Former Nintendo marketing leads say the Wii U flopped so bad that getting third-party support on Switch was "really hard," but the Switch 2 marks a new era: "There's no more proving yourself"

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The first is that “the Switch 2 is a new system, but its concept is proven.”

“People understand what a hybrid system is,” says Ellis.

“There’s been this rise of Steam Deck and Steam Deck-ish devices.

We’ve got the PlayStation Portal.

That’s not a hurdle for people to get over.”

We were there, we watched it happen."

“There’s no proving yourself to these big third parties anymore.

You’ve proved yourself,” Yang says.

“The version of Hogwarts Legacy … that version was very popular and sold well.

Thankfully, we’re about to learn a lot more in theApril Switch 2 Nintendo Direct.