| Eagle367 said: It's stupid to think the switch will suddenly stop selling. No it will continue to have the sales trajectory it is meant to have with or without next gen. It depends more on what Nintendo does more than anything else and I mean software and PR. The tone and trajectory of the console is set in the first year or 2 and that's what happened with Xbone and PS4 and WiiU and almost all other consoles. Nintendo would have to screw up pretty badly for switch not to sell like a behemoth. The switch has a shot at a 100mil consoles and ps5 and series x(stupid name) wil not have any major impact on that number, only Ninty will. They should stick with the switch formula for at least 2 more generations hell even more as the power GAO's between probable and home consoles will keep shrinking. |
I don't think the power difference between portable and non-portable will really shrink. A console that can draw power without regards to battery life and heat dispersal will always be more powerful.
But there is another effect at work: diminishing returns. Back in the day the power difference allowed for signifacant different gaming experiences. Take 3D capabilities for example, this allowed for completely new gaming experiences. Nowadays the power differences might bring you sharper looking images, more realistic physics or literally more grass in a scene. But that all doesn't impact the gaming experience in such a meaningful way. It does impact, but not as much as the difference between 2D and 3D. And Nintendo really drove home that point by launching the Switch with a vast open world adventure.
If the gaming experience Breath of the Wild offers is possible on Switch, there is not much it fails to deliver. And over time the difference between experiences provided by more power will fell less and less meaningful.
