Nuvendil said:
https://mobile.twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/905945947078885377 There's your source. Oh and I was wrong. It's not 2x. Its 60%. Imho, the moment you spend less on one platform by using methods that have an adverse effect on consumers, you are being a cheapskate. They already would make a higher margin with MMLC 1+2 on Switch with a 4GB cart that would hold both collections (only like $0.25 more but still), but instead they went with a 1GB cart, the cheapest one, and forced consumers to download it. That is being a cheapskate. Of course all products are on some level a test. But there's a difference between launching games with effort behind them and queitly watching their performance and launching low effort games that are publicly declared to be tests. One lets the market naturally make up its mind, the other tries to manipulate customers. Yes, all companies want profit. Doesn't mean all methods to get it are reasonable or acceptable. Also, this is an option they could easily use on PS4 and Xbone too, btw. And would make more sense there given their built in Ethernet port (Switch doesn't have one, another reason this idea is shit) and home console only nature. It's just they can't get away with it there. And that's what Capcom's support for Switch feels like, a prolonged experiment to see what Capcom can get away with. Every release has a catch, and this is the biggest of them all. There's a difference between bashing randomly and legitimate outrage over legitimately poor conduct. I will be right there with you telling people to shut up if they bash CD Projekt for not porting Witcher 3 or EA for not bringing Anthem. I'm plenty realistic. I just expect effort. Capcom has shown none in any release. And no, wrong. It is NOT Nintendo's, Sony's, or Microsoft's job to wipe Capcom or any developer's ass. It's not Sony's job to keep EA from being greedy bastards. It's not Microsoft's job to keep Activision from screwing with Destiny 2's players. And it's not Nintendo's job to run Capcom's business on the Switch. Capcom's being crappy, it's on Capcom to fix that. And until they do, all the complaints regarding Capcom's conduct should fall squarely on Capcom, end of discussion. And we've heard near unanimous praise from devs and insiders with regards to Nintendo working with third parties. Bethesda openly mocked Nintendo and the Wii U in 2012 but showed up strong for the Switch and have lots of positive things to say. This isn't the 90s anymore, this isn't a Nintendo being meanies, this is third parties looking to cynically cash in. |
Great post.