Shiken said:
So I have come to a realization...and I have a story to go with it. Maybe developers see this as well, and anticipate sales not being worth the downgraded port. This is something that many have said throughout the Switch's life so far, but it really hit home today...
So as some of you already know, I got a PS4 Pro soon after picking up God of War on launch day. As I worked my way through Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War, and Resident Evil 7 in 4k HDR, I felt my Switch calling to me as Octopath Traveler's release neared. I also noticed that my launch PS4 was just sitting there doing nothing...time for a trade in at gamestop (something I rarely do, but it is free money for an extra console).
I decided to trade it for in store credit for 165 dollars as opposed to the 108 cash offer. If I buy games I planned on buying anyway, I am still ending up with cash in my bank account in the end, right?
I scooped up Wolfenstein 2 as I decided that the portability was more important to me than playing in 4k (bet you thought this was gonna be about power didn't you =P). I noticed Hyrule Warriors and considered buying that as well (for my collection), but there was one more title to obtain...Ys VIII...which was nowhere to be found.
Feeling defeated, as the point of this was to use the in store credit to buy the games rather than my bank accout, I began to look for another game...but found little that interested me.
Then I had a thought, just get a PS4 game. So I walked to the PS4 section and began to browse...and that is when it hit me like a ton of bricks. As I stood there with my 60 dollar Switch copy of Wolfenstein 2, I see the same game available on PS4 for 19.99 (with 4k and HDR support).
I stared at it a minute...thinking I want to play this on Switch. But how could I justify passing on a superior console verion (far superior with my new Pro), just for supporting Nintendo and portability. I almost just walked away, but then I did the math. Had Ys VIII been over there, I would have spent 180 bucks with a 165 dollar discount for 3 games. Not bad...but...I could could get more if I bought for PS4 instead...so I browsed some more...
I ended up buying Persona 5, Monster Hunter World, Assassin's Creed Origins, and Dragonball FighterZ (another Switch port I was holding out for) all for the grand total of 160 bucks...so I basically got them for free with 5 dollars to spare. Had I gone for 180 like the 3 Switch games, I would have had 5 PS4 games to 3 Switch games.
And the funny thing is, I DID NOT EVEN BUY WOLFENSTEIN 2. There very game I was looking at all of a sudden got pushed aside by a wider array of games that caught my interest. This brought to my attention another factor, the Switch just does not offer a lot of the games I wish to play. I always knew that my PS4 would offer more, but even the 3rd party games that did come to Switch got pushed to the wayside for other games I was more interested in once I opened my mind to the idea.
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