Miyamotoo said:
Mummelmann said:
That doesn't change the fact that it's a poor analogy, a 3rd party and a 1st party have completely different responsibilities.
As for showing footage and cofirming releases and/or platform exclusivity; Final Fantasy V XIII, The Last Guardian, heck; Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Rayman Legends being first announced as a Wii U exclusive, and then delayed several times and finally made multiplat, despite reports that the Wii U version was finished some time ago.
3rd parties talk, they test and they make statements or promises. A lot of it is hot air. Given Nintendo's insanely poor track record with 3rd parties since the mid 90's, I really, really can't blame anyone for being skeptical, despite promises and footage (which wasn't even running on that hardware at all). For all we know, the Switch might receive a "light" version of Skyrim, more tailored for handheld gaming, maybe it'll be digital only, maybe it won't show up at all if sales of other 3rd party titles are poor. We don't know, we just don't, and by default, as a Nintendo fan, you should be more skeptical than most. Did the 7th and 8th generation inspire you to trust in the 3rd parties' will to wholeheartedly support Nintendo platforms?
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Not its not.
Comparing if some game is exlusive or if game will come at all on systemy are two toaly difrent things. Also Nintendo never said that Zelda BotW is exclusive Wii U title.
Skyrim is 100% coming to Switch, we saw Skyrim at Switch video, Bethesda confirms support for Switch and at end they confirmed game. Thats a point. I can be more skeptical about Dark Souls 3 for instance, but not about Skyrim, its all very clear about Skyrim.
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Not mentioning the other examples?
Final Fantasy Versus XIII; it was confirmed for PS3, they showed videos, both FMV and gameplay, on actual PS3 hardware (unlike Skyrim, both Nintendo and Bethesda were clear on the fact that it is not a Switch build, it's an imposed video sampled onto the Switch screen, not actual people actually playing, huge difference there) and Square Enix were among the biggest supporters of the PS3, vocally so. Do you know what happened? I'm sure you do, can you tell me why exactly it's impossible that Skyrim will not appear on Switch? I'm not saying it won't, my entire point is that we don't know for sure, even ports and games with near-to final builds have been cancelled or moved to other platforms in the past, and the words of a developer or publisher isn't worth all that much (we all remember EA's "unprecedented partnership" with Nintendo with the Wii U), nor does a meaningless picture of logos that people constantly throw around the forums. The 7th and 8th gen have been a festering bog of false promises and missed deadlines.
Final Fantasy XIII losing exclusivity to 360 was another good example of major changes, despite reassurances from SE that it would remain a PS only franchise and title. Developers say things, then they might do something completely different.
As for Zelda, it may never have been called an "exclusive", but when a game from a flagship series is announced at the start of a console's life cycle, it's more or less implied that it is, in fact, exclusive. There was not a single reason in the whole wide world in January 2013 (at which point, the Wii U was merely a couple of months old and sales hadn't even tanked yet) to think that it would be delayed 5-6 times and end up as a dual-platform release (if even that, the rumors might still be true on the Wii U version being axed, I wouldn't be shocked). But I guess you saw that coming from the start? I know I didn't, most people didn't, the amount of outrage would suggest as much. So no matter how one twists it; Nintendo were completely disingenuous in their communication of this title from the beginning, and kept on being so, so why on earth are you taking the word of a 3rd party with zero relation and pedigree with Nintendo as solid truth? A little skepticism is healthy, you quite simply seem incapable of critical thinking on certain matters.