Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

A simple localisation of XX and Capcom could ride the Monster Hunter wave all the way to Money Town! ..plus it'd help to appease the 'salty' Switch owners complaining on the internet (good PR) ..win/win?

It'd seemingly be the (relatively) easy and logical move...but it's kind of difficult to put 'Capcom' and 'logic' in the same sentence these days, so who knows?

Capcom found a money vein.

It will be milked and ported until its dry.

Makes good business sense at least short term

@OorWullie I personally don't think the Switch will see any future Monster Hunter instalments. Of course if Nintendo's next system ends up being on par with the PS5/Xbox Two then yeah it may well get future games but as it stands I don't really see it happening.

It seems Capcom's stock is the highest it has been since 2001 because of Monster Hunter World.

@Grumblevolcano That kinda says a lot about Capcom as a whole that one game can see stock surge that much. Kinda sad in a way.

Guess they should'ave this MH World game years ago! Good for Capcom,somewhat happy for them.

@subpopz "This is where Switch could shine.....if they went beyond crossplay. If you play it on PC/Xbox, you can also access your account/character on Switch and take it on the go."

Was just about to write this. Would love to play on my PS4 then carry on with the Switch on long journeys etc... Wouldn't even need to be the full fat game as long as the stats and items synced between versions.

If World becomes a long term success, I think Capcom would use whatever Sony special deals they had for it with future games which would completely block out crossplay/cross save.

@Grumblevolcano Their stock surged for the XX Switch announcement, too. They just have really volatile stock. Not that MHW doesn't offer a lot of potential earnings, even if it tanks long term it's massive brand awareness courtesy of Sony that from a financial perspective can only be good.

Just be warned, if it were to succeed, this is Capcom we're talking about. MH will become a microtransaction-lootbox-seasonpass riddled nightmare by the time World 2 comes out

I read about a survey a while ago where they asked 3000 gamers what the main factors were when buying a console (results below)

Personally, I'm not sure if it'd be in my 'top 3' reasons, but cross-network play would certainly be a factor that I'd be considering from now on when buying a console (eg. choosing between Xbox and PS4) ..exclusives are the main reason to buy a Nintendo console for me - but less of a factor with Xbox/PS4, personally ..price is a biggie too (ie. I doubt that MS will make the 'Kinect bundled' mistake again!) ..but I see cross-play as such a positive thing, that it'd be a pretty big negative for PlayStation if they didn't offer it going forward - I can't speak for other people, but if there isn't much difference between the 'Xbox Two' and 'PS5', cross-play could be the deciding factor to lean one way over the other - it'd be interesting to know where cross-play would feature as a factor in the chart above

(Sorry for the various edits - having an auto-correct nightmare today! **turns it off**)

The games library focus is much, much smaller than I thought it would be.

Welp my left joycon is tracking on its own...time to replace. sigh.

@subpopz There's cross-play between PC and PS4, and PC and XOne, and PC and Switch (I think). There's about two games that have cross-play between Switch and XOne. Even then I'm not sure the cross-play between XOne and PC always means Steam, because for the longest time they didn't allow cross-play with steam, only with PC games bought from the Xbox Live Store on PC.

Anyway, the thing is, once you allow cross-play, you can't go back. Microsoft won't lose anything from allowing it, because it not going to hurt any of their potential sales. In fact, it could actually boost sales if people are more inclined to play an Xbox if platforms didn't matter. So little Johnny can buy his Xbox, even though his friends all own a PS4. It's an easy way to play the 'good guys' in way. Meanwhile Sony is stuck between a rock and a hard place, because allowing it could mean less sales for them, but not allowing it means bad press. And every time people are buying a new console, chances are their friends own a PS4, and that could be an important factor in deciding between PS4 and Xbox One.

It's rather sad that graphics is above games library in that survey but not exactly surprising.

We've known about AeternoBlade for the past few days, though a lot of places haven't reported it. Could be why CORECELL have sent out the following Tweet.

The cross-play in Rocket League works amazingly well and it's only going to get better in the coming months with the addition of cross party play and trading.It might not have been the first game to feature cross console play, that was Minecraft, but with its competitive multiplayer focus and variety of modes, it's certainly the most significant. It's one thing having cross play between console and PC but between rival consoles, it's a massive step forward for gaming.. Who would have thought Nintendo and Microsoft would be the ones showing the way forward while Sony look on from the outside. Both RL and Minecraft are in the top 5 highest selling games of all time and will be hugely popular for years to come so it's a risky move by Sony that could come back and bite them.

Atooi are bringing Soccer Slammers to the Nintendo Switch.

We have a new previously unannounced game that will be coming out in time for the World Cup! WHAT!? I know, right!! It is a fun side project that we've been kicking around for a while now (pun intended). It's an arcade soccer game, called Soccer Slammers. Taking inspiration from NBA Jam, Soccer Slammers is a 2-on-2 arcade soccer experience focused on fast, fun gameplay for Nintendo Switch.

We'll be bringing Soccer Slammers to GDC to show it off to anyone who's interested.

https://joolswatsham.blogspot.ie/2018/01/whine-dine-with-wats...

Hey everyone, I finally got a Switch today and I’m sooooooooo happy! 😄
Holding it in my hands after months of sacrifices is an amazing feeling 😄
I think it was a bit of a bargain too, as I bought it used (it has less than 2 months, as it was originally bought at a GameStop on 02/12) along with a carrying case, screen protector, Zelda, Mario, MK8D and Skyrim for 450€! Not the cheapest you’ll ever find, but also a nice ~200€ off compared to buying everything new.
Not sure I’ll be sleeping tonight lol

Apparently there is speculation that Microsoft is about to make an acquisition of a company and some are saying, of all things, EA.

I don't think that'll ever happen.

@YummyHappyPills That made my day.

@Octane The other ones being thrown around are PUBG Corp, and Valve.

Yeah. One of these three is likely.

It's not the companies with more than one game.