Nintendo’s Switch 2 got off to a roaring start but demand has started to sag, particularly in the US. Where are the big games to reverse this?
Nintendo’s Switch 2 got off to a roaring start but demand has started to sag, particularly in the US. Where are the big games to reverse this?
Nintendo definitely learning the wrong lesson from this:
The Right Lesson: Maybe we shouldn’t released an expensive console, with only a handful of new games and tons of repeat releases that are $70 (and suck), and some of those games dont even have a real physical copy, and stop treating our fans like they are literally Hitler because they are passionate about our products.
The Wrong Lesson: People must not want powerful hardware and physical games anymore.
Why would they learn that when the Switch 2 is selling twice as fast as the first even with a much more limited catalog? A drop of 1/3 is still selling notably faster than the first Switch at it’s same time span.
Kids only care about Pokemon, casuals only touch Mario Party like once a month when family is over. So making a Pokemon Access Machine underspec’ed and overpriced is actually THE move from profit perspective.
Which is why I maintain my order of least to most consumer friendly gaming big three is:
Nintendo < Sony < Microsoft
For all its flaws, Microsoft is the leash anti-consumer, because they don’t have exclusives anymore.