DJNomad
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Damned if they do, damned if they don't. The Wii U was heavily criticised for a lack of games. The Switch is now being criticised for having too many ports. As a business, Nintendo have to answer to their shareholders. They were losing money when the Wii U was their main console, although they're a cash rich company. They are now nicely in profit with the Switch.
If they can make a good profit by releasing ports in a short time span compared to creating new titles, they must do that for the good of the company. People were saying Nintendo were doomed with the Wii U and should become a software company for both Sony/Microsoft and iOS/Android. They now have their Wii-era confidence back and for the foreseeable future, people will not be calling for them to give up the hardware. The games industry needs a buoyant Nintendo.
We will get new titles and they don't want to announce everything that's coming out for the year now when E3 is on the horizon. I think it's been smart of them to announce Metroid Prime 4, Fire Emblem and Super Smash Brothers now because it cuts out the rumours and we're getting a reasonable list of new releases with Kirby, Yoshi, Mario Tennis Aces amongst the ports. How many other companies are putting out the number of high quality releases that Nintendo are?
@Noahs Dad, I'm not singling you out here, you have the right to your opinion as much as anyone else. I'm just trying to give some business perspective. I hope during the year we see some announcements and releases that make you happy. I will be as happy as you when we get further announcements of new, first-party titles.
If they can make a good profit by releasing ports in a short time span compared to creating new titles, they must do that for the good of the company. People were saying Nintendo were doomed with the Wii U and should become a software company for both Sony/Microsoft and iOS/Android. They now have their Wii-era confidence back and for the foreseeable future, people will not be calling for them to give up the hardware. The games industry needs a buoyant Nintendo.
We will get new titles and they don't want to announce everything that's coming out for the year now when E3 is on the horizon. I think it's been smart of them to announce Metroid Prime 4, Fire Emblem and Super Smash Brothers now because it cuts out the rumours and we're getting a reasonable list of new releases with Kirby, Yoshi, Mario Tennis Aces amongst the ports. How many other companies are putting out the number of high quality releases that Nintendo are?
@Noahs Dad, I'm not singling you out here, you have the right to your opinion as much as anyone else. I'm just trying to give some business perspective. I hope during the year we see some announcements and releases that make you happy. I will be as happy as you when we get further announcements of new, first-party titles.