What would happen/need to happen if/for the Switch became the dominant platform?

[tack50]

Well, just look at the 7th generation of consoles. During that gen, especially early on, the Wii was clearly the dominant console. It was still ignored, though 3rd party publishers did at least release watered down versions of their games for the Wii.

So if the Switch (or Switch 2) become dominant, expect watered down ports of various PS5/Xbox Series games that run terribly, or spinoffs of some kind. Though then again even that would be unlikely.

The only way for Nintendo to be the "preferred" platform for 3rd party publishers would require them to stop with their current design philosophy and go back to making powerful consoles, on par with PS5 and Xbox Series