Nikkei rumor: Nintendo Switch Mini Launches In Mid 2019, New Online Services Aimed At Core Gamers

[Nautilus]

zorg1000 said:

Nautilus said:

Other games would be Labo and 1-2 Switch.But yeah, there wouldnt be many.But its still a bad decision, especially since MP sold 5.3 million and Lets go did 10 million.

But no, joycons are not the only reason, though they are a big and important one.Nintendo would have to waste money on R&D, people might not like it, you could potentially confuse people about what the Switch is.You would need to spend more on marketing, since you would be selling two distinct products, even if they are from the same family.You would earn less money on games you invest like Mario Party and ARMS(since that game uses motion alot and is the prefered style to play it).And its not like Nintendo to not make more games like those.And the list goes on and on.

Pokemon Let's Go plays fine in handheld mode so I dont think that's a valid example.

Even if you exclude Pokemon, there are a number of titles that would suffer, like MP and ARMS as an example.