 Hey everyone, so yeah, Monster Hunter Stories 2 came out today and You know, there's some stuff we could talk about with that game. The reality is I haven't played it for myself Just yet. I do plan to get it. So We're not gonna focus too much on you know, the nitty-gritty of that But I do want to have a broader conversation about third-party support for the switch moving ahead because I feel like in wake of you know, the supposed switch pro Not coming out or in some people's mind not existing people are really concerned with the future of the switch in years to come and How it's gonna possibly get third-party support and wake of the fact that hey the current switch and the new OLED switch It's pretty far behind the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and as you know The older platforms in PlayStation 4 and Xbox one start losing support from multi-platform third-party games That people are obviously concerned that's going to massively affect the library for Nintendo switch moving ahead And this is notable because there's actually quite a few third-party games that are selling over a million copies a pop some Way over that on switch So obviously it's going to be a concern that the library is going to be affected and I also want to address obviously Concerns over the library for switch or some people aren't even concerned about the third party They just want Nintendo games to run well on switch and talk about why I don't think we really need to be concerned with that I think that's a bit overblown But we will get into that after a reminder that we are giving away two copies of skyward sword HD So head down to the description to enter now look Obviously, you know some people are still not over the disappointment of no Upgraded in terms of power in terms of spec switch coming out And whether or not all those reports and rumors were fake or at least to the point that there might be two models and ones coming later It doesn't really matter what you believe What matters is what is and what is today is that we still have the normal Nintendo switch And then we have the Nintendo switch OLED coming out on October 8th And that appears to essentially be a version 3 switch That's likely going to replace that base model switch in a year or two similar to how the 3ds XL DS XL etc how those platforms eventually replace the base models of Switch or of the DS and 3ds that this is likely gonna you know, they're gonna phase out that old model And I assume at least price cut the OLED model here in a year or two at most I know that feels weird to say because they haven't price cut anything with switch yet But I do think that you know the moment that they can sell this thing for reasonable profits at 300 They're going to do that and then just phase out the old one It doesn't make sense to keep making an LCD screen, you know base switch that is 100% compatible with everything with the OLED switch At the same time with slightly different parts It actually streamlines manufacturing to not do that So it would make sense for Nintendo to phase out the current model of switch Eventually and I think that's what's going to happen unless the OLED model Just ends up not selling well, but even then I still think it's going to end up being a replacement now Setting all of that aside today, obviously we have Monster Hunter story 2 wings of Rune came out. It's 81 Metacritic game It's essentially a monster hunter game for people who don't like Monster Hunter That's what every review of it says and that was true of the original Monster Hunter stories as well. It's an RPG But it's a different kind of RPG and it's a way that makes Monster Hunter a type of IP that's more story driven And more, you know less driven by some of the loot kill craft That's kind of how you know monster hunter Works it kind of takes that away. It takes it down a more traditional RPG route and for all intents and purposes wings of Rune appears to be the best a version Between the two that are out there monster stories and I'm not sure sir is to this doesn't appear to be the better one At least according to people who played the original and I do think that we need to look at games like monster hunter Monster hunter or monster to rise monster hunter stories We need to look at games like Octopath Traveler and we need to start looking at how third parties are really going to utilize switch Moving forward I do agree that obviously a lot of multi-platform games You know, we've gotten the doom doom 2016 doom doom eternal all this stuff from Bethesda. We've got my civilization six I do think at some point Yes, which isn't gonna get these games anymore because the developers have to make a choice now It's interesting because you would think well look how well are re engines running on switch Right like why would they need to make a choice? Well, that's because You need to you know cater your game to a certain audience and cater your game in a certain way And I think what's going to happen moving ahead and I actually think this is almost a net positive for switch owners Is that third parties aren't going to leave switch like and I guess America has been only basically You know just throwing everything they have at switch now for like the last couple years And that's just gonna continue Capcom's not gonna stop supporting switch when they're seeing sales of things like monster hunter rise Match the sales of monster hunter world. That was a multi-platform Yeah, monster hunter world was on like three different platforms rise right now is on one He's gonna eventually be on PC right now It's on one platform and it's matching the sales and exceeding it in some category So it's kind of like yeah, these companies aren't stupid. They're not going to abandon the switch And yes, we are gonna see a lot more streaming games I think if you look at oh, you know, they're not gonna stop releasing games on switch They're just gonna be streaming games. And yeah, that's going to be a thing. It's already a thing, right? We just had a new streaming game announced, you know, quite recently for switch So yeah, the streaming games are going to continue but streaming is obviously not necessarily a replacement for playing games locally It's just an option a nice option an option that by the way better with the OLED switch because One thing that we don't talk about and well potentially better Potentially better we need to say potentially because we don't know for sure right now What's not talked about is that while we can use a dongle To to get ethernet on our switch We're actually limited because it's USB 2.0 speeds and USB 2.0 can't hit the full spec of a gigabyte ethernet port In fact, you're kind of stuck at like 60 megabytes a second. So it's it's Acceptable but not great So potentially and we don't know until it until the dock is here that new dock Potentially is going to give us a better internet a faster internet connection Potentially we don't know what the controller is going to do Maybe it's ended up still limited, you know by USB 2.0 speeds But it seems pretty double most local ethernet ports like that are the standard gigabyte variety So I presume we're actually going to end up with a better internet connection with this dock And they are selling the dock separately to me Why would they sell the dock separately if there's not going to be an interest level for people with internet? You'd be like hey this gives us a better internet connection Then we can even get with a dongle people are kind of ignoring that fact that this actually might be a significant upgrade for online play Especially for game streaming where you want that best possible connection. So just keep that in mind In fact, I my router right by my systems very easy for me to wire every line of internet And so yeah, I would love to have that dock just just to potentially get that extra speed for when I do Decide to stream games or obviously play online. Maybe it'll help fix some of the online connection issues If you will play online when they're playing docked I have no idea but what I do know is that we have to look at the potential for the future of the Third-party games and start to realize Probably what was always best all along are games that are made either if not exclusively for switch made for switch First and why would third-party shoes to do that? Well because the switch is gonna have a hundred million plus people owning it and games continue to sell extremely well There's no reason you look at what monster hunter Rise is doing a monster stories is hopefully going to do you look at you know the sales of other games We're where people are saying they're happy with the sales of these games You have to start to consider. Hey, if you build something for that audience, it's going to sell Well, and hey based on the monster hunter rise. It's gonna look pretty good, too I mean I still you know load up my central riser right now and then and I wonder man This is really running on switch. This is running on a tag row from your x1 from 2015 Really? I Have a hard time even believing it so that to me is what the future of third-party games are to be on switch They need to start making them for switch first and it's going to continue. We are going to get less Native games. I'm not gonna sit here and deny that but I think that's a key thing to look on now We look at Nintendo's games. Obviously one reason people really wanted a upgraded switch was because of things like age of calamity Not running the greatest things like you know Super Mario Odyssey not hitting 1080p things like Xenoblade Chronicles To be in a bit rougher on the edges at times Although the Torna DLC was much better Xenoblade Chronicles definitive edition was much better Some people just want games to run a stable 30 FPS let alone 60 FPS forget resolution They just want stable frame rates. I get all of that by the way But when you saw footage for Splatoon 3 when you saw footage for Breath of the Wild 2 did any of us look at that footage and go, huh? Yep, not possible It's weird too because when you consider the footage of Breath of the Wild 2 and again, this is getting into that hole I just searched pro really gonna maybe it's still gonna have maybe they're still gonna be an upgraded SOC Which by the way, I do think there will be but that's now they're here nor there if you look at that footage of Breath of the Wild 2 It looks higher resolution than Breath of the Wild. It also looks like it might be running at a higher frame rate Or at least a more stable frame rate Now again, that doesn't really mean anything because obviously Breath of the Wild wasn't built from around for switch So it could just be hey look they're actually taking advantage of the switch hardware in ways They couldn't with the original that was built for Wii U whatever so there, you know, it doesn't necessarily mean anything but I go back and I watch at Breath of the Wild 2 trailer that one for me three and I'm sorry. Am I supposed to be upset? That I'm getting that game on switch or that I'm getting Splatoon 3 now the one game I am concerned about is Pokemon Legends Arceus and we still haven't seen Pokemon Legends Arceus since the The system reveal we know it's coming out January 28th, but we haven't seen it again And yeah, it did look like it had some frame rate issues And that is something that I am concerned about that, you know, I thought maybe an upgraded switch could fix But here's the deal This feels weird saying because I own a PlayStation 5 and an Xbox Series X and a very Gaming capable PC and a very gaming capable laptop and my laptop's got an RTX 2060 in it for crying out loud. I've got a 5700 XT in my editing rig Like I have all the powers to game at 4k if I want all the 2060 I wouldn't necessarily say as a 4k card But you know what I mean like I can game at 4k in multiple ways in my house and I love Technology and I love doing that and I get all the FPS and all the FPS I want I get it right Well, there's in the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X or gaming PC mess with the settings get 200 300 FPS, right? Like I have all the frame rates. I have all the resolution in my house as a gamer But I'm gonna say something and maybe this is a bit controversial Resolution and frame rate does not a great game make Now look they make games better crisper smoother experiences absolutely are better Well, I'm pretty excited about the future. I mean Metroid Dread Breath of the Wild 2 Sparks of Hope Splatoon 3 these are mega games that are going to sell likely 10 million copies each Monster Destroyers 2 might even sell Five six who knows is it does it get to 10 million plus? I have no idea like these games are all going to sell incredibly Well be extremely popular We have a new Mario Party game coming up by the way Which to me looks better than the last Mario Party game Which I thought was a return to form for the Mario Party series in general and now we have all this online stuff being done with it It looks like it's being done right in a way They didn't do with Mario Golf Super Rush, which they're made by completely different teams I'm not really surprised. Yeah, like that's that the looks like they're doing things right with the games and Well a switch pro could make those games better They're not going to make the games themselves Better than they already are let me explain Higher resolution and better frame like 60 FPS full 1080p for Breath of the Wild 2 is Better than 30 FPS and 720 to 900p, right? It is better from a factual technical statement, but it doesn't factually Make the game better. Does this make sense? Breath of the Wild 2 is Going to be just as great of a game at 30 FPS and 720p as it would be at 1080p and 60 FPS Give you an example people can emulate and play the Wii U version of Breath of the Wild on their PCs at 4k 60 plus FPS I've seen it. I've experienced it and it's gorgeous. It's beautiful and I love it But it doesn't make the game better. It's still the same game Immortals Phoenix Rising, I feel like that's a great example is on switch and it factually runs at higher resolutions better frame rates on all the other Platforms making it a better experience on those platforms and that's true And I don't deny that but it's not a better game because of it Frame rate and resolution does not make games good. It can add polish It can add better experiences more responsive controls, but you know smoother gameplay This is all true and those are all things we should want And this is one reason why we want an upgrade in switch just to get these smoother experiences and these crisper images and hopefully some Anti-aliasing finally on Nintendo games, right? We want this stuff. I want this stuff But none of it makes the games better games Breath of the Wild was game of the year without that stuff. If you game of the year with it But it doesn't change how good the game is Immortals Phoenix Rising is still an amazing experience on switch Just like it is and everything else Starlink is still an amazing, you know, battle for Atlas It's still a really good game on switch. It's not necessarily back In fact, it's arguably better on switch because of the Star Fox content But it's not necessarily a better game on the other platforms just because it looks a little prettier Great games are great Irregardless of resolution and frame rate and that's kind of what I'm getting at here where Absolutely, I want that but also as long as Nintendo is fully supporting the switch That's what I really want Nintendo has a tendency that as platforms age they stop supporting them. They stop giving them big games They stop locking down monster hunter stories to and rides They stop they stop throwing support behind their platforms as they get to year five as they get to year six Instead we're gonna be in year five heading the year six and switch looks like it might be trying to repeat 2017 all over again It doesn't look like Nintendo has any plans to slow down switch support anytime soon and to me That's what matters more than a switch pro. That's what matters more than oh my gosh next gen Oh my gosh got to compete with PlayStation 5 next with series X for by the way I'm on record of saying that you know if switch pro is real and does exist It's not competing directly with those platforms. Anyways, Nintendo isn't competing with third-party Platforms are competing with themselves and trying to keep themselves relevant and do things that make their own games better And yes, we just talked about all the ways that I do think it does make their games better But it doesn't make the game a Better game It's just a smoother experience at least for me now I'm very sensitive to frame rate drops and I notice them like crazy That's why I was pretty critical of Pokemon legends Arceus. It had some of the worst frame rate drops I have seen in a switch exclusive game In a reveal trailer like even Xenoblade Chronicles 2 which has some has some pretty stark drops Wasn't like legends Arceus trailer like this is a reveal trailer Normally reveal trailers are trying to really get you hyped and show you The best the game can possibly look at that exact moment and the best to go look at that exact moment was massive frame rate drops so I'm I again 60 plus FPS 4k give it to me but Again, the games can be just as good without it So I'm excited that Nintendo's continuing to support I think third-party games are going to just go more of the route of either Straight-up streaming or they're gonna go the route of obviously just focusing on making switch versions First before any other platform. So yeah, if anything else PlayStation 5 and Xbox series X owners should actually be upset about the switch More than what more than switch owners because I'm gonna tell you guys something Everyone talks about how PlayStation is the leading platform. Guess what? Switch is a current platform. It is current just like PlayStation 5 is current just like my series X is current Doesn't matter if you think they're part of the same generation. They're all being sold as current platforms today That means switch is the current market leader today 100 plus million units third-party games are selling well third parties aren't gonna continue to ignore switch So guess what's gonna happen to your PlayStation 5 and Xbox series X? You think like Monster Hunter world or do you know what they're gonna want to do with the next Monster Hunter game? They're gonna want to make it for switch And the other platforms So, you know what they're gonna end up doing making it for switch first and holding back some of the capabilities of it on the other platforms That's what's gonna end up happening PlayStation 5 and Xbox series X owners should actually be more worried about Nintendo not upgrading the switch than switch owners Because they're the ones that are gonna actually be counteractively impacted so long as switch is the leading platform in the marketplace And so long as third-party games continue to sell very well on that platform because third parties go where the money's at Third parties want the devs want all the power to work with but the publishers They just want the green and they're gonna go where the greens at where do you think more money can be made right now making a game exclusively or first for PlayStation 5 or Making it for switch Eventually it might be true go with PlayStation 5 maybe in three years, but right now Yeah, you're gonna make more money if you make it for switch look what monster hunter did Look what monster hunter stories to is about to do You're gonna make more money making it for switch And if you want to bring it to the other platforms later, they're not gonna be as good as they would be if you were to just made them just for those platforms I Think the opposites happen in folks I think what you're gonna see and this isn't true of everything assassin's green Oh, they're always gonna focus on those platforms But I think what you're going to see is more and more games are gonna be made for switch first and then brought to the other platforms and held back because of it I think switch owners We're gonna be just fine Especially as long as switch continues to be a massive seller in the marketplace. Hey, my folks, I'm Nathan and Robert Jax from The Star Prime Thank you so much for tuning in and I'll catch you in the next video