Eurogamer: Sources: Nintendo Switch to get Pokémon Sun and Moon version

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zorg1000 said:

Nuvendil said:

No, if they are ports of Wii U games those will do piss all for sales because thwy are old games.  People don't by new hardware to play old games.  If it were Mario Kart 9, Smash 5, and Splatoon 2, that would be different.

Tell that to PS4/XBO

PS4 has 4 games in the top 15 that are late ports/remasters (GTA #2, Uncharted Collection #10, Last of Us #11, Minecraft #13)

XBO has 4 games in the top 15 that are late ports/remasters (GTA #3, Halo Collection #10, Gears Ultimate #11, Minecraft #14)

Last of US worked cause it was very recent, still fresh on people's minds.  Mario Kart 8 and Smash came out in 2014, Splatoon in 2015.  Collections are another, different issue, but that's not what we are talking about.  GTAV, same thing as Last of Us.  And if games are old enough, yes a remaster can be big news.  Splatoon, Kart, and Smash for Wii U all sit in the awkward place of being too recent for remasters and too old for a straight port.