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Nintendo: "Switch business has exceeded our expectations", will invest $900m in game development in next 5 years
- Thread starter Woopah
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Kiddo Cabbusses
Member
So, how many of these millions will go into fixing the Switch Online N64 emulator?
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BootsLoader
Banned
yeah they will invest in remakes and re-ports of previous games.
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rubenburgt
Member
I guess they ran out of Wii u games to port.
KungFucius
King Snowflake
Interesting wording. Does this imply that the "Switch" brand is here to stay at least for another gen? I mean it can't mean they are expecting this gen1 Switch to still be getting new titles for another 5 years. Right?
Fbh
Member
Wait, Nintendo's response is we should actually start making more games for this thing? What on Earth ...
Isn't that how you normally sell the thing to begin with?
They are running out of WiiU games to port.
And if the next Switch is backwards compatible they won't be able to fill up their lineup with Switch re-releases.
Though I guess if the next system is considerably more powerful they can release $60 "enhanced" editions of the entire Switch library with higher res and better performance.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Nintendo crack me up. Man I love them. Absolute lunatics haha.
Hey, we just realised this thing is probably gonna end up selling the most consoles ever....should we spend a billion on games?
Hey, we just realised this thing is probably gonna end up selling the most consoles ever....should we spend a billion on games?
daveonezero
Banned
Just because this is the first we are hearing about this doesn't mean it hasn't been in motion.....
Woopah
Member
That is how their selling the thing. This is "we are making a of of money from publishing a good quantity/variety of games, and we are reinvesting that into accelerating the growth we've been doing from the past few years."Wait, Nintendo's response is we should actually start making more games for this thing? What on Earth ...
Isn't that how you normally sell the thing to begin with?
I don't think it implying that, I would just read it as hiring more developers for console game development. Next gen is probably at least 2 years away at the very earliest.
Pejo
Member
Still chaps my ass that they didn't do a hardware revision with the OLED screen. Watch them do a hardware revision next, but with standard LCD, just to piss me off again.
Bosman's Nintendo Elephant comparison still rings true.
Mr Hyde
Member
I'm still waiting for Wind Waker and Xenoblade Chronicles X. I mean, how hard can it be, given that you already brought over the entire software library of Wii U? Why leave those two games on there? Very annoying.
None - that's barely enough for 2 AAA releases ;P
Kataploom
Gold Member
Monolith Soft said it was very hard to bring XCX to Switch due to immense scope of the game... Wind Waker tho? idk, I'd buy it if it comes... unless it comes with it's blind inducing bloom
Mr Hyde
Member
Yeah, I read that. It's a bummer. Still holding out hope though. Game looks fun as hell. Not gonna buy a Wii U though just for that.
Kataploom
Gold Member
I was always hyped AF for that game before it came out, now I just feel like I never paid that debt with myself due to not having Wii U at the time... I'm one of those wanting the game to release on Switch any day
Woopah
Member
The specifically say that this is in addition to R&D spending, but they have spent a lot on that in recent years.
They've struck gold with the hybrid form fact so the best move for them would be to have an image upscaler through machine learning (either DLSS or their own). That would do a lot to close the power gap.
bender
What time is it?
Bargain bin parts sell for almost as much as the competition...
Shows the strength of the brand, but unfortunately Nintendo is a dog that keeps shitting on the rug, they won't stop it until they get some punishment.
This doesn't bode well for anyone that wants a "next gen" Nintendo experience. It seems like the people that get those experiences are the pirates that are emulating the games on PC.
Shows the strength of the brand, but unfortunately Nintendo is a dog that keeps shitting on the rug, they won't stop it until they get some punishment.
This doesn't bode well for anyone that wants a "next gen" Nintendo experience. It seems like the people that get those experiences are the pirates that are emulating the games on PC.
KingGhidorah
Banned
Yes!! Go buy From Soft from Kadokawa!
I'm still in my honeymoon period with Nintendo..... hugging my new Switch tightly
I'm still in my honeymoon period with Nintendo..... hugging my new Switch tightly
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Azelover
Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was.
They'd get GCN-like sales.
kiphalfton
Member
Don't have to be a pirate to emulateBargain bin parts sell for almost as much as the competition...
Shows the strength of the brand, but unfortunately Nintendo is a dog that keeps shitting on the rug, they won't stop it until they get some punishment.
This doesn't bode well for anyone that wants a "next gen" Nintendo experience. It seems like the people that get those experiences are the pirates that are emulating the games on PC.
ManaByte
Banned
I'm referring to the people that are emulating Metroid Dred and other SWITCH GAMES on PC...
Azelover
Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was.
Good point! I'd be down for thatBut we'd get GCN-like games.
Saint Boot
Banned
2 Yen.
TheGodfather07
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nush
Member
That's my take on it, this is ramping up for a Switch 2/pro. In 5 years current Switch hardware even with "Impossible ports" just won't be able to pass with whatever else ins in the market by then.
ManaByte
Banned
Not talking about sales. I'm talking about hardware. Smaller storage aside, the GCN was comparable to the two systems it was competing against.
KungFucius
King Snowflake
4 years ago it didn't even pass with Zelda. At least not in the lost woods. They still sold 90 million, 2 of which I bought. 1 for me and my kids and one for my nieces. Their market is really just people who like Nintendo games. I hope the fuck they put out something new in a couple of years, but I wouldn't be shocked if they push this thing for another 5. It would still be up against the PS5/XSX.
Woopah
Member
Probably not when it first launched no.
ManaByte
Banned
That's been their market since 1996.
Doesn't mean they can't aim higher, and they tried with the GCN. Then they discovered the casual Wii Bowling market with two GCNs taped together and never looked back.
Kokoloko85
Member
Being mostly finished with the Wii and Wii U ports there gonna be having to make alot more games.
And soon graphically more impressive because indies are starting to make better looking games then some of the biggest hits like Pokemon.
I know Nintendo isnt about the graphics and more the style but by the Switch 2 there gonna have to
And soon graphically more impressive because indies are starting to make better looking games then some of the biggest hits like Pokemon.
I know Nintendo isnt about the graphics and more the style but by the Switch 2 there gonna have to
ManaByte
Banned
They sold 100 million Wii units built on the back of a simple motion bowling game and endless shovelware flash game ports. The people who continue to buy 20M Switch units 5 years after release don't care.
Kokoloko85
Member
I get that. I just think for the Switch 2 there gonna have to make more better looking games. The novelty of Motion controller and Hybrid won’t Be around next time
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
I'm happy about this news. I play alot of Japanese Third Parties, Indies, and Nintendo games on Switch.
Woopah
Member
They've been expanding first party development since Switch launched. This is them saying they are going to start spending even more.
darkangel-212559
Banned
Nintendo gave you Skyward Sword and want you to shut the fuck up about the Zelda games you and other people actually want to play.
Nintendo does Nintendo does Nintendo. They are never rational.
darkangel-212559
Banned
Nintendo just gave us Bluetooth in a hardware update. Bluetooth!
I'd be happy if they gave us Dreamcast levels of online. At least that had in game voice chat.