How Nintendo Just 1-Upped the PS4 and Xbox

The Summer 2017 Nindies Showcase showed Nintendo going the extra mile to make indie games valuable. These smaller games are becoming a really big deal!

[PhoenixUp]

I still see more indie games coming to PS4 than on XO. You just see Nintendo having conferences like this to make up for the fact that their console is losing out so much major third party support.

On a side note, I see this website finally has an article with a thumbnail that doesn't show cleavage, but it does show Mario sliding down a pole 😅

[Genuine-User]

I completely agree.

[Erik7357]

I see no reason why the Switch WOULDN'T be better for indie games. As a pc gamer, by DEFAULT I would never consider getting indie game on ps4 that I could get on PC.For Switch, im now for the first time actually picking the console version over the pc version.

I think seeing games that we could only play on a ps4/xbox and then seeing someone play it on the go is a big fucking deal but no one on this site wants to see that. Doesn't matter its already taking over the gaming landscape anyway. Selling twice as fast as the ps4 is in Japan and selling very closely to ps4 in America/Europe WITH BIGGER WIDESPREAD SHORTAGES.

[Genuine-User]

Your argument doesn't hold any weight for people that don't do handheld gaming.

[Nintentional]

I agree man. I love all the diverse ways you can play gmes on the Switch. It's quickly becoming my favorite console of all time

[michellelynn0976]

No, the Switch has more indie games. Indie games sell more on the Switch and more and more 3rd parties are jumping on board, so if anyone agrees, they don't know what they are talking about. The Switch is getting more and more support as time goes on.

[lellkay]

Nintendo just "one upped" the competition by showing indy support, something the competition has been doing for 10 years.

[Erik7357]

I think they one upped them by being the only gaming device on the market to play these games on a portable console.It kinda makes the ps4 version look inferior when in every way the Switch does what the ps4 version does but with the added ability to play it on the go. Why would you ever prefer the ps4 version over the switch version honestly?

You wouldnt and if you had both consoles 99% of the time you would get the Switch version over the ps4 version and thats pretty much fact because in the back of your head you can say " Well it does everything the ps4 version deos AND I CAN PLAY IT ON THE GO"

[lellkay]

depends what the definition 1-upping is. I'd take the cheaper playstation, with the better indie support, proper online play, features and functionality that are expected from a console in 2017, third party support and Sony's first party line up (and back catalog) over having some indie games portably.... but each to their own, everyone likes their own things but to call this "1-upping" seems like a desperate nintendo fan trying to desperately validate his purchase and trying to prove "its as good" as clearly superior machines. meh.

[Teflon02]

You do realize alot of ps4 indies release on Vita as well with crossbuy support...

[Teflon02]

Also you do realize it can be anything that changes your choice. Example, I'd undertale was on switch right now and ps4/vita. I'd get ps4/vita. Why? It gives both versions. I don't pay the nin shop tax on psn and on top of that it has trophies which isn't a big deal, but it's a little addition that can add play value to a game (though undertales platinum is a complete joke).

[AspiringProGenji]

Get a life dude! I have both consoles and I won't always get a Switch version just so I can go outside and look like a weirdo playing games in front of the public when I can be doing something else and being social!

[CaptainObvious878]

Choose the worst version on a cheaply made, weak piece of hardware that has a smaller screen, lacking basic features we come to expect in 2017?

Maybe if I had mental deficiencies. Severe mental deficiencies.

[Ristul]

While I like smaller indie games a lot, Nintendo needs to bring the AA and AAA games too. Indies are good for the now as development of bigger titles takes time and we are still only 6 months in to the Switch, but it will be interesting to see some of their big guns the coming year, not just first party but second and third party.

[masterfox]

Oh look Nintendo is interested in indie games after years of thrashing third party developers and stopping them from publishing their games in Nintendo devices...Never forget..

Also the indie game list in the Switch is minuscule in comparison to the PS4, so bragging about this is just sad but in the end this is probably the only thing they can brag about, cause look how many new Switch exclusives games have been released or announced, yep that list is pretty sad for this year, next year is even sadder.

[Prince_TFK]

Well.. Switch exclusive games for this year are BOTW, Mario Kart, Arms, Splatoon 2, Mario+Rabbid, Mario O, Pokken Tournament, Fire Emblem Warrior, and Xenoblade 2.

Next year they had already announced Kirby, Yoshi, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, Metriod, New Tales of, SMT, and possibly Bayonetta 2, Monster Hunter, and Smash Bros.

Yeah...looking at that list is very very sad indeed. It really make me want to cry. /s

[remixx116]

Wait wait wait smash port got announced for next year, please do not be lying when did this get confirmed??!

[Teflon02]

Come on don't put rereleased games and new games in the same category...

[Prince_TFK]

@remixx

It is just a rumor for now.

http://comicbook.com/gaming...

[Big_Game_Hunters]

97 > 89

[Silly gameAr]

89>non-existent. You're an xbox fanboy. Don't try to play the metacritic game using nintendo games because you can't use an example from your box.

BTW, Zelda and Mario games get a 90 just because of name alone.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

"You're an xbox fanboy" lol wut?
How do you come to this conclusion?

[Prince_TFK]

So are you saying Zelda and Mario sucks? Gameplay is so bad that they deserve 50 and down?

[Relientk77]

By getting a green and white mushroom

[InTheZoneAC]

Seriously?

[chris235]

i am not sure if this blogger knows what "1 upped" means.

[Teflon02]

Well they got Mario in the picture, so I assume they do lol

[XStation4pio_Pro]

I feel like these articles are just participation awards for Nintendo. Great job, Nintendo! See you matter!!

Problem is when I boot up the PS4 or xb1, the stores still have waaaaay more indie games (and huge multiplat titles) than the Switch eShop... and they run better too. And also there or more of those consoles in the wild so they definitely sell more copies on them too... So I’m not sure I’d say Nintendo 1-upped them because it didn’t. It simply emphasized value and importance of some indie games, most likely due to the deficit of AAA games available.

Sony had the same strategy during the launch of the PS4. It only took a stream of great AAA games for them to move that priority to the back burner. Nintendo won’t have that luxury though in the future since it won’t be able to run any of the games coming to the other platforms aside from some indies. This is called “Kool-Aid”, and you shouldn’t drink it. The only thing the Switch can 1-up PS4/xb1 on is playing on the go - which for me isn’t a priority at all.

[antikbaka]

no they don't...

[Benjaminkno]

Why do independent games matter to the MS/Sony crowd anyway?

It's all about power and performance to them so they shouldn't care because those games don't appeal to the lesser graphic fiends of the industry.

Do graphics really matter when it comes do unique development and gameplay? Or don't they?
You can't have it both ways.

Clearly having a choice between home console version, or tv and on the go is a one-up for Switch.
Let the Nintendo fans have their moments in the sun.

Don't expect a similar strategy from anyone else.
The competition can't/won't bring power AND portability at the same time. Sony will strictly be home console. And this is an advantage that Nintendo will continue to capitalize on.

I'm hoping that this will continue push the industry in a direction that encourages more different ideas, and less focus on expensive visuals. Far too many developers have gone under, because everyone has such high graphical standards.