Why Nintendo Switch Dominated This Generation

Why is Switch king this generation?
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[@jpbo98]

It’s because they have Funky Mode! None can compare to Funky Kong

[@maravreloaded]

In the console market EXCLUSIVES are king. One of the big heads at Nintendo once said

[@RaditzSayian]

Nintendo is a company that survives off of the success of their hits. They're all exclusive and highly polished.

[@GCTubaTim]

I'm thinking you weren't following the FTC court case very closely when they sued to block the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard merger. Microsoft did pull the "last place in a three man race" card to help get it to go through. They also had to agree to put Call of Duty on other platforms for 10 years to sweeten the deal.

[@36Kite36]

I really want this channel to grow! Rooting for you, man.

[@BasVoet]

I really hope Nintendo can keep the momentum with the switch 2! The future seems bright for them and I’m excited already.

[@maddoxreddish4352]

If it aint comin to pc i aint buyin, unless its nintendo, theres games i care about there, ima wait for gta6 or whatever games theyre trying to make console exclusive to come to pc

[@BinaryShred]

Why don't Microsoft commission indie devs to make Xbox exclusives? Get some use out of dormant franchises as well

[@BirdSpotter43]

Exclusives are stupid. Nintendo wins at targeting the causal market and offering a unqiue console with the hybrid focus.

[@HebrewGamer100]

Wait....Cuphead is on Switch?

[@RhythmGrizz]

- good system for a fair price

[@be7e4px]

Can we talk about how it feels that Nintendo has largely tried to listen to fans this generation?

[@ICharlyl]

I feel like PS and Xbox are experiencing the same problem as nintendo did with the WiiU. They werent prepared for the hardware they're developing for, they went right into the generation without a plan forward and probably didnt consider how detailed and big in scope the worlds would be, how time consuming making all these nuance face and movements animations would be and overall how big the teams got, making it harder to coordinate and prohibitely expensive ganes overall would get.

[@andtails]

As a longtime owner of Sony consoles, I like the idea of timed exclusives: reward console owners with first dibs on your game but then eventually release the game onto other consoles. Nintendo doesn't really need to do this because many gamers will buy their console plus one of the others (or upgrade their PC) each generation. Given the quality of their games and the hardware being so intertwined with the games, though, I see no reason for Nintendo to release content for other platforms, save for the occasional mobile game.

[@gcomastah]

The Switch has games. That's mainly it.

[@dreamer9398]

Truly, the Switch is the best console

[@markusszelbracikowski956]

I agree that the future for games that need a high-end machine to run is the multi-platform way. There's basically no reason to have exclusives on PS or Xbox in a world where it takes 5 years to make a freaking game. Nintendo is in another league altogether, they have their own market.

[@PresidentEvil2]

Good games. That's it. They focus on fun and gameplay. Win.

[@Rinsankajugin]

Funny that you mention the whole FTC situation between Sony and Microsoft, because if I remember correctly, I'm pretty sure one of the judges straight up told Sony to "be more like Nintendo, and make more games" or something along those lines. The fact that Microsoft and Sony have to buy companies to gain more IPs is honestly kinda sad, because both companies own a bunch of franchises that they just don't want to continue for some reason. They could easily have smaller teams work on smaller budget titles, but they keep laying off good employees, and keeping the money that should go towards game development into the CEOs' pockets. Like sure, Nintendo also has a few dormant IPs, but at least they still put out a good handful of FIRST PARTY games yearly.

[@erika_fuzzbottom]

I've gotten more games for Switch than any other console, even beating my old NES collection of two dozen games. The only system I have with more games is Game Boy, and that's solely because I've begun collecting for it.