{"id":2790,"date":"2025-03-27T14:28:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T15:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=2790"},"modified":"2025-03-27T18:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:21:17","slug":"two-playstation-exclusives-coming-to-nintendo-switch-as-sony-goes-multiformat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/two-playstation-exclusives-coming-to-nintendo-switch-as-sony-goes-multiformat\/","title":{"rendered":"Two PlayStation exclusives coming to Nintendo Switch as Sony goes multiformat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Switch 1 Nintendo<\/a> Direct has been party to some shock announcements, as Sony<\/a> follows Xbox<\/a>\u2019s lead in terms of multiformat releases.<\/p>\n

Nobody knew what to expect from Thursday\u2019s surprise Nintendo Direct, which was focused on the original Switch console, but going in there were some vague rumours<\/a>, the two main ones of which turned out to be true.<\/p>\n

One suggested that Nintendo was bringing back a niche franchise<\/a>, which they are (in fact, they\u2019re bringing back two) and another that there would be \u2018a game that will cause a lot of conversation and it’s not necessarily a Nintendo one.\u2019<\/p>\n

That also turned out to be true. But while some had speculated that it would prove to be an Xbox exclusive, perhaps Halo<\/a>, that wasn\u2019t the case at all. Instead, it was two former PlayStation exclusives: Patapon and Everybody\u2019s Golf.<\/p>\n

The irony is, there were no Microsoft games featured at all, in the 30 minute long showcase. Instead, the first annoucement was Patapon 1+2 Replay, which will be released on PlayStation 5, PC, and Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n

It\u2019ll be published by Bandai Namco on Switch, so that will mean that, like Lego Horizon Adventures<\/a>, Sony themselves won\u2019t be publishing games on a rival format. Although you can see their copyright details onscreen in the Nintendo Direct.<\/p>\n

It was thought that Lego Horizon Adventures may have been an exception, since Sony wanted to widen the audience for the Horizon franchise and they knew a Lego game would sell better on the Switch (in fact, the game was a flop on every format).<\/p>\n

But now we see that it was actually the vanguard of a new policy. Although, as with everything from Sony in the last few years, they haven\u2019t actually communicated what they\u2019re doing and there\u2019s no clue what, if any, other games will also be going multiformat.<\/p>\n

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