Famitsu Sales: Week 34, 2023 (Aug 14 - Aug 20)

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Kai_Mao said:

Which is why I’m kinda eery on what third parties (especially Japanese ones) will do with the Switch successor..
If it’s as powerful as rumored, then more PS4/Xbone games shouldn’t be an issue. But I’m a bit concerned that they’ll play the same playbook they used on the OG Switch, mostly ports from 2 gens ago (or older) as “test” games.
I should expect the remakes of FFVII, RE2, 3, and 4, Street Fighter VI, Elden Ring, King of Fighters XV, Kingdom Hearts (the whole damn series digitally/physically, not lazy cloud versions), Sekiro, etc. Yet, I worry the Switch 2 may only get 1-2 of those types of games come launch year, if ever. At this point, if the concept is mostly the same but powerful, what other excuses does Japanese third parties have left?

The reason the Switch saw a few 3rd party games in it's first year was because publishers were very hesitant to bring games to it. They were unsure how the system would sell after the Wii U. The only company that went all out on Switch since day one was Koei Tecmo. Notable companies that were supportive since day one were Bethesda (surprisingly), Ubisoft, Square Enix, and Sega. The rest were obviously hesitant and didn't actively support the system until year two or three.

These companies are not going to make the same mistake with Nintendo's next system. We will see a ton of support in the first year.