Nintendo Switch exclusives are the order of the day for Nintendo, but that may not be enough to make waves as the market shifts around them.
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Considering how well Nintendo Switch exclusive titles sell right now, this is one of the most laughable things I've ever seen.
“ The Switch is doing gangbusters now, but it’s still a console, and there’s no guarantee that this next generation hinges on putting boxes in front of TVs.”
Ugh 😑
The premise here is fundamentally flawed. People aren't buying Switch for 3rd parties. People won't keep buying Switches if Nintendo ceases 1st party output like the author opines. I have 3rd party titles on mine, and a bunch of indies, but if there were no "Nintendo games" on this thing, I'd never have bought it.
And the sales charts reflect this. Nintendo 1st party dominates the sales charts generally, and a Switch-only top ten chart is usually 100% 1st party.
Sony, which is largely considered the most "balanced" between 1st and 3rd party is lucky to see 2-3 1st party titles at the top of its list by comparison.
So, no, exclusives for Nintendo is the only thing that does make sense for them right now and for the foreseeable future. If they ever dip out of hardware, they'll be the biggest 3rd party publisher out there. But for now, their 1st party is the driving force behind a very successful console ecosystem.