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HoloDust on 04 December 2024
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EricHiggin said:
HoloDust said:

Difference is, whoever intends to port to Switch 2 has, more or less, already made up their mind about it, seeing how successful Switch was. So Switch 2 Home, as a stronger out of two, would be from their point of view another tweak to base Switch 2 port that actually gives them more freedom, not the other way around as in case with XSX and XSS.

That said, I don't see Nintendo doing it out of the gate - maybe down the line, in few years after Switch 2 launch.

Would those devs know for certain that a home console was coming, or are they anticipating just another hybrid and handheld? They won't change their minds if they find out there's a home console in the mix now? If the console is spec'd the same or very similar to the hybrid, then they have little to worry about, but if its even somewhat competitive with PS5 and XBSX, then they've got a much bigger decision to make. If those devs aren't happy about having to deal with both the XBSX and XBSS hardware and performance gap, then a powerful Switch 2 home console would be just that much worse. Then there's the fact they would hafta still support PS5, PS5 Pro, XBSS, XBSX, plus SW2 Home, SW2 Hybrid, and SW2 Lite now.

It's not going to be so clear for third parties to just automatically support Switch 2 if a powerful home console was involved.

My point is - if you've decided you're going to make a Switch 2 port, it is handheld mode that's your primary target you need to worry about, cause that is decision maker/breaker. Everything else, docked and/or Switch 2 Home are more powerful than that and it's easier to ramp up quality from lowest, handheld mode, than going the other way.