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thismeintiel on 08 December 2019
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RolStoppable said:
thismeintiel said:

LMAO. Let's try not to be completely blinded by bias. Again. Seeing noticable declines after being on the market for 4 years isn't exactly falling off a cliff. It's actually the norm.

To me, you seem to be of the mind that the Switch is going to match or beat the DS. Keep dreaming.

Remember, you said "decline all year regardless of price cuts, and 2022 more of the same."

I also said, "If a price cut stops the decline, they will probably wait til 2024."

VideoGameAccountant said:
thismeintiel said:

That's the thing those guys don't get. Nintendo isn't exactly in control of when their successors launch.  The market is. If in 2021, we start to get a decline all year for Switch regardless of price cuts, and 2022 sees more of the same, you can bet Nintendo will make sure they are ready for a 2023 launch of the Switch 2. If a price cut stops the decline, they will probably wait til 2024.

Still, a 6 year span between consoles isn't exactly short. It's more like the average.

You could have said the same with the PS3 and 360. Regardless, at this point, that likely wont happen unless there is a significant economic downturn and if thats the case they'll leave it on the market longer rather than cut it's lifespan. At this point, we know where the Switch stands. Gen 9 has already been a success for them. The question now is how successful will it be. Console are basically determined by their first 18 months. Lastly, I'm not sure how you can say 6 years is the average when the last two gens have been 7 years for Sony and Microsoft and Nintendo is now saying 7.

And you can say that about every console.  So?

And we have had more than just 2 console gens.  So, 6 years is probably around the average.  Also, Nintendo didn't say anything about 7 years.  They said that they plan to support it longer than their past console.  Who knows if they meant 3DS, which would probably mean 7 years, or if they mean Wii U.  If it's the latter, than 6 years would be longer than it's less than 5 year life span.  Regardless of which one it is, if the market changes for them, then plans will have to change, too.