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Miyamotoo on 30 November 2018
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Soundwave said:
I think a setup that would work well for Nintendo is not necessarily going after hundreds of third party titles for a "Switch Pro" (hypothetical).

What you want is just to add some more appeal/breadth to the portable console concept, you don't need to get into a pissing match with Sony/MS, especially when you already have Nintendo's big IP.

I think you'd want to add a few franchise entries like Kingdom Hearts 3, Call of Duty (series), Grand Theft Auto V (w/online), Final Fantasy VII Remake, Resident Evil (main series), Assassin's Creed series (no streaming), Elder Scrolls VI, Star Wars Battlefront, Dark Souls III as Pro-only titles.

That's about it, it wouldn't necessarily be about suddenly competing for hundreds of titles. You just want to add a few of the bigger industry IP to increase the appeal of the unit.

I think Kingdom Hearts 3, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Call of Duty, and GTAV would all potentially be million+ sellers on the Switch which would make a port worthwhile. It's not about competing or getting the same numbers as what Sony/MS get, just expanding out the appeal of the ecosystem and I think there is certainly a market of people who would like to enjoy games like that on the go.

A Pro model can run a few of these IP and then it can run all standard Switch games (which would make up 95% of the Switch ecosystem for a while) at a better resolution and frame rate would sell quite well for Nintendo at $349.99, lets say (normal Switch, die shrunk to 14nm goes to $249.99 or less).

 

Call of Duty (series), Grand Theft Auto V (w/online),Resident Evil (main series, RE7), Assassin's Creed series (main series, older AC games), could already work on current Switch, point that some games are not on Switch (at least currently) doesnt mean they are not there because they cant run on Switch.

So Pro model wouldn't improved much regardless AAA 3rd party support for Switch, I highly doubt that most of 3rd parties would want to release game that for instance could be play just small part of Switch install base (counting that those games could be run only on Pro models).