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| SammyGiireal said: I agree Switch has succeeded because it has some great content but I don't agree in discounting the fact that Nintendo literally had to go in another direction to its main competitors in order to find success after the Wii U debacle. Had the Switch forgone portability for another Home Console iteration it would have met failure. Nintendo left that market for good and I am glad for it because I can finally get great AAA experiences on the go on a consistent basis. |
Like I said earlier, the same applies in the opposite direction.
DS+PSP sold ~235 million while 3DS+Vita sold like ~90 million, the dedicated portable market saw a huge decline and that likely would have continued with increased development times and cost.
Most reports seem to be that while Switch Lite is doing well and selling at a steady pace, it's not doing anything mind blowing in terms of sales and the original model is still the more popular option.
It is just as much a true Wii successor as it is a handheld with the fact that it uses motion controllers and has an emphasis on couch multiplayer and on top of that Nintendo has made a handful of games that dont work with the handheld only model like 1 2 Switch, Labo, Super Mario Party & Ring Fit Adventure while not having any handheld only games.
If Switch was a home only console than it would be selling significantly worse.
If Switch was a portable only console than it would be selling significantly worse.
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