LudicrousSpeed said:
Yes but those other companies you listed all have much more competition than Nintendo. Rockstar for example just released Red Dead on PS4 and Xbone. Immediately on release it was competing with the new Calls of Doody, the new Battlefield, the new Ass Creed, holiday sales on older games like Madden, GTA V, FIFA, etc. Nintendo titles simply don't face that kind of competition on their own system. That's why their games can stay higher prices for a longer time. It's also why third parties can release older games onto the Switch for higher prices than the other consoles. Wolfenstein II needs to be about $30-40 MSRP to sell on the other two consoles because there is a plethora of other quality titles both first and third party for it to compete against, especially in the FPS genre. But on Switch, what other shooters do you have? Splatoon? Some indie network title? Nah. So Bethesda can keep Wolfenstein II $60 there. Same with Skyrim. Even the sports games don't see the same sales other platforms do in some cases. So the short easy answer is lack of competition on their platform, which is great for them, not so great for gamers. |
Then why does Mario Kart 8 sells so much more on Switch than WiiU? It had much less competition on WiiU. The thing is: people don't buy a console and then look which games are on it. They look for games. If they don't have the hardware, they look for enough reasons to get that hardware or bite the bullet and let the game slip. Therefore games on PS4 and games on Switch very real compete. Because Switch gamers see RDR2 and PS4 gamers see Mario Odyssey. The reality is, that God of War and Smash Bros Ultimate compete.
For a hardware that sold less it is even harder, because you have not only to convince gamers to get the game, but the hardware for it too. So PS4 currently is in an easier position to sell games on it, because many already have it.
