"Nintendo users only buy Nintendo games on Nintendo systems" How true was this?

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pavel1995 said:

What do you guys think causes nintendo first party games to sell so well on switch? I think that it's a few things.

1 The quality of the games are there people know the games are good.
2 Consistent releases. Nintendo putting out fire emblem, zelda, mario, and other franchises consistently help build build fanbases.
3 Nintendo fans talk about nintendo franchises. I gave golden sun and f zero 99 a chance because people talk about how good those series are.
4 Smash bros. Smash is a large marketing tool that advertises games to gamers.

Agree on all of them. But I will add another one.

Being the family friendly system of choice for many (grand)parents buying a first console for their young (grand)children. When kids get in the age group of 6-9 and get their first Nintendo, (grand)parents will be choosing the default recognizable games. And millions of children turn that age getting their first console each year, causing those evergreen sales.

Typical PlayStation/Xbox games, I believe appeal mostly to an older audience, so that audience will be buying the games they want fairly quickly. Not so many will get the evergreen status over the years, because their audience already bought it.