Pachter: "Nintendo should get rid of the Switch console and have only the Lite"

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RolStoppable said:

curl-6 said:

Alrighty, I thought it was around 2:1. But yeah it'd probably be a lot more weighted in favour of the hybrid if it was widely available, as a lot of people probably settled for a Lite simply cos they couldn't get a base model.

So did Pachter actually say that, that Switch would peter out by or be killed by the launch of PS5/XS? That'd be another pretty hilarious goof.

No, Pachter didn't make any statements on the longevity of Switch yet, but it's clear from the behavior of major AAA third party publishers that they had the expectation that Switch wouldn't be around for long; just think of EA and how quickly they moved to a Legacy Edition of FIFA for Switch. If Switch were to be a handheld only, no investor would ask third parties about home console games on Switch anymore, which in turn would make life easier for third parties.

What you can expect in the near future is the full return of the "next gen" moniker to refer to the PS5 and XSX|S only, so excluding Switch despite all three platforms belonging to the same generation. Pachter's statements are an attempt at another form of big segregation between Nintendo and Sony/Microsoft consoles, because what the game industry wants is that all these consoles are not considered to play in the same ballpark.

Analysis always has political content. In the Patcher situation, all the analyses are a political assertion. The AAA major players want to ignore Switch success, on a production scale. But the sales say otherwise, in an investor meeting, normally have anyone asking where the games for the Switch. The narrative only portable is a defensive movement against Switch AAA production.