2020 is looking pretty barren for Nintendo. We've had Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Definitive Edition and Animal Crossing: New Horizons in this first half of the year with the only other first party Switch game I can think of with a confirmed 2020 release date being Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition.
Obviously no one could have foreseen the situation we now find ourselves in all over the world so I don't blame anyone or any company for unforeseen delays but it's definitely quiet. Nintendo titles tend to sell for years after release. Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Pokémon Sword and Shield continue to sell amazingly well with Animal Crossing now joining them.
But how long can Nintendo coast off the momentum of these titles before the Switch loses steam? Or is a lighter 2020 okay just like how Nintendo went from Animal Crossing on the Wii in November of 2008 to New Super Mario Bros. Wii in November of 2009 with only smaller releases like Sin and Punishment 2 and Punch Out in between? Thoughts?
Obviously no one could have foreseen the situation we now find ourselves in all over the world so I don't blame anyone or any company for unforeseen delays but it's definitely quiet. Nintendo titles tend to sell for years after release. Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Pokémon Sword and Shield continue to sell amazingly well with Animal Crossing now joining them.
But how long can Nintendo coast off the momentum of these titles before the Switch loses steam? Or is a lighter 2020 okay just like how Nintendo went from Animal Crossing on the Wii in November of 2008 to New Super Mario Bros. Wii in November of 2009 with only smaller releases like Sin and Punishment 2 and Punch Out in between? Thoughts?