Will the Nintendo Switch overtake the PS4 in terms of sales worldwide?

[Eagle367]

Drakrami said:

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. 

Actually generations still matter in a "Nintendo World." The difference between GameCube to Wii to Wii U to Switch is pretty clear cut. But for PS and Xbox, I don't get what generations would mean after the upcoming gen. Like they can't market grpaphucs anymore because things already look so damn realistic and they are also eliminating loading times, the only improvements left would be incremental or in CPUs and stuff that aren't as marketable to make a new gen.

Like them saying 8k 60fps doesn't sound all that enticing because the human eye wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 4k and 8k unless the TV screens become huge as hell. And 4k 120fps would be weird because most TVs don't have 120Hz refresh rate. Gens are still pretty easy for Nintendo right now even without another Ninty innovation but gens are becoming really hard for the twins and Xbox already sees a future in streaming so they might become even a bit more useless once that kicks off.