Why would devs back another underpowered Nintendo console?

[Lonely_Dolphin]

KLAMarine said:
They'll do it if it can make them money. I don't think they care too much about power.

 

Agreed, this must be why they still give Nintendo consoles a chance, to test the waters incase Nintendo somehow gets the audience that buys third party games.

 

Soundwave said:

Einsam_Delphin said:

Honestly I think that'd be a waste of Nintendo's money. The communitys for those games are already well established on PS4/XB1, so I don't see people switching (lel) to the Switch versions when all their friends own the games on the aforementioned systems. Though maybe I'm underselling the value of portability and free online (Switch's online BETTER be free) against better graphics/performance and playerbase size.

Well that's kind of the responsibility of being a hardware manufacturer, there is some expected diversity in the library that people want. 

I think even just sports games, have EA make one engine for Madden/FIFA on Switch and update it yearly ... wouldn't be bad. Let them have a bonus Mario mode with more cartoony characters as well. 

 

Of course they should strive to have a diverse library (which doesn't mean you have to have every single type of game), and they can do that without potentially wasting money.

Any game is always good, but to avoid disappointment I would not expect any western third party, not even the yearly sports games.