The_Liquid_Laser said:
Normchacho said:
What makes you think the Switch will peak late?
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It is true that Nintendo home consoles usually peak early, but the question is "why". Why do their home consoles peak early?
The answer is that the release schedule of their games is front loaded. They release a bunch of games for say, a home console, for a couple of years and then they focus their resources on handheld games to prepare for their next handheld launch. Back and forth their developers go making home games for 2-3 years, then handheld games for a couple of years.
The Switch is different, because all of their developers are making games for one console. They will have a steady stream of games for the console's lifetime, so it is not unreasonable to think that the Switch will not be front loaded like Nintendo's other home consoles. (Of course Nintendo's handheld consoles are never front loaded, because they always have lots of 3rd party games too. Don't be surprised if the Switch has plenty of 3rd party games.)
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Ding Ding! This is the correct answer. I couldn't have said it better myself. We haven't had Nintendo support only one platform since the 80s. The Switch having this advantage is not new. The NES had it as well. 3rd parties came late to the NES too back in the day. I think most of the best 3rd party NES games came in the second half of the systems life. Like 1988 or later. Expect the same to happen to the Switch.
