zeldaring said:
Soundwave said:
COVID boost was nice, but they didn't have "everything go right". No COD, no Madden NFL, no main line Final Fantasy, no Monster Hunter World (got the spin off instead and sold a ton anyway, but still). Those are all areas they can improve on.
They could even get all of Microsoft's IPs this gen too, something the Switch 1 didn't fully benefit from, that's a stroke of nice timing for the Switch 2. Halo and Forza and Sea of Theives and HiFi Rush could fill out nice supporting niches on the Nintendo ecosystem whereas Sony already has major games in all those genres so it's not really as big of a deal in some ways.
I don't think the Switch 1 got the full impact of what Nintendo's movie slate is going to be either, Mario movie came out very late in the Switch's product cycle, Switch 2 could enjoy things like the release of the live action Legend of Zelda, Super Mario 2 movie, maybe even Smash Bros. event film, etc. Those are going to be multiple surges in interest for Nintendo characters, not just a one off boost.
GTA has no impact on that either way though, Switch 2 will sell what it sells, it has nothing to do with Switch 2 anymore than the Taylor Swift concert movie impacted the Mario movie or yearly COD games impact the Switch hardware and sales of their software.
|
Comparing 10$ movies to people buying spending 550$ for a console and games is ridiculous, and honestly doubt anyone is buying a switch for madden or cod those won't do anything for switch2.
|
Nintendo owns the franchises that will sell the Switch 2. They don't need to ask for anyone's help, those other 3rd party IP will just create a more robust and fuller overall library of games, likely faster than the Switch 1 too, that's all, which is a nice plus to have. Monster Hunter 6 will help adoption in Japan, that will be nice. Madden NFL will let a lot of NFL fans enjoy the series on the go. That's all nice and good.
Nintendo doesn't need any of it, nor is there anything on Sony or MS platforms or PC platform that will stop the Switch 1 or 2 from selling whatever it's going to sell. All of that boils down to how Nintendo executes on their strengths, there's not a goddamn thing anyone else in the industry gonna do about it.
