Now I may not be a marketing genius, or a genius at all; however, I do know that launching your brand new system during "E3" season and huge games being announced and snubbing your newly released console is bad optics.
Yes, it makes sense for these games not to be announced for Switch 2 yet because of dev kits and it being a new platform, but Nintendo chose this release timing and it definitely casts a shadow on their brand-spanking-new system when a ton of massive third party games are announced the same week and there is no hint of major Switch 2 announcements. It paints a bad picture for the future of the system.
Yes, this is a knee jerk reaction post, but these types of thoughts are on peoples minds when they decide whether or not they want to pick the new system up if they see it in the wild.
Nintendo really needs to drop a new Direct asap. We have no hard dates for third party games now that the system is launched. We know Donkey Kong is July and Pokemon is October, but they are already running on a light first party release schedule and the last thing they need is the appearance there is a light schedule this calendar year. Now is the time to hype the base, not sit back and ride the launch wave for a month or so before deciding you open your mouth and reveal new titles and dates.
I reckon this perception will get worse once the Xbox showcase comes and Persona 4 is skipping the platform and the only Xbox game coming over is the legally obligated CoD port.
Yes, it makes sense for these games not to be announced for Switch 2 yet because of dev kits and it being a new platform, but Nintendo chose this release timing and it definitely casts a shadow on their brand-spanking-new system when a ton of massive third party games are announced the same week and there is no hint of major Switch 2 announcements. It paints a bad picture for the future of the system.
Yes, this is a knee jerk reaction post, but these types of thoughts are on peoples minds when they decide whether or not they want to pick the new system up if they see it in the wild.
Nintendo really needs to drop a new Direct asap. We have no hard dates for third party games now that the system is launched. We know Donkey Kong is July and Pokemon is October, but they are already running on a light first party release schedule and the last thing they need is the appearance there is a light schedule this calendar year. Now is the time to hype the base, not sit back and ride the launch wave for a month or so before deciding you open your mouth and reveal new titles and dates.
I reckon this perception will get worse once the Xbox showcase comes and Persona 4 is skipping the platform and the only Xbox game coming over is the legally obligated CoD port.