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sethnintendo on 08 May 2017
Bofferbrauer said:
TallSilhouette said:

You say that like the two best sellers on Switch by a huge margin aren't a game with giant swords + scantily clad women and a racing game, lol (and the next best seller is likely to be a shooter). 

Of course it sells on Switch too

But a game like Bomberman R or ARMS probably wouldn't fly high on a non-Nintendo console these days.

Jump 'n run, Puzzle Games, lighthearted games in general, these all probably have way better chances on a Nintendo console than on a Xbox or Playstation nowadays

Apparently there are still different markets and enough to support 3 systems.  The market never really supported 3 systems at once till Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft (examples: Atari and Sega).  So now you have two almost identical systems and 1 unique system. 



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TallSilhouette on 08 May 2017
Bofferbrauer said:
TallSilhouette said:

You say that like the two best sellers on Switch by a huge margin aren't a game with giant swords + scantily clad women and a racing game, lol (and the next best seller is likely to be a shooter). 

Of course it sells on Switch too

But a game like Bomberman R or ARMS probably wouldn't fly high on a non-Nintendo console these days

Well, as has been said repeatedly here, Bomberman R may not have sold so well if the library was larger when it released (not like it's a great game or anything). Arms does look worthy of success, though. Its aesthetic is in line with Nintendo's market but I don't see why it wouldn't succeed elsewhere, too. Minecraft and Rocket League, for example, have been wild successes all over. 



Bofferbrauer on 08 May 2017
TallSilhouette said:
Bofferbrauer said:

Of course it sells on Switch too

But a game like Bomberman R or ARMS probably wouldn't fly high on a non-Nintendo console these days

Well, as has been said repeatedly here, Bomberman R may not have sold so well if the library was larger when it released (not like it's a great game or anything). Arms does look worthy of success, though. Its aesthetic is in line with Nintendo's market but I don't see why it wouldn't succeed elsewhere, too. Minecraft and Rocket League, for example, have been wild successes all over. 

Yes, but these where huge hits already before getting ported to consoles, so their hype got transplanted from the PC, too. Had they started their life on the consoles, I doubt there would be much talk about either of them and would have gotten drowned by the more high profile releases



TallSilhouette on 08 May 2017
Bofferbrauer said:
TallSilhouette said:

Well, as has been said repeatedly here, Bomberman R may not have sold so well if the library was larger when it released (not like it's a great game or anything). Arms does look worthy of success, though. Its aesthetic is in line with Nintendo's market but I don't see why it wouldn't succeed elsewhere, too. Minecraft and Rocket League, for example, have been wild successes all over. 

Yes, but these where huge hits already before getting ported to consoles, so their hype got transplanted from the PC, too. Had they started their life on the consoles, I doubt there would be much talk about either of them and would have gotten drowned by the more high profile releases

Rocket League released simultaneously on PS4 and PC, blowing up in particular when the PS+ community gave it a try. Minecraft did indeed start on PC, though. 



Kuksenkov on 08 May 2017

Some salty bitches up in here.

Anyway, cool. I'm not interested in LEGO games whatsoever, but good for them.



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SonytendoAmiibo on 08 May 2017

Ah. Now back to the topic: I am having fun playing Lego City Undercover. I play the story missions when I am at home and explore the city for collectables when I am on lunch break at work.



   

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KrspaceT on 09 May 2017

Same in Germany

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/42834/Germany/



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outlawauron on 09 May 2017
Bofferbrauer said:
TallSilhouette said:

Well, as has been said repeatedly here, Bomberman R may not have sold so well if the library was larger when it released (not like it's a great game or anything). Arms does look worthy of success, though. Its aesthetic is in line with Nintendo's market but I don't see why it wouldn't succeed elsewhere, too. Minecraft and Rocket League, for example, have been wild successes all over. 

Yes, but these where huge hits already before getting ported to consoles, so their hype got transplanted from the PC, too. Had they started their life on the consoles, I doubt there would be much talk about either of them and would have gotten drowned by the more high profile releases

Uhh, Rocket League was popularized by PS+. It suddenly had a millions of people playing it from the start. PC was very integral to its success, but it wouldn't be as popular if not for the quick start PS+ gave it.



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Mummelmann on 09 May 2017

Shows the difference in demographics, no real surprise here. Most of the Lego games have don quite well on Nintendo consoles, to my recollection.



Yomieeee on 09 May 2017

I just played the game yesterday and the fps in portable mode is god awful. Holy shit. Playing in docked in acceptable but I wouldn't recommended undocked. It literally made my eyes hurt.