Nintendo Understands the Power of Exclusive Video Games With Hades II on the Switch 2

Nintendo is making sure the Switch 2 games lineup isn’t just full of titles you want to play, but games you can only play on the $450 Switch 2. Hades II, the sequel to studio Supergiant Games’ extraordinarily popular Hades, is going to be a timed exclusive for the first Switch and Nintendo’s upcoming handheld. If—as a PlayStation or Xbox gamer—that makes you annoyed, just know that’s long been Nintendo’s strategy. What’s changing is now Nintendo can’t be gamers’ “second console” anymore. A timed exclusive with PC may be the first chance Nintendo has to eat up a market already dominated by other, similarly priced gaming machines. In Nintendo’s latest “Creator’s Voice” series showing off developers working on Switch 2 games, Supergiant declared Hades II will be “launching first for consoles on Nintendo Switch 2.” Supergiant later clarified that the “godlike roguelike” will still sell on PC through Steam and Epic Games Store, but those who hoped to play exclusively on PlayStation 5 or Xb ... Read full article.