Was the Switch designed to Last?

[JRPGfan]

zorg1000 said:

JRPGfan said:

PS5 & XB1 comes in 2020, at that point Switch probably stops getting multiplat 3rd party support.

You could be right, nintendo simply goes "we dont care anymore about it, we re riding this gen out without any support"
Hopefully by then, they have sold so many units that devs will want to keep makeing games for it reguardless.

I just assume by then (2021) nintendo will have launched a new console instead, rideing the coat tails of 3rd party multplats from the PS5/XB2.
People say nintendo switch is 9th gen, and their gen ahead.... it see it as them being behinde the others, and assume they would want to try and stick to the others atleast.

AAA support=/=3rd party support.

Look at the 3rd party support on Switch. It's mostly indies, Japanese games, previous gen ports/remasters, kid/family titles, retro compilations, mid sized free-to-play games.

The type of games you are talking about already dont come to Switch.

Yes AAA support = 3rd party.

Because alot of those indie games could be run on a toaster if needed.
Hell they could have just kept the Wii or Wii U then, those systems are plenty powerfull enough for small 2D indie games.

So I honestly dont agree with this.
AAA support is 3rd party support, and their also usually big sellers, while alot of those 2D small indie games barely sell anything (I know there are exceptions).

But there have been "some" AAA support for the Switch so far, like Wolften Stein, Doom ect..... that stops once the PS5 & XB2 launchs imo.
Switch might still get old PS4/XB1 ports but I assume at that point, you ll also see alot less of those types happend.

Old Retro collections belong with the 2D low budget indie games, those will probably keep coming.