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killer7 on 16 November 2024
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Slownenberg said:
killer7 said:

For me nearly everything points to a cross release. There's absolutley no way Nintendo will ignore an 155- 160 million+ userbase at the 30. anniversary of Pokémon. Switch won't be killed after its launch. For Metroid Prime 4 Beyond, i only see it higher than 5 million, if it gets a multiplayer, wich could deffinitly happen. But for sure no less than 3 million.

Agreed I could definitely see gen 10 pokemon being cross gen. One final big game for Switch half a year into its post-life phase. In terms of hardware sales, Switch will be dead by then except for a few Lites still being sold to kids or impulse/budget buyers, but tens of millions of people are still gonna be playing their Switch so I could definitely see Nintendo / Game Freak wanting to take advantage of that.

On the other hand I'd like to see Game Freak actually develop the hell out of the next Pokemon and be like hey this game is way too advanced to run on Switch. Also wouldn't mind them moving to a four year release schedule so they have more time with each game which would put it at holiday 2026 release, in which case nah it wouldn't be cross gen.

The DS was supported ~2 years into the 3DS lifespan with 1st party games (Pokémon Black/ White 2 in late 2012) despite 3DS being backwards compatible. The Switch Up won't release before may- july 2025 as it seems now, so a bit less than 2 years of first party (cross gen) support is just logical. The Switch won't sell less than 4 million next year and at least another million till march 2027. They will have a userbase of 155- 160 million units, maybe even the best selling gamin system of all time. Nintendo can't and won't ignore that.