| Soundwave said: I'm starting to wonder if "Switch 2" will even be a thing. They could just upgrade the system every 3-4 years until streaming takes over. They may never want to go down to 0 userbase and start from scratch again. |
It doesn't matter what you call the hardware, the moment games start coming out that are no longer playable on the original switch it will mean that the userbase will automatically set to zero.
Nintendo need to get their portable mode to a position that developers will always continue to use, that way people who do not upgrade can continue to play new releases. This is why I think they will have a Switch 2 and consider how they can continue to upgrade it for docked mode. Then through the dock that is where the upgrades would happen on a 3-4 year basis. However they will need to consider say a 12 year future if that is the path they want to take as eventually the throughput speed between the switch and the dock will cap out. By then streaming probably will be the future.
