Jumpin said:
PAOerfulone said:
This thread is good for giving me a migraine and not much else.
I counted and my Switch library is 55 games, not counting the NES and SNES games from the Online service. Even if you don't count Wii U ports, that's still 48. Even if you want to get really technical and only count games that were originally made for the Switch AND launched alongside their PS4/Xbox One counterparts in the case of 3rd party games - So basically, no late ports or remasters of old games, I still counted 26 - Which is still bigger than my entire 3DS or Wii U libraries
It is easily the biggest library of games I have ever had for a single system; And we're not even half-way through its life-cycle! Or even if we are, if Switch 2 were to come out in March 2023; 55 games is a lot for a system that's not even 4 years old.
So if there's a lack of games for any of you, regardless or quantity OR quality, you simply haven't been looking hard enough, or you're not even bothering with looking because you're too busy complaining.
And as for lack of announcements: Did everyone just magically forget about this little thing called COVID-19? Square Enix and Sony delayed the releases for Final Fantasy VII Remake and Last of Us 2 by a month because of it. And those games were pretty much done by the time the outbreak started. So what do you think it did for games that are still in the middle of development? Work is kind of a bitch when you're a game developer working from home. Furthermore, when the stream of releases seemingly starts slowing down, I would think, "Hey! What a great time to look and see what games there are that I haven't played or tried yet that I might enjoy?" That's why I finally got Astral Chain after all this time.
Bottom line: Take a God Damn chill pill, show just a 'wee' bit more understanding about the situation right now, and get some perspective. |
Nintendo actually stated in the last investor Q&A that their schedule is unaffected. But they've also pretty much said their strategy is going to remain a waterfall of announcements for upcoming products rather than a batch announcement. That might come their next shareholder event, we'll see. IMO, they'll stick with it since it has had a positive impact on hardware and software sales.
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Nintendo actually recently released an English version of their 2020 report from a weeks ago as you pointed out.
https://www.gonintendo.com/stories/365352-nintendo-shares-a-detailed-statement-on-the-impact-the-pandemic-h
Apparently, there might be some changes in their development schedules and some of their products will not release as initially planned.
I think it’s understandable. The pandemic has certainly affected everyone in the gaming industry. Why do you think most of the next gen titles have little to no gameplay shown and with no release windows, let alone release dates? Not to mention we still don’t know the release dates, prices, and launch titles for the next gen consoles. If the world was the way it was pre-COVID, I would assume we would have had more information on these consoles at this point, even hands-on impressions and demos for the press to write about.
And so far, Nintendo has mainly announced new games this year with actual release dates in the end of their initial trailers.
