EA: "There isn't much room for other titles than 1st party on Switch"

[DonFerrari]

padib said:

Don, I understand that they are free to manage their profits as strategically as they see fit. The issue though is that they seem to be unable to understand how to make money on a Nintendo console, and their quote highlights that. To say that only 1st party games sell well on Nintendo consoles is a gross misunderstanding on their part of what is actually happening, why they are unsuccessful on Nintendo consoles.

I totally agree that they are either unable to understand how to profit (on their expectations) on Nintendo HW or that they understand what they need and don't want to do that (that it could lead to less total profit/investment). That isn't a defense of EA or their practices, but to deny that there isn't much room for 3rd party compared to 1st parties on Switch is also undeniable (and not a problem for me, even on PS4 I buy much more 1st party than 3rd party even though there is like 100x more titles from 3rd parties and most of the top sellers there aren't Sony).

And yes I do think most Nintendo titles are better than most 3rd party games.