Why people shouldn't worry so much about the Switch's third party support

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Hiku said:

Captain_Yuri said:
People are worried about the big western third party support, not indie or Japanese

I'm not concerned about western support, but rather 8th gen Japanese console titles making it to NS though.
It's probably going to get good Japanese support for the lower budget games that would normally end up on a system like 3DS, unless the growth of the mobile market hampers NS sales and some of those titles move on to iOS/Android instead, etc.
I was hoping that something like Final Fantasy 7 Remake would make its way to NS, before I saw the reveal.

I won't take for granted that the Japanese market will embrace NS in a big way, and lug that big thing around along with their iPhones. I really hope they do though, but it's very difficult to predict how it'll go. Especially before we know the pricepoint.

As far as 8th gen Japanese console titles go, I agree that it is hard to predict. But I think that more Japanese developers will be making games for handhelds than consoles because handhelds sell more in Japan which is their home country than consoles do. Specially if the NS takes off and thanks to Nvidia, it should be very easy to develop for compared to every other Nintendo console/handheld in the past. And lets not forget that the 3ds did have quite a few exclusives that never came to any other platform. Granted they aren't FF budget but if they still have MH and YW as exclusives and the NS takes off, I think most will come to the handheld. Just not the ones that actually require a ton more power.

It is hard to tell whether or not mobile will take more sales away than they did with the 3ds. If they make mistakes with the NS like having a bad battery life and etc, then I can certainly see it but if they play their cards right, I think they can hold strong. Because a lot of the handheld/console games don't sell well on mobile due to the nature of mobile such as the control scheme and acceptable prices. Its hard to sell say a $40 game on mobile but that is the norm on handhelds.

I will say that I am not a fan of their tablet design over a smaller design. I was kind of urking about it when the rumors were starting and I mentioned the portibility of it all. Hopefully they will have a smaller SKU for that in the future.