SpokenTruth said:
I joined after a co-worker of mine who was a member (Viper I think was his username) left to join the military but he showed me the site several times and I lurked a lot. I remember those Wii > PS3 + X360 charts. Crazy to see them return after the Wii U. I will grant we are off balance in the console cycle...as in the Switch is early and the PS4 + Xbox One are late in their cycles where Wii was doing this in equal cycle relevancy. |
Yeah the days of Wii domination were great fun, and the Switch is a nice return to that; not just in sales numbers but in actually having lots of games to play. XD Switch really feels like the true Wii successor for me.
Keybladewielder said: I contributed to those Switch sales with 1 unit |
Nice, what games you got for it?
RaptorChrist said:
Hm, you make it sound like they ignored console power altogether with the Switch, which in my opinion hasn't been the case. Being that it's a handheld machine, it's technologically relevant. But creating a hardware boost may also allow for games being developed for the PS5/Xbox to be scaled down and ran on the Switch hardware. I suppose I have my doubts that the Switch can sustain this level of momentum once the next-gen consoles are released. Nintendo has a lot working in their favor what with their already massive installed base, but to keep consumer interest I think the timing would be right for an upgrade. Also, I don't necessarily agree that they let the 3DS fizzle out. They kept it alive for as long as they could. They used the same tactic when the DS launched. I believe the term they used was "third pillar". They tried to claim that the GBA, DS, and Wii would all co-exist together, even though it was fairly obvious that the DS was the successor to the GBA. |
A Switch Pro released in 2020/2021 would not be able to handle games developed for PS5/XSX. Not AAA ones anyway. You'd have to wait til a few years later for that, at which point you may as well just release a proper successor.