BraLoD said:
Yeah, no, really, no.
PC is unmatched in the indie field because it's where most of them are built into, as it's by far the most open platform, as it's not a controlled videogames focused space, but a working tool, at its core.
And the fact the Switch is a newer platform affects greatly the, sorry for the sincerity, very limited vision you are choosing to take here to compare it to the PS4. The PS4 has a fucking lot of quality indie games, the Switch is just now getting some of those games because it didn't exist before, and getting more coverage here about some specific new ones because they seems more relevant to the Switch library than to the PS4 library because of some things as:
This is a Nintendo oriented forums, Nintendo always get more coverage here, the sheer amount of NX threads when it wasn't even a thing was stagering, for example;
The Switch library is still very limited in numbers compared to the PS4, as it's newer, so a new game represents a way bigger share of its library than what it does in the PS4, as 1 in 100 means its 1% of the library by itself and the same 1 game against 1000 represents 0,1%;
The PS4 even being older still has more releases weekly than the Switch, which means an even bigger ratio gap of the significance of a game in a group than before, feel free to open the PS Store from your PC and check the amount of indie games available to be bought there, you'll amazed, really, go and do it;
And by this fact, the Switch onwers can focus more on some selected titles easier than the PS4 owners to gather around and make them relevant, like why does a PS2 port gets so much more presence as a Vita game than it did as a PS2 game (Persona 4), because people gather around a game they find good in few they have to, as on the Vita, meanwhile it once was just another good game in a multitude of good games in such a vastly rich library, as on the PS2, so people attention gets naturally more spread than focused there.
The Switch indie support is still not really even comparable to the PS4, if it'll ever be, and it just won't ever touch the PC in that regard, so again, no, really, no. |
I should have said that its better than the PS4 in the same timeframe, since its not a "fair" contest if you compare the library the PS4 has built thus far, with the PS4 being almost 4 years old.And while yes, each indie game of higher profile gets a bigger spotlight because of the Switch being a newer console and not having "many" games to market or compete attention with, you could also say that Nintendo is just plain doing a better job at promoting the indies it has than Sony, the same way that Sony gave them a bigger spotlight in the early years of the PS4.
And about the PC side of things, I think it can come close to matching it in the same timeframe.I will admit that on this one Im a bit biased because Im a console gamer, but Nintendo does have some excellent exclusive indies on its machine and makes a case against the PC, even if its a weak one.
About the site being more Nintendo oriented, I dont think thats the case.Again, with the Switch being a newer system, it does get a bigger slice of the attention than the PS4 and XOne, but honestly, the fanbase or at least admiration of Sony and Nintendo here is somewhat even, even if it tends to be a bit more Nintendo oriented.I am a fan of Sony and Nintendo for example.But that doesnt impede me from congratulating Nintendo for doing a splendid work.
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