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SuperNova on 04 January 2018
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DonFerrari said:
RolStoppable said:

Does it annoy you that he is right? It takes both the hardware and software expertise of a company like Nintendo to create something like Switch, because a new concept like Switch will be met by great skepticism and therefore third parties can't be counted on to sell the console.

If you disagree with that, you won't get around listing the companies that could make a successful video game console solely on the strength of their own software output. And if you can't think of any such company, then what's holding you back from agreeing?

I'm not annoyed and you know he isn't right.

So the premisse to have Switch success is doing all by yourself?? And some other threads we just have people saying how much good relationship Nintendo have with 3rd parties.

GuyDuke said:

Woah, slow down Don. Nintendo did fuck it up with Virtual Boy. Many others made more compelling VR devices.

I haven't said they never failed or never do good consoles... but the assumption that only Nintendo could make Switch when other companies have done almost the same even before Nintendo is the point that is exagerated.

 

Have he said Nintendo made a great system and dev great games would get no refuttal from me. But his comment is like saying if Einstein wasn't born we wouldn't know about relativity. Or also if he said Nintendo was the first to make a compeling hybrid like Switch I also would have no issue.

That's not what he's saying. None of the other 'switch-like' devices have seen the runaway success that the Switch has been, because none have had the first party support to back it up until third parties jump on board.

Sure, nintendo has done great work with indies in the last 1,5 years and has tried hard to woo AAA third party publishers, going so far as to hand Ubi their most presious IP to work on to secure an exclusive. And they have done this with some success. While Bethesda is showing great support and Rockstar, UBI and 2K moderate support, some, like EA and Capcom, are sluggish to jump onboard to say the least. A console wihtout the first party strenghth of Nintendo behind to drive sales could not have bridged the gaps in third party support still present. Nintendo was able to rely on their IP ad took risks that payed off in a major way with this system, while still working on improving their third party relationships.