Will Switch get third party support post PS5?

[Shiken]

Did the DS or 3DS not get support because of the PS3 or PS4?

The Switch will continue to have their combined handheld and console IPs pooled together on one platform. The Switch will continue to be the indie platform (which is 3rd party) of choice. Japanese 3rd party support will continue to be strong on Switch, as most of those developers do not make demanding games to begin with. Plus the Japanese market is perfect for Switch, as seen by console sales and their portable focus. AA games will also see Switch releases from western devs, as the install base is too big to ignore.

The only thing the Switch will see slow down will be AAA 3rd party games, which are largely overrated to begin with these days. For over three years, it was certainly nice to have games like Outer Worlds, Witcher 3, MK11, DOOM, DOOM Eternal, Wolfenstein 2, etc available on the go. However this made up a small fraction of the library and will likely just be replaced with more 3rd party collaborations such as Astral Chain, Mario Plus Rabbids, Daemon X Machina, and Octopath Traveler that you can play no where else (save for the odd PC release).  And finally, the fact that some of those bigger games I listed above runs on Switch at all give devs and entire generation of games to release on the go should they feel like it.

So no, the Switch will not lose 3rd party support due to the PS5 and X1S. The library will not suffer, and sales will continue to be strong enough to push it past the Wii.

Last edited by Shiken - on 04 February 2020