| Ka-pi96 said: Does it even having MLB licensing though? Assuming it's not bought up exclusively by Sony already, would the cost of buying those licences even cover the small number of sales it would get? And with only Japanese licences it surely hasn't got a chance right? |
The Western ports in 2007 and 2008 did have the MLB licensing. Sales of the first MLB Power Pros had to have been considered good enough to warrant the sequel a year later. Sales of the sequel were lower, and therefore no Western ports have been done since. If the quarter of a million sales of MLB Power Pros on the Wii justified its licensing deal (enough to greenlight a sequel), I'm sure a Nintendo Switch port could do the same. I'm not saying that an annual release would succeed, but I think a one off would do quite well, now while the Switch is hot and the install base is growing. Plus, the sports game landscape on the Switch is somewhat barren at the moment which adds even more to the opportunity. Look how well a quirky/unique game like Golf Story on Nintendo Switch has been received (well deserved, I might add).
