My prediction: PS4 will outsell Switch lifetime

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The_Liquid_Laser said:

Normchacho said:

What makes you think the Switch will peak late?

It is true that Nintendo home consoles usually peak early, but the question is "why".  Why do their home consoles peak early?

The answer is that the release schedule of their games is front loaded.  They release a bunch of games for say, a home console, for a couple of years and then they focus their resources on handheld games to prepare for their next handheld launch.  Back and forth their developers go making home games for 2-3 years, then handheld games for a couple of years.

The Switch is different, because all of their developers are making games for one console.  They will have a steady stream of games for the console's lifetime, so it is not unreasonable to think that the Switch will not be front loaded like Nintendo's other home consoles.  (Of course Nintendo's handheld consoles are never front loaded, because they always have lots of 3rd party games too.  Don't be surprised if the Switch has plenty of 3rd party games.)

That's actually a pretty reasonable explanation. Still much speculation, but that comes from everyone in this thread.

I actually missed the handheld-games in the reveal of the Switch. I see now they didn't wanted to cannibalize 3DS, and seeing it has still problems with supply, it was the right decision from Nintendo. Still I hope we see later games like Etrian Odyssey or Professor Layton on the Switch.