Switch third party price, value and perception

[Mnementh]

BasilZero said:

Mnementh said:

I not and I actually rebuy a few games I already own, because of portability. But it depends, some games I see advantage in portability, some not.

 

Shiken said:

I buy every multiplatform game for the Switch due to portability.  Resolution is overrated and as we get further out of the first year, games will start dropping at the same time.  Remember many 3rd parties jumped on the Switch market AFTER it became a hit.  It will even out with time.

 

Why is portability so important?  It gives me and extra hour and a half of playtime a day at work and not to mention any overnight trips I go on.  Then at home can enjoy it on my big screen and it still looks great.  Does it look the best on the TV?  No, of course not.  However DOOM has already shown me that while a game might not look as good side by side, you won't really be noticing it while playing unless you are looking for it.

 

If a game is only released for PS4 and X1, I will buy for that platform.  I see no reason to buy anything available on Switch anywhere else because it maximizes my play time.  In the end, playing the game is what is most important afterall.

 

 

Hmm, well cant really argue against that lol especially since I agreed for the same reason earlier :P

 

Being portable really is nice and I'm expecting to take advantage of that feature too since I use my NDS/3DS/PSP for lunch time at work :P.

Too elaborate a bit on my comment: I don't expect portability to be an advantage for every player. It is for me though. As Shiken says, I get extra playtime out of it. I actually bought Switch on launch, because I wanted to play Zelda and was away on launch weekend. So I bought Zelda and Switch on Friday and Friday evening in the train I started for the first time Zelda. Over the weekend I accumulated already 15 hours. That was awesome.

But that is me. I can fully understand that other people don't see the need and want to play the games with better graphic. That leads for sure to them buying the game for PC or a more powerful console. And as I said, I see it differing from game to game. If the main reason for the game is graphic or full immersion, I prefer to buy it on PC. Or online games basically can't be played portable, so that reason goes out of the window.

I see my comment was a bit short, so I wanted to make it clear, not that anyone think I say portability is for every gamer and every game preferable.