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DélioPT on 27 August 2017
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StarDoor said:
DélioPT said:
Nintendo were never doomed... but they sure were on that road.

1.) Nintendo is developing games based on their IPs, for the first time ever, on iOS and Android. Why? Because the pressure of investors and a failing console was too much for them to handle. So, they gave in.
It wasn't the money in the bank that made investors relax.
That old idea that Nintendo has enough money to develop a few more failures, it's just that, a nice, comforting idea.

2.) Wii U was an absolute failure. 3DS, despite doing respectable numbers, when compared to the likes of DS and GBA, not only does it look bad, it shows that those days are over for Nintendo - bar a new DS/Wii like feature.

3.) Switch might be doing great, but that's not enough to spell success.
For now it's selling on 3/4 system sellers and a really cool concept. But what about a year or two from now?

4.) Also, what if Nintendo never develops a 3DS successor?
All pressure will lie on Switch. And Nintendo is known for failing in the segment.

Every single one of your points is completely illogical.

1.) 3DS sales were up (and are still up) in the period after Nintendo started making mobile games. So, rather than replacing it, mobile has actually improved Nintendo's console business, which is exactly what they stated as the purpose of developing mobile games.

2.) 3DS has sold vastly more first-party software than the GBA. Nintendo would gladly trade 9 million in console sales for 90 million in software sales.

3.) Two years from now, Nintendo will have released a dozen new games. You know, just like every other console that has ever existed. Do you think Nintendo is just going to stop making games after this year or something?

4.) The Switch is a 3DS successor. Nintendo is not known for failing in the handheld market. You're trying to spin this as some sort of negative, when in reality, the Switch benefits greatly from being the only Nintendo console going forward. Now their home-console masterpieces like Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey are on the same platform as their immensely popular handheld IPs like Pokémon and Animal Crossing.
                               

I recall hearing how 3DS HW sales were up. Still, it's also true that GBA sold 81.5 Million consoles in 4+ years and 3DS has sold 67+ million consoles in 6+ years.
SW wise, GBA, despite being on the market far less than 3DS is still ahead (377 m vs 335 m).
Don't understand why you chose to go with 1st party figures.

Overall, 3DS hasn't been able to outdo even the GBA.
As far as i see it, the mobile market has taken it's toll.

I didn't claim that Nintendo will stop making games, what i said is that Switch is selling based on two main points: concept and a few system sellers.
What i questioned, was the ability to sustain the momentum. As in, the concept won't make Switch sell at this rate forever; also, we had a year with a great Zelda, Splatoon 2, Mario Odyssey (still to come, i know) and MK8. 
That's 4 main franchises in a single year + a system selling concept. This is a momentum that will be hard to beat/match in the coming years.

Switch is not a 3DS successor. If anything, it's a Wii U successor.
Even it's concept is an extension of what Wii U (never) was.

But the point is, you have one console and seeing as Nintendo claimed that they aren't working on a 3DS successor, there's added pressure for Switch for the coming years.