Will Crash Bandicoot sell more on Switch or Xbox One?

[Ganoncrotch]

RolStoppable said:

Ganoncrotch said:
there is a massive thing to consider in this still though, how it performs on the Switch, if they take the same time and care that went into Yooka Laylee on the Switch version then you'll see sales fly on Nintendos brand, but if it gets something like WWE2k18 treatment, then of course the sales will have to reflect that.

Yooka-Laylee isn't a positive example. It ultimately benefited from being an afterthought, because the initially released versions had lots of problems, but that's a rare instance of second rate treatment turning out to be a good thing. Additionally, the game didn't get a physical release on Switch, so in this aspect the second rate treatment of the Switch version was upheld.

Your overall point does make sense, but your explanation is questionable.

Yooka was out in April last year on the PS4 and came to the Switch in time for Christmas with a lot of work done to it,  9 month wait for the Switch version to get the love it required while the devs also ironed out the issues which appeared after they had dropped the game on PC/PS4/X1, Crash will have been out for a full year on the PS4 before he raises his head on the Switch, my comparison was more a case of "this is a game you could get somewhere else if you wanted to, and it will likely run better on that system and cost you less" much would be the case with Yooka if they didnt pump work into the Switch port to lower some settings rather than drastically lower performance which would have taken them less time to achieve.

As for Physical games.... meh, I've got literally boxes full of games, from the Atari up the hundreds of GC and X360 titles.... having my 40 or so games installed on the Switch with 1 click between titles is fantastic for me, even more as a handheld I don't really lose sleep when something doesn't release on a cart.

 

(Switch version of Yooka actually ended up being the highest rated on Meta for all that matters!)

Unrelated but.... googling Yooka Laylee info had me stumble over this great stretch goal which must be enjoyed by all :D