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eva01beserk said:

Eagle367 said:

2022 is too early for a generation refresh. Unless switch suddenly tanks which is very unlikely, 2023 is the bare minimum. I personally believe we will have a pro model next year and next gen switch in 2024 spring. It worked well for the switch, why wait for the holidays.

If they release by 2022 its gona be 6 years. The longest a Nintendo home console has lasted. Not the longest a handheld has lasted by one year. The ds lasted 7 years but that sold like crazy and Nintendo obiously dint want to drop that.

And it wont be up to Nintendo. The switch barely gets any third party suport. By the time the ps4/x1 get droped none of the 9th gen games are gona be ported to the current switch. A pro is not gona help this time as devs won't want to exclude the base wich holds the most installbase. Nintendo will have no choice if they want to keep some third party support to release no later than 2022. If they think their first party can hold them then they will try to to prolong it as they do have a big installbase. 

I'm honestly with you. If they streach it a bit longer we can have a way more capable switch 2 wich is what I want. A 1440p portable with a 1080p to 4k dlss docked and rt. Would be nice. 

Have you... not heard of the NES or Gameboy? Also 2022 - 2017 = 5 years. Close to six maybe if its in the holidays, but still unrealistically early.

Nintendo themselves have said they're aiming for a longer lifespan than they normally do. 3rd party support isn't what makes the Switch sell in the first place, so its not a deciding factor for the lifespan. And on top of that there's no reason to believe 3rd party support will be completely none existent either. Nintendo handhelds have always had some 3rd party support despite (obviously) being much weaker than the home consoles available at the time.

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