Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Regarding third party exclusives on Switch, unless Nintendo owns the IP, it aint staying that way. Expect Daemon x Machina to jump too.

Heck, Nintendo gets the shaft so much they end up having to publish multiplatform titles just to get them at all. Looking at you Dragon Quest, Skyrim, Dark Souls....

Yeah if its a third party exclusive without nintendo's involvement its not staying exclusive. See Super Bomberman R and Octopath.

I feel that games like Octopath and Sonic Lost World should’ve gone further in eliminating exclusivity. So not just PC but also PS4/XB1.

@MarioLover92 Oh must be just PS4 and XB1 that have it then.

I find it staggering that people cry out to have everything ported to Switch yet when the PS4 has ports from Switch its the end of the world to those same people.

@bluemage1989 word.

Exclusives designed around a particular system's unique features, or that were partially funded with money from one of the big three, shouldn't go multiplat. So: your Zeldas, Marios, Uncharteds, Bayonettas, etc. They help to define the unique identity of a system, and they're important for keeping non-market leaders from sinking into obscurity. This is what Microsoft is missing, I think, and it's the reason they won't regain their footing unless Sony seriously messes up with the PS5.

Third-party exclusives not built around unique hardware features... eh. I still think it's important for systems to maintain some exclusives of this sort as well, but, at the end of the day, I won't cry myself to sleep about people invested in other ecosystems getting to play our timed exclusives. I care more about playing games on my preferred system. The only case where I'd be actively annoyed by this is if a company maintained exclusivity in one direction, but not the other. For example, since mainline Persona is very likely remaining Sony exclusive, I'll be actively irritated if SMT V goes multiplat. They need to either give each system their exclusive game (as I think they will end up doing), or allow both to go multiplat. Anything else feels unfair.

Well, it's not wrong to port a game from Switch to other consoles, as long has it has stayed exclusive for a very long long time. Octopath Traveler and Super Bomberman R are good examples. I actually don't mind at all, as we already have played the game.

I don't get the whole 3rd party exclusives staying exclusive is good mentality. I want stuff like Persona 5, Shenmue, Yakuza etc, why should I complain about Octopath or No More Heroes going multiplat?

@Azooooz Why does it matter?

The Nintendo fangirl in me gets a little disappointed when a Switch exclusive gets ported to other systems, because there's something kind of satisfying to me about having exclusive games on Nintendo platforms, especially after the Wii U was shunned by most third parties. Realistically though, it is of course a good thing for games to be accessible to more people so I don't have a problem with it.

@Ralizah
The Sims 4 not on Nintendo Switch is a Big Crime for me.

I'm kind of surprised that hasn't happened yet. It would appeal to the Switch's family demographic and it doesn't seem like it would be particularly technically challenging to port.

The Sims is one of those games that I just can't imagine playing on anything other than a PC.

@Dogorilla Sadly it requires EA giving a damn...so Sims 4 is unlikely if not impossible.

I think my real gripe for timed exclusives is how there is a total lack of transparency. You cant say exclusive and then its not a few months later.

If they just said timed exclusive like they used to, that'd be fine.

I'm also strongly opposed to exclusive content that has no reason to be. For instance the Star Fox stuff in Starlink, or the exclusive Bombers in Bomberman by platform, or even the Shovel Knight stuff, but stuff like PlayStation having exclusive content because....reasons, that bothers me.

I just... I dunno... play the games I like. Master Chief, Kratos, Mario each have a system. That’s about as much as I worry about ‘exclusivity’.

@Octane Because some people are making it matter.

https://gematsu.com/2019/05/blaster-master-zero-coming-to-pc-...

Looks like BMZ is only console exclusive now.

@Knuckles-Fajita Yeah that's true. EA's released FIFA on the Switch though so they clearly haven't completely written it off, and I think there were various Sims games on Wii and DS, so I wouldn't say it's impossible.

Since I only have a Switch, I want plenty of ports coming to it .... & it certainly doesn't matter to me if games that come to Switch 1st get ported elsewhere Overall, I'd rather as many games as possible go to as many consoles & so on as possible

@Grumblevolcano Yeah, that's really weird. Hopefully Sega implements a patch for the other platforms somewhere down the road