The biggest problem with 3rd party ports on Switch...

[MajorMalfunction]

Miyamotoo said:

MajorMalfunction said:

I'm a skeptic by nature. I'll believe it when I see it. Switch is doing good, but nothing got announced at E3. I hope I'm wrong, but I feel like there's fundamental problems with the way Nintendo tries to attract third parties. Nintendo needs third parties, third parties don't need Nintendo. That's where I'm coming from. Hope I've explained myself at least.

Disagree, I don't think there is problem at all between Nintendo and 3rd party any more, we know that Nintendo has much better communication with 3rd party regardless support than before, and Switch has much better support from tools and engine support than before, at end all comes to if 3rd partes think is worth enough to release some games on Switch. Saying that Nintendo needs third parties but third parties don't need Nintendo is wrong, offcourse that potential and sales for Switch would be stronger with 3rd party than whithout them, but Switch is selling very good despite has much weaker 3rd party support than XB1/PS4, on other hand all that could be said for 3rd party, potential and sales for 3rd party would be stronger if they support Switch also, but they are also selling good whithout Nintendo support.

Stronger, yes, but how much stronger? It's not just at raw sales I'm looking at. It's also cost. You make $27 on a $70 Switch game, with $20 to publish. On PS/XB, it's the same revenue, but you only pay about $12. By my estimates, if you sell 200,000 copies at 100% sell-through, you make like 1.4 million on a 4 million investment (pub only, not a single cent on porting). If you're under 100% sell-through, you get stuck with unsold copies. Misjudge and you lose big. That's where we seem to disagree.