Prediction: The Switch will become the best selling console yet!

[Shiken]

Spindel said:

Shiken said:
If they release a NEW Switch that can run current games at a higher res and frame rate AND run PS5 games with concessions sure, this could happen. It would be treated like the NEW 3DS where first party games can run on both the new and old versions of the Switch and 3rd party games will likely be NEW Switch only. If a game can run on OG Switch with concessions, it will. But many multiplats would need to be on the newer model.

If this happens sure, because both models would pool their sales numbers together. However if they do not do this, while 100k is still possible, it will not be the best selling console of all time. At some point we will need a power boost once the OG PS4 and X1 are no longer holding games to a lower standard.

Power is never the deciding factor in what system sells most.

Never have been and never will be.

Price, appeal/trademark and games are what decides the success of a console/handheld.

You are correct, but you are forgetting one thing.  Market appeal.

 

As of now, the Switch can handle most mid range current gen console games on the go with concessions.  Having those current gen games portably is what is selling the Switch.  However, once the OG PS4 and X1 is phased out, the OG Switch will lose out on multiplats as well and by result have less market appeal.

 

However if there was a NEW Switch that can handle PS5 games with consessions, it would still have that support and retain the appeal that is making it sell in the first place.  If this does not happen, the OG could be seen as "just another portable".

 

So to an extent, you are right.  Power does not equal sales.  However this is already being exercised with the idea of a NEW Switch as it will still be weaker than the PS5 itself.  While having raw power does not make it pass or fail per say, it will need to at least keep up with its direct competitors.

 

Sure the OG could still sell 100k as a "just a portable".  However if it is to be the "best selling console of all time" there are many other factors to consider, and a NEW 3DS style upgrade would pretty much be a must for that to happen.