Nintendo Switch Thread - Page 232

Third-party support has been absolutely phenomenal right out of the gate, and I’ve already sunk hours into Cyberpunk 2077, Street Fighter 6, Bravely Default, Yakuza 0, Cronos: The New Dawn, Final Fantasy Tactics, Hades II, Yooka-Replaylee, Star Wars Outlaws, Persona 3 Reload, and more. I frankly can’t keep up. The Switch got good third-party support too, of course, particularly as its sales exploded. But hardware limitations proved to be a significant barrier over time, and for years I’ve been gazing longingly at games on other platforms and thinking, 'Cool, but I wish this was on Switch.'

We've been dreaming of a time when third-party publishers would go above and beyond to support a Nintendo system — the dark days of the Wii U still loom in my mind — and the Switch 2 already feels like a realisation of that dream. No longer does it feel like we’ve been left behind, and we already have publishers planning launches for flagship games day-and-date with other platforms.

Take Resident Evil Requiem. For years, Capcom has leaned almost exclusively on PlayStation for its marketing, but the company appears to have shifted that focus over to Switch 2 for its upcoming release. The original Switch, as capable as it was, couldn’t handle Capcom’s more recent RE games natively, and so they were relegated to ‘Cloud Version’ status. They felt like an afterthought, with Capcom razor-focused on advertising its flagship titles on Sony's consoles - no real surprise when you consider RE started on PS1.

Not anymore. Now that Switch 2 can fight the other platforms' fire with fire, Capcom clearly sees enormous potential. Cue the announcement of a special edition themed Pro Controller and a Requiem amiibo, and it’s looking more and more obvious that the Switch 2 is a high priority to accelerate Capcom's growth.