| darkrulier said: It seems like the Switch has become the platform of choice for not so old ports, a lot of them Wii U ports and shovel ware. Today in my Facebook feed I got blasted with announcements from Nintendo about Hyrule Warriors and DK Tropical Freeze not to mention the plethora of Wii U ports coming to the Switch. In addition to this, have you guys checked out the eshop lately? It is infested with shovel ware. I think this is not a good path for the Switch but, whatever, people seem to like to buy the same games over and over and over and over... |
The only difference between the Switch and the first two years of other platforms is that the Switch also has top-tier new exclusive releases.
Remember all of the 360/PS3 ports the PS4/XBO got their first year?
As for the existence of shovel-ware, that usually correlates with a successful platform because it means there is an active enough install base that any game (no matter how bad it is) can reap profits. Other platforms with a lot of shovel-ware were the PS1, PS2, 360, PC, GBA, DS, 3DS, and Wii. All of these were successful.
So sure, the Switch might be (like most platforms) a platform with shovel-ware and ports, but that isn't ALL it is. One can easily look at a Metacritic list to see this. For a platform that isn't even a year old its library is impressive.
