Third party Switch ports don't necessarily need to sell as much as PS4 to be successful

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curl-6 said:

DonFerrari said:

Selling less than on another platform obviously turn it in less successful, but I rarely see it used as argument. It is mostly it sold so low that the port was meaningless, and that isn't selling a little less than PS4 or X1 but considerably less.

And devs aren't dumb. So we pretty much know also that if a port can be made and turn profit they will more likely do than not. So this should also debunk any theory of conspiracy that a port isn't on Switch because devs are dumb or hate Nintendo.

How much it sells versus other platforms ultimately doesn't matter as long as it's profitable. If a game sells 5 million on PS4 and 1 million on Switch, but the Switch port makes money, then it is successful.

And devs are human, they make mistakes. Surely you're not suggesting video game developers have never made a bad decision?

but is it really fair to expect a game to sell 5 millions units on switch and 5 millions units on PS4 when there is 18 million switchs out there, and 80 million PS4 ?