Let's make this clear: Do Switch owners buy third party games?

[Deleted member 1476]

70% first party, 20% indie, 10% third party.

Performance plays a big factor so some third party games are fine while others are dogshit. I am a handheld only player so some third party games are stuff that I've wanted to play portable for ages, like Diablo.

Indies are mostly fine since not a lot of them are demanding and usually play fine, but even then there are a lot of stinkers out there.

 

[Deleted member 5725]

I used to buy 3rd party games for it but now I only buy their first-party.

 

[Iva Demilcol]

Most of the time I buy more third party games. There are some first party stuff that I don't really consider "Nintendo games" (that I'm pretty sure would get me into trouble in communities like this).

Let's see...

Physical:

Splatoon 2
Puyo Puyo Tetris
Bayonetta
Bayonetta 2
The World Ends with You
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Disgaea Complete
Collection of Mana
Astral Chain
Xenoblade 2
Daemon X Machina
Dragon Quest XI
Pokémon Sword
Snack World
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Xenoblade DE
TLOZ: Link's Awakening
The Wonderful 101

(I just see 5 Nintendo games there, don't @me)

Digital:
Octopath Traveler
Breath of the Wild
Ninjala
Destiny Connect
Digimon Cyber Sleuth
Caligula Effect
Lost Sphear
Death Mark
(aaaand a bunch of Indie games)

In general, most Nintendo IPs aren't for me.

 

[Cosmic Voyager]

When I buy a Switch, I'll only be buying it for the first party content.

Every single third party AAA or indie game will go on my PS4/PS5

 

[genjiZERO]

Unless it really needs to be on PS - like Dark Souls, for example - I buy it on Switch.

 

[Deleted member 77553]

My switch is a first party only mario machine.

 

[Tohsaka]

I only buy exclusives on Switch since I don't care about the portability aspect and always play docked. If a game comes out at the same time on PS4/PC I won't get it on Switch.

 

[shinobi602]

I only buy Switch exclusives on my Switch.

I play on my TV 99% of the time so there's no way I'm buying third party games on Switch over Xbox/Playstation.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

i have 23 first party games, and 35 3rd party games.
so i say yes.

 

[Equanimity]

Other. I have stopped buying third party games on the Switch.

It's a Nintendo exclusive machine for now.

 

[Sasliquid]

I buy first and third party but I often prefer to buy third party games on PS4 unless I think it's preferable for handheld play (I.e. something I can play with tv in the background)

 

[Tsuyu]

I buy Nintendo first party and Japanese third parties that are exclusive to the system.

No interest in others.

 

[Neutra]

Nintendo first-party and Nintendo-esque indies for me.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

I have one retail game - Civ 6 and the DLC

Golf Story & Marble It Up are my indies

I only have 8 games in total. My next is Hyrule Warriors in November. So, not really for myself.

 

[barjed]

Era is probably not representative of the whole userbase.

I am one of the weirdos who buys some some first party offerings (like XB, FE, anything Platinum) but skips the rest and plays mostly third party stuff on my NS.

 

[Villein]

most of my recent purchases have been third party or indie

 

[Kraq]

Octopath Traveller, Ori and Mario + Rabbids make up my third party collection on Switch.

I have no plans to buy something on Switch when there's a superior version available.

 

[Phantom_Snake]

I tend to stick to just first party on the Switch. But there are the occasional
third party games I feel like I would enjoy more on it.

 

[Forearm_Star]

I mainly use my switch for Nintendo games

 

[Dezzy]

I only buy exclusives for the Switch, nothing else. So mostly first party games.

 

[mute]

Switch is my primary system so even if multiplats may look better elsewhere I'll still buy them for switch. 95% of what I play though is either switch exclusive or switch first tho.

 

[Flapke]

Nintendo games are too expensive, so mostly third party games.

 

[shadow2810]

I have more third party games on my switch than ps4. PS4 in my case is just for exclusives.

 

[aiswyda]

I buy mostly first party and indie (if we're distinguishing those from 3rd party), and pick up exclusive jrpgs / jrpgs that feel better handheld on switch (Octopath, FF8, and FF9 come to mind).

I've def opted to go for ps4 when I didn't think the switch would run it as well (Valkyria Chronicles 4).

 

[eraFROMAN]

I absolutely buy 3rd party, the selection is much wider than it's ever been for a Nintendo machine. Usually my 3rd party games are on PC, however.

 

[Stormkyleis]

I buy third party games on the Switch if it's a decent version. Portability is important to me.

 

[Raggen]

I would have sold my Switch a long time if it wasn't for the awesome indie games on it.

 

[Lord Azrael]

First party + indies. Sorry but I'd rather play bigger third party games somewhere else

 

[Unkindled]

about 90-95% first party

 

[Invisible Cities]

First party + indies. Sorry but I'd rather play bigger third party games somewhere else

Click to shrink...

Same.

really this should be a polling option.

 

[Mandos]

I buy both, I'm drowning in too many games to post here

 

[tuffy]

Monster Hunter on Switch is my most played game, actually. And I suspect the next one will be played at least as much.

 

[Legacy]

First party and indie device for me

 

[Ehoavash]

since the wii i only been buying Nintendo published games

on switch that changed, i started getting indie games people never stop talking about

3rd party games has been meh on nintendo since gamecube ended and i have a ps4 now so no need to buy 3rd party games at stupid prices on nintendo system vs always heveaily discounted on ps4

 

[edwardvh]

Hard to do when you got the same game on another platform, at 1/3 the price, with achievements, better graphics, no bugs and released three years ago.

 

[SEATLiens]

No option for first party and indies?

 

[ShellshockPrime]

For me, yes. While I won't list every game, I will list the ones I felt were more than worth it.

Mega Man 11 - Runs on Switch really well, and I feel that Mega Man is a better fit for Nintendo than the other platforms.

Octopath Traveler and Dragon Quest XI S - Excellent JRPGs from Square Enix.

Doom (2016) - Even with some compromises, the Switch version is really good!

Sonic Mania - The Definitive Sonic game to get on the Switch!

New Super Lucky's Tale - You want a good 3D Platformer to play? This is definitely a good time!

Mario + Rabbids - Great use of Mario Characters, mixed in with the Rabbids!

DragonBall FighterZ - Excellent version!

I also own ports of previous generations of games, such as the Resident Evil series, Tales of Vesperia, Okami, Final Fantasy, and many more! Also own Konami collections, Street Fighter Collection, and Mega Man Collections.

 

[Wispmetas]

Of course I do.

But I know what to expect from a weaker console, the switch has other advantages in my mind. There are games that I would never think of buying on my PS4 but in my switch they instantly become much more desireable. Thanks to the portability.

 

[Secretofmateria]

Witcher 3 is actually an eastern (european) game. : )

 

[wbloop]

First party + indies for the most part. I have a few third parties like DQ11S and Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, but that's about it. For most third-party gaming I still use my PC.

 

[Dreamwriter]

Any game I want to play in bed I buy on the Switch. The game I have the most hours in is third-party, Binding of Isaac, the most recent game I bought on Switch was Trials of Mana.

 

[Transistor]

I buy first party games and indies. Third parties usually go on my PS4 or PC

 

[maximumzero]

The Switch is the only "current" platform that I own, so if there's a game I want to play, I'll buy it.

Civilization VI and Ni No Kuni just arrived over the weekend, actually; they were on sale for Gamestop's labor day promotion.

Still waiting on my Doom Eternal pre-order to ship. It's almost been six months since that game has seen release on other platforms. It'll be half price and receive all of its DLC by the time the base Switch release hits store shelves.

So much of Nintendo's releases are ports that I didn't end up buying most of 'em.

 

[gardfish]

Not including indie games, I have:
-Civilization VI
-Final Fantasy VII
-Final Fantasy IX
-Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
-Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
-Okami HD
-Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
-Sonic Mania
-Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle if it counts
-Octopath Traveler (yeah, I know it was published by Nintendo in the west, but it's a Square Enix game)

Lots of third party games on my wishlist, too. I'm definitely more interested in third-party games on the Switch than I usually am, largely because they've been porting over significant games that haven't previously been available on Nintendo hardware. Any outright exclusives will at least have my attention.

 

[Redcrayon]

I buy mostly third parties. Monster Hunter is both my most-played game and most anticipated release, and after that it's Dragon Quest, Skyrim and Ys even before Zelda and Fire Emblem.

I play a lot of indies too.

 

[HanSoloCup]

First party, indies, and Square Enix.
I get everything else on PS4.

 

[StrangeRoboMemory]

My Switch games are about 80% first party games.

 

[Pineapple]

I have like 100 games on my Switch, so definitely not mainly first party. This is probably the first Nintendo system where I had this many games.

 

[ultramooz]

I never understood why independent developers are not considered 3rd party.

I buy lots on non-nintendo games both indie and big studios.

 

[Brainfreeze]

My Switch was used for a mix of a few first party games a year and any indie games I wanted to play portable, but at this point it's almost exclusively for first party games. I ran into too many Indie games with major performance issues, and I started getting them so cheap on PC (which I expect to have forward compatibility on future builds basically forever), that it just didn't make sense for me to bother buying them on Switch anymore, unless they're built around local multiplayer.

There are still a few third party games I'd be interested to play on Switch (primarly Crash 4 and Tony Hawk) that don't have a port announced, so I don't have any third party / indie games I expect to buy on Switch any time soon.