Well, looks like next gen didn't kill Switch third party support

[Nautilus]

There are so many factors that was pretty obvious that make this claim very unlikely.

- The 80+ million Switch units sold wouldn"t dissapear when Sony and MS caught up to Nintendo in the 9th gen. The number of consoles sold is too attractive to any publisher, even if the other 9th gen system came out swinging out of the gate.

- Game development take anywhere from 3 to 5 years. Even ports take a good 1 year or 1 year and a half. If the support were to dry up, it would happen later this year or even next year.

- Nintendo is providing something differemt, as usual, on top of already being a known quantity(the platform is a sucess). So it's safer to bet on the Switch, for now at least.

- As sales numbers shows, third party are finding more and more success on the system, which is different compared to most Nintendo home consoles, so the data suggests that, even if you don"t go all in, it is wise to have something released on it, while you also develop for the other systems.

Last edited by Nautilus - on 09 March 2021