Switch: a multi-wave console lifecycle (prediction)

[Slownenberg]

Soundwave said:

curl-6 said:

Cross-gen development between hardware of very different power levels isn't that simple though, unless you take the lowest common denominator approach of only boosting resolution, and in that scenario Switch 1 and 2 would cannibalize each other as the cheaper older system would be too viable a cheap alternative with many of the same games.

It's more like making a game for PS4 and PS4 Pro in that sense.

And here is the crux of why you are wrong. The next gen Nintendo system is not a Switch Pro designed to simply run Switch games at a higher resolution. You are arguing for a PS4 Pro-like upgrade to the Switch while pretending that you are talking about a Switch successor. Those are two very different things.

Next gen Switch will be vastly more powerful than the Switch. Sure there will be some non-graphically-intense games that can simply be downgraded to also run on the Switch to increase sales of the game for the tens of million of players who still have the Switch as their primary system. But most Nintendo game will obviously be taking advantage of the much more powerful hardware to make games that would need to be downgraded significantly to run on Switch. Same architecture helps in porting but doesn't do anything to cover the vast gap in performance. It's more like making a game for PS4 and Switch in that sense. <-- a much more accurate statement than the one you made.