Nintendo looking to support the Switch for more than the traditional 5-6 year period

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RolStoppable said:

DélioPT said:

If devs can't port to Switch newer games, how won't that hurt Switch's sales?

I don't know if multiplats is the best way to see it.
In other words, when Nintendo had the best - 3rd party support, it sold the most - or a lot (NES, SNES); when Sony had the best support, it also sold the most (every single console).
The exception to this was, obviously, the Wii.

I'm not saying that if Switch gets every multiplat, it will rain supreme. But if it doesn't it will be a very, very, hard road to the top. And so far, history shows that 1st party games aren't enough.

Reminder: No Nintendo handheld console had the best third party support of its time. The best third party support was always reserved for a home console in any given time period. This increases the number of exceptions to your rule in a significant way.

GCN and Wii had better 3rd party than GBA and DS?