Houghton also analyses how Nintendo has created a clever, strategic re-entry into the gaming sector citing a steady flow of Indie software releases as being one of the main factors. Or maybe you’ll pick up a Destiny 2 PS4 bundle. Sony is hoping you remember how good Horizon Zero Dawn and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy were, and didn’t get around to playing them at launch. “This Christmas, Microsoft is bringing you a prettier way to play the new Forza 7, and prettier versions of some games you already own. Houghton picks up on what Nintendo is doing differently to Sony and Microsoft as well.

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is exactly the kind of unexpected-but-brilliant, major third-party co-production that, five years ago, we couldn’t have imagined ever happening again. Super Mario Odyssey looks like it might be the most exciting and inventive, creatively liberated main-series game since the plumber first went 3D. Zelda has expanded, and will continue to do so. Nintendo though, has the best, bespoke Christmas offering it has crafted in years. Houghton puts some of the onus on an already-strong strong software library.

Journalist David Houghton, from respected publication Games Radar, has recently published a feature where he explains why he thinks that the Nintendo Switch will be the number one console this Christmas.

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