Ljink96 said:
True, but you should never become complacent in this industry just because your device is all the rage. Nintendo learned this the hard way with the Wii. You have to stay on top of industry trends. Japan is a huge gaming market, if you lose them (which Sony is well on the way to doing if they haven't already) that's a huge chunk of the market gone. They'll dominate the classic home console market as we know it but the industry is always changing. |
I think by ceding the handheld battle, Sony allows Switch to act as a lever to pry Japanese third party support away. For example, I'd suggest most Vita developers are more likely to move over to Switch than to PS4.
Products with a very high worldwide base and less demonstrated success on portable systems can hold out on Playstation for a while, maybe Metal Gear Solid is a good example, but for something like Monster Hunter or Dragon Quest, can you afford to skip Switch?
