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In terms of the broad strokes, I generally agree; 2017 was amazing, 2018 was weak, 2019 was excellent, 2020... well, it was pretty good actually in terms of total lineup, it was just the pacing and communication were horrendous.
| mZuzek said: For me I'd rate the Switch's exclusive lineups like... 2017 - 10/10 I could say it with more words than that, but I feel that's kinda unnecessary. Clearly I'm not as happy with the system as most have been, and I feel like a lot of the optimism around it exists because it's kinda like a bubble of good word-of-mouth that just keeps going. But in reality, the exclusives lineup has been extremely dry and I'd say not at all better than the Wii U from 2018 onwards. Because the Wii U sold like shit, everyone felt more negatively about it but I really don't see what's been great about Nintendo games this generation, never mind Nintendo as a company because that, holy shit. Thankfully for the Switch lineup, it's been steadily getting many awesome third-party releases, including some of the best indie games of all time that, due to their lower hardware demands, are right at home on the console. I haven't bought a first-party Nintendo game in ages, but the console's been great for other games. |
Yeah to be honest, as great as games like BOTW and Mario Odyssey are, I still feel Switch has one of Nintendo's weakest first party lineups to date, below even Wii U.
That said, it still has the next few years hopefully to change that, and I'm optimistic it will.
It's saving grace for me has been its third party support; getting to play awesome games like Witcher 3, Ori, Doom 2016/Eternal, Hellblade, Crash 4, etc, plus of course Monster Hunter Rise.
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