| Conina said: Then I'm wondering what changed last year / was better support compared to previous years in your opinion. If we don't count indie games (even if they are awesome like Hades) and ports of older games as support... what is still remaining as 2020 third party support on Switch? Which 2020 AA or AAA third party games were released contemporary on Switch and other platforms, not much later than on other platforms? Which 2020 AA or AAA third party games were released exclusive on Switch? Where are the Switch versions of 8th gen Assassin's Creeds, Call of Duties, Tomb Raiders, Hitmans, Yakuzas, GTA5/RDR2, Jedi Fallen Order...? |
I should have made myself clear. Indies totally count as 3rd party and they totally supported Switch since ever
When I wrote my first instance I was talking specifically about non-indie games, that was what I have in mind
Yes I don't understand why 2-old gen ports are counted like "support" when they were mostly outsourced ports who are released for the sake of getting some more coins. I understand support when a studio is actually including development time and effort and including a game in their already existing pipeline
What changed in 2020-2021? Well, we had official announcements for games like Rune Factory 5, Disgaea 6, Shin Megami Tensei V, No More Heroes 3, Genshin Impact, two Monster Hunter games, Crash Bandicoot 4, Plants vs Zombies, a new Lego Star Wars game, also the release of games like Ori 2, Immortal Fenyx Rising, Ninjala, Taiko no Tatsujin, Momotaro, Balan Underworld, Atelier Ryza 2, Persona 5 Strikes, Braverly Default 2, etc
Even if the development of many of those games started as early as 2018 they only become public years later. Meanwhile Sony and MS have studios developing games for PS5 and Series X/S even before they actually had both consoles officially confirmed, that's what support really means imo
Granted, we are talking about something that might be subjective. When I talked about 2020 I was stating my own perception. It was the moment that I realized that Switch 3rd party support was getting healthy and not restricted a very few games like Octopath Traveler or Dragon Quest XI
