Darwinianevolution said: How is this going to affect the software development landscape in the next few years? Will we see 3rd parties start to move development towards the Switch more? Will we see the support for the PS4/XBOne last much longer than previous gens did? Or is this just a brief pause and devs will move on sooner than later? |
It's a very good question to ask. My guess is developers will do one of two things. The first option is they'll make their games cross gen. Generation 8 had a good hold over year where a lot of games had both a PS3/360 version and a PS4/One version. I expect what will happen again and publishers will have both generations running simultaneously for a good 2-3 years. This has a possibility of hurting Generation 9 sales, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms. The other possibility (which I expect many Japanese developers to take) is prioritize Switch as their main platform. Since the system going strong in their home country and third party games are selling well, they may be inclined to just focus on Switch for the foreseeable future.
I think software sales are the ones to watch. The systems are doing well due to FOMO and scalpers buying them up whenever they are available. However, the software isn't, and this is how the publishers make their money.
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