Jubenhimer
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This is a common mentality I see on ResetERA, and to a lesser extent here on GAF. Whenever the concern over whether there's a Switch drought or not, it all goes back to the lack of a AAA Nintendo release for that period of time. Now if the Switch was barren wasteland that was begging for content like the Wii U or Nintendo 64 was, I could understand that. But it isn't. I think Switch owners forget this sometimes, but third party games exist too, plenty of them, and the Switch is getting more and more support as the years go by. In only 2 years, the Switch is home to Doom, Wolfenstien II, dozens of RPGs and Fighters, including a Street Fighter Compilation, and all the PlayStation era Final Fantasies, Diablo III, Warframe, Fortnite, Rocket League, Mega Man, Dragon's Dogma, Hellblade, and the dozens of indie games each month.
Even if Nintendo doesn't have a big new Mario, Zelda, whatever that month, there's like 20 other notable releases that month you may be interested in from other publishers. Even Nintendo themselves has at least some kind of game released each month. I already can see people making the argument of "But these are inferior versions of these games". Yeah, but you can take these games with you and play them anywhere. So your sacrificing performance, for freedom, and if you don't care about portability, that's fine. But the games don't stop existing simply because they're prettier or faster on other consoles. Otherwise, we can just make the same argument for consoles. Why would I buy anything on PS4, when the PC can run these games way better? Same argument really.
So a drought in Nintendo releases? Probably, Nintendo never really releases anything big in Q1 so I can understand why some may be miffed at that. Drought in Switch games? Hell no! April alone has like 20 major titles releasing, and all are third party games.
Even if Nintendo doesn't have a big new Mario, Zelda, whatever that month, there's like 20 other notable releases that month you may be interested in from other publishers. Even Nintendo themselves has at least some kind of game released each month. I already can see people making the argument of "But these are inferior versions of these games". Yeah, but you can take these games with you and play them anywhere. So your sacrificing performance, for freedom, and if you don't care about portability, that's fine. But the games don't stop existing simply because they're prettier or faster on other consoles. Otherwise, we can just make the same argument for consoles. Why would I buy anything on PS4, when the PC can run these games way better? Same argument really.
So a drought in Nintendo releases? Probably, Nintendo never really releases anything big in Q1 so I can understand why some may be miffed at that. Drought in Switch games? Hell no! April alone has like 20 major titles releasing, and all are third party games.