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[Kataploom]

Unless you think they want to leave money on the table lol most devs didn't announce games for the console because barely any dev has a dev kit, Nintendo has been obsessively secretive with the console and limited the number of people knowing it for this initial batch of games, I guess we'll start seeing lots of Switch 2 ports being announced this year

 

[GigaBowser]

game over op ahaha you must acept thirs

dusk bloods
rdr2
mgs snakes eater
mcc collection
resident evil
spit ficton
cyberpunks phantom liberties
hitmen 3
flight sims
halo mcc
fast
street fighter 6
ac shadows
ac miragee
elden ring
path of godess
borderlands 4
hades 2
007
yakuza
madden
cod

 

[Monado X]

Give it time. The damn thing just released yesterday.

 

[kaizenkko]

Yeah, people is really ingenuous to believe in random posts on twitter pointing sales numbers based on no reliable source.

And we already hear about this anedote of dev kits in 2020. Everyone knows how it will ends.

 

[Jinxed]

Personally not buying a switch 2 but thinking 3rd parties won't support it is crazy. It'll be the best selling console again, wtf

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

That's fine, what big third party games were revealed that won't come to Switch eventually?

It just launched.

 

[ADiTAR]

they just wanna double dip you with a Deluxe edition.

 

[SILKYSMOOTH30FPS]

For whom will those games be made for? This is a question that needs to be answered. Any gamer with half a brain who might own the Switch 2, will have it as a secondary system, never the main one. The main system, be it pc, ps5 or the X, will have access to all third party. If that's the case, why the fuck would you waste your money on a third party title that will run like garbage, look like garbage, might cost $10 more, and if you play the game on portable mode, you know, the reason to buy a Switch 2, it'll drain the batteries in like what? 1-2h? It's a complete waste.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Which has nothing to do with the topic.

consoles sales have nothing to do with 3rd party support?

 

[yurinka]

Seems like most third-party developers will not support Switch 2

Obviously, always happened the same in Nintendo devices since Nintendo 64.

If 3rd party sales are way worse there than in the other platforms, Nintendo offers them a worse deal than the other platform holders, and they need to put extra efforts to highly downgrade the games to put them there (in case it's possible) because of sub par tech reasons, the 3rd parties won't put most of their big games there because the effort wouldn't be worth it unless Nintendo pays the games/ports.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

game over op ahaha you must acept thirs

dusk bloods
rdr2
mgs snakes eater
mcc collection
resident evil
spit ficton
cyberpunks phantom liberties
hitmen 3
flight sims
halo mcc
fast
street fighter 6
ac shadows
ac miragee
elden ring
path of godess
borderlands 4
hades 2
007
yakuza
madden
cod

That's not a bad list but a lot of those are multi-gen games. Is MGS Delta even confirmed for Switch 2?

 

[Deerock71]

Every third party game is going to look like shit on the switch 2 so why bother buying it on that platform anyway 'cyberpunk having no NPC's'? Buy it on the series x, or ps5 if you got one and skip the switch 2 for anything third party wise.

You must not have been around during Sony's swimmy PS1 warpy texture extravaganza.

 

[kazuyamishima]

That's fine, what big third party games were revealed that won't come to Switch eventually?

It just launched.

There's a high probability that 50% or more of the games announced today won't release on Switch 2 at all.

 

[Jesb]

Not supporting S2 would be the same as burning money. Everyone and their mother will be on the S2 train.

 

[Zephyranthes]

After State of Play and Summer Game Fest, I can't barely remember how many third-party games get announced for Switch 2.

If you were expecting Nintendo titles to get announced at the Sony State of Play, methinks those expectations may have been misplaced.

 

[Sebastian1295]

You must not have been around during Sony's swimmy PS1 warpy texture extravaganza.

I'll admit that i was but i had an n64 during that time and bought all my games on there as a kid lol.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Madden is on it. That's enough.

 

[L*][*N*K]

After State of Play and Summer Game Fest, I can't barely remember how many third-party games get announced for Switch 2. For everyone expecting a strong support for it, I think these are bad news.

Yes they should have showed games for Switch 2 at the State of Play, Nintendoomed!!!!

 

[GigaBowser]

most of berst third parties and ones first parties a month no more play on tv annnnnnnnnnd monitir for me porbably game over

 

[FalsettoVibe]

It will probably have same support as Switch 1. People keep using sales numbers as reference but are ignoring what companies think will sell on Switch 2.

 

[MayauMiao]

After State of Play and Summer Game Fest, I can't barely remember how many third-party games get announced for Switch 2. For everyone expecting a strong support for it, I think these are bad news.

I think we need to frame this for future comedy.

 

[GigaBowser]

It will probably have same support as Switch 1.

ahahahah it already harv more aaa thens switch 1 annnnnd cod madden ms games capcom fromsoft rockstar cdpr game over

 

[ToadMan]

If you sell them, they will come...

Nintendo sells it's consoles on first party. It wouldn't really matter if 3rd party didn't turn up - just like it didn't matter at the beginning of switch 1. Equally I don't think 3rd party support was the reason Wii U didn't take off.

It's something Xbox forgot that finally killed them, and Sony are forgetting right now. First party exclusives sell the console, the third parties join in to skim some sales off that success.

Nintendo are still making that model work and they're probably milking 3rd parties hard to get a piece.

As long as Nintendo don't go through a massive 1st party drought - and that is a big risk btw, so I'm not dismissing it - the Switch 2 will be fine.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

ahahahah it already harv more aaa thens switch 1 annnnnd cod madden ms games capcom fromsoft rockstar cdpr game over

Cool.....I've been a Nintendo fan a long time...and been down this road before. We'll see.

 

[Sojiro]

I think it really depends on region for Switch 2's 3rd party support. I think with the West it won't be drastically different than the Switch 1, but I am fully expecting a shit load of Japanese 3rd party support for it. Time will tell though.

 

[3liteDragon]

well yea no shit lol, what exactly were people expecting with those specs

 

[Exede]

After State of Play and Summer Game Fest, I can't barely remember how many third-party games get announced for Switch 2. For everyone expecting a strong support for it, I think these are bad news.

Just saving this post, can't wait how nice this will age!

 

[tusharngf]

switch 2 will get ps4 ports now. Switch 3 will get ps5 ports. Thats how it is.

 

[ArtHands]

You must not have been around during Sony's swimmy PS1 warpy texture extravaganza.

They are trying to desperately forget them

 

[Neolombax]

I'm fine with that. I like playing 3rd party games on my PS5. The switch only plays nintendo games.

 

[.Xeno]

I mean if your buying a switch 2 for anything other than Nintendo games and maybe some light weight RPGs, than you crazy.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

3rd party game support was really good on Switch so I don't know what the OP is smoking

 

[Ozzie666]

Plenty of big companies regreting not going all in on Switch or having assing their efforts. Hopefully they learn and get in on the ground floor this time.

 

[Brumfieldhm]

After State of Play and Summer Game Fest, I can't barely remember how many third-party games get announced for Switch 2. For everyone expecting a strong support for it, I think these are bad news.

Who buys Nintendo consoles for third party?

 

[Esppiral]

Third party support will probably drop when the next gen arrives and the SW2 cant compete with that power.

However I think the lack of SW2 compatible games are probably because of the rushed release that has been rumored. Many devs just didnt had the dev kits tools to port their games in time. I think we will see a lot of announcement of "Switch 2 upgrade" in the following months.

Switch 2 can't compete with current gen dude lol.

 

[Kotaro]

Nintendo got From Soft exclusive, that's all that matters.

I hope they secure From Soft for many future projects, others can eat dirt for all I care.

 

[Kikorin]

Everything that will works on Switch 2, will arrive on Switch 2. Lot of them are going to be announced in future Directs and considering for how few time devs had Switch 2 devkits, are probably going to be late ports.

 

[welshrat]

Does anyone buy a switch for huge third party support ? I bought my switch 2 for Nintendo games only

 

[Leopold]

Third party support will probably drop when the next gen arrives and the SW2 cant compete with that power.

However I think the lack of SW2 compatible games are probably because of the rushed release that has been rumored. Many devs just didnt had the dev kits tools to port their games in time. I think we will see a lot of announcement of "Switch 2 upgrade" in the following months.

The same was said about the first switch.

 

[GymWolf]

Thank god, series s was already a shit baseline already.

 

[Panajev2001a]

However I think the lack of SW2 compatible games are probably because of the rushed release that has been rumored. Many devs just didnt had the dev kits tools to port their games in time.

Even Hello Games got dev kits in 2024 (devs confirmed on X). So I think this dev kits only got here super late is a bit of Nintendo like PR excuses. If Hello Games got the kits at that time bigger companies got them earlier.

Given the SoC taped out years ago, not having DevKits a lot earlier would be Nintendo's fault.

 

[Horseganador]

The fact that so many third-party games are announced and the Switch 2 doesn't have a version is quite worrying. Before, they had the excuse that the console hadn't come out yet, but not anymore.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

it's the fastest selling console in history

it took ps5 an entire month to do what the Switch 2 did in a single day

they'll be fine

Haven't we just a couple weeks before read here that Nintendo kept basically everyone in the dark in terms of dev kits, dates and frameworks/drivers? I'm pretty sure that's the reason (if true)

 

[Team Andromeda]

After State of Play and Summer Game Fest, I can't barely remember how many third-party games get announced for Switch 2. For everyone expecting a strong support for it, I think these are bad news.

Given some of the graphical leaps in some of those games, I'm not surprised

 

[Sephiran]

I think it has to do something with the image Switch/Nintendo has in Japan and elsewhere. It seems that the image Switch/Nintendo has in Japan is that its for casuals and families, which means that more niche core gamer stuff like Code Vein is going to PC/Xbox/PS while Nintendo instead get stuff like Tamagotchi Plaza, a game catering to casual gamers.

A lot of these casual games that Nintendo get is actually bigger sellers than the core gamer stuff PS and Xbox gets, but for core gamers on Nintendo platforms its still hard to miss out on all those kind of games. It also shows clear signs from the games Konami usually make for Switch compared to the games they usually make for other platforms.

I think that image of Nintendo ecosystem being equal to casuals and families while PS/Xbox is for core gamers is something that has remained in place in the industry ever since the Wii and DS days.

 

[Nocty]

It's no secret that Nintendo are very selective with who gets their dev kits, and much like the Switch 1 and the Wii-U before that, hardly anyone got one...

Those who did worked on very specific titles and exclusive things in close partnership with Nintendo.

It's just the way they operate, it's a strange company that follows Japanese traditional values more than anything else, which if you have lived here any length of time you will understand thoroughly.

The console sold extremely well, so there will be a lot of games come to it eventually

 

[ADiTAR]

Totally agree with the OP.

I think what we get at launch and what was announced in the April Direct is all we ever gonna get from 3rd parties. At least Nintendo will pump out a new/remake game every month so we'll have that.

 

[Danjin44]

3rd party devs like Level 5, Square Enix, Atlus and Capcom will support Switch 2.

 

[DenchDeckard]

people are desperate for this video games machine thats aimed at all ages to fail.

its wild to see.

 

[Sephiran]

It's no secret that Nintendo are very selective with who gets their dev kits, and much like the Switch 1 and the Wii-U before that, hardly anyone got one...

Those who did worked on very specific titles and exclusive things in close partnership with Nintendo.

It's just the way they operate, it's a strange company that follows Japanese traditional values more than anything else, which if you have lived here any length of time you will understand thoroughly.

The console sold extremely well, so there will be a lot of games come to it eventually

I don't think anyone should expect ''Floodgates will open'', that was the same speculation that Switch got regarding third parties which never came close to happening.

I think we should expect mostly that some PS4 ports like Elden Ring and Cyberpunk will continue to come to Switch 2, a handful of PS5 games like Split Fiction and then mostly casual catering games will come to Switch 2 like Tamagotchi Plaza. That will basically be it.

The Switch 2 generation will be fully defined by what Nintendo will make for the system, just like all previous Nintendo consoles. Third party games will again just be a small bonus.