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Faelco on 02 February 2017
Goodnightmoon said:
bigtakilla said:
"Weak" is a bit of an understatement, lol.

Oh yes, they only have the potential GOTG dfor launch, absolutely horrible.

The GOTG will release in April, and only on PS3 and PS4 though...



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Goodnightmoon on 02 February 2017
Bandorr said:
Goodnightmoon said:

Oh yes, they only have the potential GOTG dfor launch, absolutely horrible.

And when you remove Zelda? You have a weak lineup dependent on one game - that is also on the wii U.

If a house falls because you remove one part - it had a weak foundation. Then you do the same to the lineup - it is a weak lineup.

It is a weak lineup by design actually. Zelda in March, Mario kart 8 in April. Mario later on this year etc.

A weak lineup, a strong year. Two very different things.

Oh, and what happens when you remove the potential GOTG?

And why the hell would you remove the pòtential GOTG lol

The way people acts like is not there is just amusing.



TripleThreat on 02 February 2017

Weak? I don't know, maybe some people are too young to remember the Nintendo 64. It only had two games at launch and it went on to be a great system. I'm guessing that most the people doing the complaining don't plan on buying a Switch. Yes it would have been nice to have another major game to compliment Zelda like Mario or Smash Brothers, but if you don't like the lineup then wait until this summer or wait until Christmas. By then they'll have a lot to choose from. It's not like anyone is making you buy the system on day one.



Goodnightmoon on 02 February 2017
Faelco said:
Goodnightmoon said:

Oh yes, they only have the potential GOTG dfor launch, absolutely horrible.

The GOTG will release in April, and only on PS3 and PS4 though...

In your little buble maybe (I'm sure is gonna be great), for the rest of the world we'll see.



bigtakilla on 02 February 2017
Goodnightmoon said:
Bandorr said:

And when you remove Zelda? You have a weak lineup dependent on one game - that is also on the wii U.

If a house falls because you remove one part - it had a weak foundation. Then you do the same to the lineup - it is a weak lineup.

It is a weak lineup by design actually. Zelda in March, Mario kart 8 in April. Mario later on this year etc.

A weak lineup, a strong year. Two very different things.

Oh, and what happens when you remove the potential GOTG?

And why the hell would you remove the pòtential GOTG lol

The way people acts like is not there is just amusing.

No, what's amusing is seeing people say 1 game = great lineup.



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Goodnightmoon on 02 February 2017
Hynad said:
Goodnightmoon said:

Oh yes, they only have the potential GOTG dfor launch, absolutely horrible.

This one game = potentially a great game. Launch line-up = not great.

Do you understand that distinction?

No, I don't understand how people would be praising a launch up of 20 generic games more than a launch up with a potential GOTG on it, I just don't. WiiU had like 30 games at launch, it was a horrible launch up anyways, not a single system seller on it.



Hynad on 02 February 2017
Goodnightmoon said:
Bandorr said:

And when you remove Zelda? You have a weak lineup dependent on one game - that is also on the wii U.

If a house falls because you remove one part - it had a weak foundation. Then you do the same to the lineup - it is a weak lineup.

It is a weak lineup by design actually. Zelda in March, Mario kart 8 in April. Mario later on this year etc.

A weak lineup, a strong year. Two very different things.

Oh, and what happens when you remove the potential GOTG?

And why the hell would you remove the pòtential GOTG lol

The way people acts like is not there is just amusing.

Nobody acts like it's not there. You just fail to understand that one game doesn't make a good line-up by itself. No matter how great the game is. 

Choices from a good range of compelling games is what constitutes a good line-up. What the Switch has in store for its launch is anemic at best. No matter how great BOTW is.



Veknoid_Outcast on 02 February 2017

While I understand the folks who aren't finding something they want at launch, I think Nintendo is doing the right thing here. Breath of the Wild is a killer app; the rest is just gravy. Plus, early adopters and die-hard fans will snatch up the system in March, regardless. Better to space out the big games to keep up momentum throughout 2017 than front-load everything early in the year.



S.Peelman on 02 February 2017

The spreading out and strategic releases part isn't really the problem though, the problem is that 1,2,Switch is a thing.



Goodnightmoon on 02 February 2017
Hynad said:
Goodnightmoon said:

Oh, and what happens when you remove the potential GOTG?

And why the hell would you remove the pòtential GOTG lol

The way people acts like is not there is just amusing.

Nobody acts like it's not there. You just fail to understand that one game doesn't make a good line-up by itself. No matter how great the game is. 

Choices from a good range of compelling games is what constitutes a good line-up. What the Switch has in store for its launch is anemic at best. No matter how great BOTW is.

Oh please Hynad, plenty of peoplke acts like is not there, how many times have you heard the "but is only a wiiu game" excuse?

As for the rest, I've answerd you a second before you wrote this