Why are third party games selling well on Switch?

[Alkibiádēs]

potato_hamster said:

Alkibiádēs said:

So you're going with your gut feeling instead of all the evidence I posted in an earlier post.

Just lol... And yes they're selling well, also compared to PS4 and Xbox One. Your problem is that you only look at the AAA market and think that's all that matters. Well, how many third party AAA Switch titles have released simultaneously with other consoles?

No, not gut feeling, knowledge and experience. You know, the opposite of a "gut feeling".

And what? You're treating the sales of a handful of indies, most of which that sell less than 500K, and a handful of third party exclusives that have sold well as "third party games selling well". Okay. Well if you when you set the bar so low for "selling well" its easy to claim anything is "selling well". My kid's lemonade stand is "growing rapidly" and "dominating the market" because he's the only one that currently has one and todays sales of 10 doubled yesterdays sales of 5.

And again, not a single argument in your post to back up your already poor case. Most of the examples I posted sold over a million copies actually and these games continue to show legs on the Switch.

Games like Rocket League, Stardew Valley, Undertale sell more than most AAA titles lol, but sure, go ahead and ignore it. 

Also selling 500K copies can be a life changer for smaller developers. Not every game has the same budget or sales expectations, but apparently you don't seem to understand that. We've already heard stories of small indie developers being saved because of their success on the Switch. Such stories are far more important than some evil multi-billion dollar company adding a few extra millions to their revenue.

Some of you guys really do have a weird fetish for AAA third party games, as if that is all that matters. Obviously games like Doom sold well on Switch or Bethesda wouldn't have announced the sequel for the Switch. 

Source:

https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2018/03/16/blossom-tales-developers-avoid-closing-thanks-to-switch-sales-after-poor-steam-showing.aspx