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padib said:
curl-6 said:

You can make software seamlessly transition between hardware without needing to release smartphone-like iterations of hardware every couple of years though; I mean, I mean they could do the same thing with a full blown generational successor.

They can, but it's much more difficult. The higher the gap, the more difficult it is to support older hardware.

I find that the post I linked to earlier explains it well.

The argument that Nintendo needs to release new hardware soon to continue getting ports is ultimately a flawed one because firstly third party ports aren't what is selling the system, and secondly the sooner they release a new system, the less capable it will be of getting next gen ports. Better to wait until 2023/2024 when it can be to PS5/XSX what Switch 1 was to PS4/Xbone.