@Grumblevolcano Maybe Nintendo made a deal with Bethesda for Skyrim to be the main Switch game in November. They also don't want to steal too much thunder away from Pokemon once again.
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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.
Yeah it's only recently I've started to believe it's coming out in 2017. A delay wouldn't be a huge surprise. But now with FE Warriors crammed into October I'm actually more convinced XC2 will slot into November/December
@electrolite77 I can see that, aye. But then one has to wonder, should Skyrim hit around the same time (looking plausible right now) won't XC2 take away from Skyrim's sales?
I think XC2 is the one that would lose sales to Skyrim...
If we were talking about the original or even XCX, I might agree, but I think the franchise is now popular enough that all eyes are on it when it releases, and not a port of an old game that doesn't have any outstanding differences (I suppose the limited motion controls could mean something to some people) to the other hundred versions.
@NaviAndMii In fairness, the question doesn't ask HOW people play it at home.
I personally play the Switch exclusively as a portable, but I never take it outside with me. I just go to whichever room is the quietest and play there. That's still technically portable.
@NaviAndMii I pointed this survey out earlier. Not only does it (1)not factor in those who play in handheld mode at home (me), but it also (2)doesn't give a lot of options for those who don't. Say someone mostly plays at a friend's house or at work while on break (I played constantly at my recital set-up job), they would probably just not answer, since theirs is not on the list. And I'm willing to bet that (3) even if someone spends most of their Switch time outside (say 40% at home, 30% at work, 15% friends house, 5% waiting in line, 5% at park, 5% other), they're still going to choose "home" as their most frequent location, despite mostly playing on the go (60%).
@Nicolai Hmmm... makes sense. Question would be if it truly matters how people play. Ideally, most games can do whichever mode no matter what, with no compromises.
Yeah, I was just messing about I would be interested to know the exact statistics of docked vs undocked use of the Switch though - with me, it's probably about 80% docked, 20% undocked - but I've heard many people say that they use it 100% handheld...not that it matters, really - it'd just be interesting to know!
@NaviAndMii As long as developers/Nintendo don't use those statistics in any way, you won't hear me. But I'm afraid a majority in either will have dollar signs pop in some eyes, and have them try to capitalize on that.
@UmniKnight The point of the console is its flexibility: making it more of a home console by making dock-only games, for example, or making it more of a pure handheld by restricting something like Pokemon to tablet mode wouldn't make any sense. There are only two or so games that can only be played on the tablet right now, and that's because they're only possible to play with touch controls.
@UmniKnight Every design choice has benefits and drawbacks. Being able to play console-quality games anywhere I want is a massive enough plus to me that I'll put up the Switch with being less easily portable than a 3DS/Vita and not as powerful hardware-wise as the current home consoles.
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