| Darwinianevolution said: Well, after the E3 announcements, it's very clear that Nintendo is still heavily betting for the 3DS. The N2DS XL, Pokemon US/UM, Metroid SR, Superstar Saga, all the 3rd parties (mainly Level 5 and Atlus, who usually take a while to jump platform)... The 3DS lineup is looking mighty solid. I imagine that was the plan all along, having a good 3DS lineup just in case the Switch flopped. Right now, however, I feel like the 3DS is on a decent spot until Nintendo sorts out their Switch manufacturing problems. But for how long is the 3D handheld going to be supported by Nintendo? Do you think the focus on the 3DS will impact on the Switch's software output? |
Actually if you look at 3DS games you will see they are almost all done by external teams outside Nintendo, that basically means that almost all internal Nintendo teams are working on Switch games. And in most cases we are talking about spinoffs, ports, remasteres or smaller projects, basically all big projects are in development for Switch.
That doesn't have anything with that, but point that 3DS has big instal base and much lower price point compared to Switch (3DS has price point from $80 to $200 while Switch is $300), not to mention that Nintendo is pushing Switch like home console (that can be taken on the go) on 1st place, that's why they can coexist on market for some time.
So like I wrote, Nintendo is not focused on 3DS (that was confirmed on E3 now), but in some degree and way they still keep supporting 3DS because there are still market for 3DS. But most likely sometime next year Nintendo will totally stop supporting 3DS and after that they will announce Switch Mini/Pocket.
