[New Poll] Will you buy multiplatform games on Switch or PS4/XBO/PC?

[SonytendoAmiibo]

spemanig said:

SonytendoAmiibo said:

 

Nintendo are masters of data compression. They have custom high end algorithms that can squeeze the largest game ever made on the first Wii, Xenoblade, on to a 3DS cartridge.

Who cares about Nintendo? This is a 3rd party issue.

And the 3DS game was a completely different version with vastly lower quality assets. They didn't magically squeeze a Wii game into a 3DS. They literally downgraded all assets of the game to make it playable on the 3DS first. Unless you think that the difference between the Switch and XBO will be wider than the gap between Wii and 3DS, that won't fly.

 

You said it. Xenoblade Wii got downgraded to work on the New 3DS. Just as third party AAA games will be downgraded to work on the Switch. As long as there is enough demand and a large install base, third party developers will make games for the Switch. The deciding factor for many people will be the quality of the ports.

This is something I have noticed about Nintendo. If they make their system just powerful enough to get some third party games, but make it to weak to play all third party games, they end up selling more of their own software on their system. With less competition from other developers, Nintendo makes more money and sells more games.