Topic: Anybody else feel like slow game release is a marketing strategy?

Sorry if this has already been touched on.
Everything from the "shortage" of hardware Nintendo is known for to the painfully slow release of games all seem to be a strategy IMO. Seriously, if the switch keeps at this rate think about how FRANTIC the average switch owner will gobble up any game that comes its way. SMH

With the exception of last month, which saw some prominent third party releases, we've gotten a big first party game every month. I wouldn't call that "painfully slow." The Wii U only getting two or three decent first party games a year was "painfully slow."

Also, as has been established, the "artificial scarcity" meme is false. Nintendo underestimated demand and will now be fighting other companies for crucial system components. These things appear to be going out as fast as Nintendo is making them.

With that said, it's beyond doubt at this point that Nintendo is spacing out its bigger releases to keep the Switch's momentum rolling and avoid any early dry spells.

A lot of research and reading from people who know about this stuff far more than any of us makes it abundantly clear that the Switch shortages are not intentional.

Of course, it is. With monthly releases, you can put each game in its spotlight, get the hype train rolling and don't compete against yourself by releasing multiple games per months with many people being able to only buy one game and then probably forget about the other game even being a thing. It also keeps the hardware itself on people's minds which is important for decisions like which platform to buy a game for.

Also, I doubt many Switch owners 'frantically gobble up' any game that comes its way. Many just seem to want to play games on the system, either through subconsciously trying to justify their purchase or because they legitimately like playing on the system. I am on the latter boat personally and I am not gobbling up all eShop and retail releases. I just have around double the amount of games a few months after release than in the first year of WiiU. But that's the power of liking a system as opposed to liking a system's library for ya. Liking a system can make you interested in a game you'd otherwise not even look at. It's not 'gobbling' games because of desperation out of the 'lack of releases'. It's just people really liking the hardware and its functions.

Lastly, I'd just like to mention something I've always said in regards to this strategy: A consistent, moderately fast river is better than a flood for a month and drought for three.

Leave it to a troll to make games selling well on a system sound like a bad thing.

@Ralizah A little confused. Are you calling me a troll? Because making games selling well on Switch sound bad was NOT the intention of my post. I was simply theorizing why people, according to @Shadowsaint, 'frantically gobble up' any game that comes Switch's way. Neither of my theories were meant to paint Switch's software sales in a bad light. Quite the contrary in fact. I'm glad to see such a great console perform this well.

@GoldenGamer88 Not at all. I was suggesting that TC was acting trollish by trying to take an unqualified positive (Switch games selling well) and turn it into some sort of smear (Switch gamers are "gobbling up" anything that comes their way). I agree entirely with what you posted.

Sorry for the confusion!

What @Ralizah and @kkslider5552000 said. Can't tell if this is a serious topic or a bad attempt at ruffling feathers.

I would say no. First-party Nintendo games takes forever to make since they have expectations to meet. Plus after the Wii U, they can't afford to be baiting people.

I think the slow release is probably just based on Nintendo's limited resources? I'd prefer it if there were maybe 1 or 2 more big games this year. I still haven't got a Switch. I don't think it'll be worth it until Mario Odyssey and Xenoblade are out.