The WiiU port vs. Nintendo Switch version

-it cannot do worse than Wii U
-based on preview trailer, there was much interest from media, industry and gamers
-many third party publishers said they will put games on Switch
-it is both handheld and console type hardware so it accommodates more gamers and it is one of its best features
-competitive/low price (if rumors are true)
-most Nintendo gamers will want Switch, more so because they had skipped Wii U
-Nintendo has learned much after failure with Wii U and has improved marketing and gone mobile (Pokemon go, Super Mario Run) to attract more attention

I think that objectively in a business sense, yeah, cutting the Nintendo support might be a good idea, but I don't see that as an option. We definitely should look at this seriously from a business standpoint, but businesses also have to consider more than just their numbers to be successful. Kickstarters are emotional endeavors, involving a lot of faith put forward. Potentially alienating a chunk of the fans by cutting Nintendo entirely would hurt more, fan support wise etc, than the advantage gained from it risk/cost wise. KS projects are under such fine microscopic scrutiny (due in part to that emotional/faith process) that any exploitable chink in its reputation or delivery can be blown out of proportion at record speed. A standard dev group/publisher is likely big enough to recover from that, shrug it off and continue to release anyway, but in the case of an indie game...how the product is perceived as its coming down the pipe, and afterward, is everything.

It -could- work out if that road was taken, but I think the risk would be greater than otherwise just changing the platform to the latter Nintendo console. If just a handful could cause so much stir over Miriam's boobs, imagine the ruckus if we take copies of the game out of likely a larger number of peoples' hands.

It is my opinion and prediction based on what I have read. I don't need to prove it, time will tell, besides we don't know everything yet about Switch. It is better to think positive than approach with such negative critism. The fact that there is big interest in Switch is enough for me and I hope Bloodstained will be released on it.

I can certainly agree with Nyahahaha on that point, and I hadn't thought of it. Inti could easily, and correctly, shift a lot of the negativity towards Nintendo for ceasing support of the console long before B-Staind was ready. Its not IGA's style and I dont think he'd do that, but the point does stand that Nintendo should take most of the heat.

"Why did you cut the Wii U version that we funded in the KS?"
"Because Nintendo cut the console short before we'd even gotten started on the port"

That's totally fair. Inti would be at a net loss to port the game to a dead console that isnt even in production anymore and has no support.

Ugh.

You insist on using "makes sense" and thus tell us your stance on this matter is derived from a logical, rational conclusion. When asked to elaborate, you adamantly refuse while writing off your posts as nothing more than an opinion, thinking that completely absolves you from giving an explanation. Proper discussions don't work like this.

actually, id make a case for the switch being equivalent in power to a ps4, they did show skyrim in the trailer and if you were paying attention to both eas and bethesdas comments on their games being shown in the trailer the comments were nearly identical, kinda like an nda boilerplate statement, add in that nintendo straight up said no game reveals or further info until jan and i think you can connect the dots. im willing to bet theyre both on the switch and not as dumbed down versions [hell ue4 has even confirmed they will be supporting the switch]

a rumored 4gb of ram is only low when you dont take into acount the ps4/xbox use very little ram to actually run games, most of its tied up in precaching from disk/hdd to reduce load times [cartridges on switch eliminates that need], streaming/sharing/vr [have no confirmation the nx will do any of that], and running the os [something nintendo is very good at streamlining and making very barebones]

as for graphical power there is a point where PHENOMENAL COSMIC GRAPHICS!!!!!!!!!!!1 just straight up become marketing gimmicks, the human eye can only process so much and theres a point where the graphics become too fine for the screen, 4k needs x size screen because an smaller than that would be wasted, 1080p needs x size screen because anything smaller than that would be wasted, so why output 4k to a tv most of us dont have, and why output 1080p to something the size of a wiiu screen? those system resource are better served making a smoother and longer game experience, and there can be a mode the system kicks into when its not conserving power (kinda like laptops have maybe?) where it uses its full processing power and outputs in 1080p when its plugged into a tv

however itll take a lot of tweaking and optimization to give it great battery life, that will probably be its biggest limiting factor, but then given my laptop when it was new only ran an hr before the battery died the rumored 3-5 hrs of battery life to be able to play ZELDA ON THE GO (seriously, not a gameboy zelda, full fucking console zelda) isnt a big deal for me [plus theres this magical device called a charge cable that was momentarily shown in the trailer, ill just add that to the phone/ds cables i carry anyway >3>]

I'm with @reysol I think you're being a little aggressive and negative here. And sometimes problems or things that bother us do not get resolver or get better by ignoring them. Its the same reason forums have moderators instead of ignoring everything. 

As for the topic I wish Iga would come out and say already they're switching to the Switch but it probably is best to wait until after the console launches and people forget the WiiU exists anymore.

ilu2 <3

OH christ, farking gag me....