Emily Rogers: Lots of Switch Ports For 2018; NSMBU Switch Port Coming?

[Lonely_Dolphin]

nemo37 said:

Lonely_Dolphin said:

Not always correct, but undeniably right sometimes. In this case the statement is already pretty much proven, the mini direct unveiled port after port.

 

Not to rely solely on them indefinitely. 3rd partys will supplement the ports and new games from Nintendo, and it's just to get by this year.

I don't think Nintendo can afford an off year, particularly when their system is still young and needs to increase its installbase. When a system loses momentum and the company cannot turn it around quickly then it becomes unlikely that they will be able to turn it around in the long-term. Also, should sales fall, you can bet the mainstream media is going start all of the Nintendoomed and "they should go third-party/mobile" stuff again like they did during the Wii U years (particularly in the early parts of it), and this in turn will turn-off potential customers from purchasing the system.

I think they can, their amazing 2017 line-up still exist and will still carry system sales, and they still have a consistent stream of games. Yes most of those games aren't technically new this time, but the Wii U ports will be new to a lot of people. Of course 20 million for the year is definitely out of the question, but I think it'll still be up yoy, at worst it'll be flat. Also, Switch had plenty of Nintendoom before it launched so we can see how little that mattered.