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Who are the ~45 million Switch owners who haven’t bought BotW or Odyssey?
- Thread starter VashTheStampede
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Me, I don't have BOTW or Odyssey or Mario Kart. First game I bought was Tropical Freeze. Do I get a cookie?
People buy consoles for different reasons. It's always been like this. Look at the attach rate for older Nintendo systems and you'll notice a similar pattern.
Yeah, I played BotW on Wii U.
I don't like Mario Kart, and playing a 3D Mario on my Switch gives me pause because I only have a Switch Lite and I worry about the analog sticks.
I mean I've bought other games, but I haven't gotten around to even trying them yet.
I don't like Mario Kart, and playing a 3D Mario on my Switch gives me pause because I only have a Switch Lite and I worry about the analog sticks.
This pretty much describes me, lol.
I mean I've bought other games, but I haven't gotten around to even trying them yet.
I have bought neither. Love Zelda, didn't like what I played. Will get if they ever do a selects line.
Never been big on Mario.
Never been big on Mario.
Like 90% of wii owners didn't get galaxy or twilight princess. A huge amount of these people are families or casuals.
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Yup, thse 4 games have really big fanbases that aren't necessarily interested in Zelda or MArio.
Same. I intend to buy it at some point, I just don't feel the urge to play games anywhere near the launch.
I didn't buy them. Mario games and newer Zelda games don't interest me.
I bought my Switch for Octopath Traveler
I bought my Switch for Octopath Traveler
and Bayonetta 3.
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Can you tell me more about what kind of gamer are you? What do you use your Switch for/what kind of games do you play?
In my head, I imagine most people are like me - a fan of Nintendo's staple IPs and someone who likes the hybrid nature of the Switch. That's clearly wrong.
I do own BotW -- it's pretty much the sole reason why I even got a switch, but I don't have any Mario games and never found the series super pressing to buy for. A friend was actually gonna send me her copy of Odyssey but it's been like two years now and she still hasn't sent it lol.
Tbh tho my switch collects dust for me more than anything. All I have on it are BotW, XB2 (which I ended up hating, so might as well not even count), and Octopath Traveler. /w\
I keep meaning to get the Link's Awakening remake and Astral Chain but haven't gotten around to it.
Tbh tho my switch collects dust for me more than anything. All I have on it are BotW, XB2 (which I ended up hating, so might as well not even count), and Octopath Traveler. /w\
I keep meaning to get the Link's Awakening remake and Astral Chain but haven't gotten around to it.
I bought a switch thinking it would get tons of playtime like my much loved PSP. Turns out my life is vastly different now and I have no need for a handheld. Any time I can be playing handheld I can more than likely be playing on a TV.
I've messed around with BotW on my nephews switch and I know enough about the game to know it's not for me. Other than metroidvanias I find platformers boring, not my genre at all. The only major Nintendo ip we have for the switch is Mario Kart which my son got for Christmas off someone.
I've messed around with BotW on my nephews switch and I know enough about the game to know it's not for me. Other than metroidvanias I find platformers boring, not my genre at all. The only major Nintendo ip we have for the switch is Mario Kart which my son got for Christmas off someone.
Bit odd for someone to say Zelda BOTW isn't what they wanted with a golden sun avatar, when Breath if the wild is basically a 3d golden sun in how it plays and you interact with the overworld
Not a huge fan of 3D mario and I'd rather play generic ubi open world sfuff on my other consoles than botw
Only games I've really played so far in 2 years is
FE
Pokémon
Astral chain
Mario tabbids
Only games I've really played so far in 2 years is
FE
Pokémon
Astral chain
Mario tabbids
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So what games are you buying at full prices? Do you mostly play 3rd party games on the Switch? If yes, why not on another console or PC?
There are lots of good games on Switch and people have a finite amount of time and money. Even though I love Nintendo, I haven't bought a first-party game since... Yoshi? I think? My wife got me Animal Crossing as a present but I'm very busy and she enjoys it so much that I just let her play it. It doesn't mean I'm not interested in the stuff Nintendo has put out, I just choose to buy and play different games with the limited amount of money and time that I have.
hi, it's me (well technically I own breath of the wild since I got it as a gift, but I don't believe I've played it)
I have a switch for:
I have a switch for:
- bayonetta 1+2+3 (that one should be obvious, if you look to the left)
- fire emblem
- octopath traveler
- astral chain
- tokyo mirage sessions
- various indie games I'd like to be able to play in handheld mode, like baba is you
I haven't played Zelda in ages, I generally prefer the 2D versions and I despise huge open world games. So BotW was dead on arrival for me.
I do own Odyssey since I bought the special Switch version were it was preinstalled - still haven't booted the game though.
Oh, and Mario Kart? I fell off during the Wii era. It's just not my cup of tea anymore.
I do own Odyssey since I bought the special Switch version were it was preinstalled - still haven't booted the game though.
Oh, and Mario Kart? I fell off during the Wii era. It's just not my cup of tea anymore.
Most disgusting preconceived notion I read all day. Can't you really grasp the idea that consumers are individuals that doesn't follow norms that only enthusiast imagine it exists?
Also, people can share games.
Why would anyone buy a single player game instead of simply rent I don't know.
We have 2 switches in our house. I bought BOTW at launch and sold it after I finished it. Got it again for my son for christmas last year. We have 1 copy of Odyssey that we kept. Assuming there is a fair bit of that going on.