Chewster said:
cathou said:
I mean, if it works for you then I'm happy to hear you are enjoying yourself but I just don't think this game in particular is going to be the tipping point for a lot of people to buy a Switch. It's nice to see that it is getting more third party games for people who use the Switch as their primary system, but for a lot of others, it may not be enough. If portability is something that you need, then this is ideal but, at least speaking for myself, it's not a deal maker or breaker and never really was and I think that's probably the same for a lot of gamers. And I think that charging full price for ports this old is not cool for any system, not just in this case.
Personally, I'm waiting for the next
No More Heroes before I think about scooping one up but I won't be buying it because I can play it on the bus. I'll be buying it for that and the other Nintendo first party titles. Given how forgetful I am, I probably wouldn't even want to take it out of my house.
Travis Stikes Again will probably be a late 2018 title. it's slated for 2018 anyway.
and 2nd of all, people aren't buying the Switch JUST because we can play it on a bus. we are buying because so far, it's been a damn good system with some really great games.
from at least a 1st Party perspective, the Switch has had one of the best launch year lineups of any platform. Sure, Zelda was the only major thing in it's launch Month, but since then Nintendo has put out Mario Kart 8 in April, ARMS in June, Splatoon 2 in July, Ubisoft & Nintendo together put out Mario + Rabbids in August, Pokken Tournament DX in September, Fire Emblem Warriors and Mario Odyssey came out in October and now Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is coming out literally next Friday on the 1st of December.
Nintendo has managed to keep a slow but steady stream of release's for the Switch, having at least one major 1st party release almost every single month this year. and people can cry about the ports all they want but it doesn't change the fact that things like Mario Kart 8 DX are still major titles that help get the general public interested in buying a switch. as we've seen, 3rd Parties made smaller titles street fighter II for the switch, and as the year went on and the Switch has continued to sell well, 3rd Party support has also very slowly, but also very surely improved for Nintendo and the Switch and we can see 3rd Parties starting to gain confidence in the Switch. things like Skyrim, DOOM & FIFA 18 show this and now brand new 3rd Party game's people wouldn't even think devs would release on Switch like Wolfenstein 2 and Valkyria Chronicles 4 have started to be announced for the system.
all of my predictions about how 3rd Party support will get better for Switch, as long as the system continues to sell, are coming true. and then on top of all that 1st Party and 3rd Prty support, Nintendo has had a fuckload of Indies support which people are loving, branded the "Nindies" by Nintendo.
in a nutshell, people aren't buying Switch JUST because of it being portable, but because for a console that hasn't even been on the market for an entire year yet, it's got a damn good library.
Chewster said:
I think that charging full price for ports this old is not cool for any system, not just in this case.
as for this point, yeah the full price thing for ports of old games sucks but it's not really something you or anyone else should hold over the Switch specifically for.
just the other day when i was in the EB Games i noticed that the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Skyrim were EXACTLY the same price as a Switch Copy is. so if people are gonna have a go at the Switch for This, they should have a go at the PS4 and Xbox One as well because when it comes to the pricing of ports, all of the systems are just as bad as each other.
