Otter said:
Soundwave said:
March 2023 is a full year ahead of where the Switch was compared to the PS4/XB1 ... the PS4/XB1 were almost 3 1/2 years old by that time, whereas if Switch 2 comes out then (lets say) the PS5/XBSX will be less than 2 1/2 years old.
That's not too bad. The Switch also faced heavy skepticism from 3rd party devs because of the Wii U bombing and 3DS not performing as expected. This time around developers know Switch is a hit, so that will benefit its successor at least early on in terms of support.
Witcher 4 on Switch 2 is probably already a go based on the fact that Witcher 3 already sold pretty well on the Switch. There's not a lot of arm twisting that needs to be done when devs can see solid sales metrics.
It's not like Switch 2 must have every big third party game either. I would say the bigger Japanese 3rd party games being absent and COD and GTA not being there are the main ones missing that you would like to add. Overwatch, Witcher, DOOM, Diablo, Skyrim/Elder Scrolls, Dragon Quest, Minecraft, NBA2K, FIFA are likely bound to carry over to the next system.
It's actually more of the Japanese studios being more stubborn ... no Resident Evil, no Monster Hunter, none of the more recent Final Fantasy, no Soul Calibur, no Tekken, no Metal Gear Solid aside from very old legacy ports and a streaming version of RE7 I guess. That's something I think if you're Nintendo you would like to see that change. It's time the bigger 3rd party Japanese IP be available on the no.1 selling Japanese system and barring a miracle, that isn't going to be Playstation 5.
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I think they have legit reasons to be stubborn at the moment, its why whole teams are required to port some Switch games. Next gen I don't see it being so diffucult. March 2023 isn't so bad, when pple said 2023 I was first imagining holiday. But as you said if you're going to do march 2023, you might as well do Nov 2022. The only reason why Siwtch launched in 2017 instead of 2016 was because of software wasn't ready.
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I don't really think they do. Western studios seem to be more willing to take a chance, but Switch is completely dominant in Japan.
What's the rationale for something like Soul Calibur VI, which isn't even that demanding of a game, not getting a Switch version?
And it's not even like Namco has a bad relationship with Nintendo, lol, they co-developed Smash Brothers on the system itself.
