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curl-6 on 27 June 2023
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IcaroRibeiro said:
curl-6 said:

That's the thing though, we can't assume Nintendo won't make any mistakes with Switch 2.

I'm not saying there can't be any crossgen games, just that a PS4-5 approach of almost everything being crossgen for the first two years wouldn't be the right fit for Nintendo's situation. Now that they only have one hardware line they have no backup, they can't afford to be lackadaisical.

If they make mistakes, their games being cross gen or not are the last thing that matters. Wii U and Game Cube games were not cross gen and the consoles bombed. Wii and Switch games were not cross gen and both consoles smashed.

The presence or absence of cross gen titles do not make a console launch successful, nor make a console launch a flop 

However, the presence of a cross gen titles will guaranteed software revenues will be still high on Switch to at least offset a Switch 2 from bombing. If Switch 2 bombs (not gonna happen  but still) the last thing Nintendo wants is to not have software selling on original Switch, because that would mean 0 revenue coming forward 

Mistakes doesn't have to mean Wii U level mistakes. Could be 3DS level mistakes where you can salvage it.

You need to give people incentives to upgrade. Would Switch have been as successful as it was out of the gate if all it's first and second year games were crossgen with 3DS?

Last edited by curl-6 - on 27 June 2023