80+ Million Switches Need to be Sold in 5 Years or it's a Failure

[zorg1000]

potato_hamster said:

zorg1000 said:

actually, in an interview a week later.........

http://time.com/4662446/nintendo-president-switch-interview/

"We are not creating a successor to the 3DS right now. We are, however, still thinking of portable systems. We are thinking of ways that we will be able to continue bringing portable gaming systems out, so yes, we are thinking of different ways to continue the portable gaming business."

We are in the 7th year of 3DS and they arent working on a successor at the moment, even if they got started working on it this year it would still be a few years away from release since R&D for a new system takes years. Does a 3DS successor 3-4 years from now when 3DS is long dead and gone sound realistic? No it does not.

The "still thinking about portable systems" part is likely referencing the at the time unannounced New 2DS XL or a future portable only Switch revision.

Can you please enlighten me why R&D on a system has to take a few years?

maybe it doesnt have to take a few years but historically it always has and there is nothing to suggest this is going to change.