RolStoppable said:
Because they refuse to learn from history. (And even go as far as quoting Youtube comments from average gamers in an attempt to prove a point. See above.) Current PS5 games may not look all that amazing, but it's par for the course on PS consoles that the generational leap takes time to be realized and that this is taking longer with each passing generation due to the ever-increasing development times. It doesn't matter how the games of today and the past two years looked like, because it will be about how they look at the time Switch 2 launches and that's still a year away. The launch of Switch 2 will coincide with the timeframe of PS5 games finally looking like PS5 games instead of mostly being prettier PS4 games. The default stance of a lot of third parties happens to be that the Nintendo system will fail, so Switch's success doesn't provide much of a default advantage for initial third party support on Switch 2. What will play a bigger role is PS's failure in Japan, meaning that small and mid-sized Japanese third parties have no choice but to support Switch 2; even then, it's more realistic to expect that they'll rather take a wait and see approach while putting out games for the original Switch until at least through 2026, many of which will be cross-gen and as such not really an argument to buy Switch 2 hardware. I hope Nintendo does not take success for granted. Their own preparation should include a year 1 first party lineup that rivals Switch, because relying on third party support to lift the boat is extremely risky. |
I think Nintendo is aware of what they need to do. It just depends on how they’ll approach the successor. It’ll be interesting to see how Furukawa, Koizumi, and Takahashi handle things now that they don’t have to rely on Kimishima or Iwata.
As for third parties on the switch successor, that’s my worry. Even with the Switch’s incredible (and stable) success and the rumors of a stronger successor, I can’t help but worry about third parties approaching the successor. They’re as likely to dip their toes as they are going knee deep on the successor.
Take Capcom, for example. I can see them pull of BS off instead of releasing Street Fighter VI (or it’s ultra version), they’ll release ANOTHER version of Street Fighter II. Or Bandai Namco. Got some anime games and some ports of 7th Gen titles, but not much from recent entries from franchises like SoulCalibur or Tales of.
It sucks to think that way, but I just won’t be surprised if Nintendo would have to basically carry the Switch successor on its shoulders for the first two or three years. That is until third parties decide to get their asses and actually support the console that gives them less excuses to not port more recent games. I know I’ve said this many times, but it creeps into the back of my mind. It’s incredible that they’ve sold over 130 million Switches and are dominating Japan, yet the amount of late 8th gen and original games are not as plentiful from third parties even now.
