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Jumpin on 27 August 2020
Leynos said:
Lonely_Dolphin said:

I think everyone knows what's happening, just not everyone agrees on how much leeway should be given.

People could be more patient and understanding about it, but eh so what if they complain. They'll shut up when Nintendo inevitably reveals the good stuff.

The more Nintendo waits the more people sell their Switch. Similar to the Wii and Wii U era. Long droughts and people got sick of it and just sold them off.

What drought? There are anywhere between 20 and 40 new games a week. Switches are constantly sold out at retail and the resellers are scamming 75-90% profit because of high demand.

Also, Wii sold over 100 million units, it was Nintendo's most successful home console in its history with record setting revenue, hardware sales, and software sales.



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Mandalore76 on 27 August 2020
Leynos said:
Lonely_Dolphin said:

I think everyone knows what's happening, just not everyone agrees on how much leeway should be given.

People could be more patient and understanding about it, but eh so what if they complain. They'll shut up when Nintendo inevitably reveals the good stuff.

The more Nintendo waits the more people sell their Switch. Similar to the Wii and Wii U era. Long droughts and people got sick of it and just sold them off.

If as many people were selling their Switch as you think there are, they wouldn't be listed at almost $100-$300 above MSRP on Amazon.  There are more people trying to get their hands on a Switch than Nintendo can keep up with the manufacturing right now.



Runa216 on 27 August 2020
Mnementh said:
Runa216 said:
I'm usually really generous with the partner directs becuase they're not SUPPOSED to be big, world-shattering events or first party bombshells or anything, but that was bad. Real bad. Though, now that I reflect on it, I think I was just soured because I saw Kingdom hearts (YES!)....then immediately saw it was a really shitty-looking rhythm game (Booooooooo). That disappointment carried me through the whole event.

I guess it wasn't terrible, maybe a 4/10, but for that terrible bait and switch, -9/10 for me. Seriously, why?

I am not disagreeing with you, but it is funny, because it is the second partner showcase and you speak of *usually* you do this, but this time... So 50/50.

I should have been more clear. I meant like, the partner stuff, the direct minis, Nindies, etc. All the smaller events are kinda bunched in my mind. 



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Mr.GameCrazy on 27 August 2020
Jumpin said:
Leynos said:

The more Nintendo waits the more people sell their Switch. Similar to the Wii and Wii U era. Long droughts and people got sick of it and just sold them off.

What drought? There are anywhere between 20 and 40 new games a week. Switches are constantly sold out at retail and the resellers are scamming 75-90% profit because of high demand.

Also, Wii sold over 100 million units, it was Nintendo's most successful home console in its history with record setting revenue, hardware sales, and software sales.

Third party and indie games don't count, apparently.



rapsuperstar31 on 27 August 2020
Mr.GameCrazy said:
Jumpin said:

What drought? There are anywhere between 20 and 40 new games a week. Switches are constantly sold out at retail and the resellers are scamming 75-90% profit because of high demand.

Also, Wii sold over 100 million units, it was Nintendo's most successful home console in its history with record setting revenue, hardware sales, and software sales.

Third party and indie games don't count, apparently.

Yes there are games coming out, but not many exclusive games.  But come Playstation is getting a new system and we still got huge games The Last of Us 2, Final Fantasy VII remake, and Ghost.  Obviously Animal Crossing is the biggest game of the 4 games listed from a sales perspective.  I'm pretty sure Animal Crossing was finished last year, but they decided to push it off to this year to try and fill in the early part of the year.  Paper Mario is cute but not exactly what fans were looking for in a Paper Mario game.  Bug Fables rocked and was what Paper Mario fans should demand Nintendo goes back to with Paper Mario.  I would say my two favorite Switch games this year are Bug Fables and Shantae and both are on multiple consoles.  As soon as Nintendo announces the Mario games and at least one non remake 1st party game for the Switch releasing this year all will be forgiven.



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Leynos on 27 August 2020
Mr.GameCrazy said:
Jumpin said:

What drought? There are anywhere between 20 and 40 new games a week. Switches are constantly sold out at retail and the resellers are scamming 75-90% profit because of high demand.

Also, Wii sold over 100 million units, it was Nintendo's most successful home console in its history with record setting revenue, hardware sales, and software sales.

Third party and indie games don't count, apparently.

They are not physical games. Plus like none of those are exclusive and most are not worth giving the time of day.



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Jumpin on 28 August 2020
Leynos said:
Mr.GameCrazy said:

Third party and indie games don't count, apparently.

They are not physical games. Plus like none of those are exclusive and most are not worth giving the time of day.

That’s all on you, opinions on how you feel about games doesn’t equate to a drought. Switch is hitting some of the highest sales in Nintendo’s history, Q4 came in second place (only topped by Wii’s Q4 2009), Q1 software sales were record setting. It’s likely Q2 is heading to similarly high sales. This isn’t what you call a drought. Volume of releases are higher than any past Nintendo consoles, and are considerably higher than Xbox One and PS4 combined.

Droughts are a period of prolonged low levels of software releases; but we’re currently in a period of abundant releases and abundant sales. The facts simply don’t add up to a drought. 



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