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gtotheunit91 said:

Ryuu96 said:

You also have to take into account though that Switch hardware is massively different to PC or even Console architecture so of course it requires a unique porting/development effort, while Series X/S architecture and development environment are almost identical, and yet developers are still porting to Switch and creating high end versions of the same game elsewhere.

We've again got nothing to worry about from indies since they're all over Switch, I don't get why we need to be worried about billion-dollar publishers who more than have the capability of supporting both consoles in good ways, if they don't, that is on them, not Series S and Xbox itself with its 20+ studios will put effort into both, it's usually the case anyway that 1st parties take advantage the most of the tech.

Series X won't be held back by Series S but instead by publishers desire to do something. However, if both consoles continue to sell great, then consumers will have spoken, and publishers should listen and not put out half assed efforts for Series S or Series X. Honestly though, console hardware almost always becomes obsolete by PC hardware almost instantly after release, Lol.

That’s really what happened with the Switch. Once it was clear it was gonna be a huge success, everyone was begging publishers to make ports for the Switch. And many publishers did exactly that. How many “impossible” Switch ports have we seen? Games like The Witcher 3 and Doom 2016 and Eternal are on Switch, so if there’s the player base, publishers will answer the call. 

Well, I don't know if I'd say many publishers. Maybe at the AA level and below, but AAA wise I feel like Switch has gotten less than 30 AAA 3rd party multiplat games over it's 5.5 years on the market so far. EA has only given it yearly FIFA and Apex Legends on the AAA level, all of their other AAA's like Madden, NHL, F1, Jedi Fallen Order, Need for Speed, Battlefield, and Anthem have skipped Switch. Activision-Blizzard has only given it Tony Hawk's 1+2 Remake and Overwatch 1 & 2 at the AAA level I believe, no CoD, Destiny 2, Sekiro, or the upcoming Diablo 4. Take-Two/2K has only given it yearly NBA 2K, all of their other AAA games like WWE 2K, Borderlands/Wonderlands, The Quarry, Mafia 3, GTA V, and RDR2 have skipped Switch. Ubisoft has only given it South Park: The Fractured But Whole and Immortals: Fenyx Rising at the AAA level I believe, the rest like Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, The Division 2, The Crew 2, and the upcoming Avatar game and Skull & Bones are all skipping Switch. Warner Bros has only given it Mortal Kombat 11 at the AAA level so far, though the upcoming Hogwart's Legacy will be on Switch (though it has already been stated that it will arrive later than the other platforms), the rest like Shadow of War and Gotham Knights skipped Switch. Bethesda gave Switch Doom (2016) & Eternal, and Wolfenstein 2 & Youngblood, but pretty much the rest of their AAA's from this past gen such as Dishonored 2 and Fallout 4/76 skipped Switch. 

Even Japan wise, most of the the games that would be classified as AAA by western standards, such as Final Fantasy and Resident Evil, have been skipping Switch. As did Monster Hunter World, it has yet to get a late Switch port, they developed Monster Hunter Rise for Switch instead.