Drakrami on 14 July 2020
| noshten said: What if Nintendo view the Switch as an ecosystem and they never launch Switch 2. We are in a World where generations are meaningless, what the future holds in terms of what Nintendo does is unknown. Investors have been pushing them towards mobile for years and they haven't really invested all that much there. So what they do sometimes is opposite of what the market expects them to do. In terms of the technology to deliver high-end AAA games on a hybrid console while being profitable, we are a few years away. So for now I'd expect Slight upgrades to hardware but not enough to warrant them retiring the Switch. So it could very well be that in 2025 Nintendo still is selling it's games on the Switch even though OG Switches might not support the latest games. Tablets like these will eventually break, and you would need to buy a replacement. So they could indefinitely slowly upgrade the core-parts in the Switch without ever dropping the price or changing the name. Like I mentioned a while ago, Tablet Technology isn't at this stage but Complimentary Computing devices or the aptly named ProDock might be the thing they use to both support AAA games on the console or stream to the tablet. We shall see but I don't think it would be that difficult to outsell the PS4, the DS will be the real hurdle for the Switch. |
Generations is only meaningless if you live in a Nintendo World.
PS3 > PS4/Pro > PS5
X360 > X1/X1X > XSX
The generations are very clear and the upcoming generation is going to be a very nice upgrade in terms of power and graphics. Very much looking forward to it.
Nintendo was never able to keep up in the hardware department, this is why the generations seems deluge to people who only follows Nintendo.
