Johnw1104 on 22 June 2017
| torok said: Well, 3DS is on its 6th year. It won't stay around for long. They will either launch a successor (unlikely) or wait until Switch becomes cheap enough to make 3DS obsolete, probably with a dockless SKU and a revision to make it more portable (smaller bezels). The reasoning to say that a successor is unlikely is that, when the Switch reaches less than 200 bucks, it makes a portable completely useless. The home console gets the best titles, handhelds get cheap spin-offs. The few franchises that were handheld-only are going to the Switch. A mini Switch as you said, is a likely scenario. We just don't know if they will want to release a SKU incompatible with the dock, so it can have the size of a 3DS. |
Yeah, in that situation though Nintendo really hasn't abandoned their two platform approach. That's really the key observation here: Nintendo has always provided two different platforms at different price points via the handheld and console markets, and while the 3DS will inevitably be retired there's definitely a chance that some variation of the Switch takes its place.
