2020: The peek of the Switch?

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fatslob-:O said:

TheMisterManGuy said:

They still have stuff like a new Star Fox, ARMS 2, any 1-2 Switch-esque party games, more Mario Sports, Diamond and Pearl Remakes, Bayo 3, and perhaps more New IP and co-productions with other developers. Nintendo isn't like a tank that can only use a set number of franchises and that's it. There's plenty of avenues they can take for future Switch software.

Star Fox ? Not in development ... 

ARMS 2 ? One and done ... 

1-2 Switch ? Ditto ... 

Mario Sports ? The main spin-offs are it's Tennis games which is already here and that Sonic crossover which will be out by the end of this year ... 

Pokemon remakes ? Who really cares about those ? 

Bayonetta 3 ? PlatinumGames are irrelevant in terms of system selling power ... 

Actually, Nintendo pretty much is becoming a tank that can only use a set number of franchises and the same applies to nearly every big publisher out there. There's no way Nintendo can keep realistically churning out new block buster AAA titles at every turn throughout the entire generation to push hardware like you seem to imply ... 

It's probably for the best that Nintendo kills off any ideas of developing new AAA games for the Switch by the end of 2020 and start focusing on a potential next generation successor because that's just HOW LONG a game's development pipeline is getting ... 

You totally sure about those? I mean, Nintendo said at the end of their direct that they have many more games in development, but they're not far enough in development to be showcased yet. Quite possible that this applies to at least one of these.

@Italic: I wouldn't be so sure about that. Astral Chain should give an indication on that, and Bayonetta 3 certainly will push some consoles. Not Smash numbers, of course, but still...

Also, Nintendo doesn't have to churn out all by themselves. Just look at some of the games the console got or will get this year which are from publishers: Mortal Kombat 11, Doom:Ethernal, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Spyro collection, Dragon Quest XI S, Dragon Quest Builders 2... The list goes on.

Of course, these multiplats push all platforms they're on, but that also means that they're also doing so for the Switch. In fact, without those, we get Wii U sales numbers, as just Nintendo games without anything else results into that. The inverse is what XBO has: Without compelling exclusives, it's sales are only pushed by multiplats. Switch and PS4 show, that only when you got both that you get great sales. But I digressed too far already.

Nintendo will continue to bring out compelling titles over the next years. In terms of big hitters, could see a proper new Mario Kart 9, for instance. Splatoon 2 is getting it's last Splatfest, so possibly Splatoon 3 is starting to get developed. Or a successor to SMO. Or something different, who knows?

Btw, Nintendo has greatly increased it's personnel in the last 2 years. Nintendo hat about 5000 employees before the launch of the Switch, now they're scratching at the 6000 mark. So clearly they're boosting their different studios to output more and/or bigger games than was possible 2-3 years ago.