Likely the same exact 5 million who bought NES classic bought SNES classic. And most of those seem to be for a collectible nostalgia kick as a hot item. Look at individual retro game sales and it's a far, far different picture.
@FragRed
There's no question Halo isnt as relevant as it was in its peak, but it's still a hugely, hugely popular game
Whether people will want to buy an X1 after playing Halo or Ori, has less to do with brand power and more to do with fun. If it's a fun game, you say "I had fun, I want to experience more of that fun, maybe theres great games on this other system after all". Theres always people who will buy a console after realizing it has good games. And while Ori may be more indie and 2D, it's a game I'd buy a console for without question. Its just that good.
Dont underestimate the power of a single fun game to sway minds. Even more so if its multiple fun games spanning several different genres.
But it's also the power to persuade away from PS. If and when the time comes a person decides on their own they want another console, having a fun memory of playing games from a certain platform definitely holds weight.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
I'm inclined to think any Microsoft release on Switch will be primarily in pursuance of the general bridge-building Microsoft has been doing, with Nintendo as a business-to-business, and with the wider gaming community i.e. more with a mind on the long game rather than hoping to score immediate sales.
A Banjo game/Rare Replay on Switch, coupled with Banjo in Smash, would just score Microsoft lots of good-feel points across the market. Same goes for the Masterchief Collection and Masterchief in Smash.
The whole backwards compatibility drive, cross-play, joint Microsoft-Nintendo PR etc. is a sustained play by Microsoft to get back in our good books after their disastrous XB1 anti-consumer reveal. A one-off port FF a very good good game would have less impact than a port of a legendary game and a place on the Smash roster.
Rare/Halo IP on Switch and in Smash is just another step along that road, I reckon.
Ori/Cuphead on Switch would probably do fairly well, but I doubt Ori/Cuphead would make it into Smash, so while I fully accept they could come to Switch, I think there's less benefit to Microsoft compared to Rare/Halo.
@Grumblevolcano Yep, perhaps. Personally I'd probably prefer Ori or Cuphead over Steve because the Minecraft approach is so generic looking, can be skinned to look like all manner of different characters, and, if they were going to stay true to the character, the animations would be really boring. But this comes from someone who can't seem to get into Minecraft. I'm sure there's plenty of Minecraft diehards who would want for nothing more.
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I could definitely see Rare things coming to Nintendo devices should the Microsoft rumors be true. Banjo just makes the most sense especially, considering the history of Rare. Would be cool to see!
A not insignificant fraction of Nintendo's fanbase is composed of 30-somethings who grew up on Nintendo hardware, and Nintendo itself constantly peddles nostalgia for times gone by to great effect. Banjo-Kazooie would generate an enormous buzz on the eshop.
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Just had a thought about Killer Queen Black, a game I'd completley forgot about until 5 minutes ago. It's strange that it's taken a game like that so long to release after Nintendo giving it a big E3 reveal. I think the reason it's taking so long is because it's going to be another exclusive Switch Online game like Tetris 99.
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