| Kyuu said: Furukawa: "The [new] pricing does not fully account for all cost increases." |
I hope this means that we will not see any more price increases...
Anyway, I have been comments on Nintendo's lineup or lack of one for the rest of the year. With the lateset info this is coming into better view. We can see StarFox releasing summer and sure that will a nice surprise... but exclusive lineup is sparse and the reason why is because Nintendo is leaning into the third party support. Their latest ads feature titles like Elden Ring, Pragmata and Final Fantasy. This brings their plans into focus and explains why they are squarely focused on the Switch 2. One thing that Sony has that makes them number one is the fact that they are the main platform for 3rd parties. The money that comes with that is incredible. What we see is Nintendo trying to get a larger piece of that pie. The Switch 2 can do that for them in ways no other console in the last two decades couldn't really do.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying anyone is going to go out and buy a Switch to play Elden Ring... thats not a thing that would happen. And we should expect PS5 to be the home for third parties simply due to the base size and the sizable power advantage. But what Nintendo has done is massively increase their platforming fee income. Massively. Elden Ring will still sell a respectable amount of copies. When FF7 Part 3 launches on Switch 2, they should be able to get good amount of the share (constrained by the size in comparison to PS5 install base). It now becomes more viable for someone who can only own one system to get a Switch 2 even if they mainly play 3rd party games. So third party support can become a system seller to some extent.
