TheBraveGallade said:
In turn, aside from a few noteworthy franchises, nintendo fans treat third parties as second class themselves. |
Not true; Nintendo fans will buy third party games, they're just not inclined to buy undesirable software. The games that fail on Switch wouldn't have sold well on any system under the same circumstances.
LGBTDBZBBQ said:
It's much easier for 3rd party games to sell on PS4 when there zero million seller from 1st party to compete with. Animal Crossing new horizons alone is bigger than Monster Hunter World+Final Fantasy 7R +Dragon Quest 11 combined on PS4. Top 5 games in Japan this Gen 1. Animal Crossing 2. Smash Bros Ultimate 3. Pokemon Sword and Shield 4. Splatoon 2 5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe If you take a look at the last fiscal year, Nintendo generated more profits than Sony gaming division, Capcom, and Square Enix combined. I kinda agree with EA on this, Nintendo 1st party titles on Switch are too monstrous and most of those still retain a full MSRP. I think at this point people need to accept the reality of current Nintendo Switch software situation. Their domination on software sales make it hard for third party games to compete in the same environment. |
You don't need to sell on par with Mario Kart or Smash Bros to be successful though. A game like Octopath Traveler, which sold over 2 million, did well enough that Square opened up a new department to make Switch games.
Other third party titles like Skyrim, Crash Bandicoot, Mortal Kombat 11, Cuphead, etc managed to chart well on Switch.
Third parties sell well on Switch when they release desirable products.