The_Liquid_Laser said:
If we are talking about the first 6 months, then 2020 is lightyears ahead of both 2018 and 2019. 2019 had a lot of good titles, but almost all of the exclusives came out in the second half of the year. Most of the complaints I'm hearing from curl-6 and others this year is simply in not knowing what is coming up. For someone like me not knowing is a mild annoyance. For others it may seem like the worst thing Nintendo has ever done. I think we'd all like to know what Nintendo's 2nd half of 2020 looks like, but some people have a stronger reaction than others. |
And 2017 for that matter. While Mario Kart and Zelda are both gigantic titles and key to the overall success of Switch to this time, and for a long time to come, we just had Animal Crossing which finishes the holy triad of Switch’s pantheon of key software. A year 4 killer app, and then the mountain of new software announced every week for release every week.
As for announcing software WAY in advance. That’s a completely unnecessary tactic and will do way more to hurt Switch than help. Switch is on fire, and people are arguing that clearly Nintendo is doing something wrong for no other reason than abandoning a less successful marketing status quo. Apple, the world’s most successful corporation with regular releases, basically functions on the exact same philosophy. Like Apple or hate them, what they do, works. And Nintendo has somehow won back all sorts of trust with the Switch for it to work for them too, people see the Switch delivering consistently, and trust that the platform is going to keep delivering. That’s why Switch is dominating the dedicated gaming industry with Wii/DS-level success which could very well be more sustainable than either if Nintendo continues its path without violating that trust it’s gained.
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