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WSJ: Hamamura: some big games may not come to Switch till 2019 ,pubs didn’t expect it to do well
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If only Capcom had a finished action RPG for Switch that just needs to be localized for the West.
"Some" big games may not come till 2019
It doesn't mean they don't have anything
They probably do, it's some third parties that were caught with their pants down.
Even going into March a lot of people were still not sold on the console. The initial reveal was good, but I remember everyone feeling very shaky after the January Conference.
Imagine an alternate world where Zelda wasn't there for launch and all they had was 1-2-Switch. I'd imagine the Switch wouldn't have been as successful as it currently is. Zelda alone has done some massive heavy lifting on that console.
I feel most companies should have something prepared just in case. Nintendo launches always are coin flips though. Sometimes you have bad launches like 3DS and Wii U, sometimes you have good ones like the Wii and the DS.
Imagine an alternate world where Zelda wasn't there for launch and all they had was 1-2-Switch. I'd imagine the Switch wouldn't have been as successful as it currently is. Zelda alone has done some massive heavy lifting on that console.
I feel most companies should have something prepared just in case. Nintendo launches always are coin flips though. Sometimes you have bad launches like 3DS and Wii U, sometimes you have good ones like the Wii and the DS.
getty images lolThey all bitches. And bitches get stitches. Takahashi wants to have a word.
kinda makes it better
I can get behind this new meme of Nintendo employees wielding guns. More please!They all bitches. And bitches get stitches. Takahashi wants to have a word.
Even if it's true we'll have the indies to hold us over. The indie output for this first year has been fantastic.
Sad truth, im still trying to get money for a Switch but im happy for its deserved sucess, Nintendo is tapping a new market, it just needs to get away from some old practices. Im surviving with my WiiU.
Not too surprised, After the flop of the Wii U it makes sense that publishers in Japan would be wary about the Switch. It's just a shame that they were as the Switch is booming right now and would really benefit from a larger Japanese presence.
Even when they're not doomed, they're doomed.
So, games in 2019, then no more cause ps5 and you know, technical Gap. Can't wait.
So, games in 2019, then no more cause ps5 and you know, technical Gap. Can't wait.
I understand that games are not made in a day, but are you seriously telling me Capcom couldn't event port legacy collection 2 or disney or even okami??
That's just horrible planning, even if the switch was a failure
That's just horrible planning, even if the switch was a failure
This is just this thread with another title: https://www.resetera.com/threads/ca...-games-for-a-system-in-less-than-a-year.2511/
But the 3DS was a success, as all Nintendo handhelds have been. The Switch is physically still a handheld device despite it's function.
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Yep, in 2019 the gap with PS5 and XBOX TWO will be too much
Yeah I'd imagine some publishers had planned Switch development starting this year and we wouldn't see it release in at least 2 to 3 years. We might see what they have planned to release in those 2 to 3 years starting in 2018.
Congrats to the folks who took a risk on the Switch. My guess is that it's also given a lot of smaller publishers and developers (Inti Creates, etc) a very strong following out of those early adopters whereas some of these pubs are going to be playing catchup.
Wasn't there an interview from a Russian site that more or less implied XX is being localized?
It was the same interview that outed Monster Hunter World's area count, and that bit was redacted, so this may be legit...
Yup but hind sight is 20/20 up until the switches launch people were extremely skeptical of the switch not even just on forums or social media even the CEO of Gamefreak Tsunekazu Ishihara didn't think the switch would sell.
http://nintendoeverything.com/pokem...tch-wouldnt-be-successful-before-it-launched/
Edit messed that up sorry
You realize that's a Photoshopped picture of a Japanese man holding a rifle, right?
I'm not very surprised to be honest. Many people still had doubts about it right up until it launched and even shortly after.
Now these publishers scramble around for anything they can put on the switch.
That said, it seems that not too many publishers came as unprepared as, say capcom so I'm sure Switch owners can sit out one year without something substantial from them.
Now these publishers scramble around for anything they can put on the switch.
That said, it seems that not too many publishers came as unprepared as, say capcom so I'm sure Switch owners can sit out one year without something substantial from them.
This is my only big worry here theirs going to be another performance gap meaning no more third parties really!
And the fast turn-around Japanese small studios, just look at Disgaea 5.
Did publishers just feel the portable market was completly dead or something?
The 3DS still sold multi millions so it's not as if the market completly cratered and there was no market for a new handheld.
The 3DS still sold multi millions so it's not as if the market completly cratered and there was no market for a new handheld.
Yeah, uh, because we wouldn't want them to have an open wound like that! It might keep them from porting over games!They all bitches. And bitches get stitches. Takahashi wants to have a word.
But I'm not really surprised by the developer reaction either. Everyone with experience around Nintendo was getting leery at the Switch right up until it did completely fine.
But more concrete statements on a pipeline shift from some devs might be nice.
SE has nearly every title they've announced slated for the console sans exclusives or timed-exclusives with no other platform information. They even have a fairly major exclusive with the console.
Oops, you're right. I completely forgot about Octopath Traveler and DQH2
Since when Nintendo was a direct competitor with other companies in terms of graphics and technical specs? 1999 maybe?
Cannot be mentioned enough. No excuses and an embarrassment for Capcom.
I'm curious to see what Konami's next big move with Switch is.
Super Bomberman R sold very well for Switch.
Super Bomberman R sold very well for Switch.
Didn't they talk about reviving old IPs or something along those lines? Maybe gradius, castlevania or goemon, Who knows?