Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

I feel like, most likely Nintendo will give the new Zelda some space to breathe before any Switch 2 reveal given how big sellers those two both would be. I'm not deep in the analysis trenches, but it doesn't make any sense to release a game, then disuade consumers from buying it with a flashy new console that people have to save up money for.

@Bluelink45
I think people put too much emphasis on "spoiling sales" with the announcement. There will always be something you're going to tread on. I'd agree that I don't think it's this week but I think after that it's fair game again for an announcement

Worth remembering that Pokemon Sun/Moon released less than a month after the Switch reveal. Paper Mario Colour Splash was less than two weeks before it

I would argue getting the hype cycle right for a new platform and it's launch matters far more than a single holiday game in 2024

@link3710 @VoidofLight Yes, sorry, I should have been more clear, those titles are my guesses for a big launch year lineup, not day 1 options.

@Bluelink45 Was going to say the same thing as @skywake. There’s really no good time to announce new hardware with Nintendo as they typically have a game per month. But the Switch 2 having backwards compatibility isn’t going to hurt sales on games coming out because they’re all going to play on just fine on current and future hardware.

Yeah it's like with the DS. Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 came out in America right after the 3DS released, and both still sold well (technically they were the worst selling games in the series), but still well.

Random mini rant, but I sincerely hope Nintendo improves the eShop on Switch 2. I was looking at the sale tab, and there's multiple actually notable games that I had to scroll WAYYYY down to see, such as Penny's Big Breakway, Mega Man 11, the Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Deluxe Edition bundle, and Resident Evil Revelations.

There's no reason stuff like that should be buried that far down under a mountain of shovelware. Absolutely none. Nobody is gonna scroll that far to find games, especially when it's as slow as it is.

@IceClimbers

Well, usually people have their stuff wishlisted to see whenever it gets on Sale, its that way for me atleast.

You always get a nice Email too whenever they are on Sale, which is a nice reminder.

But Browsing for new ones, that i admit, it does "stink" and the loading is quite horrible sometimes, even on a Good Connection.

When the Switch Launched it ran Fluidly, i guess the Server can't keep up.

When Switch launched there were like 20 eShop games rather then heading towards 20,000 😆 Success has completely broken it.

What the eShop needs is some way to show and sort games by rating. User ratings would be nice but I'd even take metacritic TBH. And ideally if they could also show average playtime and/or a trending played game list that'd be nice

The games people are buying is useless information to me. What I want to know is what games people are playing and what they liked

@VoidofLight B2W2 outsold Platinum, Emerald, and Crystal as third versions. It only sold worst if you consider individual version sales, but that's not really apples-to-apples.

@link3710 I meant Gen 5 as a whole really. Gen 5 is the worst selling in the main series I think.

Not counting gen 9 which isn't finished, gen 5 is definitely the worst selling be a pretty large margin.

Honestly, just a way to follow developers or hide those you don't want to see would be a big help to making the eShop a much better place.

@VoidofLight oh that's absolutely true. BW sold terribly, but B2W2 sold better than usual due to so many people having skipped BW. Which is a shame, I'd rank it my second favorite gen.

@FishyS Kinda a misleading graph there lol. Sun & Moon & USUM only outsold BW and B2W2 by just over a million copies, while DPPt only outsold them BW+B2W2 by about 100,000. Meanwhile Gen2 outsold just about every other set of base games. Including remakes kinda weighs the graph weirdly.

If Gen 5 had a remake it'd have been punching with the rest. The generation as a whole didn't underperform the way people tend to think, just the first two games.

@skywake I agree - even if it's the star rating that the 3ds had

Time is running out for a September NSO Expansion Pack game.

@Grumblevolcano I kind of don’t expect one this month at this point, alongside a September Direct too. I would probably expect an Expansion Pack game in October at some point, but maybe there is a chance they will instead add it in a few days, but I think chances of that happening are slim for some reason.

After having watched the State of Play and Xbox TGS event I'm not really sure what the apparent moving up the Partner Showcase from September to August thing was about. Only thing that comes to mind is about the Palworld situation.

@Pastellioli Early tomorrow UK time being a NSO Expansion Pack shadow drop is the last chance.

@Grumblevolcano Can’t believe Nintendo would have been afraid of being overshadowed by Sony and Microsoft? They usually don’t care too much about having a Direct around the same timeframe as Sony or Microsoft.

Looks like no Direct in September 2024.
Probably October 2024.