| Wman1996 said: While that is true for most of Nintendo's home consoles (N64, GCN, Wii, Wii U), it does not seem to be true for their handheld consoles. Well, besides maybe the GBC that is. I think Nintendo will support the Switch better after its successor comes out than they have in a while. But I still don't think it will make much of a sales difference. Competitors PS5 and Xbox Series X will affect Switch sales, even though they won't fall off a cliff. I really don't see a situation where the Switch outsells the PS4. The PS4 is looking at 120-130 million lifetime sales. Switch is looking at about 95-105 million. |
I think it will ultimately depend on how successful the Switch successor is. While yes the GBA and 3DS did receive excellent support in their latter years when new consoles were out I think it was mostly because Nintendo was hedging their bets as the DS and Switch were new concepts that weren't guaranteed to be successful so they had to at least partially support what they knew still worked. But yes Ninty handhelds do have excellent support for the most part.
Also I agree with your point that PS5 and Series X (more so PS5) will greatly affect Switch sales despite what many other Nintendo fans think.
