Is monster hunter rise going to be the best selling 3rd party game ever on a Nintendo console

[mjk45]

Spindel said:

Slownenberg said:

It's pretty crazy how insanely successful Switch is (will at worst be 3rd best selling system ever) given that MH Rise is literally the very first entirely third party AAA game that is actually built for the Switch instead of being some really old port or arriving a couple years late (DQXI) or somewhat old downgrade from current home systems. Literally, the only one, and Switch just passed its fourth birthday! Switch has blown away the competition and has a great library despite the fact that the big games in the library are essentially all first party and indies. Imagine if third parties actually put together a team or two each to build AAA games for a system that will very soon be over 100 million systems sold and is by far the hottest thing in the industry.

I’ve been around here since the Wii days, don’t get your hopes up. 

When it comes to Nintendo, other game studios are compleatley retarded and then blame their failure on Nintendo. 

I wouldn't say they are retarded, you have to look at it from their perspective and take in the type of games they historically make, and also the synergies they get from developing across what is now closer than ever to having 3 PC type platforms with an audience that dwarfs the Switches numbers fantastic as they are.

Now To my Utopian fantasies that doesn't mean they can't do better but that goes both ways, an example would be taking into consideration when developing a continuation or a new AAA game firstly is it's scope adaptable to a Switch version and if it's feasible in terms of costs, then we should prioritise developing the Switch version alongside the others not as a later port. also are we going to take a long term approach where we cut back on the usual over inflated projections, so the future benefits of our longer term aims of establishing our IP/IPs on Switch or future Nintendo consoles take priority and remember along with those  future benefits comes the increased chance of having meaningful dialogue that can lead to positive outcomes for both sides going forward.

 

Last edited by mjk45 - on 06 April 2021