Report: Japanese Third Parties Unconvinced Of The Switch Are Now Scrambling

[Darashiva]

Nautilus said:

Darashiva said:

There's also the fact that the 3DS had a large, already established fanbase and over 20 million sold consoles when the Switch was coming out, so even if they knew the Switch was going to take its place, there's a difference between making games for a new console just out on the market and one with millions of already existing potential customers. One simply makes more sense in terms of business. 

Im not saying to make games from scratch, but rather just port ones that were already being done for the PS4 and XOne(Ones that are possible to do so, mind you), like Square and Bethesda are doing now.Ni No Kuni II could have worked easily on the Switch.Same for MH World.And as Im sure about many others titles that dont come to mind now.

And even if it was a gamble, for as small as it was(Its always a gamble for any console), why not take the shot?Do like Koei Tecmo did, and take the shot.The benefit far outweights the negatives.

Developers and publishers being vary of untested things is just something that one has to accept in the video game industry. It may not always make sense, but more often than not the companies will rather take the safe route rather than risk losing money. It would be nice to see more games on the Switch, but I never got my hopes up of that happening during its first year, no matter how successful it was. Just one of those things I've learned to accept I suppose.