Nintendo is letting 3DS cannibalize Switch

[Lucas-Rio]

Soundwave said:

Lucas-Rio said:

An ipad is a tablet, basically a weak computer.

People are buying 3DS because it's cheap, is really a handheld console and has a great library. But the price factor is big. It was flopping at 250 at launch.

If Switch is struggling, if it's not an immediate success, Nintendo will realease a new handheld.

A new handheld ... which will just use the same Tegra X1 chip die shrunk with the Switch games playable on it. 

Nintendo's kinda locked into this now, there's no reason to create a seperate portable with its own chip going forward, eventually they'll be able to die shrink that X1 down to 10nm and it'll run all the Switch games so they can make whatever form factor of it that they want. 

One way or another, this is all you're going to get for the next 4-5 years IMO. 

If the Switch hits Wii U number, then they are going to release a new handheld.

The Switch success is a big doubt at this point due to his high price. Nintendo won't put all his eggs in a single failed basket. 3DS is their safety net for the moment and they ar eprobably prototyping a new handheld just in case.