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Something else they've excelled at with the Switch are the indy games. Xbox really should have dominated the indy scene, especially with their subscription serv
by rapind 3y ago
Something else they've excelled at with the Switch are the indy games. Xbox really should have dominated the indy scene, especially with their subscription service IMO, but their licensing must be garbage compared to the Switch. Or maybe it's just that a lot of indy titles are targeting ARM already? Indy games sell really well on the switch compared to Steam (at least that used to be the case, I'm not really up to date).
One other thing that I think really helps the Switch is mobile gaming. Gaming on your phone / iPad is basically horrible due to predatory monetization schemes. As a parent, I would much prefer my kids play games on a Switch than a phone or tablet. Apple sort of addressed this with "Arcade", but the library doesn't even compare to the Switch.
- ajmurmann 3y agoIndy games, like all third-party games, go to the console that has the users. That's why it's important for a system to hit critical mass of good games to attract users and get a flywheel started. IMO that's why it's great for Nintendo to only have a single system. Much easier to hit critical mass of exclusive games if they don't have to make games for a handheld and a home console. The Wii also had decent support of indie games despite it being so different from other systems because it sold like hot cakes