Bit disingenuous considering a good amount of those are games that have long been on those other two platforms
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Nintendo Switch currently sitting at 928 games across all regions - 540 released in 2018 thus far
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I'm a bit confused that people frequenting a message board like this are apparently not equiped to find out about good games on a platform.
Metacritic, the eShop thread, the best sellers lists, one of the ten thousand recommendation topics, just looking for genres that interest you through the store search and reading up on stuff that seems interesting. You don't need to browse through the complete list of games every single time.
And if you already own a Switch, a simple solution is just checking the store every week for new releases and wishlisting those games that stand out or appeal to you.
Metacritic, the eShop thread, the best sellers lists, one of the ten thousand recommendation topics, just looking for genres that interest you through the store search and reading up on stuff that seems interesting. You don't need to browse through the complete list of games every single time.
And if you already own a Switch, a simple solution is just checking the store every week for new releases and wishlisting those games that stand out or appeal to you.
You say that as if the vast majority of PS4/XB1 games weren't also crossports and remasters their first 16-17 months.
I have not looked into any of them, but I am willing to unilaterally declare all of them are shovelware trash. Games that do not assault my eyeballs with a $50m+ marketing budget are worthless and don't even count as real games.
Was it disingenuous when the PS4/X1 kept getting PS360 releases for the first few years as well?
Is it? Wouldn't that make it a relatively even handed comparison?
If someone was to say "the Xbox One and PS4 are releasing more games than the Xbox 360 and PS3 are", then yes.
What exactly was the point then? Because I'm apparently missing it too.
Got my Switch on release and I have 8 games now:D
Nintendo is terrible at marketing and setting up the E-shop. I only open it when I already know a game I want to purchase.
Nintendo is terrible at marketing and setting up the E-shop. I only open it when I already know a game I want to purchase.
"Switch is releasing more games than XB1 and PS4"
Mkay? I mean ya, when a lot of them are ports and not "new games" (ie something that isn't currently on a console) then of course the new system is going to be releasing "more" games than the other two established platforms which already had those games launch years prior. It's pretty much just a weird comparison to me.
I don't think those numbers mean much. In the end, the quality of the Swtich's game library will be determined by 1st party, 3rd party and exclusive games. Certain super high quality indi games will be mentioned, too. Same with the Wii and 3DS library. Both systems had a lot of great games, but I would argue at least triple the amount was trash.
FWIW, compared with the 3DS, Switch already is (at least) on par regarding critically acclaimed games. For the games with 7 reviews or more on Metacritic, today:
75+ MC. 3DS: 146 games, Switch: 169 games
80+ MC. 3DS: 89 games, Switch: 90 games
85+ MC. 3DS: 36 games, Switch: 33 games
90+ MC. 3DS: 6 games, Switch: 8 games
95+ MC. 3DS: 0 games, Switch: 2 games
And when taking the games with less than 7 reviews on Metacritic into account as well:
75+ MC. 3DS: 164 games, Switch: 205 games
80+ MC. 3DS: 95 games, Switch: 105 games
85+ MC. 3DS: 40 games, Switch: 36 games
90+ MC. 3DS: 7 games, Switch: 9 games
95+ MC. 3DS: 0 games, Switch: 2 games
The first 2 years of PS4 were also a port fest.
I'd like numbers on this, cause i feel what is driving Switch right now besides Nintendo games are indies, and there are a lot of them new on Switch. But even if they aren't, like i said PS4 also got tons of ports in its early lifecycle, so i don't find the comparison weird at all.
If Switch has more titles than those 2 consoles is merely because indies are even more common now than 4-5 years ago, and to be fair i think Nintendo is doing an even better job than Sony at pushing them.
Yep, we can see it on the releases of this week.
Bomb Chicken - Switch exclusive
Octopath Traveler - Switch exclusive
Pato Box - Console exclusive
The Lion's Song - Console exclusive
Muddledash - Console exclusive
Neverout - Console exclusive
Red Hot Ricochet - Console exclusive
Super Volley Blast - Console exclusive
Star Story: The Horizon Escape - Console exclusive
GALAK-Z: Variant S - Console exclusive
Shining Resonance: Refrain - Simultaneous release
Bomber Crew - Simultaneous release
20XX - Simultaneous release
Hotel Transylvania: Monsters Overboard - Simultaneous release
Ghost 1.0 - Simultaneous release
Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! - Simultaneous release
Epic Loon - Simultaneous release
Super Destronaut DX - Simultaneous release
All-Star Fruit Racing - Simultaneous release
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker - Nintendo consoles late port
Fill-a-Pix - Nintendo consoles late port
Darts Up - Nintendo consoles late port
Radio Hammer Station - Late port
Hunting Simulator - Late port
Another World - Late Port
06/25 were released before on other consoles. Only 03/25 were on PS4/XBO.
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PS4 and XB1 were also port and remaster heavy their first year+ though. It's still a 1:1 comparison in that sense, you're doing an aligned launch year comparison between 3 port heavy platforms. It's not really weird or disingenuous at all.
Thats objectively false, missinformation, could be called a blatant lie too.
I'd trade 800 of those wonderful games for a good Castlevania or Advance Wars. Is an Elite Beat Agents 2 too much to ask for?
Guess it's nice to have options. Wish so much of them weren't garbage steam and mobile shovelware though.
It's fine but Nintendo really needs to redesign their storefront
It's fine but Nintendo really needs to redesign their storefront
So does the PS4. So does the Xbox One. So does every console ever. What exactly is your point?
How do you determine which system folks are? And what if many says the opposite? :P
Grabbed 6 exclusives and Stardew Valley out of that filthy pool for 2017/2018, not bad at all. :p
Easier to port, so most games comes to the platform. I don't see the issue of having more games. It's just the storefront that needs to be fixed.
I could say the same for Steam as well, but there are more ways to explore games on that Platform. eShop is too basic.
I could say the same for Steam as well, but there are more ways to explore games on that Platform. eShop is too basic.
browsing those stores is actually nice compared to the Switch, and the rate at which trash is being added to the Switch store
Ehhh...their store fronts may be better for you, but that's entirely subjective. As for the rate, that is false. There is as much trash coming to the PS4, Xbox and Steam as there is coming to the Switch. Just look at recent releases for any of those platforms. Tons of trash. I'm not going to start a list war, but just go to metacritic and look at recent PS4 releases. In the past month most of the 50+ games released are garbage. Go on. Take a look and report back. The rate among all platforms is similar. You're joking if you think otherwise.
ARMS for the PS4 wasn't half as fun as the Switch version, to be honest. And for some reason XBox DOOM was literally unplayable during my flight to Hong Kong.
Name them.
I hope Nintendo isn't resting on its laurels with the eShop. I know it said it was going to update the eShop for visibility/reorganization, and that's been done--but I hope that was the limit of its work on the eShop. There are still fundamental issues with the marketplace and visibility.
So does ERA. Half my posts are garbage! :X
So does ERA. Half my posts are garbage! :X
It really does have a lot of great games. The rate they're coming in is staggering, at least compared to basically every other Nintendo console ever.
Good post, I'd be curious to see this type of analysis for every game on the platform, though I know that's a hell of a lot of work.
Good post, I'd be curious to see this type of analysis for every game on the platform, though I know that's a hell of a lot of work.
That's what I'm asking in relation to people deducting points off the Switch's library.
Well it's similar to how there are fake 3D Mario games and real 3D Mario games so, yes, there are
People calling half of the library trash or shovelware is entirely disrespectful for devs and is ignoring the actual situation of the shop by lying.
There's a difference between a game being just okay and being Life of Black Tiger levels of game.
There's a difference between a game being just okay and being Life of Black Tiger levels of game.
Ah, my bad. Misinterpreted what you were saying! Fully agree.
Are fake 3D Mario games the ones where you can't see the other side of the cube?
Oh yes, that's a tell tale sign that they're merely trying to give the illusion of 3D space
You just can't change their opinions now. On Reddit, there is about 680+ comments about the tallied 928 games as of yesterday, complaining about all but 5 to 15 games are trash/shovelware/phone games...
You just can't win the crowd.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSw...tendo_switch_current_has_928_games_available/