Regarding Switch third party support: Developers don't care about power

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LethalP said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Yes, this!

But to elaborate some, big third parties don't want to compete with the little developers.  So, they would prefer Sony and Microsoft make high powered consoles to make development costs go up.  This drives the little guys away so that the big companies have less competition.  Then Nintendo comes along and makes a console where every developer can succeed.  Big companies don't want this at all, so they don't want to support Nintendo unless they absolutely have to in order to profit.

But the Switch is at an interesting point, because most Japanese companies are really more in the AA or less range, especially if you are measuring by development costs.  So most Japanese companies are going to heavily back the Switch.  This is doubly true because it is also the best selling console in Japan every week.  The Japanese developers are going to back the Switch in a big way.  Generation 9 is not going to be hardcore vs. casual, but instead East vs. West.  Although smaller Western devs are going to back the Switch too, so I really think Gen 9 is going to landslide toward the Switch.

You honestly think third parties wouldn't want another successful console they could release their games on? You think Bethesda wouldn't port Fallout 4 to Switch if it was powerful enough? Where is your head at?

Bethesda isn't really "big".  EA, Activision and Ubisoft are "big".  They release several big budget titles every year.  Don't expect them to release their biggest budget titles for the Switch when they get released for the PS4 and XB1.  They could do it if they wanted to, but they just don't want to.  For example, Madden has been on platforms much weaker than the Switch for years and years.    It would be ridiculously easy for them to release Madden on Switch if they wanted to.  They just don't want to.