Nintendo Switch sales hit 68.3 million, closes in on total sales of the Nintendo 3DS

pedro702 · Nov 6, 2020

xtrem3x said:
Because before they were called Rockstar North they were called DMA Design Limited and Nintendo fucked them over almost making them bankrupt. Because of this they will never release any of their big franchise (GTA/Red Dead) on a Nintendo home console. Only the odd small release like China Town Wars etc.

This was back in 1995-1998 or so, but they still hold that grudge as many of the developers still work there today

DMA (Rockstar North) would have been a 2nd party developer only releasing on Nintendo (and maybe pc) if Nintendo didn't fuck them over. You can read into it in more detail here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocks..._Take-Two_acquisition_.281994.E2.80.932001.29

from what i readed nintendo made an arragement for one game and they didnt like the game and that was it... how was that anything to held a grudge by?Considering the game wasnt even scrapped since it was released anyway on the n64 by other publisher, so they didnt even lost the money they invested on it, they still released 2 mainline gta games on the game boy color so no idea why you even think they resented nintendo when they ported their 2 mainline gta games at the time to a nintendo platform.

it was just when they got huge thanks to sony ps2 and gta 3 is that they stopped making games on nintendo and they still did some.

bully was a big budget game released on the wii, same for manhunt 2.

they mostly made gba versions of their games tough like max payne and some exclsuives like smugglers run on the gamecube and such and gta advance/gta chinatown wars.

xtrem3x · Nov 6, 2020

pedro702 said:
from what i readed nintendo made an arragement for one game and they didnt like the game and that was it... how was that anything to held a grudge by?Considering the game wasnt even scrapped since it was released anyway on the n64 by other publisher, so they didnt even lost the money they invested on it, they still released 2 mainline gta games on the game boy color so no idea why you even think they resented nintendo when they ported their 2 mainline gta games at the time to a nintendo platform.

it was just when they got huge thanks to sony ps2 and gta 3 is that they stopped making games on nintendo and they still did some.

bully was a big budget game released on the wii, same for manhunt 2.

they mostly made gba versions of their games tough like max payne and some exclsuives like smugglers run on the gamecube and such and gta advance/gta chinatown wars.

It wasn't as simple as Nintendo not liking the game.

They were going to be a 2nd party developer for Nintendo so cancelled projects and re-worked their line ups etc expecting investment and proper opportunity. Then Nintendo changed their mind at the last minute.

That's how I understand it from the bits I've read

pedro702 · Nov 6, 2020

xtrem3x said:
It wasn't as simple as Nintendo not liking the game.

They were going to be a 2nd party developer for Nintendo so cancelled projects and re-worked their line ups etc expecting investment and proper opportunity. Then Nintendo changed their mind at the last minute.

That's how I understand it from the bits I've read

if nintendo made a deal for a game, then they said the game was kept being delayed over and over and no longer was an n64 launch title, im preety sure nintendo got pissed, they never got the game as a launch title and after all the delays they didnt like the game at all, who knows what nintendo asked them to do and what they came up with.

i dont see anything wrong on both partys, imagine you saying hey take some money make us a great launch game, then the n64 is releasing and they have no game ready, and after that it suffered more delays, then nintendo was like wtf still not done let us see, they saw something and they tought , well noppe, our deal is off just keep doing your own stuff.

Same just happened with bandai namco, nintendo gave them the work for a metroid prime 4 and after like 2 years they saw what they did and said nope, we dont like it, so they closed the deal with them and started over handling it to retro studios, and yet nintendo let bandai namco still do games for them like pokemon snap new game, work on smash ultimate and so on, sometimes the devs visions just dont match up and the deal goes sour.

AFAIK there wasnt anything major between them, specialy since during that gen they made alot of nintendo games on portables and even on n64 itself like released body harvest and sapce station silicon valley.

Heck microsoft did the same with scalebound, they didnt like what it was becoming and axed it, its normal for games get axed, many games we will never know were conceled.

Heck i remenber i think last year Sony closed an entire studio since they were suposed to do VR games and in 4 years they didnt make a single game, sony keep axing their projects, so after 4 years sony said screw it and closed them down lol.

Kioku · Nov 6, 2020

Scott_pilgrim said:
Idk about that, but I was just making a joke about this site, I don’t think the switch is better than the 3ds

I'd have taken a 3ds pro. Seriously.

pedro702 · Nov 6, 2020

Memoir said:
I'd have taken a 3ds pro. Seriously.

it already exists... its called new 3ds.

raxadian · Nov 7, 2020

Ampersound said:
We certainly need some competition, that way Nintendo most likely won't get away as easily with their drifting joycons for example. And prices would have to be more competitive. They can really just do what they want currently.

I hope sony won't actually stop with handhelds, their designs were pretty dope so far.

At least the Switch has better third party suport than tbe 3DS did. Granted there is maybe way too many ports of old games...

mugwort · Nov 7, 2020

pedro702 said:
it already exists... its called new 3ds.

And the New 3DS has been replaced by the Switch Lite, Sept. 17, 2020.

SushiKing · Nov 7, 2020

Now release Metroid Prime 4 already dang it!

:rofl2:

pedro702 · Nov 7, 2020

mugwort said:
And the New 3DS has been replaced by the Switch Lite, Sept. 17, 2020.

switch lite is just the switch since it has the same exact games and yeah, nintendo just gonna go with one console from now on, which is good imo.

HarveyHouston · Nov 7, 2020

My biggest praises go to the Switch. My biggest complaints also go to the Switch. Go figure! :wacko:

Julie_Pilgrim · Nov 8, 2020

SushiKing said:
Now release Metroid Prime 4 already dang it!

Maybe in 4054

nofain4 · Nov 8, 2020

NINTENDO

Bagel Le Stinky · Nov 8, 2020

Ampersound said:
I still hope for a DS Comeback. I just love the clamshell and smaller formfactor, the Switch isn't bad, but way too big to carry with me all the time.

What would they even call that? The new Nintendo 23ds xl xl lite i?

Julie_Pilgrim · Nov 8, 2020

ethantic121212 said:
What would they even call that? The new Nintendo 23ds xl xl lite i?

You’re saying that like it’s a bad idea

Codemastershock · Nov 9, 2020

pedro702 said:
they dont need to make gta online on switch at all, heck if they ported gat 4 there would be no complaints either, they would sell well all the same but yeah rockstar is just milking gtaV for all its life, and they are gonna milk it on ps5/xbsx too so i see no reason why they wont want to milk it on the switch, its an odd choice imo, but yeah nothing to do.

What made GTA V the most profitable piece of media of all time is Shark Cards, not selling single player experiences like Rockstar from before, that is why they pour a lot of new content into it but dont care at all about creating a single player, offline expansion. Why sell a game once when you can profit from it perpetually?

MetoMeto · Nov 9, 2020

its not a fair comparison imo, its like comparing apples and oranges.
Now we are in internet era and we have massive advertising methods and means to sell things.
Iw onder if switch came out in 2000 how it would sell.

Also nintendo till now always had limited library where now every game is on switch and game industry is bigger than it was.

I thing more fair and realistic comparison is needed than pure numbers.

Codemastershock · Nov 10, 2020

MetoMeto said:
Now we are in internet era and we have massive advertising methods and means to sell things.
Iw onder if switch came out in 2000 how it would sell.

Nintendo always was the shittiest company in regards to advertising their consoles, if they pulled off something similiar in the 2000s it would get even better if there were no compromises to the games especially that at the time the main public was kids and teens, so making the same game work with or without a television would be a huge selling point by itself. It wouldnt work if the concept was the same but the console was just slightly above the N64 specs. The Switch is still very underpowered but many people think the graphics department kinda reached to a point that only Digital Foundry will get hyped about it, so if the game works kinda the same way, it is enough for most people.

tofttwaswas · Nov 13, 2020

banjo2 said:
Cool or something, but like um, drift and no themes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!

Yeah it's quite sad that 3 years in the console's life, I can't give my switch a Zelda theme like the 3DS.

Julie_Pilgrim · Nov 13, 2020

tofttwaswas said:
Yeah it's quite sad that 3 years in the console's life, I can't give my switch a Zelda theme like the 3DS.

Bruh he was being sarcastic

osaka35 · Nov 14, 2020

as the wii and 3ds sold at the same time, i wonder if the switch sales compete with combined sales over similar time spans. is the savings of having just the one item to sell better money than the combined sales of the wii/3ds?

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