Sony and Bandai Namco's decision regarding two of their upcoming multiplatform releases does not bode well for Xbox fans.

That's unlikely to be the case, though. Some analysts have already predicted that the Switch 2 will launch with a price tag between $400 and $500, making the OG Switch a much more attractive proposition for lower income buyers, especially if Nintendo eventually gives it a generous end-of-life price drop.

Even if the Switch 2 doesn’t do as well as the first Switch, Nintendo has a plan to beat scalpers as well as Sony and Microsoft.

In a surprise announcement during the latest Nintendo Switch Direct, Patapon 1+2 Replay, a remaster of the first two Sony-published titles, was revealed for the Nintendo console. Despite Sony publishing Lego Horizon Adventures on Nintendo Switch last year, this remaster will instead be published by Bandai Namco.

If Sony is open to putting some of its more niche games on Switch, there’s plenty of good ones that could make the jump

Patapon 1+2 Replay and Everybody's Golf: Hot Shots are two games licensed by Sony Interactive Entertainment that will come to the Switch later this year. Both games were PlayStation exclusives, but like with God of War and The Last of Us, Sony appears to be expanding its strategy of getting more of its games onto other platforms.

The original Patapon team revealed their spiritual successor, Ratatan, last year, which looks to contain all of the rhythm-based hallmarks of the PSP original. That one's also set to come to Switch at some point, so brace for even more drum delights down the line.

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