| DekutheEvilClown said: 5m is an arbitrarily chosen number. How about 4m? I can probably list like 100 games that sold 4m+ copies on the PS4/PS5 or PC. How many on the Switch? If the competition on the Switch is just as high then there would also be large numbers of third party games selling these kind of numbers. Instead the only games selling big numbers are all by the same company that can release their games in the order they desire to minimise cannibalisation and competition among products. That’s a captive market for Nintendo. |
Are you kidding or something? Nintendo has their console open to every major third party publisher, they can publish everything they make on Switch if they so choose. But in reality the only major company that puts major effort into Nintendo consoles are Nintendo themselves, which means that they are the only one that will find major success on their consoles.
How is the Switch a captive market? Consumers have chosen to buy the Switch, even though they know they won't be able to play Call of Duty or other major franchises on the console, meaning Nintendo games themselves are so attractive that people choose to buy the Switch even though it gets no major third party support.
Can you list major day and date third party games on Switch that should sell 4-5 million copies on Switch but fail to do so? I can only see minor third party games that don't sell a lot on any console coming day and date on Switch. But some indie games have had major success on Switch, Stardew Valley for example has sold 7,9 million copies on Switch:
Stardew Valley continues its wholesome farming dominance with latest sales milestone | Eurogamer.net
You won't see any difference on the Switch 2, third parties will never commit to releasing big games day and date on any Nintendo console, so it will once again be up to Nintendo themselves to increase the appeal of the Switch 2.
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