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Nintendo Switch Is Losing a Big Exclusive Series

Nintendo, during the Nintendo Switch era, is losing an exclusive series. The main appeal of Nintendo hardware for many Nintendo fans is the exclusive games Nintendo and its partners develop for Nintendo platforms. Many of the best Nintendo Switch games — The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild...

comicbook.com

"Nintendo, during the Nintendo Switch era, is losing an exclusive series. The main appeal of Nintendo hardware for many Nintendo fans is the exclusive games Nintendo and its partners develop for Nintendo platforms. Many of the best Nintendo Switch games -- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Oddysey -- all come straight from Nintendo and can only be played on Nintendo machines. That said, Nintendo and Nintendo Switch are losing one of these exclusive series to the PC."

Sales data:

Bravely Default II Has Almost Reached One Million Sales On Nintendo Switch

The original game is still out in front

www.nintendolife.com

Imo, I don't think a game with 950k of sales copies should be considered as a big exclusive.

 

[ManaByte]

Holy fuck Comicbook.com's gaming articles are the worst type of clickbait on the internet.

 

[VN1X]

I got jebaited.

 

[Spukc]

More like lamery default none



amiright?

srsly tho the first game the 3ds burned me so bad i am never touching it again

 

[Gameplaylover]

Imo, I don't think a game with 950k of sales copies should be considered as a big exclusive.

Why not? I know a console manufacturer that considers a game with almost half the sales a "Mega-Hit".
*scnr*

 

[Kazza]

We've got to have some kind of rule against clickbait threads.

We all know these kind of articles exist, and you must know that everyone hates them, so why drag them back here with a crappy clickbait thread, like some dog shit you trod in while walking outside, that you then proceed to spread all over the carpet at home?

 

[Dream-Knife]

I got excited reading the title hoping it was Xenoblade.

I don't consider Bravely a big franchise. This was also obvious as Octopath was only exclusive for a year.

 

[Robb]

Eh.. Ok.

Bravely Default should really be in the thread title.

 

[michaelius]

Nice clickbait title

 

[ebevan91]

I got excited reading the title hoping it was Xenoblade.

I don't consider Bravely a big franchise. This was also obvious as Octopath was only exclusive for a year.

Imagine Xenoblade on a high-end PC or PS5/Series X.

 

[Topher]

 

[Amin_Parker]

WHAT ？？？
Don't get me wrong Bravely Default is a fantastic series but it's not that important in the grand scheme of things

 

[Buggy Loop]

How will Nintendo recover from a niche franchise with chibi characters going on PC!

 

[Captain Toad]

PC doesn't really count when talking about exclusives on the consoles.

Bravely Default 2 was a great game, though.

So was Octopath Traveler, which I DO consider Switch losing its exclusivity when it went to Xbox. Still, in both cases, Switch is still the ideal platform for these games, imo.

 

[Dream-Knife]

Imagine Xenoblade on a high-end PC or PS5/Series X.

I really wish Nintendo would port them to PC and make future releases day and date. Then I'd never have to buy another Nintendo console.

 

[Amin_Parker]

I bought Bravely Default 2 and I thoroughly enjoyed the game. As a matter of fact, it was one of the best games released this year. It's not the best game but it is one of the best games released so far this year and even I don't consider it that much important in the grand scheme of things for Nintendo or its fan base. It's a very young series that's up and coming. Plus I understand a lot of people hate the art style. As far as gameplay and story is concerned the game is phenomenal. It is not a extremely high selling franchise so it is nowhere near important enough for Nintendo to even begin sweating bullets by losing exclusivity of it. The article is overblowning things.

 

[Bodomism]

Eh.. Ok.

Bravely Default should really be in the thread title.

I copied it directly from the article title.

 

[Fuz]

I need the video.

 

[ManaByte]

I copied it directly from the article title.

 

[GuinGuin]

Animal Crossing is also on mobile so they lost that one a long time ago too.

 

[Amin_Parker]

Animal Crossing is also on mobile so they lost that one a long time ago too.

Nintendo and Sony is both doing the same type of thing but I'm not going to sit up here and make excuses for what Nintendo is doing. I will explain what I think they're doing. Nintendo's mobile initiative is basically them just trying to advertise their franchises to the public in order to get them to buy Nintendo consoles to play the real true versions of those games. Nintendo is not going out and porting their first party games from their consoles to mobile devices, they're making unique experiences for mobile using their first party IP as a way to lure people to their consoles where at Sony is actually porting their games from their consoles to PC (as well as creating mobile Studios that will basically be advertising their franchises as well). if anything Sony is actually porting their first party games from their consoles to the PC. It's sort of the same type of initiative as Nintendo but also slightly different from Nintendo's goal.

 

[bender]

I can't believe Mario is coming to the PS5.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

.

 

[Impotaku]

How will the switch be able to continue after this crushing blow it's not like there's a shitload of decent rpg games on the system already.

Oh wait......

 

[Marvel14]

I really wish Nintendo would port them to PC and make future releases day and date. Then I'd never have to buy another Nintendo console.

After reading your comment Nintendo would be even less inclined to do what you wish....

 

[Vagswarm]

By this point exclusive should mean in terms of consoles only, since a lot of titles are coming to Steam / PC but not other consoles. Bethesda seems to be viewed this way -- exclusive to the Xbox in the sense that it's not coming to the PS.

 

[Azelover]

I really wish Nintendo would port them to PC and make future releases day and date. Then I'd never have to buy another Nintendo console.

Software sells hardware... They don't make these games just for their health..

 

[iHaunter]

Holy fuck Comicbook.com's gaming articles are the worst type of clickbait on the internet.

Should I even bother reading? What did it say?

 

[RaZoR No1]

Wouldn't Bayonetta 3 fit into this, after the Geforce Now leaks?

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Nintendo Switch Is Losing a Big Exclusive Series

Nintendo, during the Nintendo Switch era, is losing an exclusive series. The main appeal of Nintendo hardware for many Nintendo fans is the exclusive games Nintendo and its partners develop for Nintendo platforms. Many of the best Nintendo Switch games — The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild...

comicbook.com

"Nintendo, during the Nintendo Switch era, is losing an exclusive series. The main appeal of Nintendo hardware for many Nintendo fans is the exclusive games Nintendo and its partners develop for Nintendo platforms. Many of the best Nintendo Switch games -- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Oddysey -- all come straight from Nintendo and can only be played on Nintendo machines. That said, Nintendo and Nintendo Switch are losing one of these exclusive series to the PC."

Sales data:

Bravely Default II Has Almost Reached One Million Sales On Nintendo Switch

The original game is still out in front

www.nintendolife.com

Imo, I don't think a game with 950k of sales copies should be considered as a big exclusive.

 

[Bryank75]

Time to port all Nintendo exclusives to PC..... PC gamers don't buy consoles, I hear.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Time to port all Nintendo exclusives to PC..... PC gamers don't buy consoles, I hear.

Welp, PC + Switch is pretty sweet and a good combo. There’s no real equivalents to Nintendo on PC. I would drop the switch in a heartbeat though if they announced PC ports.

 

[Bryank75]

Welp, PC + Switch is pretty sweet and a good combo. There’s no real equivalents to Nintendo on PC. I would drop the switch in a heartbeat though if they announced PC ports.

Dont need a Switch if they put games on PC.... would be very pro-consumer.

Just like Uncharted.

Why should Sony port games and Nintendo not?

Isn't that anti-consumer?

 

[PuppetMaster]

Bravely Default

 

[Bodomism]

Looks like this big game has already flopped so badly on pc.

 

[Corgi1985]

I'm looking forward to nintendo losing as many games as possible, but BDII isn't really a big series

 

[Marty-McFly]

I'm looking forward to nintendo losing as many games as possible, but BDII isn't really a big series

They can't possibly lose any games of worth because they own the rights to all of them.

 

[lh032]

Why not? I know a console manufacturer that considers a game with almost half the sales a "Mega-Hit".
*scnr*

I know you talking about Returnal.

Switch user base more than 80 mil.

PS5 user base less than 20 mil.

HORRIBLE COMPARISON.

 

[Gameplaylover]

I know you talking about Returnal.

Switch user base more than 80 mil.

PS5 user base less than 20 mil.

HORRIBLE COMPARISON.

Besides that it was just a joke you should also consider that there are almost 100 Switch exclusives as competition for Bravely Default 2 while Returnal almost had none competititon. But enough of this, like i said it was a joke.

 

[Graciaus]

Looks like this big game has already flopped so badly on pc.

I'm sure it has nothing to do with the game and series being mediocre. Tales of Arise for comparison:

• 24,420 players right now
• 49,673 24-hour peak
• 60,274 all-time peak 2 days ago

 

[Marty-McFly]

I know you talking about Returnal.

Switch user base more than 80 mil.

PS5 user base less than 20 mil.

HORRIBLE COMPARISON.

90 million vs 10 million at last count

 

[lh032]

90 million vs 10 million at last count

yes Marty, you can sleep well tonight now.

 

[Bodomism]

Another ex-switch exclusive flopped on Steam

The game sold around 2.5 million copies and I bet nearly 98% copies were sold on the Switch

 

[zaanan]

yes Marty, you can sleep well tonight now.

I know right!? Fucker just lurks all day on every thread, pouncing on every comment that could possibly be construed as casting shade on his beloved Nintendo! Who has that kind of time and obsession?

 

[El Pistolero]

I am sure that Ninteno executives are losing sleep over it...

 

[Spukc]

I need the video.

 

[skit_data]

What a misleading text, it implies ”one of these series” was one of the mentioned Nintendo 1st party series.

 

[Supermjmt12]

Meh

 

[EverydayBeast]

Losing Zelda to PlayStation would be significant but PC does a great job of not being a primary gaming machine and it never feels like losing an exclusive. Losing Halo to PS5 would be huge, losing a game to PC is small

 

[Sleepwalker]

Switch lost all their IPs to PC emulation a long time ago