| Teno said: I think people expect way too strong, that all triple A titles need to be available on Nintendo systems. |
Yeah, we have also to realize, that the userbase of Switch is different than the userbase of PS4/XB1 (which are pretty similar). Shooters and action games will never sell well on Switch. So COD, Battlefield, GTA, RDR, Farcry, AssCreed and so on are pretty unlikely ports. Sales of Doom and Wolfenstein show a bad ratio of sales, compared to other multiplatform titles.
But other genres do sell well. Square didn't decide to port pretty much all Final Fantasy because they suddenly all chummy with Nintendo, they decided that because they saw how RPGs sold on Switch and saw a chance for easy money. I started my gaming career with LucasArts point and click adventures and for years after the demise of LucasArts it seemed like the genre was dead. But recently there was a renaisance - and all important titles (Darkside Detective, Broken Age, Thimbleweed Park, Broken Sword, Harvey and Edna, Inner World) are on Switch and a bunch of less known titles are too. That's not because they all love the Switch, it is because these games sell. Platformers did well even on WiiU, for games like Sonic Mania and Forces the Switch version nearly outsells the other platforms combined. Namco and Capcom didn't decided on a whim to port Dragon Ball Z, Street Fighter Anniversary or My Heroes One Justice, they saw how well fighters did on Switch and were going after the money.
If this forum decides only Shooters and action games count, then the Switch will never get 3rd party support. But the gaming world is so much bigger than these two genres, and the Switch already covers these bases.
