Why is the Switch still not getting big games from 3rd parties? October edition

[The_Liquid_Laser]

Dante9 said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

 

I believe the OP said that big third party games are nearly non-existent on the Switch.  Hold on lemme check.

Yep, that's what the OP said.  And he has a point.  If you really want to play CoD, then Switch is not going to make you happy.  On the other hand if you want to play a game like Civ 6, then Switch will make you very happy.  It depends on taste.  

I personally don't play FPS games, so when I look at the PS4 the library, it looks barren to me.  I know logically that it huge library of games.  It just has nothing for me.  On the other hand I really like turn based strategy games like Civ 6.  But I can understand that the OP might be the opposite.  Maybe he doesn't like strategy games, but really needs the latest FPS or open world third-person shooter.  So to the OP, it looks like Switch has no big games compared to the other consoles.  It's really a matter of taste.

That's a weird statement. Do you think that the PS4 is some kind of an FPS haven? Sure, it gets all the big FPS titles but those are a miniscule portion of all the games. The PS library is actually the most diverse and expansive of the three, so if you can't find anything of interest in there, it's just a bias that you have. And that's fine, I'm all about single platform gaming as well, but let's not distort things here. That's like me saying Nintendo has nothing for me, because it seems to be mostly FPS games like Doom and whatnot :D

I can see why you misunderstand my point, so let me try to say it more clearly.

The focus of the PS4 library is different from the Switch library.  One genre where you can see this is FPS.  The PS4 has a much better selection of FPS games than the Switch does.  For a person who has FPS as their favorite genre, they are going to look at Switch and say, "it's got no games".  I mean it technically does have some FPS games, but PS4 (and XB1) have a much better selection.  On the other hand a person who really likes 2D platformers might look at the PS4 and say "it's got no games".  I mean I'm sure it probably does have some, but Switch is a better console for 2D platformers.

So, it all comes down to taste.  The OP doesn't consider Civ 6 a big release, because he will probably never play Civ 6.  I personally don't care about CoD, because I don't like FPS, but I really love great turn based strategy games like Civ.  The whole topic of this thread is subjective anyway.

If we were talking about objective things like sales numbers (hardware or software), then we wouldn't be talking about third parties only.  Obviously Nintendo has big first party games coming out this holiday that the other consoles don't have.  But since we are just talking about "big third party" games, then it's subjective.  CoD isn't big to me, but Civ 6 is.  The OP sees things differently and that is ok too, as long as we all see that it's subjective.

Last edited by The_Liquid_Laser - on 17 October 2018