its how oportunities are made or found.Im 99% sure that each of those big companies have a staff internally just to calculate and evaluate the risks of such things.And if some forum dwellers have a better sense of how the industry works(PR talks, prospects, how to evaluate the market based on the reception of trailers and presentations, and so forth) then they did something wrong when they hired those guys.

Unless customers use it 50/50 it will have a preference, same with the game type.

And do you want to take it away now? So until it's convenient to say one or the other in a thread let's keep it. When showing the convenient choosing then we clarify?

Yes they can calculate and decide to act based on the risk... but here Nintendo fanbase is complaining they didn't take the risk.

Forum dwellers were also certain WiiU would be sucessfull... it isn't because Switch got it right that the forum dwellers were right or done a good analysis... funny enough you first deny it is more of a HH, but then make your analysis as if it was.

There are always going to be people that will use it either exclusively as a handheld or exclusively as a console.It dosent mean its not a hybrid.The functionallity is important here, not how a percentage of the users use it.

And I have always said it was a hybrid, ever since its reveal.If you feel like it, just go back to my old posts to check it.What I said about being a handheld, and at that I said being part handheld, is that the Japanese people would see it more as a portable system than a home console, and thus it could work as a handheld for them and have the same appeal as handhelds always had.THAT is the beauty of being a hybrid system.The system can adapt itself to the markets needs.Im not moving goalposts or anything.

People that said that the Wii U would succeed were not doing any analysis at all.They were just going off the hype of the last generation, and thought that the same succeess would repeat, without analysing any of the situations surrounding the new system.By forum dwellers I meant, and I thought you understood, the ones that made predictions based on the conditions surrounding the system, and the ones that actually took the time to understand the situation Nintendo was in, rather than "Wii sold 100 millions?Then the Wii U will sell 60 millions at least on name alone".

Edit:God, are there still people like you that dont understand what the Switch is?*sigh*.The Vita was no hybrid, because not only it didnt come with that level of functionality out of the box(so you have to buy the PS Vita separetely to make it work on the TV), but also that it was poorly implemented.

And just because the Switch can function as a handheld, it doesnt mean it cant work as a home console.The controller can function as a standard home controller(there is even the option to get a pro controller), you can enjoy the Switch to the fullest without ever taking it away from the dock.For the handheld side, you can take it anywhere and not depend on a TV to play the games.Thus, a hybrid.

And dont come to me with this 50/50 nonsense.Thats something thats not quantifiable and you know it.If you go by that route for your argumentation, its just going to be an endless back and forth.

Last edited by Nautilus - on 06 November 2017