Nintendo Switch (Nintendo's next console)

johnpatrick81 wrote: »

All you guys who keep saying "but it has Zelda" about the tragic launch lineup. Heaven forbid, what if someone doesn't like Zelda or that type of game? I've it preordered on the Wii U, but I know there are many gamers who aren't fans. What's the alternatives? What's there to draw those people in?

The more I think of it, the more i fear that this isn't gonna be much more of a "success" than the Wii u. I hope I'm wrong.

Variety is the spice of life. Where's the shooter, the sports game, the racer, the puzzle game.

To those people, I'd recommend waiting to see if the games that they'd enjoy would come later.
There are racers on the way, and sports titles, puzzle games, just not at launch. Binding of Isaac would count as a shooter, albeit not an FPS, it's a rogue-like bullet hell game, at least that was the creators intention with it,with the bosses.

johnpatrick81 wrote: »

All you guys who keep saying "but it has Zelda" about the tragic launch lineup. Heaven forbid, what if someone doesn't like Zelda or that type of game? I've it preordered on the Wii U, but I know there are many gamers who aren't fans. What's the alternatives? What's there to draw those people in?

The more I think of it, the more i fear that this isn't gonna be much more of a "success" than the Wii u. I hope I'm wrong.

Variety is the spice of life. Where's the shooter, the sports game, the racer, the puzzle game.

while i share your concerns of it being another flop the 2 things that give me hope it wont be another wii u:

1) 3rd party devs said the wii u was horrendous to develop for and most developers who have actually had time with the dev kit seem to be saying its so easy to develop for(some even saying its easier than the PS4 and xb1). i mean the snake pass guys said it merely took them 7 days to get the game running on the switch, of course there is optimization and such but that means a lot less effort in creating ports. nintendo have taken it upon themselves to learn the ins and outs of the main 3rd party engines like unreal and have a team of devs who are ready to help any 3rd party dev trying to port it with optimization tricks etc.

2) nintendo themselves are supporting it far better in year 1 than they did in 2 years of the wii u: botw, mario kart 8, snipperclips, splatoon 2, arms, fire emblem warriors and mario odessey. we already know there will be a full fire emblem game in 2018 and that both the pokemon company and retro studios are working on something for it.

they need to go out and get 3rd party devs developing exclusives for the system pay platnium to make a 3rd beyonetta for example. we know from software are working on something i hope rather than a DS port its a nintendo published DS esque game that is 100% exclusive as that will sell. i believe its been confirmed beyond good and evil 2 is a switch exclusive and is in the works. these are things that will sell the system to people on the fence along with nintendo games. while cod and the likes are hopefully coming to it they wont sell the system if the person thinking of buying it already has a ps4 or xb1 or pc to buy it on (yes i realise thats exactly what wii u owners who want zelda can do but its a much smaller install base). hopefully e3 will showcase more and more for the system. they need to make it the exclusive home of the best indies and the home of jrpgs too as they will both give it a further USP

EDIT: i have 2 friends who didnt buy a wii u buying it at launch 1 guy who since the wii u was announced was saying nintendo should go software only and he seems sold on the idea of the system. another guy is a father whos gaming time is limited but he has 2 hours commute to and from work every day which he loves the idea he can take his games on the go and actually finish some games as he has only finished 2 in the last 12 months due to limited time gaming

Star Lord wrote: »

To those people, I'd recommend waiting to see if the games that they'd enjoy would come later.
There are racers on the way, and sports titles, puzzle games, just not at launch. Binding of Isaac would count as a shooter, albeit not an FPS, it's a rogue-like bullet hell game, at least that was the creators intention with it,with the bosses.

For many/most gamers though Skyrim and Binding of Isaac are just not going to sell it.
Christ how long have those 2 games been out on PC and other consoles! Play them on the go you say, meh I say. I be plenty of games on my vita, ds etc I can take on the go.
Binding of Isaac is on vita right?

Don't get me wrong Splatoon and new Mario on the go yes please but the launch titles are **** if you ain't into Zelda which is why I'll be waiting.

edit... And don't get me wrong I am looking forward to the switch. Probably more than most as I have a 4 year old that think will really take to the small controls etc.. Just not yet. Xmas 2017.

I remember the Wii benefiting because it was so different to the PS3/Xbox 360 that it ended up being most people's second console. Everyone has a Wii and one of the other two.

Maybe the Wii U felt too similar to the Wii and couldn't break out the same way. I feel the portable Switch might give it another shot at being everyone's #2 the same way the Wii was.

Banjo wrote: »

Watching kids TV this morning. Every ad break had a minimum of 1 Nintendo ad. Pokemon SuMo, Mario Maker, Yoshi and Poochy's Woolly World - all fair game recent releases - and tonnes of ads for Tamofeckindachi life. They're pushing a 2 year old 3ds game like Sisyphus on crack but not a sausage of Switch or BotW or even 1 2 Switch.... God damn it Ninty! 3 weeks!

And can all you Rockerfellers with infinite cabinet space pipe down about your second consoles? Some of us are committed monogamists

When I get the switch I'll have just it and my steam link under the TV. Reckon they'll be a great combo

I wonder if we'll get stuff like FTL, digital crack on the go.

I'd love to see Darkest Dungeon and Sunless Sea too, just don't like them at the PC I'd play them more on a portable.

Oh and Rocket League. Every console should have a rocket League port

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Oh and Rocket League. Every console should have a rocket League port

Even though I really, really would love a Rocket League port, and while I know many people play it to a pretty high level with digital inputs so everything (Kb+M players on the PC mostly), it'd probably be the game mostly likely to annoy me with the digital inputs having been so used to it with the Steam, XbOne and PS4 controllers already. While I'd still probably play it a hell of a lot, especially with being able to carry it around with me, the controllers with the Switch would already likely have me rank it as the worst version of the game by quite a bit.

Shame too as it reminds me that I was looking forward to the possibility of Project CARS, or its sequel, coming to the then NX when they cancelled the Wii U version of the first game, with the devs stating they were very interested in porting it to whatever the NX would turn out to be.

Can't see any steering wheel+pedal accessories coming at any point for the Switch, so it does make me quite sad that there likely won't be a decent racer above any arcade level on the console at all. While most of my sim racing would have still been on the PC, would have been nice to still get some things on the Switch too whilst I'd be travelling long distances.

My cousin works in local media in London and unknown to me he attended the Switch event. These arrived here yesterday.