Games Inbox: Would PS5 exclusives on Switch 2 be a mistake?

The Thursday letters page looks forward to tonight’s State of Play showcase, as one reader argues for an official demake of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

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Mind-blowing rumour
The idea that Sony could start making its first party games multiformat is crazy to me. I know they’ve done it with a Lego game (because most Lego players are on Switch) and a couple of old remasters but the idea that you’d do it with a brand new God Of War game, even if it is a spin-off, blows my mind.

My main question is: why? Why do you want to give less reasons to buy your console? I realise, obviously, they’ll make more money on overall sales, but at what cost? You just diminish the point of the console further and if you carry on along that path it just becomes no different to a mid-range gaming PC. Unlike the Switch 2, which is the only place to buy Nintendo games.

Even if they only stick with doing it with lower profile games, to me it just dilutes the whole point of what PlayStation is. Do they really want to turn into Xbox? Are they looking at them right now and wishing they were them? Sony hasn’t made sense to me all generations and while I hope today’s State of Play will be good, I’ve now got a bad feeling about it.
Crassus

First among equals
So it’s looking pretty likely that we’ll see a new God Of War game today, but I hope the State of Play is firmly focused on first party games and not just random third party stuff. As people have been saying, this is an opportunity to turn a corner and get back to what people loved about the PlayStation 4.

Whether that’s going to happen I don’t know but I expect to see Saros, Marvel’s Wolverine, and ideally at least two new games. I’ll settle for a God Of War spin-off but I can’t say the idea of a 2.5D Metroidvania excites me very much.

PlayStation used to stand not just for the console but great games and we just have not seen enough of them in recent years. One big exclusive a year is not enough, especially when you usually have only one or two others even announced. We’ll see what today brings but if it’s just time-wasting fluff I won’t be happy.
Grando

Positive thoughts
I want to be positive about Thursday’s State of Play, so let’s hope that we get plenty of new announcements and not just 20 minutes a piece on games we already know plenty about, which is how a lot of these things seem to work out.

There’ll definitely be Saros, because it’s out soon, but I’ll be fine if there’s no Wolverine or Intergalactic, because they’re a way out and will probably have dedicated showcases. I’d much rather see some new games, ideally a new non-God Of War game from Santa Monica Studio, a new IP from Bluepoint, and a new Uncharted from someone else – maybe Bend Studio.

New, new, new is my wish and positivity. We’ll see how it turns out but I feel this one is Sony’s to lose now, in terms of good publicity.
Kiefer

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Pokémon unmade
I can very easily imagine Nintendo charge for re-releases of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, and I might even buy them, but that doesn’t mean I approve of it. I don’t know what else they could’ve done though, does anyone want them to remake the games again with the graphics of Scarlet and Violet? It’s not a very appealing thought, is it?

To be honest, I’d rather they demake Scarlet and Violet to look like FireRed and LeafGreen. For me Pokémon only really works as a 2D, top-down game. You have to use your imagination then but when it’s 3D the low-tech graphics and weak open worlds end up making things look kind of embarrassing and broken.

To live up to the potential a 3D game would have to have a huge budget and it’s obvious by now that Nintendo is not going to pay for that. So I’d rather have a state-of-the-art 2D game than a shonky 3D one.
Tacle

State of team-up
I’m wondering what the chances of GTA 6 turning up at the State of Play is? We keep getting these rumours of Rockstar having a marketing deal with Sony, which I easily believe, but we don’t see any evidence of it. If anything, Sony has gone out of their way to ignore GTA 6 so far.

None of the GTA 6 marketing so far has involved another company but I think if that was going to change it would be to announce a PlayStation 5 (and PS5 Pro) bundle. I am almost certain this will happen and the only real question is if it gets revealed this week or not. I could see it being the mic drop at the end, especially if there’s a bit of new footage. That would be cool.
Trepsils

Hardware emulation
I’m really curious to see what Nintendo will do about emulating DS and 3DS games because I don’t see how plugging in a second screen to the bottom of the Switch 2 would work. It’d make it massive and heavy, and how would you hold it exactly?

The obvious way to do it is to turn the Switch vertically and have both screens showing that way. They’d be pretty small but probably the same size as the actual thing and I’m not sure you really want to be showing off those lo-res graphics on a big giant screen.

The only other obvious thing to do is have some kind of special made device, like the Virtual Boy thing, but then you’re still putting the Switch 2 inside it, which is also going to make it clunky and heavy. Maybe you could make the device and have the Switch 2 stream to it, but then it wouldn’t be very portable.

It’s a problem but I hope they work out something good, because there are so many great games that are trapped on the DS and 3DS that are going to fade from history very quickly, because no one can play them anymore. Some are digital downloads too, so you can’t even buy an old cart off of eBay.

I see that it was necessary, but I miss Nintendo having a separate, dedicated portable. Those games had to be small and compact and I appreciated that. Apart from anything else it meant they never took that long to make, so there was always a steady stream of new games. You definitely don’t get that anymore and it’s a shame.
Oscar

Absolute Zero
Great suggestion from Wotan about the Xbox name. I think there will be three versions: Zero, Ultimate Zero, and Complete Zero.

Strangely, Zero will be the most powerful and the other two will be less so. Complete Zero won’t have a compatible controller, as you can control it just by holding your breath.
Ed

Household names
It looks like Nioh 3 has followed its predecessors and completely passed under everyone’s radar. I know it apparently did some decent numbers on Steam when it first came out but after that I haven’t heard a single word about the game. I’ve definitely not talked to anyone that’s played it or is even aware of it.

It makes me wonder how popular some games really are. Are they selling in the thousands or even just hundreds, if you take into account even a big population like the UK. Getting to a million sales, which is apparently the minimum to be a ‘hit’, sounds like a lot but it’s really not when you consider how many gamers there are in the world, let alone people in general.

It’s funny how few games can be trusted to be 100% recognisable to any age. I’d say Sonic and Mario are probably the only ones, since they need to be old too. Probably most people have heard of Fortnite and Minecraft, but unless they have kids I wonder how well they understand them. Kind of similar thing for Call Of Duty.

This is why Nintendo does so well, because even it’s spin-offs, like Mario Kart, are globally recognised and that does so much work for them. No matter how many awards it might win Nioh is never going to be a household name, and that’s a shame given its quality.
Hysteve

GC: Those weren’t Steam numbers, the game sold over 700,000 copies on PlayStation 5 and PC in four days, which is really good for a game like that. We agree it doesn’t get talked about much, but it didn’t get two sequels because it doesn’t sell. Up until last May the first two games had sold over 8 million copies.

Inbox also-rans
My wish for the State of Play is a Dino Crisis remake. If you can get two Code Violet games, surely Capcom can give us one official game?
Korbie

I can never hear the name Mega-CD and not think of the ads in Viz calling them mega seedy, with a picture of S&M guy. Those were the days.
Cobalt84

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