Western publishers are right to be skeptical of NS

Finally someone who has the balls to not sugarcoat this system. They are still behind when it comes to power, storage and online service. Your cellphone will be stronger in than this thing in one or two years. 2tb sd cards aren't cheap. Why can't the system itself do matchmaking? At the end of the day Nintendo build a system that good for them and cater to casual audience.

Can someone tell the specs of the machine????????? Cpu , gpu and ram

Is it really that underpowered? Games like the new mario look like an xbox one game at 900p. But we won't know untill someone tears it appart to see what's inside xD

I agree with the Titanfall designer.

That's a shame. But the hardware is vastly different and if these games haven't tempted you to buy a PS/XB yet, why would a port make you run out to buy a Switch anyway?

That's not even remotely true.
Titanfall isn't anywhere near as complicated as Mass Effect Andromeda, and EA themselves said the only thing stopping that is sales and demand, and that a port down the line is possible.
Something they would not have said if the hardware was as incapable as the Wii U.
If it can handle Andromeda, it could handle Titan-Fail.

Nintendo is far behind in every single aspect, but they don't have to be it drives me crazy! They need someone at the top with a checklist that covers the basics which Xbox & PS have.

- A modern powerful, easy to develop architecture that can compete for the foreseeable future
- An online infrastructure that at least allows users to freely chat, join lobby up, friend each other easily to game
- The basic media features of the time meaning support for Netflix, YouTube,etc

After this they can add their Nintendo flair, but why is this so hard? .

Shouldn't be a problem if it is advertised as a DS successor.

Have fun turning into a software company Nintendo...cant wait to play Mario on my Ps4!

The problem is nobody really knows what this thing is.

Is it a home console or a handheld? It looks to be a handheld that can be used as a home console.

They should have made a home console that can be used as a handheld.

I come to Nintendo platforms for the unique experiences, not the same AAA I could be playing on the PS4.

Yep, that about wraps it up. This guy just tells it like it is, instead of sugar coating some smoke-screen support like 3rd party publishers are.

Ubisoft, EA, Bethesda, throwing their trash at it, to look like support, as they sit back to watch if it fails before they invest anything noteworthy. Garbage last gen FIFA port, Just Dance (LOL), Rayman, Steep (likely to try desperately to make any profit it can) and a 5 year old Skyrim. Yep, the confidence is high.

Yes, it will fail, and yes, 3rd party support will fizzle out like a firecracker by the end of the year.

But you released the first Titanfall on 360... Granted with slightly bad performance. On second thought, I'll stick with Xbox for Titanfall. Would love to take it on the go with me though

I've said it once and I'll say it again, If ANYONE buys a Switch for 3rd party content then you are a fool. After the Wii U anyone with half a brain should know that Nintendo doesn't care for or want 3 rd party support. The Switch is not really any different from the Wii U from a power prospective. Nintendo has released Two consoles during the PS 4 /X 1 era and still cannot match them in power or 3rd party support. I'm buying a Switch for Nintendo IP and nothing more.

I'll wait for the Switch XL with better battery life, screen, and processor.

LOL!

I wanna see if Nintendo can keep the 3rd party support they're getting so far

Titanfall 2 looks and reads like a great game. Any great game will be missed. However, the trade-off is Nintendo 1st party exclusives. Me personally, I wouldn't take all the 3rd party games in the world over Nintendo 1st party exclusives. It's a trade-off.

3rd party support for Switch will be similar to 3DS. Lots of unique Japanese titles along with a bunch of indie support. Gamers who think the Switch is going to get lots of Western and Euro support are setting themselves up for disappointment.

Third party support for the 3DS was strong. That's what Nintendo is planning. It's a hybrid between a portable and a console... That's the plan. Maybe it doesn't work, but I'm pretty sure that if Nintendo made a similar console to the PS4 or the Xbone, people wouldn't buy that. Is just not their market.
Still, of course it is not perfect: they need to lower the price and get more games on it.
I'm intrigued. I want one (definitely not at launch yet... but we'll see)
Stop whining, doc!!!! arrrg

I'm assuming 3rd party support will be more similar to 3DS after they phase the 3DS out.

Yep he right. I said before the reveal of NX(Switch), if it's not as powerful as PS4 it won't get support. The industry want to keep moving forward but Nintendo just stays back for their own needs. I do wish Switch is successful but from the looks of it I don't know.

Confirming what we all knew already.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. That is the loop Nintendo is stuck in.

Switch is severely underpowered & overpriced, especially when it comes to all the accessories. Has little to no support from Dev's, plus has the worst launch lineup I've seen in years. Yup it'll sell like hotcakes

Titanfall 2 could probably use the EXTRA SWITCH SALES since it BOMBED

Does this actually surprise anyone?

I want to love the switch, I do, but I can't stand the stupid gimmicks. Just make a damn console Nintendo.

Allot of hate directed towards the switch has me baffled. I primarily play on PS4 and will continue to do so, but I pre-ordered the switch and I am very excited to play Nintendo's 1st party games this time around.

Third-party support is more than AAA titles. Having third-party support depends a great deal on how easy Nintendo can make it for indie devs to develop games for the Switch. Indie devs generally don't need a lot of horsepower.

I'm pretty sure Terraria or Don't Starve could run on the Switch, and I'm sure there will be more innovative titles like those in the future. The key is enabling the developers of those games as much as possible.

1. why are there two posts about this on front page
2. its not like he's a person making that choice. seems like a dumb thing to say publicly seeing as his bosses likely want to keep an open relationship with nintendo
3. tf1 ran on 360. i doubt it couldn't run on switch

TitanFall sucks.

Money is everything,if it sell well.....trust me....they will port the game.

This is NOT good, and unfortunately I agree. But I have a PS4 for third party games, and I'll play my Nintendo games on my Switch. But for people who were planning on buying a Switch for these games, not good at all.

The Wii saw tremendous support form 3rd party for the first years of its existence and it flourished in hardware sales and 1st party sales, HOWEVER... 3rd party software never really sold well on that platform and as it got worse for them, their support started to waiver. As the support of 3rd party left the Wii...so did its hardware sales in its later years. The lack of 3rd party support hurt the WiiU out of the gate as 3rd party devs were gun shy to support the WiiU after the troubles they saw with their sales of their titles lacking on the under powered hardware of the Wii. They dipped their toe in the water with the WiiU but the instant they saw smoke they pulled support and the WiiU went under quickly. We already are seeing smoke in the air around the Switch and the 3rd party support shown off for launch felt temped at best.

So much negativity on this website it's actually quite comical. The hate for Nintendo and the downvotes for anyone that has a solid positive opinion for the machine is just funny.

The Switch doesnt need to be as powerfull as the PS4/xone to succeed and it certainly doesnt need Titainflop2.

That weird, the 3ds has less power than the wiiu and switch and has tons of third party support.

Deja Vu

I really stopped expecting things from some 3rd party developers when it comes to Nintendo. Honestly though, who buys a Nintendo system to play things other than Nintendo exclusive games. It would be nice to have games like Titanfall and Red Dead on this console, but unless their parent companies really force them to put these game out for the Switch, which the haven't for the most part in the past, it's not happening. People have been looking at it mainly as a direct competitor to the PS4 and Xbone, but its called the Switch for a reason. Nintendo wanted it to do two things and what it seems they ended up with is a supercharged handheld and a under powered console.

They'll never learn. NEVER. They'll keep doing this. Those old corporate idiots are out of touch and can't get with the times. Let go of tradition and make a change!

Okay.

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But, no ones taking about the possibility of a Nintendo Switch Pro/Scorpio. Which would be very cheesy and unlike Nintendo, but that would be Nintendo's last good attempt to corner the market. If titanfall 2 devs aren't talking about it then most likely theirs no plan on a high powered dock. smh. You hardcore nintendo fans better get on twitter a tweet someone from Nintendo this option. Your welcome by the way.

You could be blind, deaf and living under a rock deep in the forest and you would still know that the Switch is going to flop.

PS3/360 mght be on par or more powerful than the switch. Developers never lie folks. They have the Switch dev kit for months now,

That's fine. I don't want those same games. I do hope to see Developers support switch with its own games.

Wii U Reloaded hahaha

hahahaha good old nintendo not learning from the wii u an making another weak system, great job guys

lazy devs dont know how to optimize ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ {or maybe theyre part of the few that didnt get the dev kit and are still salty}

3ds has decent support, I'm hoping the switch can get the same support.

People who are getting this Nintendo thing pretty much are getting a Wii U 0.9, I do really think is not more powerful than a Wii U since is now a tablet.

Titanfall 2 isn't demanding. Don't oversell your game. Pretty obvious 3rd party support isn't going to be the best, but I wouldn't burn a bridge when your game didn't sell that good.

This, from the studio that sent their years of hard work out to die. They are talented developers, no question there. However, from their track record, business acumen is clearly not their strong suit.

1) Imagine if they didn't make Titanfall 1 xbox exclusive.
2) Imagine if they didn't release a critically lauded Titanfall 2 with 9s and perfect 10s against CoD AND Battlefield. (3 effing FPSs within 3 weeks of each other?!? FFS...

What a negative Nancy.

Nintendo fans logic....every third party game that wont release on our console must suck......

i agree cause you cant tell nintendo shit they still think they know whats best for business

At least it'll have better sales than Titanfall 2

Nintendo could have made the switch Dock add additional power but....no,

And the nvidia processor that i assume is using the ARM architecture rather than x86 will just hurt third party support

If the Switch was just another console I would agree with him, but since it is primarily a handheld I have a feeling third party support will find its way to it...especially when the 3Ds is retired in the not too distant future. Let's face it, when the only place to get Poke'Mon games is on the Switch, literally millions will eventually buy it just for that...More consoles sold means more third party interest. Not saying it is a sure thing but don't count this console/handheld out so early.

The truth is 3rd party support will be very thin on the Switch even if it sells all the Switch gonna get from 3rd party is games that came out 3-5 years ago, Maybe the switch will get games like GTA 5 one day or even Boderlands but as far when it comes to the latest 3rd party games like Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1 you a fool if you expecting those games on the Switch

So crazy and they want 400 Canadian for this piece of turd

Sounds like someone is cut because their game didn't sell well.

That was very evident when they showed the first games on it and the final nail to the coffing was when they showed more games coming for the console. I really don't see big differrence in graphics on Wii U and Switch at all. Only differrence was the new way to play + new gimmicks. I don't know why Nintendo won't make more powerful console + those new gimmicks? It may be because they want to sell their console much cheaper than PS4 Pro for exsample? Whatever the reason is they are getting buyers ONLY with their AAA-games. Without them I'm sure there wouldn't be as much customers as there is now.

People don't think things through enough. They pre-order almost everything that is "in" and "hyped" at the moment. Why everyone is thinking that if they don't pre-order RIGHT NOW they will never ever get the console/game? It seems like everyone think this way.

I also didn't pre-order the console since I have learned my lesson about OVERHYPE and there is not coming any games that I really want to play with it. Only new Zelda is coming and I only have preorder that for Wii U. (I bought Wii U over a year ago when it was on sale and I wanted to play some of the Wii U games and the upcoming Zelda game.)
We should held on to our wallets and read reviews and maybe try it before buying. We should vote and address our opinion with our money. That is least what we can do. When the game/console is bought and opened there is no returning it anymore and your money is gone.

Even I could've bought Wii U many years ago when it came out but I just wanted to be sure and guess what... I COULD buy it YEARS after the launch, so you truly can buy it afterwards so why rush?

My honest opinion is that we should STOP pre-ordering alltogether. (Pre-orders give developers/companys the "the wrong idea" about their product. It is a wrong idea because no-one has tested/reviewed it yet so every decicion you are making is based on you own perception of the information you have been given which often is extremely limited.)

We should wait, be patience, read reviews and then vote. And not vote, read reviews and wait to this happen all over again.

The switch is the very essence of console gaming, the PS4 and Xbox one are the very essence of PC gaming on fixed hardware.

The Switch is a breath of fresh air.

Here's the thing. Nintendo is getting support from third parties now, but they won't forever. Developers want to stretch the boundaries and the current gen gives them that for the moment. With the PS4 Pro and Project Scorpio, developers will soon focus on those platforms trying to max those out and see how far they can take it. With the portable PS3 aka Nintendo Switch, that's not going to happen. Expect to see a shit ton of re-releases and "Remastered" versions of games on the Switch. There won't be anyone stretching the boundaries of the Switch after year 1 because developers won't be able to do anything new with it and Nintendo barely ever tries to max out their games anymore. Third party support will ween just as it did with the Wii, consumer support will ween once consumers realize their tablets they already have and can do more and the Switch will just sit there, in a drawer, collecting dust.

PSvita 2 well at least Nintendo is supporting it with first party games unlike Sony waste of my 700$

See u all had your crystal balls out again predicting something you haven't got a clue about
Get a life!!!

is there a switch emulator?

I just can't understand why Nintendo won't make a normal powered console. It's not like their hurting for cash but they always invest more on the hardware itself instead of the guts that powers it. Just like the Wii U the Switch is basically an over priced childrens toy. Perhaps it really is time for Nintendo to leave the console business seeing as how they refuse to build a console that can bring out the best of their own games.

Nintendo has lost huge sums of money with WiiU fail now they have chosen to go cheap and sell high in order to make money, it remains to be seen how it works out for them.

Guess it will sell very good the first year (10mil maybe idk :D), after that it will pretty much die out.

So like his game they can expect very little support also .shame really Battlefield 1 was a better game from EA .

I don't even think this is so much a problem about the system being underpowered as it is a state of mind at Nintendo to be overly confident in their exclusives and incapable of communicating with third-party devs. You could be forgiven for wondering whether they even have ONE guy in charge of third-party relations over there.

Titanfall 2 Designer Doesn't Like The Switch? Does It Really Matter?
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