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Nintendo Ad: Looking for hardcore games to play this summer?
- Thread starter Chindogg
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Just using the extra leftovers from the other ones that got sent back. I saw Labo on the shelf the other day at Walmart yellowing with age and covered in dust :p
Anyways can't derail another thread, glad Nintendo is pushing the games that will actually attract people
Labo probably outsold all of them, with the possible exception of Skyrim.
Well, that's if you combine both kits. If you're talking individual SKUs, it may be closer.
It's kinda hilarious that all of these games are over a year old, with the exception of Wolfenstein II.
Doom is 2016, Bayonetta 2 is 2014, and Dark Souls & Skyrim are 2011. Crazy.
Doom is 2016, Bayonetta 2 is 2014, and Dark Souls & Skyrim are 2011. Crazy.
Who cares? The Switch has enabled me to get more play time in with these now portable titles than when they were stuck on my PS4 and PC.
Does "hardcore" just mean "thinly-veiled appeal to your fragile masculinity" coz the latter has a better ring to it
If anything I'd assume a "hardcore game" should mean something that requires a higher skill set. I guess Dark Souls belongs in that category but that's about it.
If anything I'd assume a "hardcore game" should mean something that requires a higher skill set. I guess Dark Souls belongs in that category but that's about it.
If you don't want to derail the thread, you may not want to end your post with what derailed it in the first place.
Skyrim has outsold every Labo combined many, many times over. I wouldn't be surprised if Dark Souls has as well tbh.
Unless you mean only the Switch SKU in which case it's probably fairly close
At least we'll be getting more Bayonetta games rejoice! Since that's literally the only game on that list Nintendo had any hand in.
Coming in August I believe, GameXplain just posted a video of playing it
Sorry, yeah, I was only talking about sales on the Switch.
If you're talking about total sales on all platforms, I think they all beat Labo, right? Well, maybe not Bayonetta 2?
Just got this in my email:
It's incredibly weird to see Nintendo pushing this collection of games. Also, Dark Souls still confirmed for summer?
They're right to go after that market.
Why are some Nintendo fans so insecure they start acting defensively towards Labo in a thread of games releasing on their own console.
It's like years of being sidelined made them instinctively reject any mebtion of the term "hardcore" haha.
It's like years of being sidelined made them instinctively reject any mebtion of the term "hardcore" haha.
It's odd, this is the only place on the internet I see people even talking about it. It's a DOA product. Glad to see nintendo has accepted it and is now pushing the more mainstream games which makes sense, largest chunk of switch owners are the 18-35 range I believe. Push games like these on the go, push Pokemon and smash for the holidays. Push games like mc and fortnite for the kids.
Nintendo finally gets it, traditional games are what people actually buy :p
I don't even own a Labo kit. I do own multiple games in that email.
It's just asinine to suggest it's "good" that Nintendo markets these games instead of Labo. Especially when they're still pushing Labo and it sold better than most.
I own 4/5 of those on Switch and am planning on buying the 5th the moment it comes out.
And I've owned 4/5 of those games on other platforms too. Wolf2 being the only one I haven't.
Not trying to make a point or anything, just found it interesting.
Actually yeah, this page is showing up blank for me:
https://www.nintendo.com/games/nintendo-switch-games-for-core-gamers
I'm sure it's not intentionally blank. But it's kinda funny.
EDIT: Okay nevermind, now it's loading for me.
And I've owned 4/5 of those games on other platforms too. Wolf2 being the only one I haven't.
Not trying to make a point or anything, just found it interesting.
Actually yeah, this page is showing up blank for me:
https://www.nintendo.com/games/nintendo-switch-games-for-core-gamers
I'm sure it's not intentionally blank. But it's kinda funny.
EDIT: Okay nevermind, now it's loading for me.
Hahaha, I actually tried, but no, it gives plenty of games. :P
https://www.nintendo.com/en_CA/game...V2&crmid=EEDEDFBA-1333-4AB3-87E6-6E22D10BBB03
But will the market care. Between how old those games are and the "hardcore" usually caring about power most, is it really going to draw this market
Switch serves a very different purpose to those gamers than a PS4 or Xbox One do. Switch to them is where you can play some of the best console games, abiet in truncated form, on the go, which is useful for those with busy schedules. Power isn't important, if the game still plays and looks good, they'll take notice.
I'm sure they'll have "Games to disappoint your parents with" list sometime around Thanksgiving with Senran Kagura, Xenoblade 2, Gal Gun, and those games where you text a Japanese pornstar.
It's among the titles listed on the page linked in the email.
Fair enough.
But summer ends September 21. And typically a game goes gold a month or so before launch so either way we need to hear something soon if it is still releasing in summer.
Why would they end a profitable relationship?
People rebuy games all the time. Otherwise companies wouldn't be so keen on porting them and making remasters.
Plus there are plenty of people who have never played those games.
Why? I'm referencing Skyrim, not the Switch.
The definition of hardcore is "the most active, committed, or doctrinaire members of a group or movement". Do you think that applies to the majority of people who've played Skyrim, let alone all?
My dad was pretty dissappointed in me a few years ago when he saw me playing super Mario 3d world as princess peach in a pink cat suit late one night.
I felt ashamed of my deeds.
I'd be pretty disappointed too if I saw someone wearing a pink cat suit while they play videogames
Click on the link in my earlier post, Xeno 2 is there, it's just not part of the main ad.
No? Hardcore doesn't equate to the need to have more pixels on screen.
Jokes aside, Xenoblade is getting plenty of promotion. They just put out a trailer for the expansion today.
But then they aren't the "hardcore". I know people rebuy games i know not everyone buys all games. What I'm saying is that those people can be advertised to more effectively than an ad about hardcore games to "hardcore" gamers with what they are showing