The Switch has been a commercial success, and that success seems to have served as validation for a series of business decisions contrary to the interests of consumers and fans.
The fact that many of Nintendo's choices are against consumers' interest is of concern to many fans, but at this point, it should not come as a surprise. The system has sold well enough in its current form, and its games are still selling despite their high price points, so fans' desires for a more powerful Switch likely don't equate with a business necessity.
TSA writes: Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is coming together rather well. There’s so many more individual touches that show the different attitude and tone that it has to other open-world racing games, which will make it a breath of fresh air compared to the competition.
"Publisher Dotemu (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, Streets of Rage 4) and developer Leikir Studio (Rogue Lords, Synergy) today announced "Metal Slug Tactics", a grid-based tactical adaptation of the iconic run-and-gun METAL SLUG series, will release this fall on PC and Nintendo Switch© while also confirming PlayStation 5©, PlayStation 4©, Xbox Series X|S©, and Xbox One© versions of the game." - Dotemu and Leikir Studio.
I've been waiting for this as well ever since it was announced. I think it was supposed to come out way earlier, but at long last!
"The Szczecin-based (Poland) indie games publisher and developer RedDeer.Games, today announced with great joy and excitement that their cozy arcade/puzzle game "Fit My ZOO", is coming to the Nintendo Switch via the Nintendo Eshop on June 14th, 2024." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
Is not only hurting fans but the switch success is hurting the whole the game industry, some will say "how in hell is that even possible?, that thing is selling like hotcakes,", well the problem lies in the hardware itself , devs can't do that much with specs that a bit more powerful than a PS3 or xbox360, the main idea of creating a generational console release is to let developers have more freedom to develop their games, so their main idea in creating a game is not blocked by the hardware limitations, I really was hoping the Switch wasn't that successful but not because I hate Nintendo, it was because the whole industry can become stale and is giving the wrong idea of hardware is not that important, and sadly this is what's starting to happen imo, yes Nintendo is making lots of cash but and is great for them, but the whole game industry is not thriving as usual, console competition is very healthy but is healthy when the other companies also brings new ideas for games , new ideas what a game can be, new ways to portray your games with new visual effects. So when this factors exists everyone and I mean everyone wants to buy the each companies gaming device, because of the simple fact each game companie has something special in a form of game to buy, and not one game but lots of great games, but this is not the case for all todays big name companies.
Nintendo its latest cheap move was to upgrade its screen?, hmm if you still wondering why you haven't seen a proper Metroid game or Bayonetta sequel, or something very special in a form of a game in years from them?, well read the above then. MS is investing hard to win fans or consumers by just glorifying a game service, yes you read that right, they aren't trying to win fans by releasing new awesome looking games, they only trying to win you over by a service that mostly contains last gen games. So now we move to Playstation , Sony literally is all by itself maintaining the main pillars of this game industry, cause they are the only ones releasing true generational games, from one side that's awesome and great but from the other side is worrying , cause they are the only ones doing that, and by obvious reasons we can't expect Sony to release a triple A game each month, that's the why other companies doing a proper generational console release and games was so important, cause as consumer we get to see what great games the competition has to offer, but this is no longer the case and so by consequence the industry is becoming stale, oh and this just an opinion please don't get mad.
It's not like people want Nintendo to fail, it's just sometimes, like during the Wii U era, they only learn from their mistakes when they realise the same thing they do all the time isn't working, that's when they get a wake up call.
Issue is by the time they were starting to learn from their mistakes with the Wii U, the Switch become such a success that they reverted back to what they were.
This is why if their hardware or games aren't good or has issues, then say, be honest, don't just ignore things and slap on a perfect review, then talk about all the issues months after.
I ultimately feel that Nintendo has just combined their two market shares into one. At some point the narrative for switch is going to go from it’s a home console that’s handheld to its a handheld that plays as a console and people will say “what more could you expect”.
It’s already getting very limited style games released to it. All that fit portable style of gaming, devs are going to eventually abandon the system. Or they are going to release more games that look and play like Apex legends does.
A pro version is inevitable but it’s still another year or two away for Nintendo to release it with profitability in mind. They aren’t going to try and experience a GameCube and Wii U again. They are going to make decisions that keep them in business.
If the consumer keeps them alive then so be it. As for the hardcore gamer? We will support our interest wether it aligns with a new device or we choose not to buy it at all. We support this business as much as possible so we can get more of what we love.
I get to play some of my favorite games portable so I'm not complaining. BioShock, Doki Doki Literature Club, Doom, Resident Evil, Wolfenstein, Metro, The Outer Worlds, Bayonetta, Gal*Gun and soon Fatal Frame and Life is Strange. Just wish we'd gotten a port of Fallout 3. Yes, I own all these on higher end systems as well. There's just something cool about having the option to play them portable as well.
It really is. So keep being idiots buying weak hardware. The next Nintendo console will be another weak handheld that will be behind the times.