When we should start seeing Nintendo's combined development really take effect?

[The_Liquid_Laser]

snyps said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

I agree with this.  I think Nintendo already putting out slightly more than 1 title per month is a very good rate.  I do not recall the Wii U having this much support from Nintendo.  We have a tendency to overlook the games that we personally do not like.  Even if Nintendo hasn't released any big sellers so far this year, we can recognize that they are still putting out a steady stream of content.  The Wii U did not have this steady stream of content.

But GameCube did have 1-2 heavy hitters per month and it still wasn’t enough. GBA and 3DS had so many titles produced by endless sources and that is what switch needs. 

Are we talking about first party games or third party?  1-2 first party games per month IS enough.  This is especially true if they are really good games, because that leads to hardware sales and hardware sales lead to third party support.  Already the first party games on the Switch look better than what the Gamecube had.  Just compare the four biggest games on the Switch to the Gambecube:

Zelda BotW is far better than any Gamecube Zelda
Mario Odyssey is far better than Sunshine
Mario Kart 8 and Double Dash are both good games, but 8 will also bring in some of the Wii audience because of motion controls
Splatoon 2 has no counterpart on the Gamecube and it has become a huge phenomenon in Japan.

Already the Switch is selling a lot better than the Gamecube, because it's first party games are better.  Robust hardware sales always leads to robust third party support.  Always.  So Nintendo is definitely doing their job on the first party end.  Gradually we are going to see more and more third party games coming onto the system too, but it usually takes third parties a couple of years before they show up en masse.