Square-Enix CEO: Wants More Switch Games

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Soundwave said:

GhaudePhaede010 said:
I do not want ports. I want exclusive content. Any ports I will likely buy on PS4 because they will likely be better but if they continue to offer 3DS style exclusive content, I will be eager to spend my money on their products. I would rather have unique titles than lesser ports (because portability alone is not enough to get me to buy most games on Switch over PS4... Puyo Puyo Tetris is a major exception) so update that 3DS support and throw in a Project Octopath Travelers and I am all in. If you are just going to give us FFVII on Switch, expect little to nothing in the form of sales.

I want a gold plated house staffed with Victoria Secret models. 

Exclusives in this day and age, given that Nintendo is way behind other platform userbases is not realistic to expect this day and age. It's not the GameCube era anymore, exclusives cost a lot of money. 

Square-Enix has a good back catalog of perfectly good software that could be brought to the Switch. I think you're wrong on FF7 too, I think that would quite well on the Switch if Square-Enix released it like tomorrow. I think you'd see it go to no.1 on the download chart fairly quick. 

Have you seen how many exclusives the 3DS has? Yeah, your post is irrelevant. All SquareEnix has to do is continue their 3DS exclusive line on Switch and we in there. I am not asking for miracles, just a continued trend from last generation.

FFVII would work well on Switch but it will not sell well on Switch because the fanbase and the best version both lie with Sony. Will Switch port be good? Sure. Will gamers actually care (by voting with their money)? No. Especially if it is delayed since SquareEnix has no development time for the game on Switch.

I think you are struggling with how Switch can be a monster of a console. It is not by getting watered-down multiplatforms; rather, it is by upgrading that exclusive 3DS content to 1080p. That is not wishful thinking, that is a very realistic proposition. As a matter of fact, if every exclusive 3DS franchise gets it next game on Switch (exclusively), Switch will have a library so diverse and quality rich that owning both a Switch and a PS4/XBOX One will become very a justified position. This is very realistic. Hoping watered-down ports will sell well on a console that does not contain the fanbase in the first place is more wishful thinking.