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[SporeCrawler]

Yeah this is the same old Nintendo story.

It's the fault of their business model releasing old/discounting current-ish hardware mid-gen. The amount of people buying 3rd party games on XB/PS massively dwarfs anything on Nintendo. I guess it's not worth the investment on their end.

I honestly wish they'd just go 3rd party on the console front to make games and "innovative" peripherals. They can still make handhelds because phones are not fun to play game games on.

as a portable i dont see switch being old hardware.

also funny console warrior stuff saying they should go third party when switch is doing pretty damn well.

 

[Rncewind]

Yet somehow they manage on PC...

And these "audience" arguments are as embarrassing as the too weak to run Frostbite ones. Based on what exactly? How do you know what the Switch audience is into? Hell, even who they are?

i mean you can tell embrarassing how much you like but its no secret and well documented that on Nintendo Consoles western third party games are not even remotly good selling as on sony and microsoft plattforms.

dont know why its so mind boggeling that they are gonna test the waters with fifa and decide then, which is a good port

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

Ehh it's fine I mean I'll just get it on PS4 anyway. Now if we can get an updated version of Most Wanted U hell yeah.

 

[Rodin]

I think I found some leaked footage

seriously I love my switch, and I always welcome more games, but don't compomise shit to death just to make it run

You seem to know a lot about how the game would run, do you work for Dice?

 

[Chessr]

Yet somehow they manage on PC...

And these "audience" arguments are as embarrassing as the too weak to run Frostbite ones. Based on what exactly? How do you know what the Switch audience is into? Hell, even who they are?

Exactly. Nobody knows who plays the switch. Nobody knows who play on ps4

 

[Zukkoyaki]

Probably would have been better to either lie or just not say anything here

 

[13ruce]

I think I found some leaked footage

seriously I love my switch, and I always welcome more games, but don't compomise shit to death just to make it run

It would look like slightly better ps3 graphics so that would not look bad at all ya know.

Unless ps3 games looked bad graphicly?

 

[UnemployedVillain]

One is a platform that already exists but with better specs, that, if by going by the number of people who worked on PS4 Pro support, needs like 1-2 people to work on.

The other is a new platform that needs to have actual resources thrown at it

IIRC the PRo still uses jaguar, but he Scorpio doesn't so I don't think it'll be as easy, actually

 

[Jubenhimer]

Yeah this is the same old Nintendo story.

It's the fault of their business model releasing old/discounting current-ish hardware mid-gen. The amount of people buying 3rd party games on XB/PS massively dwarfs anything on Nintendo. I guess it's not worth the investment on their end.

I honestly wish they'd just go 3rd party on the console front to make games and "innovative" peripherals. They can still make handhelds because phones are not fun to play game games on.

Remember kids, even when a 3rd party publisher makes a dumb choice not to support a developer friendly and high selling new system for no reason, it's still Nintendo's fault because.... reasons?

All joking aside, is anyone really upset about this? It's EA, they've had a grudge against Nintendo for the past 6 years, and there isn't much Nintendo can do about it unfortunately. The best thing Nintendo could do is try and make their own Sports series' like Sega did with the Dreamcast.

 

[privitsan02]

Yeah it could run need for speed underground 2, might as well just get that since it would be better than the trash they showed yesterday.

Best wishes.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

I thought Switch graphic was better than PS Vita and 3DS?

Slightly less powerdul than 3DS if I remember correctly. The clock speeds are a alot slower but has moder shaders built into it ironically.

 

[Madagual]

I think I found some leaked footage

seriously I love my switch, and I always welcome more games, but don't compomise shit to death just to make it run

I would be all over an arcadey racing game with this 'retro' look to be honest

 

[Oregano]

Yeah it could run need for speed underground 2, might as well just get that since it would be better than the trash they showed yesterday.

Best wishes.

I really have no argument against that. NFS:U2 would be awesome on Switch.

 

[patientx]

Yeah look at NFS No Limit using Vulkan.

It actually looks very good.

Well, forget about latest AA version, this No Limit running in S7 Edge with Vulkan looks gorgeous. I don't need no story or lame cutscenes in racing games, I just need to race They can build this kind of game on Switch with proper controls and maybe some customization ?

https://youtu.be/iix6KcH_Yx8?t=131

 

[SporeCrawler]

I thought Switch graphic was better than PS Vita and 3DS?

yeah they recently released a pretty good racing game. its called mario kart 8 DX and it sure does look better than that

 

[Rodin]

It would look like slightly better ps3 graphics so that would not look bad at all ya know.

Unless ps3 games looked bad graphicly?

The Switch can do more than "slightly better ps3 graphics", actually. Even without looking at the specs, some games already proved that.

Yeah it could run need for speed underground 2, might as well just get that

I wish.

 

[Effigenius]

Also, I could date Kylie Jenner, but I'm not going to ask her out.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

 

[boiled goose]

Switch is neither the wii nor the wiiu.

That's the mistake third parties are making.

 

[Polygonal_Sprite]

Maybe this will finally shup up all the trolls that said Switch can't run EA's current gen engine. Such bullshit.

 

[takriel]

Of fucking course.

 

[jrcbandit]

Yet somehow they manage on PC...

And these "audience" arguments are as embarrassing as the too weak to run Frostbite ones. Based on what exactly? How do you know what the Switch audience is into? Hell, even who they are?

Of course the Switch can run the game if they bothered to port Frostbite engine to the Switch, but so far EA hasn't felt that the cost of porting Frostbite to Switch was worth it. The main thing NFS franchise has is its fancy graphics, as a racing arcade game they are typically subpar (1 or 2 of them were great but vast majority were mediocre/poor). Porting to Switch, it would no longer have its only real strength, aka, the graphics. Also, they can easily port to PC without any significant cost since the game/engine is developed on PCs and they have their own online store to sell it (Origin).

So far, the primary audience of the Switch are Nintendo fans who typically don't buy many 3rd party software, as they often already have a PS4 or Xbox One as their primary console or are only into Nintendo games. Look at all the prior Nintendo consoles since the Gamecube and most recently the WiiU, 3rd party software sales are incredibly low. The Switch has had a few success stories with 3rd party software at/near launch because Nintendo just hasn't released many titles yet, and those 3rd party titles that were successful weren't mass market appeal "trash" titles like NFS that depend heavily on the casual audience for sales (who knows the game could have depth but that trailer wasn't promising with the constant slow mo crashes of enemies and constantly taking away control from the driver).

 

[SporeCrawler]

Of course the Switch can run the game if they bothered to port Frostbite engine to the Switch, but so far EA hasn't felt that the cost of porting Frostbite to Switch was worth it. The main thing NFS franchise has is its fancy graphics, as a racing arcade game they are typically subpar (1 or 2 of them were great but vast majority were mediocre/poor). Porting to Switch, it would no longer have its only real strength, aka, the graphics. Also, they can easily port to PC without any significant cost since the game/engine is developed on PCs and they have their own online store to sell it (Origin).

So far, the primary audience of the Switch are Nintendo fans who typically don't buy many 3rd party software, as they often already have a PS4 or Xbox One as their primary console or are only into Nintendo games. Look at all the prior Nintendo consoles since the Gamecube and most recently the WiiU, 3rd party software sales are incredibly low. The Switch has had a few success stories with 3rd party software at/near launch because Nintendo just hasn't released many titles yet, and those 3rd party titles that were successful weren't mass market appeal "trash" titles like NFS that depend heavily on the casual audience for sales (who knows the game could have depth but that trailer wasn't promising with the constant slow mo crashes of enemies and constantly taking away control from the driver).

the NFS games criterion made were good. also they did a really superb version of most wanted on wiiu.

NFS from Ghost games were usually not that great though.. Rivals and the reboot game were both blech...

 

[Rncewind]

Of course the Switch can run the game if they bothered to port Frostbite engine to the Switch, but so far EA hasn't felt that the cost of porting Frostbite to Switch was worth it. The main thing NFS franchise has is its fancy graphics, as a racing arcade game they are typically subpar (1 or 2 of them were great but vast majority were mediocre/poor). Porting to Switch, it would no longer have its only real strength, aka, the graphics. Also, they can easily port to PC without any significant cost since the game/engine is developed on PCs and they have their own online store to sell it (Origin).

So far, the primary audience of the Switch are Nintendo fans who typically don't buy many 3rd party software, as they often already have a PS4 or Xbox One as their primary console or are only into Nintendo games. Look at all the prior Nintendo consoles since the Gamecube and most recently the WiiU, 3rd party software sales are incredibly low. The Switch has had a few success stories with 3rd party software at/near launch because Nintendo just hasn't released many titles yet, and those 3rd party titles that were successful weren't mass market appeal "trash" titles like NFS that depend heavily on the casual audience for sales (who knows the game could have depth but that trailer wasn't promising with the constant slow mo crashes of enemies and constantly taking away control from the driver).

a not drive by shitpost that makes sense? pls leave this thread

the NFS games criterion made were good. also they did a really superb version of most wanted on wiiu.

yop i played that one on my wiiu, had fun with it

sadly still sold poorly

 

[Vic]

The Switch has just not been integrated yet, as a platform, into the development pipeline of most AAA publishers. After all, it's the successor of the Wii U. If the Switch continues to be successful, big 3rd parties houses will come with their best IPs.

 

[SporeCrawler]

yop i played that one on my wiiu, had fun with it

sadly still sold poorly

which is the reason why we wont see EA games on switch so soon in the consoles lifecycle. they will do it when there is a userbase.

 

[Kissenkopf]

Of course the Switch can run the game if they bothered to port Frostbite engine to the Switch, but so far EA hasn't felt that the cost of porting Frostbite to Switch was worth it. The main thing NFS franchise has is its fancy graphics, as a racing arcade game they are typically subpar (1 or 2 of them were great but vast majority were mediocre/poor). Porting to Switch, it would no longer have its only real strength, aka, the graphics. Also, they can easily port to PC without any significant cost since the game/engine is developed on PCs and they have their own online store to sell it (Origin).

So far, the primary audience of the Switch are Nintendo fans who typically don't buy many 3rd party software, as they often already have a PS4 or Xbox One as their primary console or are only into Nintendo games. Look at all the prior Nintendo consoles since the Gamecube and most recently the WiiU, 3rd party software sales are incredibly low. The Switch has had a few success stories with 3rd party software at/near launch because Nintendo just hasn't released many titles yet, and those 3rd party titles that were successful weren't mass market appeal "trash" titles like NFS that depend heavily on the casual audience for sales (who knows the game could have depth but that trailer wasn't promising with the constant slow mo crashes of enemies and constantly taking away control from the driver).

Stop it. You are misinformed in so many ways. First the audience of the Switch are gamers in general, even people who didnt buy a Nintendo console in a long time looking to get one of those things. Second Third Party Software sold incredible well on the Wii, the DS and in a lot of cases on the 3DS.

And on top of that is the Switch capable of a lot of things and while the game would look not as good as tje PS4 version it still would look great on the little thing. In theend you always have to realize how small the Switch is...

 

[Wildo09]

I think I found some leaked footage

seriously I love my switch, and I always welcome more games, but don't compomise shit to death just to make it run

Well that game looks lovely, I wouldn't mind it on Switch at all

Hopefully the Switch continues to sell well, I'll be more than happy with a 3DS sized library at the end of it's life.

 

[XAL]

as a portable i dont see switch being old hardware.

also funny console warrior stuff saying they should go third party when switch is doing pretty damn well.

There's irony here.

I mean, Nintendo does well by it's own standards - but does that mean their strategy is best for fans?

They have no interest in going head to head with Sony and MS so they stagger their hardware release long enough for MS/Sony+time to drive hardware costs down so they can release a new piece of hardware that costs very very little and charge many times the manufacturing cost to make an enormous profit. This is the strategy Nintendo has used since the Wii.

The console hinges on whatever controller/screen/motion gimmick they make up and the fact that it's the only place you're ever going to play the new: Mario, Mario Kart, Smash, and Zelda games. That's it. That's why they sell, no one buys a new home Nintendo console to play Madden or Call of Duty or popular big publisher multiplatform games.

People can't complain that huge 3rd party devs are a bunch of assholes for abandoning Nintendo home consoles, but Nintendo honestly doesn't give them much of a choice.

Remember kids, even when a 3rd party publisher makes a dumb choice not to support a developer friendly and high selling new system for no reason, it's still Nintendo's fault because.... reasons?

All joking aside, is anyone really upset about this? It's EA, they've had a grudge against Nintendo for the past 6 years, and there isn't much Nintendo can do about it unfortunately. The best thing Nintendo could do is try and make their own Sports series' like Sega did with the Dreamcast.

It's Nintendo's fault because sales numbers of 3rd party games on Nintendo consoles.

Nintendo expects to have 13 million Switches sold by next April.

The current install base of the XBO is around 30 million and PS4 is around 60 million.

Where do you think 3rd party devs want to push their effort?

By the time the Switch comes close to 30 million a new console gen will have already come or is close on the horizon, which is where the Switch sales will dwindle/cease production as people jump to the new gen.
Then enough time passes so the new consoles get huge install bases and Nintendo releases their new console mid-cycle and has to play catch-up.

That release cycle does not interest big 3rd party devs. It's great for Nintendo because they can release a new piece of hardware and make a ginormous profit and only have to release 1 of each of their tentpole IPs and then rinse and repeat.

 

[Rncewind]

Stop it. You are misinformed in so many ways. First the audience of the Switch are gamers in general, even people who didnt buy a Nintendo console in a long time looking to get one of those things. Second Third Party Software sold incredible well on the Wii, the DS and in a lot of cases on the 3DS.

And on top of that is the Switch capable of a lot of things and while the game would look not as good as tje PS4 version it still would look great on the little thing. In theend you always have to realize how small the Switch is...

dude did you even read his post? dont looks like it, try it again. He said for example all consoles since gamecube, which includes the wii, so your first paragraph doesnt make even sense. Also i would take a good look at what third party games sold on the consoles you listed incredible well, sure was not EA ones, especially if you look at the ratio and the competetion


maye you should stopp becasue of missinformation llol

 

[giant_frying_pan]

Need For Speed: Will Run

 

[Cheat Code]

I think I found some leaked footage

seriously I love my switch, and I always welcome more games, but don't compomise shit to death just to make it run

You talkin shit about Drift Stage?

 

[Oregano]

There's irony here.

I mean, Nintendo does well by it's own standards - but does that mean their strategy is best for fans?

As the last bastion of handheld gaming fuck yeah Switch is the strategy best for fans.

 

[Flame Lord]

EA are fucking assholes. They are all about supporting Scorpio which sounds like a huge risk, but not bothering with Switch which has been a success.

How is the Scorpio a huge risk? They just tone down the PC version. Though it's funny they won't do this when they released Most Wanted(?) on the Vita.

 

[J@hranimo]

Hmm not having NFS, not talking about the quality of game, is never a good look.

Hopefully they change their minds if the Switch continues to sell well.

 

[Guerrilla]

I thought Switch graphic was better than PS Vita and 3DS?

You seem to know a lot about how the game would run, do you work for Dice?

It would look like slightly better ps3 graphics so that would not look bad at all ya know.

Unless ps3 games looked bad graphicly?

I would be all over an arcadey racing game with this 'retro' look to be honest

Well that game looks lovely, I wouldn't mind it on Switch at all

Hopefully the Switch continues to sell well, I'll be more than happy with a 3DS sized library at the end of it's life.

You talkin shit about Drift Stage?

wow I poked a hornets nest apparently not shitting on the switch. I love the system, but I just don't want downgraded xb1/ps4 but rather games built for the system.

Though I have to agree I would love a retro racer in hd like drift stage on the switch, probably took the wrong gif

 

[XAL]

As the last bastion of handheld gaming fuck yeah Switch is the strategy best for fans.

For handheld gamers sure.
That's their strength. I hope the Switch is indicative of where they're going - a powerful handheld with great AAA Nintendo titles that you can also play on a TV with friends.

If they fix their online and have persistent ownership and emulation of older nintendo titles via e-store as each handheld moves forward, that would be great.

 

[Rncewind]

Hopefully they change their minds if the Switch continues to sell well.

They gonna change their minds when their games are gonna sell well, hence they gonna look at fifa

 

[Kouriozan]

Probably not worth the effort, just like with Frostbite if they saw possible growth on the Switch it would have been made already.

 

[Jubenhimer]

There's irony here.
It's Nintendo's fault because sales numbers of 3rd party games on Nintendo consoles.

Nintendo expects to have 13 million Switches sold by next April.

The current install base of the XBO is around 30 million and PS4 is around 60 million.

Where do you think 3rd party devs want to push their effort?

How is that Nintendo's fault though? They released a new system, and it doesn't have the user-base of consoles released in 2013? Shocker!

By the time the Switch comes close to 30 million a new console gen will have already come or is close on the horizon, which is where the Switch sales will dwindle/cease production as people jump to the new gen.
Then enough time passes so the new consoles get huge install bases and Nintendo releases their new console mid-cycle and has to play catch-up.

You're assuming there is going to be a new console generation. All of the big three seem to be moving towards iOS/PC style upgrade increments, though in different ways. I'm going on a limb here, and will say that there will be no 9th generation.

 

[Galava]

Basically

 

[The Flash]

EA are fucking assholes. They are all about supporting Scorpio which sounds like a huge risk, but not bothering with Switch which has been a success.

 

[KainXVIII]

Someone should photoshop EA and Switch logos to these guys 😄

 

[evil monkey]

Stay winning, EA.

 

[Fantastical]

Bottom line... Would supporting Switch get you significantly more copies sold? I'm not sure.

 

[Jeff Vader]

I think I found some leaked footage

seriously I love my switch, and I always welcome more games, but don't compomise shit to death just to make it run

What game is this?

 

[XAL]

How is that Nintendo's fault though? They released a new system, and it doesn't have the user-base of consoles released in 2013? Shocker!

You're assuming there is going to be a new console generation. All of the big three seem to be moving towards iOS/PC style upgrade increments, though in different ways. I'm going on a limb here, and will say that there will be no 9th generation.

It's their fault because they specifically chose to stagger their release cycle. People that already sunk 300-600 bucks on new consoles might not be so jazzed to buy another one 2-3 years later, especially when the only draw is a small handful of Nintendo titles.

ie: "I already play all of these other games on my XB/PS/PC, do I want to pay 300-400 dollars just to play Zelda and then maybe another mario title a year later?". Hardcore fans will buy it for sure, but most people will likely wait for 1-2 price drops/re-design because I'd say most people are strapped for cash by that point.

This whole Pro/Scorpio thing is a new thing that I really hate given that these new 1.5 consoles can't do 60fps for some games still is not reassuring that this is an upgrade worth investing in, I hope it doesn't stick in the long run. Way too early to say there won't be a 9th gen.

 

[MTC100]

I think I found some leaked footage

seriously I love my switch, and I always welcome more games, but don't compomise shit to death just to make it run

What is this? Looks kinda nice.

EDIT: Doesn't seem to be an actual game, sadly, just pixel art... https://www.pinterest.com/pin/521432463088893774/

 

[Easy_D]

What i don't understand is how EA could watch Splatoon blow up on the Wii U and not have PvZ: GW2 port ready at Switch launch. If there's any EA game that's fits the console, that's the one.

Yeah Garden Warfare could do well on Switch. I'd love to play that shit in bed.

 

[antonz]

EA for all the shit they pull made it pretty clear. Fifa was all they were going to put out. If Fifa is successful they will expand. if Fifa dies they will do the usual EA.