Nintendo Switch Thread - Page 90

On February 22 2018 07:08 TheYango wrote:
EO4 was kind of exceptionally easy for the series. It's the best intro to the series, but it's not my favorite, particularly in terms of postgame stuff.

EO3 is still my favorite, though I haven't had time to properly play EO5 and pass judgment on it. What was disappointing to you about it?

OSAKA, Japan— Nintendo Co. NTDOY 0.33% is looking to peripherals to lift the sales pace of its Switch videogame console in the product’s second year on the market rather than changing its basic hardware, say people familiar with the company’s plans.

Saturday will mark a year since the Switch went on sale. Cumulative sales are set to reach 17 million by March 31, beating initial expectations, and Nintendo Chief Executive Tatsumi Kimishima has said he wants to sell more than 20 million units in the new fiscal year that begins April 1.

The company has high hopes for its Nintendo Labo cardboard toy kit, which goes on sale in April and is aimed at attracting parents looking for an educational toy for their children. The kits contain cardboard pieces that can be assembled into pianos, cars, robots or other toys that work with the Switch hardware and use it as a brain.

The Labo is one of the steps planned by Nintendo to lure a wider range of customers. Company data shown to investors suggest current Switch owners are mostly game fans drawn by Nintendo titles such as “Super Mario Odyssey” and “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.”

Some parents interviewed at an electronics store in Osaka said they hesitated to give their children videogames—but would take a closer look at the Labo as it’s more like a crafts project.

The Labo kit is designed to teach how software and physical objects interact with each other. It allows users to reprogram how their input—such as the shake of a controller—affects the output, creating odd situations like using a cardboard fishing rod to steer a car.

Ayumu Sugita, who teaches physics at Osaka City University, attended a Nintendo event with his 10-year-old daughter, who likes working with crafts and drawing. The Labo kit “is interesting from the physics point of view. For example, the car doesn’t have wheels but translates the Switch controller’s vibration into a force to move forward and backward,” he said.

The people familiar said expanded Switch features in the coming year could also include additional network-related features and peripherals to be attached to its USB Type-C port.

But they said changes to the Switch itself—like a smaller version of the machine—were unlikely this year as Nintendo focuses on better manufacturing and shipping of the current model.

In its first year, the Switch was frequently in short supply, and procuring key components remains a challenge.

At an investor briefing in February, Mr. Kimishima, the Nintendo CEO, said he wanted to make the Switch’s product cycle longer than the five-to-six-year span that’s become customary in the videogame console industry. One person familiar with development plans said waiting longer to introduce variations in the hardware would serve that purpose.

On March 03 2018 02:38 Faruko wrote:
https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2018/3/2/17070788/diablo-3-nintendo-switch-hint-twitter-blizzard

“We can assure you we’re not that clever,” a spokesperson for Blizzard Entertainment said via email. “[It was] meant to be a fun community engagement piece. We have nothing to announce.”

On March 03 2018 14:12 ZenithM wrote:

As expected. The Switch community just reaches way too much on these. So far Blizzard has shown absolutely no willingness to port any of their titles to Switch. Every time a rumor arises and people see imaginary teases it gets crushed to the ground instantly.
Maybe one day, but not soon.

On March 03 2018 22:39 Gahlo wrote:

Wasn't Ghost going to be on Gamecube too?