 Hey everyone, so for a long time now I have been saying that 2018 is going to be the year of third-party games on Nintendo switch now I technically have zero evidence to back this up. We don't have like zillions of game announcements You know, we don't have like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty and new Assassin's Creed and Kingdom Hearts 3 and Resident Evil 7 and all these games that confirm coming to switch, but I keep Regaining confidence in my statement that 2018 is going to be the year of third parties on switch because of The how third parties are reacting to switch now It's no secret that Nintendo has not exactly had great third-party support for a long time They started losing this third-party support during the n64 era when they stuck with cartridges when everyone else is moving on to the cheaper Medium in disks and on top of that Nintendo still maintained a lot of their early Nintendo seal of quality Policies which I'm sure as gamers you might think all those policies are amazing, but for third parties They were extremely restrictive and you could argue some of those policies still hold true to today But a lot of them have been kind of tossed aside to make the switch a more open and free platform on top of that Uh Nintendo kind of continued a trend of just releasing systems that were not enticing the third parties when Nintendo finally did buy in the Optical media with a Gamecube they went with mini disks which factually held less data and that meant having to cram their data into a Smaller form or having to use several different disks and third parties just in general We're not willing to deal with that and then obviously we had the Wii where the other companies were going to the HD format Nintendo kind of basically Re-released and repackaged a Gamecube With motion controls now obviously this doesn't mean Nintendo hasn't been successful in doing what they do But it hasn't been the kind of success that's driven third-party companies to want to support them with their best foot forward And again, this doesn't mean there weren't third-party games on systems like we I mean got several versions of Call of Duty But there was a lot of games that Wii gamers missed out on if they only bought a Wii because well Nintendo's platform just couldn't factually handle it But here's the deal Wii U obviously with its own story tanking again behind the times blah blah blah blah but What is interesting about now with the Nintendo switch and why I'm so confident about 2018 is Because of statements like we're about to read now from Bethesda game studios Bethesda had previously Really never released a game on a Nintendo platform until switch and now, you know, I Mean we just got doom out there Skyrim wolf inside twos on the way just awesome support from Bethesda And here's what they said on Twitter on a tweet just yesterday It says we've been Nintendo fans forever, of course I mean every game developer has probably been a Nintendo fan at some point and it says when we first saw the switch We couldn't wait to be part of it. Okay excited by the concept. Here's the part I really want to focus on many thanks at Nintendo America for all the support and encouragement Hashtag Skyrim switch. This is Great, we know that Nintendo of Japan and Nintendo of America both sent executives over to Bethesda Many eons ago at this point It might even happen late last year and I said hey, what do we have to do to make Your games work on our platform. What do we have to do to bring to entice you to want to bring your content over? They felt that Bethesda was a key western studio that they should go after and I mean as gamers I got to say thank you Nintendo. That's that's definitely a key studio. You want you should be going after I also feel you should go after 2k and the rock star studio in particular I don't know if red ed redemption 2 is something they can make work on switch But you know just just going after these companies that usually don't release games on your platform are a positive Like Grand Theft Auto 5 should be on switch But this is just really exciting to me because Bethesda's not just saying like you know, they're so excited to bring their games over They're thanking Nintendo for their support and encouragement to get those games out When is the last time a major third-party company came out on a social media platforms like yeah Well, I mean we just released a major game today. Thank you so much like platform holder for your support and encouragement Why does that even happen? I mean we're talking about a studio that they don't need Nintendo's money They don't need Nintendo to swoop in and be like hey look we're making this game possible Right like you can see platinum games being like hey Thanks, Nintendo for making Bayonetta 2 a possibility because without Nintendo Bayonetta 2 would have never happened But like even if without Nintendo encouraging them, you know doom Skyrim and Wolfenstein 2 might not have come to switch They didn't need Nintendo's money to make that decision All they needed to see from Nintendo in this case was support and encouragement To get those kind of games on the platform because Bethesda like many third-party companies, you know out there probably thought Why would we release our games on the switch? Nintendo doesn't care if we have to have these games They've never shown interest in having these games They don't attract the audience that wants to play these games and then Nintendo comes in about hey look We're trying to change that we want to be a company that has these games We want these games in our platform. We've never not wanted them But we obviously have not done a good job enticing companies like you to bring your games over this I mean I'm imagining this is how the conversation really went behind the scenes You know just a big encouragement be like look we want your amazing third-party games on switch I mean you're watching right now. I am playing doom. That's right doom on Nintendo switch right now Because of stuff like this because Nintendo reached out to these companies and was like look We really do want your games. We want to change this perception That we're just a family you know a family company a family system We want to really be for everyone and we realize we've been neglecting a massive part of the gaming You know core for decades. It's really been that long decades and I got to say like thank you Nintendo and thank you Bethesda for for being so Appreciative like you just don't see this like saying thank you to Nintendo Nintendo probably saying thank you back to them Whether it's publicly or behind closed doors It's just amazing to me to see how quickly third-party relationships seem to have turned around with Nintendo and their latest system Going from what was the Wii U that really just solidified why third-party companies shouldn't come to switch or Shouldn't come to Wii U at the time and then just flipping the script entirely with switch all the marketing being towards adults Releasing games that yeah, they have appeal outside of adults, but adults are really gonna care about it You know like even Super Mario Odyssey, which has you know that family appeal to it It the way the game was built and the way the game was presented was in a way that was going to appeal to adults today That played Mario decades ago So this is just amazing and I couldn't be happier at what this is gonna mean for 2018 I know it's just one company But we've seen so many third-party companies after these financial calls praising Nintendo Excited about the performance of their games on the platform proving that yes There is an audience for these games. It really only seems right now that EA of all companies is kind of missed the boat here And being extremely judgmental and very cautious and potentially abandoning the system, but whatever that's EA I know a lot of you guys do big whatever. We don't need EA games and I disagree But you know what if we're still getting Bethesda, we're getting in 2k and Rockstar games We're getting the Square Enix Ubisoft. We start seeing full support and we're getting like all the Call of Duty's and you know Heck whatever like any game and pretty much any game out there If we're getting all these games ported getting the Overwatch over there just I'm so excited Kingdom Hearts 3 really come on Let's get it. Let's make it done. We're gonna Wolfless sign to the new Colossus giant pumped to buy and switch It's just I'm so excited that it appears that the primary console I want to play on that I have the most time to play on is finally gonna have a Majority of the games that I actually want to play not just from Nintendo and Indies But from third-party companies the whole reason that I own an Xbox one is because these games were not coming to The switch and sometimes these games did not play very well on PC because they were made for consoles first Ported the PC and the PC versions ended up not being that great So I would play them on Xbox one Why didn't you get a PlayStation 4 Nate? I like the controller That's really all there is to it And I know you can make Xbox controllers work on PlayStation 4 and vice versa, but I just I don't know if I'm gonna own a Japanese, you know Consoles to me. It's always been Nintendo and then I'd buy the American console So it's just how I've always done it and I have no regrets about it I'm gonna get an Xbox one X here eventually as well and I do play a negative PlayStation 4 pro I want to get the trifecta complete the triforce of home consoles But I am just super super stoked about this and what this means for the future of third-party support on switch and with Nintendo and building these relationships that even though the X blows the blows the crap out of the switch in terms of Raw power capabilities and even though a PlayStation 5 might be two years out or whatever the case may be I don't think Nintendo is gonna be left behind if they're fostering these relationships improving The sales are there and that having the bleeding edge visuals are not the only way to sell your games You can cut back on settings cut back on resolution if you need to and still sell a game because it's extremely compelling Regardless of resolution Regardless of graphic fidelity, and I'm just excited about the prospects of that Anyways folks you guys let me know what you think about all of this down in the comments below I am Nathaniel Ruppeljans from Nintendo Prime and if you liked this video You know what to do and if you disliked the video hit that dislike button Subscribe for more content, and I will catch you in the next one