Nintendo Switch Discussion Thread

[Richard Kain]

The success is a surprise to everyone.

The success isn't a surprise to me. This is my opportunity to get an "I told you so" in. Back when the Switch was announced, I predicted it's success, and most of the reasoning and logic I used is now commonly referenced with the benefit of hindsight. I saw this coming, and provided credible arguments to support my predictions.

Plenty of other people didn't see it coming, including quite a few major game publishers. And yes, that is why we are seeing so many ports and quick turnaround projects coming to the Switch. Making a game from scratch for a new platform is time consuming and costly. Porting content you produced years ago is economical and a chance to re-monetize old material.

 

[Z-Saber]

Well, congrats.

Please understand, I'm not against the Switch or Nintendo at all. It looked borderline sabotage to me at the time with the trailers and stuff, but I bought the thing two weeks ago and can't stop playing Odyssey, and just got back from picking up a pink and green joy-con set. I'm clearly on their side right now, just never saw this coming and have a hard time believing some claims like that.