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Shaunodon on 20 October 2017
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StarOcean said:
NintendoPie said:

It's not about graphics, it's about moving on. The Switch is the next step. (This is an answer to the thread as a whole as well.)

Systems are supported even after the next one has arrived. You realize that, right? The 3DS is still profitable. Why kill something that's doing well just because you own their newest toy? Only systems where they kill it after the next system are Xbox systems and the Wii U. Nintendo has a great history of supporting their systems past the newer iteration. You kiddos would probably be bawling at Nintendo for releasing games like Pokemon Emerald over 2yrs after the original DS came out. Or that games like Super Mario RPG, Kirby Super Star, DKC3, and Harvest Moon all released the same year as the N64. If these beggers had it there way none of those games would exist because theyre on old hardware. 

3DS isn't as successful as any of those systems you're talking about, so it doesn't make as much sense to keep supporting it well into 2018/2019, especially with the Switch running so hot. It will probably keep getting smaller titles for a while because of the install base, but don't expect to get any more big 1st party titles.

It's had more than enough of a send off this year with Fire Emblem: Echoes, Samus Returns, Dragon Quest XI(JP), Monster HunterXX(JP), and eventually Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon.

Move on.