Seeing how well these casual games are doing on Switch with Rhythm Heaven and Tomadochi Life I'm wondering why Switch Sports Resort is Switch 2 only when I think no one would mind if it was a cross-gen game.

Because exclusives drive hardware adoption and Nintendo wants Switch 1 owners to upgrade to Switch 2.

I really hope Switch 1 stays at 10k :)

If I had to guess:

1. Switch 2 is otherwise a bit low on exclusives for late 2026
2. Mouse controls seem to be a big part of the game, with at least skateboarding seemingly being mouse controls only
3. There might be some subtle improvements to the motion controls in the Joy-Con 2

Top 30: https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-software-sales-6-29-26-7-5-26-top-30/

1. [NSW] Rhythm Heaven Groove – 393,378 / NEW
2. [NSW] Ganbare Goemon Daishuugou – 60,428 / NEW
3. [NSW] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream – 26,552 / 1,437,122
4. [NSW] Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027 – 13,261 / 159,596
5. [NS2] Star Fox – 10,388 / 52,068
6. [PS5] Ganbare Goemon Daishuugou – 8,773 / NEW
7. [NS2] Pokemon Pokopia – 6,724 / 1,076,649
8. [NS2] Mario Kart World – 5,976 / 2,985,282
9. [NS2] eFootball Kick-Off – 5,946 / 47,454
10. [NSW] Minecraft – 4,027 / 4,233,151
11. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 2,775 / 8,452,745
12. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 2,662 / 4,553,124
13. [NS2] Yoshi and the Mysterious Book – 2,511 / 73,109
14. [NS2] The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales – 2,067 / 29,818
15. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 2,000 / 5,927,859
16. [NS2] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 1,903 / 133,916
17. [NS2] Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth – 1,749 / 41,125
18. [NSW] R-Type Dimensions 3 – 1,687 / NEW
19. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 1,628 / 6,586,691
20. [PS5] 007 First Light – 1,514 / 34,891
21. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree – 1,460 / 1,521,282
22. [NS2] Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV – 1,452 / 210,172
23. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 1,423 / 1,507,985
24. [NS2] R-Type Dimensions 3 – 1,375 / NEW
25. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 1,301 / 1,742,847
26. [NSW] Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 – 1,297 / 192,084
27. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu 2 – 1,266 / 367,452
28. [NS2] Momotaro Dentetsu 2 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 1,198 / 311,829
29. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet – 1,195 / 5,687,346
30. [PS5] R-Type Dimensions 3 – 1,126 / NEW

NS1 - 16
NS2 - 11
PS5 - 3

People were saying this with TOTK

That was over three years ago, the situation now with Switch 2 having been out for over a year is very different.

I did also say "may well be", not "is".

I hope theres more :D its a good physical game system

It is, and it would indeed be cool if there's more.

Crazy that Switch 2 is getting so many first party exclusives that it has the opposite problem of PS/Xbox at the beginning of the gen, people begged PS to stop crossgen while they beg Nintendo now to stop giving Switch 2 such a fast pace of exclusives.