shikamaru317 said:
We’re still in the cross-gen period, not next gen. I’ll be shocked if Switch gets ports of any games that are designed from the ground up for PC/PS5/Xbox Series. Not only is there a huge discrepancy in CPU, GPU, and RAM, but Switch has very slow storage compared to the NVMe SSD’s of PS5, Xbox Series, and modern gaming PC’s. Nintendo will definitely need to release Switch 2 once the truly next gen period starts, if they want to keep getting AA/AAA support from the west, though some JP devs will still support it since Switch is selling so well in Japan. |
But does it matter?
See, first of all it will be quite some time if we see games designed from ground up for PC/PS5/Xbox Series. That is because the userbase is still small and companies wantto make money, so they target the much bigger userbase of PS4 and Xbox One too. The new platforms need to grow a few years, before they see this big games designed for them. We will see smaller experiments, 1st party and bought exclusives, and the last two wouldn't hit Switch for reasons beyond technic.
And the second is: Switch already misses out on all the CODs and Battlefields and whatnot. Let's look at the NPD charts for 2020:
The games that aren't first party (and therefore wouldn't be ported anyway) are:
- CoD: Black Ops: Cold War
- CoD: Modern Warfare
- Madden NFL 21
- Assassins Creed Valhalla
- Final Fantasy VII Remake
- Marvel's Avengers
- NBA 2K21
- FIFA 21
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2
Of these 12 games, only 3 are on Switch (NBA 2K21, FIFA 21, Mortal Kombat 11) and Tony Hawks is announced as a late port. Still Switch is selling gangbusters. So I am not convinced, that missing out on those games designed from ground up for PS5 and Xbox Series is actually that important for the performance of the Switch and the third party support it actually gets. Probably these shiny Triple-A experiences aren't what Switch owners go after.
Switch will maintain support of the sport games (these are supported on old platforms a long time), of japanese companies (because quite frankly, not supporting Switch as a japanese dev is basically a death sentence), indies, games designed from ground up for Switch and ports of old classics. So I think 3rd-party support for Switch stays fine for the foreseeable future, new consoles or not.
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