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curl-6 on 13 April 2025
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Norion said:
curl-6 said:

I feel like the kind of players who are interested in Prime 4 are the sort of enthusiast players who would also buy a Switch 2 in its first year, so I wouldn't be surprised if the game is a bigger deal on Switch 2 than Switch 1.

As for Pokémon, while it's audience is more casual, I think the draw of finally having halfway decent performance in a modern Pokémon title might draw many to get the Switch 2 version.

Oh yeah I do expect Prime 4 to sell more on the Switch 2 and for a huge chunk of Legends Z-A sales to be that version, them releasing so early in the Switch 2's life just makes them feel more like enhanced Switch 1 games than Switch 2 games downported to the Switch 1 so will reduce their Switch 2 selling power quite a bit.

It is notable that the Switch 2 will benefit from mainline Pokemon sooner than any previous Nintendo system though. Gold and Silver were 1-2 years after the launch of the GBC depending on region and BW2 could be played on the 3DS but there wasn't really a benefit from doing that.

I still think both will have considerable selling power on Switch 2 in spite of being crossgen; not as much as if they were exclusive, but still, the kind of gamers who are interested in Prime 4 will want to play it in the best quality, while Pokémon without awful performance has been a dream for series fans for years now.

Crossgen games have been major sellers before, with titles like God of War Ragnarok and Horizon Forbidden West on PS5, or Titanfall, Destiny, Battlefield 4, MGS5 etc during the 7th/8th gen shift.