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Wyrdness on 27 August 2017
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DélioPT said:
                                 

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.

GBA sold in an era of a monopoly with no competition that's the flaw when ever people try to use it as a comparison to the 3DS, the second competition appeared in the form of the PSP it was dropped like a rock with in 3 years and replaced by the DS. 3DS will finish it's life at around 70m or so sales while less than the GBA this is achieved in an era where mobile exists and the was competition and also when development is starting to become like console development unlike back then. The irony here is when you add Vita's sales to the 3DS you'd find more portable units have been sold this gen then back then which indicates mobile hasn't had as much affect on the portable like people claim, these Vita owners have to go somewhere for their portable fix once 3DS and Vita are retired.

Momentum will be maintained by the rest of the main third party titles and the fact that the portable market is now in a monopoly again, Pokemon, Smash, Tomodachi, 2D Mario, Metorid, Zelda Switch, Fire Emblem, Mario RPGs, Animal Crossing etc... The's still a lot of ammo to fire with the entire first party library going to be on one platform in future and because of the portable form it has better third party support especially from the eastern developers.

Switch is a 3DS successor and a Wii U successor anyone who thinks otherwise is fooling themselves like McGregor's fans thinking that he'd win that boxing match, the PR in the west markets it as a console to give it more appeal while the platform itself is handled like the portables. You think Nintendo wouldn't be working on a 3DS successor if the Switch wasn't it? Please.