"Nintendo’s in a bad way with the Wii U, so they’ll have to convince gamers that now’s the time to jump in. And it kind of is! If you squint hard enough, I mean." - Joe Garcia
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
Games...hell yeah
I personally might buy the Wii U later in the year, maybe at that price the one listed in the article, but there's no way I'm buying it until i see a friggin Fire Emblem game. Screw Mario and the other titles. I want my Fire Emblem and hardcore RPG titles on this system.
Bought mine for Monster Hunter and slowly starting to find enticing games that will be coming out later. Wonderful 101, Mario Kart 8 ( since I can't have F-Zero ), and maybe smash.
im still waiting for the first reason.
Going to pick one up again tomorrow(after returning the deluxe one which ended up costing 395$ with tax), the 8gb model is going to be 199$ at walmart in Canada. If I can get a family member who works at Target to pricematch and use the 15% discount then it will work out great for me. Sonic,3d world,ww hd,bayonetta 2, donkeykong and X being titles I have my eyes on.