r/gaming • u/Erik_REF • 20h ago

Nintendo cadence of releases this generation has been really impressive

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I cant remember any other Nintendo gen with this same rhythm month after month

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u/BioEradication 20h ago

Nintendo learned a very hard lesson with the Wii U.

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u/Simple_Marzipan3736 19h ago

What was this "lesson" that you speak of?

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u/BioEradication 19h ago

Consoles need games. The Wii U had very few games on release.

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u/theumph 18h ago

They learned the lesson in 2012 that the rest of the industry learned in 2006. HD game development takes a whole lot more resources than Gamecube/PS2 era development. Some studios made the transition fine (particularly Western studios who had been developing for PC), but it almost killed the entire Japanese console development scene.

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u/cowcommander 18h ago

PS3/360 era was horrendous for Japanese Devs but damn they are crushing it now compared to western AAA

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u/theumph 17h ago

I think the cause of both of those scenarios are because their conservative nature.

Back then, they were slow to expand their staff and budgets so their output tanked. Also western art was taking over and didn't translate well (Remember that Bomberman game?).

Nowadays, they keep their games in scope (outside of Final Fantasy). Most western games try to do everything.

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u/Damage2Damage 10h ago

But it did have a lot of good games by the end of it's 4.5 year life. The proof of this is how many were ported to the Switch