Japan sales (Week 50): Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - December 11-17

[Alkibiádēs]

Kyuu said:

Alkibiádēs said:

- Travis Strikes back: No More Heroes

- Bayonetta 1 + 2 Collection

- Bayonetta 3

- Shin Megami Tensei V

- Project Octopath Traveler

These are all exclusive to the Nintendo Switch so far. 

Sony also lost exclusivity with: 

- Dragon Quest XI (home console version)

- Dragon Quest Heroes 1 & 2

- Dragon Quest Builders 1 & 2

- Valkyria Chronicles 4 (never before on a Nintendo console)

Nintendo lost exclusivity with: 

- Monster Hunter World (and that's more due to Capcom's stupidity than anything else)

As the Switch userbase continues to grow, Nintendo will receive more exclusives and games that used to be exclusive to Playstation. This will not end well for the Playstation in Japan. 

So far, Bandai Namco and Capcom are the only two major Japanese companies who seem to still not understand that the Switch is here to stay. Their loss I suppose. 

You're listing Dragon Quest as a lost Sony exclusive (Even the "home console" version was announced for Switch long before it released on PS4, so what are you going on about?) Not that the rest of your post is any less laughable.

Third parties are actually being smart and careful. They know that install bases are pretty much meaningless if the player base isn't willing to buy their games (See the Wii). As long as PS4 remains the lead platform for third parties, the less powerful Switch will frequently get late ports. Like it is the case with Valkyria Chronicles 4 and Dragon Quest XI. Hopefully it does remain the lead platform for major games until PS5 arrives, because as a home console and PC gamer, I don't want developers to be constrained with 2005 technology in 2018-2023. I can see the appeal of portability but it's a non-factor to me.

Square already confirmed Dragon Quest XI was originally going to be a PS4 exclusive, the 3DS and Switch versions were added later on. 

And lol @ calling Switch 2005 technology. 

Those late ports are only because the Switch is still new and many developers didn't predict the success of the Switch. Now that the success is clear you will start seeing more exclusives or ports that release on the same day.