Nintendo looking to support the Switch for more than the traditional 5-6 year period

[zorg1000]

DélioPT said:

zorg1000 said:

You keep using the same argument that Switch will suffer once PS5/XB4 release because devs wont be able to downport games to it.

Please name me a single Nintendo device that was successful because of multiplatform releases.

If devs can't port to Switch newer games, how won't that hurt Switch's sales?

I don't know if multiplats is the best way to see it.
In other words, when Nintendo had the best - 3rd party support, it sold the most - or a lot (NES, SNES); when Sony had the best support, it also sold the most (every single console).
The exception to this was, obviously, the Wii.

I'm not saying that if Switch gets every multiplat, it will rain supreme. But if it doesn't it will be a very, very, hard road to the top. And so far, history shows that 1st party games aren't enough.

And why are we conveniently ignoring the side of their business that has sold over 75 million each generation?

Switch isnt just a console, its also a handheld so we have to compare it to both, not just one or the other.

Their handhelds have never once received ports of current AAA console games and have all done well so no reason to think they all of a sudden need them now.

Switch is the successor to 3DS, Wii U and essentially Vita (replaces it as the high end portable) so we should expect it to receive similar 3rd party support that those devices got which is a steady flow of small-medium sized games which includes

Indie games

Japanese games

Kid/family games

Previous gen ports/remasters

 

Those are the primary 3rd party titles it gets and will continue to get. Any AAA multiplat titles it recieves is just an added bonus.