1. just how tough a marketplace Steam is. At this point is it’s true value as a ‘proving ground’ for games and a way for developers to bring in the money needed to carry their projects to completion so they can get to consoles where there is actually money to be made?
2. The platform holders have a huge influence on deciding which games are going to be realistically successful or not.
3. Specialist websites like this one are hugely important - especially for smaller games and Nintendo.
4. For indie games ‘whales’ who buy dozens of games a year must be hugely important. I wouldn’t be surprised if outside of the top 5-10 indie games the figures (that we will never be privy to) showed 5% of the userbase on Switch is responsible for 90%+ of sales. It looks like Nintendo has convinced a good percentage of the biggest whales in the indie space that Switch is the best place to spend their money and if so stories like this will only become more common.
@IceClimbers that looks spectacular, great way to kick off a busy fall! any word on price yet? I will be getting it regardless I'm just curious what they're going to charge for it
Edit: never mind its up for preorder on 0s4 it's gonna be 29.99!!
@Octane Looking on social media, seems so. PlayStation hasn't posted anything except on their blog while Nintendo's accounts are all over it plus the amiibo
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@Octane Well the social teams are being quiet about it. Who knows. It could be like Sonic Mania (Nintendo) and FIFA (Sony) where they have the bulk of the marketing etc. but the other can advertise at points.
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@YummyHappyPills This date was leaked a couple days ago by Sony of Portugal I believe. Don't qoute me on which region it was. It was up on their shop then quickly removed.
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If I was only ever able to have Monster Hunter and EO games in the future, I would be a happy man.
Bethesda is teasing something Fallout related. Could mean a port of a Fallout game to the Switch? They're also streaming on Twitch, so an announcement must be coming soon. https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda
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