Games Inbox: Nintendo Switch as the best-selling console ever, Deathloop on PS5, and Tomb Raider puzzles
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Bronze medal I gather we must be in the middle of the financial reporting season for games companies at the moment, given all the info about sales and publishers having to deal with the comedown from the highs (in terms of the number of people playing games) of lockdown.
The most interesting one so far, for me, is how well Nintendo is doing with the Switch and its games, even as sales are dropping alongside everyone else. A lot of those games, like Mario Strikers and Nintendo Switch Sports I thought to be pretty minor, but it seems they’ve done really well.
The big shock though is realising that the Switch is going to end up as at least the third biggest console ever and maybe even has a shot at number one. But does it deserve it?
In my opinion, no. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great console but I feel the PlayStation 2 and DS have earned their place at the top because of the sheer range of games. There’s nothing those two consoles couldn’t do, within the limitations of the time, but I still feel that the Switch is pretty much just first party Nintendo games and a few extras. It hasn’t got the variety and not event really the quantity to be number one.
It does deserve third place but for me, conceptually, it doesn’t go any higher.Crombide
Radio silence Umm, does anyone know what’s happening with the Xbox release of Deathloop? I get that Sony had an exclusivity deal on the game but I thought it was only 12 months. I thought it’d be coming to Game Pass in September but there hasn’t been a peep from Xbox marketing.
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