i have ceased to breathe
lmao the passive aggressive edge in this post
did your uncle hurt you my boy
Yeah remember the Capcom 5? That was huge! There are no Capcom 5 announcements for the switch.Uh you're either overestimating Switches Japanese support or underestimating the GCNs support. GameCube had the first 3rd party Sonic game, exclusive final fantasy game, thr best tales game up to that point in Symphonia, and REmake in the first year, and thats off the top of my head. Switch's 3rd part jp support has been extremely lukewarm.
Dem softwaresThe more impressive thing for me, was the number of Switch games in the top 50 this week:
Top 50
NSW - 31
PS4 - 10
3DS - 9
I look forward to all the future Japanese Switch games. Hopefully they get released outside of Japan.
It's amazing how well the Switch has done despite having sub-GameCube levels of 3rd party support.
What? GameCube had a ton of 3rd party support...nearly every 3rd party was on board. Revisionist history is surely something.It's amazing how well the Switch has done despite having sub-GameCube levels of 3rd party support.
Why you people are obsessed with comparing a home console to a handheld
While I agree with you that the Japanese support for switch isn't that good, does it really matter that much in the Japanese market ?It's amazing how well the Switch has done despite having sub-GameCube levels of 3rd party support.
It's amazing how well the Switch has done despite having sub-GameCube levels of 3rd party support.
If the Switch had the equivalent of Gamecube support it would have the bulk of major multiplatform games. Gamecube 3rd party support was not bad by any means.
But its so hard when they are masters of baiting us.
If we are talking about the relevant market from this thread, Switch support is and will continue to blow Gamecube support out of the water.
Why you people are obsessed with comparing a home console to a handheld
Doesn't really contradict my point though.
But obviously yes you are correct.
Gamecube third party support wasn't really poor. It was overall pretty decent.
Ehh. It got some high profile stuff but the volume was definitely lacking
Switch third party support in JP is deff worse than GC, but it won't be by the end of the generation, there is clearly so much more to come.
Gamecube had a total of 19 Japanese 3rd party games break 100K and approximately 120 overall. Switch will surpass those numbers this calendar year. Launch aligned its already better and will blow it away soon enough.
Switch is even getting PS2 games that GC didn't lol (FFX/X-2/XII, Okami, Katamari Damacy, Onimusha, MMX7/8, etc). Gamecube's Japanese multiplatform support was pathetic, way worse than Switch is.If the Switch had the equivalent of Gamecube support it would have the bulk of major multiplatform games. Gamecube 3rd party support was not bad by any means.
I'm talking release quality: we've not had anything in line with Soul Calibur 2, Resident Evil 4 or Tales of Symphonia yet
How many of those are games that push hardware though? RE4 alone destroys them all.Switch is even getting PS2 games that GC didn't lol (FFX/X-2/XII, Okami, Katamari Damacy, Onimusha, MMX7/8, etc). Gamecube's Japanese multiplatform support was pathetic, way worse than Switch is.
Switch is even getting PS2 games that GC didn't lol (FFX/X-2/XII, Okami, Katamari Damacy, Onimusha, MMX7/8, etc). Gamecube's Japanese multiplatform support was pathetic, way worse than Switch is.
Ok I guess that's fair. I'd say DQ XI and SMT V are absolutely at that level
Code:+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+------------+-------------+ |System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD | +-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+------------+-------------+ | NSW | 199.982 | 174.770 | 146.006 | 199.982 | 146.006 | 7.046.766 | | PS4 # | 117.182 | 72.430 | 91.683 | 117.182 | 91.683 | 7.735.616 | Posted a month ago that the Switch surpassed 6 million in Japan.
Just need all that energy to transfer to Japanese third party devs. Hopefully it inspire them to develop ips. I need to see that same energy that was on the Ds done on the switch.
RE4 came four years after launch. Switch like barely halfway there.How many of those are games that push hardware though? RE4 alone destroys them all.
Oh, I thought we were speaking on Japan. For western stuff GC did okay for around 2-3 years but everything fell off quick after that as things reoriented to online and Xbox pulled ahead in the west. Switch already has more total multiplats than GC ever managed anyway.Getting remasters 10 years after the fact as a comparison point is literally not a point even worth considering so I'm just gonna ignore you even said this.
But yes, Gamecube's Japanese support is undoubtedly worse than the Switch's. I never said differently.
Nevermind the fact every subsequent portable is pricier than its predecessor - Nintendo moreso than anyone else has made a consistent concerted effort targeting Japan with both their home consoles AND handhelds, yet the data shows only one of those devices resonating with Japanese audiences.Entry point PS4 is more expensive than the Switch. It is a videogame machine that can be both a console and a portable. The machine itself and the games are more expensive than a "handheld" system traditionally. Saying it being more popular simply because it is portable is highly dismissive and doesn't take other factors into account.
I think the most obvious reason the Switch is successful in Japan is because Nintendo are bringing games that people want. They have so many million sellers in Japan already and have rejuvenated series like 3D Zelda and 3D Mario. Splatoon is a monster and seems to resonate really strongly with the Japanese audience.
Sony's first party is not targeted at Japan at all and if you don't draw customers with first party then you need a miracle from a 3rd party. The PSP got that miracle with Monster Hunter and to a lesser extent Minecraft. The PS4 got all the support from the biggest 3rd party games in Japan but it only raised it just above the PS3, they didn't have those one or two evergreen titles that a platform needs.
Switch's sales are actually closest to Wii in Japan. It's well behind DS or 3DS.Nevermind the fact every subsequent portable is pricier than its predecessor - Nintendo moreso than anyone else has made a consistent concerted effort targeting Japan with both their home consoles AND handhelds, yet the data shows only one of those devices resonating with Japanese audiences.
So yes, in this instance you can be reductionist and say "Switch's success is because its a handheld", because it's sell-rate support, and reception follows the exact same trend as every other handheld Nintendo has released prior.
It's matched PS3 sales pretty closely. Sony has mostly ignored Japan with its own first party software being western focused, it shipped world wide except for Japan for the first 5 or 6 months as well.Nintendo deserves the credit for making Switch an appealing product, that's true. Having said that, PS4 doing comparatively poorly in Japan after 5 years on the market is also true.
I'm talking release quality: we've not had anything in line with Soul Calibur 2, Resident Evil 4 or Tales of Symphonia yet
For western stuff GC did okay for around 2-3 years but everything fell off quick after that as things reoriented to online and Xbox pulled ahead in the west. Switch already has more total multiplats than GC ever managed anyway.
The PS2 thing was just a cute aside, people forget just how much it cornered Japanese devs back then. Switch is getting also a good amount of current gen JP multiplats compared to GC (or Xbox, or DC) too.
Right, but that doesn't change the fact that the system has no third-party game of the same caliber yet.RE4 came four years after launch. Switch like barely halfway there.
Switch's sales are actually closest to Wii in Japan. It's well behind DS or 3DS.
And coincidentally Japan responded pretty great to Wii too
Why you people are obsessed with comparing a home console to a handheld