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[Ryuu96]

Dulfite said:

As an Xbox and Nintendo gamer, I'd prefer MS come to some sort of agreement with Nintendo that the Switch would be the unofficial Y platform, being able to play all MS owned games on the go or upscale on television, with MS receiving larger royalties from Nintendo than the typical 3rd party developer would as compensation for the Switch 2 hardware sales boosts from the MS games.

MS releasing a Y themselves with only their games on it would probably be as niche as the PC handheld are, maybe a bit better, certainly not worth the R&D.

Making Switch 2 the unofficial Y model would increase profits greatly, reduce expenses greatly, and sticks it to Playstation especially as they are gearing up to release a handheld themselves.

Wouldn't come with Game Pass though, or my Xbox profile (achievements), or day one exclusives, or my digital library, the last one is a bit of a minor issue for me, as I only have like 5 games installed at all times, I rarely replay anything, but it would be an issue for others. Depends on a number of factors how profitable it would be but it won't need to be a massive success, as long as it profits either through sale price or digital transactions.

Even 10-20m of people locked into an ecosystem making digital transactions is a lot of money, 100% from 1st party and 30% from third party.

It can't only be their games though, it would either need access to Steam or it would need to be linked to Xbox Store.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 13 February 2024