RolStoppable said:
This. Look at the 3DS, that's our future. We'll be playing new games that use the same chipset for over seven years. |
I don't think Nintendo views 3DS as the be-all, end-all, in fact I think deep down they're a tad dissapointed with how the 3DS went.
Beyond that if 3DS was the *only* Nintendo system that had to play all Nintendo games, I think that would be a different story. They would've upgraded sooner.
And even beyond that, the current New 3DS chipset is not the same one as the original 3DS chip.
And even futher to that, IMO allowing the Switch chipset to age badly and become overpowered by even cheap phones and tablets over time doesn't work for the Switch concept. The Switch concept is not the same as the Wii, where graphics didn't matter too much, Switch is contingent on offering people a plausible console type experience anywhere. It's not the same as the 3DS either.
Once Switch loses credibility as a console-quality experience, the concept is basically shot. This is simply not going to be a hardware line driven by millions of soccer moms, Nintendo has to be able to sell it to console gamers. For now the tech is sufficient, but let 3+ years go by and you're going to have consumers question the "console" part of the sales equation. Even the Wii was only one generation behind, Switch would be two full gens behind by the time PS5 launches (2020?).
