Nintendo Switch 2 & Third-Party Support — A Promising Future or A Mere Mirage?

[Leynos]

firebush03 said:

Leynos said:

Nintendo handhelds always have strong 3rd party support. Why would that stop now. Their consoles struggled post SNES but never the handhelds. Switch 2 is fine and will be fine as long as the system is selling well.

To clarify: I’m talking from the perspective of third-party software released across Xbox and PlayStation day-and-date— no Nintendo system, not even the handhelds, has received such strong support since the days of the SNES.

People think third party and think all it means is big AAA ports. Switch 2 will have it's share of those but out of the 170 physical games I own on Switch. Most are 3rd party and smaller games. From new and old games of shmups. Arcade games. RPGs and such.  Xbox is losing 3rd party support. Switch 2 will thrive like Switch in a lot of the smaller games. Power difference.  A lot will skip it and some will not. Some surprising big game ports. Just never expect Switch 2 to be getting most. Same as before. Be fine.