Don't Assume Nintendo Will Drop its 3DS/Handheld Line: Here's Why

[Johnw1104]

torok said:

Johnw1104 said:

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.

I don't see it as a 2 platform approach. If we consider a slightly smaller Switch as a new platform, then PS4 Pro and XBX are new platforms. And 3DS had the base model, New 3DS, 2DS, New 2DS and a XL variant for most of them.

Perhaps I should have clarified, while I see a smaller, less powerful Switch filling the handheld void alongside it's full-fledged "portable console" counterpart being a possibility, in that instance the console would have to feature exclusives which fully utilize its superior hardware to justify its claims of being a console, as well as the higher price point.

Basically, it wouldn't just be the minor difference you see between the PS4 and PS4 Pro, but instead would feature exclusives and the like. To do otherwise would be to hamstring a console that is already on the tail end of console hardware capabilities.