| tak13 said:
Fat DS didn't do it to gba ( except from Japan ) , which only had the inevitable normal decline... The slim and cheaper ds lite slayed gba, mainly because, it was when Nintendo stopped supporting GBA with major games! ( like Pokemon Emerald ) Remember, Nintendo deemed ds as a third pillar not a gba successor, taking into account the sales of gba and ds in 2004-2006 before ds lite release. people believed that, in spite of obviously ds being the successor ( the bc, the price and hardware similarities ) with switch and 3ds is somewhat nebulous, ( no bc, vast price difference in both hardware and software, the very different nature of switch hardware ) . As I have noted before, switch as it is now will be selling primarily as a wii u successor and by extend wii, gc, n64 e.tc! it's a great thing for a home console player to be able to play what he was playing on tv lying on the sofa, anywhere inside and outside the house and sovever they want. Switch needs a significant price drop or the revision that cited above, to really succeed 3ds and of course 3DS to be killed by Nintendo as wii u was in 2016...
P.s Even if it have a price drop, people after August have bought a 3DS at 169$ ( and 199$ 3DS xl )... Not to mention, 2DS or the prices of 3DS games! Handheld console only gamers have to wait... Home console and notably both kind of console gamers must be satisfied! The first becauseswitch cost 299$ with the perspective of dropping soon to 249$ and the second because they only have to pay 299$ for a home console and handhled console, while in 8th gen, they had to spend 500-600$. |
Thats a lot of talking.... but still doesn't do anything to disuade my notion that the Switch is gonna cannibalize the 3DS.
Basically, do you realize that what you are saying is that nintendo will expect gamers to walk out of their homes with not one but two nintendo devices? So why should I buy a 3DS if theoretically my switch can play every 3DS game? Though I know nintendo hasnt made said games available on the switch yet, but I honestly won't be surprised if its announced at some point.
Anyways, we will see how it goes.
