nephilimdj
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I remember a similar thing happened on wiiu didnt it? bit.trip runner 2 or something
This was true of Vita when it was healthier as well. It makes sense, as the good indies have an easier time standing out on a platform without big name games sucking up all the attention.I think we see a lot of indies doing better with Nintendo because they have an audience with fewer third party purchase options compared to the other platforms.
That's especially true for Switch since it's so new.
There's a few games I'm actually holding off from buying on PS4 because I want them on Switch but I don't have a Switch yet. Portable appeal + I'll need something for the inevitable droughts (per personal taste).
Why would it be a meme when I just claim we have next to no data ?
Or basically, how does all of this translate with actual numbers/units.
HopefullyPerhaps one day this self fulfilling prophecy of "third party games don't sell on Nintendo hardware" will come to an end.
Now come on, move your goalposts
Exactly. It's actually ludicrous to write off this game as looking 'retro'. It doesn't even look low budget, what it was trying to do was achieved flawlessly. IMO it looks premium modern 2D.I would argue that this game looks more like Rayman Origins than it looks like the original Rayman. Obviously Origins looks better and is a way better game, but I don't think that you could show this game to somebody from 1995 and they would say "yeah, so? Clearly this belongs on a PS1"
And of course it doesn't belong on PS1, which is just on the edge of "retro" to begin with. As you start moving up towards the systems that this game is possible on, you're not talking "retro" anymore, you're just talking "lower budget."
I read this and wonder what the fuck these other devs are doing on Switch. Where are the release dates? Switch owners want games. Give us your product.
I read this and wonder what the fuck these other devs are doing on Switch. Where are the release dates? Switch owners want games. Give us your product.
Exactly. It's actually ludicrous to write off this game as looking 'retro'. It doesn't even look low budget, what it was trying to do was achieved flawlessly. IMO it looks premium modern 2D.
I read this and wonder what the fuck these other devs are doing on Switch. Where are the release dates? Switch owners want games. Give us your product.
Exactly. It's actually ludicrous to write off this game as looking 'retro'. It doesn't even look low budget, what it was trying to do was achieved flawlessly. IMO it looks premium modern 2D.
Runbow released on other platforms besides WiiU and 3DS?"Starved for games" certainly makes it sound more negative. But Switch certainly has a visibility advantage for these indie titles right now, especially when they are good. That plus the traditional Nintendo audience for platformers/family-oriented titles (or in other words, non-dudebros games) makes it an attractive system for indies right now. Meanwhile, games like Runbow got no attention on PS4 or X1 for example.
Obviously, this could change once more of the bigger third parties release their games on Switch. And with shovelware publishers starting to release games en masse in Q4, Nintendo needs to make sure that indie games aren't drowned from the eShop storefront.
I read this and wonder what the fuck these other devs are doing on Switch. Where are the release dates? Switch owners want games. Give us your product.
Runbow released on other platforms besides WiiU and 3DS?