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> The success of the Switch sales are largely built off two amazing games in Zelda and Mario while the Wii was built of the excellent of Wii Sports. I mean, th
by quacker 9y ago
> The success of the Switch sales are largely built off two amazing games in Zelda and Mario while the Wii was built of the excellent of Wii Sports.
I mean, the Switch does not seem to have an issue with its library. There are several multiplayer games right now: Arms, 1-2-Switch, Mario Kart, Splatoon 2. They have huge first party franchises (Mario, Zelda, Super Smash Bros, Pokemon, Metroid) and less huge franchises (Kirby, Donkey Kong, Fire Emblem, etc, etc) to draw on. Plus, the Switch has already seen great third party dev support with Skyrim, Rocket League, Mario/Rabbids, and others receiving Switch ports.
It's just up to Nintendo to not botch it's first party releases. But given how incredibly polished both Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey were, I don't see that being an issue.
> It is also worth noting that those Switch games are single player compared with the multiplayer Wii Sports. It is therefore unlikely to have the same type of viral growth that the old console had when someone would have fun playing the game on a friend's system and immediately want to purchase one of their own.
Really? As mentioned above, there are plenty of multiplayer games for switch. Plus, the Switch is portable. You can take it on vacation, kids can bring it to a friends house, and so forth. I don't think either exposure or lack of multiplayer is an issue it currently has. I personally played a co-worker's Switch at lunch during work (3 people playing Mario Kart at a lunch table) and plan on picking one up for myself for Christmas.