Reprise wrote:Honestly, the fact 97% of Fifa 18s sales, so far, have been for PS4 and XB1 versions, with just 3% being for PS3, 360 and Switch versions, does have me a little worried about third party support in the future... I know it's EA, I know Nintendo fans can be snobby about those kinda games and I know they'll say that it's EA's fault as they made an "inferior" version, but I expect better sales than that.
I hope you're aware that story was manipulated clickbait. Those totals were just for the UK, they sold around 7000 copies, but they only did a minimum run too there which if history holds true is 10K copies. The game also stripped out the most popular mode of the game that's included in the others. EA showed little faith for it in the UK and the fans basically bought the complete game elsewhere. It was set up for failure.
Bogus is right you're grasping at straws trying to compare the vita environment to the switch. Outside of them both being powerful and portable is about where it starts and finishes. Like maru said, you have a couple angles that need to work and if Nintendo keeps the quality consistently releasing and up and coming while Bethesda can prove PC and console games on the whole can work well and get buyer support well it'll open quite a few doors for fence sitters. Look at Capcom, they had no faith but did USF2 as a test and it blew their idea of sales out many times over so they decided to start doing more games. Just because EA in one country released a minimum run of a stripped sports title doesn't speak to doom.
WCLEM: Moaning Nintendo is going the way of Sega has been a mantra since 20 years back and it hasn't happened yet. It started to on the WiiPU which stunk but the errors there they definitely corrected with the Switch and it seems to be paying dividends now. There are plenty of releases, you either don't care to recognize them or do and just don't have an interest but that's you not a majority of people. You bring up PS4. Last game I liked on that was Godzilla so I sold the games and use it as a media player and those console titles I get in better form on my PC.
The internal memory is small because if you're not a digital sucker it's all you really do need, that's why you don't have 256 in there as it would add an expense. Also consider this argument, the lack of internal space without added cards is forcing developers to properly test their damn games and make them work when they come out. Do you prefer a working game or a broken one you can be a buying beta tester for to then have 1+GB patches to fix?
The controller price sucks but it's annoyingly warranted given the added tech in there over what even the WiiU had going on in its pro controller and for most games they work as 2 individual $40 controllers. If anyone questions if it's a console or a handheld, they don't get it as it's both which is entirely the point.
I do find it amusing given the crazy sales the Switch has sustained that somehow they're in trouble with an uphill climb. We can talk trouble 2 years out if people bail on them, but right now that's just not a good statement to make.
I currently have 6 physical and 3 digital titles on mine, but due to some awesome gift cards and prime discount I have 6 more in the queue.
