Why is the Switch still not getting big games from 3rd parties? October edition

[Miyamotoo]

Soundwave said:

Miyamotoo said:

Yeah, like couple generations old phones. :)  You can bet that people would very upset if Pro releases in 1-2 years and than you have bunch games that dont work on older Switch.

Yeah, but after iPhone 6 we had iPhone 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, 7, 7 Plus, SE, 8, 8 Plus, X and now XS, XS Max and XR. I mean of course after some point older hardware will not support new games, but in case of Switch we probably talking about next generation of Switch, not about Switch Pro or some other revision of current Switch.

I think Switch could become more like the smartphone model. Not that many upgrades (yearly) obviously, but every 3 years rather than a hard reset back to 0 every 5-6 years. 

To be honest from a business POV, it's kind of stupid to have a successful product and then willingly go start at 0 again every 5-6 years and risk the next go around being no where near as successful. No other business would accept that kind of business model. 

Yeah, but some of those ugprades will be smaller while some bigger, and it big question how Nintendo will market and name those upgrades. Also we dont talk only about upgrades, we also talking abou low priced option similar like having 2DS with 3DS family.

They will not start from 0 in any case, if in 6 years we have Switch 2, that doesnt mean they going from 0, they will continue using Nvidia+ARM most likely, but at one point they will start supporting oldest hardware with new games.