| HyrulianScrolls said: Handhelds are not an accurate comparison. Switch is not a handheld exclusively. No Nintendo home console has gone longer than 6 years. Nintendo won't risk releasing the successor later than 2023 and getting that behind in terms of what's being done in the industry. The Switch is going to start to feel archaic compared to what developers are doing on PS5/X4 by 2023, Nintendo will feel like they're in the dark ages if they push the Switch further than that and it will hurt their reputation. |
Not true as NES originally released in 1983 with SNES releasing originally in 1990 which is 7 years they did that because their spot in the market was good also portables are a fair comparison because as it stands now the's no real alternative in the dedicated portable market to Switch so the portable performances have to be accounted for as well. What developers do on PS5/X4 won't really affect Switch same as like what's done on PS4/X1 doesn't affect it as the Switch's library is driven by exclusive and titles that don't require heavy specs to run same reason 3DS has had a 8 year run.
I'll add being the only device in the dedicated portable market due to its hybrid form factor will dictate a lot of what happens for example Gameboy's monopoly gave it a 9 year run before the GBC model was introduced which is essentially a pro-model of sorts and the actual successor came 3 years later meaning the GB had 12 years on the market before its successor released and it was discontinued two years later so 14 years active.
