Switch's successor?

[Ljink96]

CaptainExplosion said:

Ljink96 said:

Is that a problem? If it isn't broke don't fix it. Nintendo doesn't need to try to "innovate" just to make a successful platform. Look at Sony and Microsoft. They literally release new hardware that just has a faster CPU and more Ram and they sell pretty well. Of course Nintendo will find a way to add flare to the device but it doesn't need to be a groundbreaking idea. Take DS to 3DS as well. 3DS was just an upgraded DS. What matters more than anything is the software support. We get so hung up on hardware when it's just the catalyst for software which actually matters. 

What I meant was that if they go with a Switch 2 there's a risk it'd turn into another Wii U.

Not necessarily. Wii U had a myriad of issues that destroyed its success. The name of course, hardware, marketing, and software. The Switch has nailed almost all of these and selling a successor should be simple if you have the games. Sony could have had the PS3 look exactly like the PS2 and it still would have sold because of the name alone means progress. PS2--PS3. With Wii...what's a Wii U? A U? Is that even quantifiable? That's how consumers react to something like that. I think it's fair to say Wii U was a half baked Switch and nintendo just needed the hardware to make it happen and Nvidia and their mobile chips solved this issue. Nvidia and Nintendo have a multi decade partnership, I doubt they're not going to take advantage of the mobile chips.

What Nintendo has in their hands is the infancy of the future of gaming. They just need to nurture and grow it.

Last edited by Ljink96 - on 25 November 2017