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Kai_Mao on 01 October 2018
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Ultimately, if you want to be cynical, then the future of the Switch will be interesting to say the least. The PS5 and Xbox 2 (or whatever it will be called eventually) are potentially not too far away and that could impact momentum of the Switch. However, so far, we don't know much about these consoles except that they are being in development as we speak so its kinda of futile at this point. I don't know how much of a graphical leap could the PS5 and Xbox 2 go for at a convincing price, but we'll just have to see. I mean, 4K already looks great (even on YouTube since I don't have a Pro or a One X) so I cannot imagine how more graphically powerful can you get. Especially since some of the most popular games on PC aren't necessarily graphical standouts and people keep mentioning how powerful PC graphics are and what not.

As for Switch, so far, we know that it's passed the 20 million mark and has potential to do really well as the holidays roll around. In 2019, the Switch has a pretty good lineup as of now:
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Daemon x Machina (made by some of the developers who worked on Armored Core)
- Animal Crossing 2019
- Pokemon Gen 8
- Town (a JRPG made by Game Freak)
- Yoshi's Crafted World
- Ninjala
- Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes

I would include Metroid Prime 4 and Bayonetta 3, but we haven't heard much about these two games since they were initially announced. Regardless, that's a pretty good lineup for 2019. You just had Zelda, Mario, Kirby, Splatoon, ARMS, Mario + Rabbids, Xenoblade, Octopath Traveler, and Mario Tennis released with Smash Bros., Mario Party, and Pokemon Let's Go on the way for the rest of 2018. Yes, Pokemon Let's Go isn't necessarily the core RPG that hardcore fans are hoping for, but it has potential to include fans outside of the hardcore to get into the mainline series (and maybe help get the upcoming mainline games to sell 20+ million for the first time since Gen II). Then you got Smash Ultimate, which will aim to provide a crossover of a lifetime that even Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite could not manage. Plus, the Switch has been able to build a solid reputation, outside of online, which in of itself hasn't really bite Nintendo in the a$# at the moment. It's library is already miles better than Wii U by the time the console hit it's 2nd birthday.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/10/nintendo_switch_online_prepaid_cards_selling_extremely_well_says_major_japanese_retailer

Take that for what you will.

Anyways, there are questions on how long Nintendo can keep it up and how the next gen consoles could impact the Switch. Nevertheless, Nintendo is in a much better place as a hardware and software developer right now. Sure, there are things to improve, but we'll just have to see how things develop over time as we're not even near the 2nd birthday of the Switch's life.