Nintendo this week put the rumours to relaxation (effectively, form of) with the announcement its Switch “successor” would support backwards compatibility. So, how are third-party companions reacting to this?
GamesIndustry.biz requested Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick what he thought and he is all for it:
“Backward compatibility is nice for our catalogue, and we predict we have now the very best promoting catalogue per SKU within the enterprise.”
As for a way he expects the Nintendo Change successor to carry out, he famous how he “by no means” counts Nintendo out. In 2025, Take-Two will launch video games like Civilization 7, Borderlands 4 and Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 6.
Nintendo highlighted multiple third-party relationships earlier this week throughout its newest monetary outcomes, together with its partnership with Take-Two. This follows a hearsay Nintendo might lean heavily on third-party support for the Change in 2025.
Firm president Shuntaro Furukawa has additionally talked about how “additional data” concerning the Change successor’s compatibility with the present mannequin might be announced at a “later date”.
