Reggie on why Red Dead Redemption 2 isn't on Switch

[DonFerrari]

FloatingWaffles said:

KBG29 said:

I agree with this to an extent. Red Dead would be amazing in VR, but in current form (TV/Gamepad), the games you listed are much better. Having RDR2 would be big for the system though, even if if to me, it would be much more boring than the many other options. 

I wonder what he will say next year, and beyond, as COD, Assasins Creed, Battlefield, and other AAA 3rd party titles don't come to the system natively. Once 3rd party games go to PS5/XB4 as the baseline, that will pretty much close the door on Switch. 

I think the saving grace for Switch is that usually for the first 1-2 years of a new generation a lot of games are still cross-gen. So assuming the PS5/XB4 come out in 2020 for example and that the games are still cross-gen with PS4/XB1 until 2021 or 2022 I can still see Switch ports being on the table. Like you said though, once that ends I can't see many other Switch ports lol but by that time the Switch will also be at the 5 year mark so maybe we would have a stronger revision between now and then if they decide to go that route. 

And if a game show on PS5/X2 but not on Switch how will they use the excuse that when the game was in initial stages of development they did now about PS5/X2 but not Switch?