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JWeinCom said:
bigtakilla said:

And what 3rd party games are going to be expected to sell more than a million on Switch first year? Hell, Bayo 2 didn't sell a mil, and Platinum has expressed interest in making a sequel.

I can't really answer that cause I don't know what games are coming out, or what the switch's price an such will be.  O_o... Of what we know so far though, Sonic 2017 has a chance.  

Games don't necessarily need to sell a million.  They need to make enough to cover the price of porting and make a reasonable profit.  One million sales equals about 16 million dollars in revenue.  Odds are that a port will cost waaaay less than that, so sales of 500-750K may be enough to make it worth it in a lot of cases.  Especially when you factor in potential revenue from DLC.  And, Nintendo could waive part or all of the platform fee to make porting more enticing.

Then I could see the issues with exclusives, but ports should take relatively little cost comparitively. Saying they made no money off million sellers on games bult for 3 to 4 poeces of hardware is insane.