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victor83fernandes on 17 February 2020
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Radek said:
Pyro as Bill said:

Higher price - prices can be dropped.

Cazulaz went to smartphones - Brain Training and Nintendogs might be possible on smartphones but Ring Fit Adventure and Switch Sports aren't.

Cannibalising successor - I don't see it. All I see is a delay in upgrading. For some reason the hardcorez are already clamouring for Mario Kart 8 and NSMBUD in 4K just like when they wanted MKWii and Wii Sports in HD. It's great when people are dying for your next product 7 years before it even releases but I think Nintendo would be stupid to make MK9 and NNSMB exclusive to Switch 2. If the hardcorez want them in 4K, fine, but there's no reason why Switch's life has to be cut short instead of releasing them alongside a 1080p version for the original.

TL:DR - It's a portable PS3/360. The amount of life left in this BEAST is unprecedented. No offense but the PC, PS4 and XB1 brought nothing new this gen that wasn't possible on smartphones (in terms of success as opposed to VR). If Switch can run Fortnite, Minecraft, CoD, GTA5 and FIFA then Nintendo can keep it alive for 20 years if they wanted to. In terms of gameplay, is there anything that a Switch successor could do for Pokemon, SMB, Mario Kart, Wii Sports and Brawl that the original can't?

Yes it can run GTA 5 and COD but neither of these publishers want to release these games on it so...

People are missing the point, most people are upgrading to 4K, in fact you almost cant find a 1080p TV anymore.

Then, GTA5 is from last gen, it doesn't hold up well compared to modern games, gta5 is full of jaggies compared with modern open world games.

Then the ps5/xbox series X will be another big jump, further eliminating jaggies.

By next year, the graphics will be way ahead of the switch, switch will still be great for portable games, but not for full console games as those will look leagues ahead on the main consoles, therefore no one will buy a 720p game on switch if they can have it in 2160p on the main consoles, that's like 9x the pixel count, imagine that, and then the main consoles will have better effects, performance and AA, add to that the switch could have maximum 64gb space on the memory on the SD, the new home consoles can do 100GB on 2 discs (2 discs are way cheaper than a 64gb SD).

The switch is fine for ports and some people might trade graphics for portability, but next gen the difference will be far too massive, I personally think it already is, playing witcher 3 on my xbox X is a huge difference to the switch, its like a completely different game all together, so imagine next gen. 3rd party developers will be forced to leave the switch, unless they want to make exclusive games for it.

So, sales will start to slow a lot next year when people witness next gen graphics.

The switch will be left behind just like the Wii was when the ps4/One released. Graphics were acceptable against the ps3/360, but not acceptable compared to the ps4/One