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curl-6 on 21 December 2019
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Slownenberg said:
curl-6 said:

It's not like portability is the only factor at play though.

The other big one is the games. You can't play Splatoon 2, Smash Bros Ultimate, or Pokemon Sword/Shield on Playstation 4.

So true. What are the monster franchises outside of Nintendo first party? Monster Hunter and Dragon Quest?

While Nintendo-only monster franchises in Japan are: Splatoon, Mario Kart, Smash, Pokemon, and Animal Crossing. And maybe Mario as well.

And with Dragon Quest finally hitting the Switch and I can only assume being developed with Nintendo's systems first in mind from here on out, the only mega japanese selling franchise they are missing is Monster Hunter. It'll be interesting to see if Switch starts being the target for Monster Hunter or if Capcom sticks with wanting to sacrifice sales to make the most powerful game they can make.

Yeah, Switch ultimately just has more games that the Japanese are super into than the PS4 does. Just look at the software charts, they're dominated by Switch titles.

As to how much longer Capcom is going to foolishly persist in keeping Monster Hunter off Switch, that's anyone's guess at this point, they've continually dropped the ball for the past two and half years in terms of taking advantage of Switch's meteoric success.