Switch Is Attracting A Large amount of Non-Console owners, Research Suggests: 25% of Owners Have No other console

[Mr Puggsly]

curl-6 said:

ryuzaki57 said:

It has been clear for some time that the mainstream audience represents the crushing majority of new switch owners. Mario Kart 8 DX is back as best-selling Switch game in some places, which is very telling. The big problem for Nintendo now is that this inflating audience is only buying 1st party software, ignoring 3rd party games that are not Just Dance. The closer Switch comes to the moment it will decline, the clearer it becomes for 3rd parties that there's no money to be made. So despite the large install-base, (big) 3rd parties might actually invest increasingly less.

Haha, tell that to Momotaro, which cracked 2 million in its first couple of months in a single country, or Monster Hunter Rise, the biggest third party exclusive yet which will arrive in Switch's 4th year. Third party support on Switch has been increasing year after year, not decreasing.

Three years later and your predictions of Switch collapsing are still a mirage. 

3rd party games do well enough to keep coming in general. But its also fair to acknowledge many popular IPs have skipped Switch because potential sales aren't big enough.

I suspect carts might be somewhat expensive, especially large storage carts, which could be impacting support as well. Digital only is less potential sales.

Either way, a vast majority of users wanting 1st party games wouldn't be new for Nintendo though. Its kinda always been that way.