Miyamotoo said:
First I wrote that Switch probably will have best 3rd party support after SNES (saying that Switch will have similar 3rd party like N64 doesnt make any sense beacuse N64 had around 300 games LT). Second Doom and Skyrim were just released, EA still didn't coment Fifa sales, while Take Two said they are satisfied with NBA 2K sales on Switch, juding to eShop Doom and Skyrim have good sales on Switch. Also Capcom, SQ, Bandai Namco...they all said they are satified buy Switch sales and promesid much stronger Switch support. Switch cartridges prices will no effect on sales of Switch games for those who already own another console because portability is what is game changer for those people in any case. 3rd parties will continue supporting and releasing games for Switch until Switch and their games sell good. Also, about ours previous debate, Nintendo done it again, they announced Bayonetta 1 and Bayonetta 2 just around two months before launch. |
So, we have one western company saying they are satisfied.
Would be better if they said it was above their expecations, though.
Yes, japanese developers were happy... with ports, where gamers - in Japan, specially - didn't really have a whole lot of new games to play.
Not wanting to call that irrelevant, but i also remember really bad games doing really well because they were launched with Wii.
I'll wait a little more to see if the new batch of games keep the trend.
Thing is, GC, despite missing some of the big names, did have a lot of support, in terms of name and variety.
What I see happening is, Switch also losing big names (mostly because the HW just can't take it), but also not having the variety GC had. Even if we look by today's standards. Which means, Switch will have a lot of Indies, but the regular games, not so much.
Don't forget that selling a lot of Nintendo HW doesn't, usually, spell success for 3rd parties.
Not everyone is crazy about portability, and of those who are, will, according to your logic, forget that they will pay more and have the worst version of the game.
I honestly doubt portability will be that much important in the coming years. But that's me.
Yes, they announced B1-2 two months before release. They also announced B3, which is clearly coming 2019 or beyond.
