Nintendo is not completely unreasonable. They will listen to suggestion from the bigger 3rd parties at least and Capcom has pull. I think (and hope) that the whole "Only Nintendo games sell on Nintendo platforms" motto is truly dead (as it should be after the Wii U). Imo, a good strategy is releasing enough first party games to attract an initial playerbase (which will ensure a constant stream of potential customers for the 3rd parties) and then limit the 1st party games to the 3rd droughts, holidays and summer vacations. That way no one is stepping on any toes.
Please don't let this guy anywhere near Nintendo.
Cheap alternative to initial Switch. As to why not wanting it to sell any more. Probably got feedback that not being able to dock ot/take the joycons off was bad. It’s not actually as easily carriable as a Switch oddly enough which is normally one of the selling points for marketing towards kids for them.
In fairness they pretty much already do limit 1st party games to those time periods already. Which was one of the Wii U’s problems.
MK8 WiiU had a 60% attach rate. 8 million copies sold for 13.5 million consoles.
Not saying they should release absolutely nothing in other times but Nintendo games can sometimes overshadow 3rd parties to an extend. Mario, Zelda, Metroid and of course Pokemon will be threatening to other games releases. Nintendo games feel like an event. You have to keep that one in mind. Plus Nintendo is kinda doing it right now. As things are, both 1st party games and 3rd party ones sell gangbusters on the Switch without problem.
The Wii U had many problems. Those problems worsened one another. The Wii U had confusing marketing for one and only got the must-have titles later in its life as opposed to early.
If you have two you can play wireless with other people in you house. So for example, if there was a really killer deal on a Switch Lite with Mario Kart, my wife and I could play it together with our own separate screens instead of sharing the TV.
I want another Switch (I have three) and will probably get this. Then everyone in the house will have one again.Nintendo's Holiday 2024 Switch Plans REVEALED!
Nintendo announces Switch (OLED) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe bundle and standard bundle
Nintendo to the customers.... Happy Holidays and here's another Mario Kart 8 Deluxe bundle set, enjoy
You know, I miss the DS Download Play function. You could play some multiplayer games using just a single cart, but I guess Nintendo got greedy somewhere along the line.
Part of me thinks they got tired of adding it when they saw they did not need it to market games to people.
True, it's much more of a novelty than something practical, but I hope they improve on that idea for Switch 2.
The tech still exists in one form. A Switch will allow for version sharing/matching to let people play more easily together.
It has zero possibility of working because of tv mode. They are not making a Wii U 2.
Why would those two things be incompatible?
Gross. When's the last time they added anything good?
Nintendo is not switching back to the Wii U second screen on controller style. Fans fucking hated it. Ergo they aren't going to be able to design a two screen experience for handheld mode because games have to work on both. Ergo they aren't going to pack in a second screen on the device that has zero gameplay use.
Going over the flaws of the Wii U would take forever, so I'll just say that what wasn't a flaw is the dual screen concept in and of itself, it was primarily Wii U's execution which was at fault (and it failed for other reasons aside from the GamePad too).
You. Are. Wrong.
