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Interesting video on game consoles last month ago-ish.
I’m sure they’ll make one eventually. They don’t have anything else in exactly the same niche, and ACNH was incredibly popular. This seems like the kind of update you put out to make sure people keep the brand in mind while your next title is still too far out to announce.
I don’t think that’s really the same. The repackaging of Wii U games was because the Switch’s install base was several times larger than the Wii U’s, so they could sell them to people who had never played them before. The “Switch 2 Edition” updates are a way to try to extract some extra money from people who already played the games, but they’re not going to fulfill the same strategic goals as, say, Mario Kart 8 DX, partly because they aren’t going to sell as much, and partly because most of the people who buy them will already own the game and therefore only pay the upgrade price. I think from a strategic standpoint they’re basically filler.
I agree that they’re filler, but Nintendo overemphasizes their importance when they’re released. It feels like they’re trying to hide how few new first party games they’re actually releasing.
Right, I just don’t think the Switch.2 will be where they launch it. While I’m not one of those guys who says the Switch is a minor iteration, I do say it’s a necessary iteration but still just a Switch. It’s just the 2025 Switch. Bigger, more powerful, mouse mode, higher resolution, some nice stuff to have… but it’s still a Switch.
Thinking about Animal Crossing releases, did the 3DS XL or New 3DS get a new Animal Crossing? Pretty sure it was just New Leaf, and Welcome Amiibo was sold on the eShop. Did the DS Lite or DSi get a new Animal Crossing, or was it just always Wild World (or City Folk, the other being NGC or Wii)?
I don’t doubt they’re working on a new Animal Crossing, but I don’t think it will be on the Switch.
It might also matter if you could get something closer to Animal Crossing on computers or rival consoles. Similar games exist but they aren’t that similar. I think Stardew Valley is the main one, but the recent Disney game would be a contender, too. And the Hello Kitty one. But Nintendo knows they don’t have any competition in the space.
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I’m sure they’ll make one eventually. They don’t have anything else in exactly the same niche, and ACNH was incredibly popular. This seems like the kind of update you put out to make sure people keep the brand in mind while your next title is still too far out to announce.
They seem content to repackage Switch 1 games as Switch 2 ones and act like they’re new, just like they did with Wii U ports to the Switch.
I don’t think that’s really the same. The repackaging of Wii U games was because the Switch’s install base was several times larger than the Wii U’s, so they could sell them to people who had never played them before. The “Switch 2 Edition” updates are a way to try to extract some extra money from people who already played the games, but they’re not going to fulfill the same strategic goals as, say, Mario Kart 8 DX, partly because they aren’t going to sell as much, and partly because most of the people who buy them will already own the game and therefore only pay the upgrade price. I think from a strategic standpoint they’re basically filler.
I agree that they’re filler, but Nintendo overemphasizes their importance when they’re released. It feels like they’re trying to hide how few new first party games they’re actually releasing.
Right, I just don’t think the Switch.2 will be where they launch it. While I’m not one of those guys who says the Switch is a minor iteration, I do say it’s a necessary iteration but still just a Switch. It’s just the 2025 Switch. Bigger, more powerful, mouse mode, higher resolution, some nice stuff to have… but it’s still a Switch.
Thinking about Animal Crossing releases, did the 3DS XL or New 3DS get a new Animal Crossing? Pretty sure it was just New Leaf, and Welcome Amiibo was sold on the eShop. Did the DS Lite or DSi get a new Animal Crossing, or was it just always Wild World (or City Folk, the other being NGC or Wii)?
I don’t doubt they’re working on a new Animal Crossing, but I don’t think it will be on the Switch.
It might also matter if you could get something closer to Animal Crossing on computers or rival consoles. Similar games exist but they aren’t that similar. I think Stardew Valley is the main one, but the recent Disney game would be a contender, too. And the Hello Kitty one. But Nintendo knows they don’t have any competition in the space.