Soundwave said:
You will see both and in well under 3 years. LCD tech is cheap, the cost difference of a 6.2 inch screen versus a 7.5 inch display is piddly these days. 6.2 inches is actually quite small for a lot of the things Nintendo wants to do with the system like the "gather around" and even some games having split screen game play (Puyo Tetris, Mario Kart, etc.) on a single display. It's not big enough, it's part of the reason 1,2 Switch is so gimped. The screen is not large enough to have multiple people gather around it so they had to design the game to be usable without needing the screen. And I'll also go on record again as saying the larger screen Switch will wipe the floor with the smaller Switch model in sales. People who prefer smaller/pocket models are the minority these days and it's been shown again and again (DSi XL >> DSi sales, 3DS XL > 3DS standard sales, New 3DS XL >>> New 3DS, PSP standard >>> smaller PSP Go). Bigger screens is what people want. People who like the smaller sizes are a vocal minority on the internet but they don't translate to real sales, just like with the iPhone there was a vocal group that wanted the old 4-inch iPhone form factor back, well Apple made a version for them and it's selling like hot crap. None of the kids/teenagers want that thing. |
Like wrote, fact is that 6.2 is already huge screen for handheld gaming console and huge difference compared to 3DS XLs 4.9" screen or any previous handheld.
You missing point, point of DS XL or 3DS XL is offer more expensive device in family, and you already have more expensive device in family with current Switch (dont forget that Switch is $300 and most likly we not having price cut this year), but they don't have more affordable Switch, and that will be priorite for Nintendo when 3DS dies, not to have more expansive Switch than current one.
Completely disagree, I am pretty confident we will not see Switch XL in next 3 years and that we definitely seeing Switch Mini/Pocket instead.
