Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Shadowthrone My point is that Sony have pretty much moved on. Ignoring Japan doesn’t have any consequences for them. Especially with Japanese population decline.

Anyway this is off-topic.

Being with the times is not an automatic guarantee of popularity or not. Some stuff of the times completely failed, and some stuff not of the times were massively successful.

It just says that PS4 had incredible momentum and was able to keep it for PS5's initial launch, with presumably some help from Xbox Series X being less appealing and lacking Halo at launch. That's it.

One answer, CANNOT.

@kkslider5552000 “ Being with the times is not an automatic guarantee of popularity or not. Some stuff of the times completely failed, and some stuff not of the times were massively successful.”

And? Nothing in life is guaranteed. Being stuck in the past doesn’t help either.

You guys talk as if the two are mutually exclusive. Like you can only have one or the other. Switch has shown you can have both. Past generations of Sony showed you can have both. So it can definitely be done.

Not that I care either way. Let them do whatever they want to do. I’m not invested in the company. They wanna ignore Japan, then have at it. I’m sure Nintendo will gladly take those 25 million JP console sales in their stead. Nintendo said screw VR, it’s all yours. Sony said screw handhelds, it’s all yours. Everyone has their niche. And that’s a good thing. I don’t want Nintendo trying to copy with Sony does, and I don’t want Sony copying what Nintendo does. They each offer different types of products that help diversify choice in the market for gamers, and that’s a good thing.

To people saying Sony and Nintendo don't need Japanese sales because of their small population (@sixrings) you're objectively and subjectively misguided. I'm sure there's people who can do a much better job explaining it but such a large proportion of people game in Japan compared to in other countries that the Japanese console market is as important as any other. @Galaxyman88 Just because they're selling fast doesn't necessarily mean they're "with the times". And as above there is a legitimately sizeable market in Japan, that for the moment Xbox has failed to enter.

@TheJGG Dude, Sony and Microsoft doesn’t really need Japan at the end of it all. If you want to believe Japan is still important, then be my guest.

“ Japanese console market is as important as any other.”

What console market? Japan doesn’t care about consoles like they used to. Frankly it’s waste of time and resources to even catering to Japanese people. Only handheld and mobile are popular there, not consoles.

@Galaxyman88
I played a lot of casual / kids games, rhythm games, almost every games i bought are mostly made by Japanese developers. Only a few games i played are developed by Western developers.
Japan is very important for gaming.
I played DDR, Para Para Paradise, Drummania, K-1, Beatmania IIDX, Final Fantasy, Bishi Bashi, Bokujou Monogatari, Nippon Columbia games, Bomberman, Minna no series by Taito, etc.
They are made by Japanese developers.

@Ninfan You can. You just need to get a microSD card for that. There are microSD cards that are especially licensed for use with the Switch as well (you'll know since they have the Nintendo Switch logo on them), so I recommend getting one of those.

@Galaxyman88 If handhelds are so popular Nintendo have all the more reason to actively appeal the Switch to Japanese gamers. Well known fact but in Japan storage and space in general is such a premium that the portable nature of the Switch is to some the singular reason why people would get it.

@Ninfan I know you meant externally, but that's a funny typo.

I'll just say, one of my least favorite trends of AAA gaming is deciding to make less games and less varied games. So I'm against most things that go in that direction. And boy does it sure seem like based on recent news first party Sony is only doubling down on its recent successes, and not a ton else.

But to be fair, this is a problem almost across the board. Like if Nintendo doesn't increase its game input by like next year, I'll probably be disappointed, since you'd think going from two to one systems to support would cause that one system to overflow with games. It doesn't make much sense if that doesn't happen, even taking into consideration the jump from 3DS to HD video games.

Well this is downside of rising development cost unfortunately. I have no doubt Nintendo eventually gets there.

I wouldn't recommend the Nintendo branded cards. They're SanDisk cards with a logo on the box and a higher price. Just go with SanDisk.

Only thing to look out for are fake cards. Go with a reputable retailer but and you should be fine

https://www.techradar.com/news/nintendo-switch-2-could-releas...

Guess that bloomberg news is totally bogus.

@Socar Where's the contradiction though?

The original article said that Nintendo was planning release before the end of this financial year (i.e. March 2022). They then added an opinion to that plan saying that a console launch before the the end of 2021 would make sense to capitalise on the holidays.

The second article literally says the same:

Nintendo will need to start the next fiscal year without Animal Crossing and the pandemic, but that will be offset by a much stronger blockbuster software lineup and new hardware. [...] Nintendo plans to release a revised version of the Switch in the latter half of this year

edit: I was going to say that the article you quoted misrepresented bloomberg. It didn't. You misrepresented the article you quoted.

No. They said that it would be released as early as this June. They also claimed that it will come in time for the holiday season. So again..bogus.

@Socar I'm remembering the article differently, they said the screen production was to possibly start in June. That's them making the parts before they get allegedly sent to Ninty who will then use them when assembling the console. Them starting production is different to a release date.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-04/nintendo-p...

We will see something big 3 months later.
Prepare your body.