So I wonāt be able to hide the fact that Iām a Nintendo Fan and thats mainly why Iāll be doing a bit of a rant, but Iām going to try to sound as reasonable as possible.Ā
The reason for this rant is Respawnās Lead Designers recent comments on the Nintendo Switch and the possibilities of a Titanfall 2 port. If you donāt know what he said it was literallyĀ āFuck Noā. Now itās their right to make games or not for Nintendo so what ever, but what bugged me was his little rant about how Nintendo was for children and under powered, blah, blah, blah. All the same crap from before. He also mentioned it wouldnāt fit on the switch as well, which was an interesting thing for him to say.Ā
First, here is my honest thoughts on Nintendo being a console forĀ ākidsā. I feel this is bullshit and this whole Kid thing started around the DS & Wii Era after Nintendo managed to sell gaming consoles to people who thought video games were for losers or just didnāt understand what made them fun. Whether youāre a Nintendo fan or not, Nintendo has done what no other as done before twice. And thats expand and save the Gaming Market. They didĀ it after the crash in the 80ā²s with the NES and in the early to Mid 00ā²s when gamers started to get a rep as basement living nerds. This caused a fear of being associated with gamers.Ā Iām sure many people would argue that Microsoft may have done it with Halo or Activision with Call of Duty, but most of the time those games became popular due to Promotion from celebs, like rappers and stuff and that didnāt really change the image of what a gamer was. Nintendo with the DS and Wii brought a whole new generation of casual players into the gaming industry who would eventually start this new Era of gaming. For anyone who has been gaming since at least the mid 90ā²s till now, think about how hardcore games were before. They were great, but required so much time and effort. So many weekends and vacations spent trying to beat those game. There wasnātĀ really many games that allowed you to unwind and play for a few hours. Now think of games today, you got your hardcore games you can sink your teeth into as well as game that you can whip out for 30 mins after school or work with some friends and not just on Nintendo consoles.
So going back to Respawnās remarks, your wrong and it shows how far up youāre own asses youāve gotten. If you donāt want to make your games on Nintendo consoleās thats fine, but by doing so, youāre the reason Nintendo has thisĀ āKidās Consoleā wrap. If you canātĀ āfitā Titanfalls 2 on the Switch then get better at your job, or stop making excuses. Cause at the end of the day, the main reason (I feel) companies like respawn donāt put their games on Nintendo consoleās is cause Nintendoās first party games look amazing and not only cause theyāve built the hardware, but because they put the time into it. So because Respawn probably doesnāt want to put the time into porting it over and just wanna shit out w/e they have, itāll look like shit and they know it.Ā
Anyway these are my opinions, feel free to let me know if you think iām right or if Iām just a crazy Nintendo Fan Boy lol. Either way is cool~