| Elputoxd said: What Nintendo should worry about is Switch 2. The last time they thought their new brands ("DS" and "Wii") and backwards compatibility alone would bring success they got a console that sold less than half what the console that came before it did (3DS' 75 million vs DS' 155 million) and a colossal flop (Wii U), so Switch 2 is not a guaranteed success and I fear they might become complacent. Not to mention the flop that was the PS Vita, succesor to a very succesful console and with backwards compatibility, low price and portability too. Still a huge flop. |
I mean there is a big part of Wii and DS's market was casual gamers that don't follow generations. Wii U and 3DS didn't felt like a good transition and different, more like a "bonus" console. We have no clue how the next Switch will play out, they will have to bring something really different to the table. They dabbled into VR with Labo, i could see them trying to bring it to the next Switch for example. If they wait long enough, they could maybe afford having a a somewhat good enough screen to use the tablet and put it directly in a VR headset... that's honestly the way i could see VR succeed the most. You don't have to buy something super expensive and the software is the same so you just need to adapt it a little. Problem with VR right now is it's too expansive and too weak, so you have to do seperate games with lower resolution for such a high price, and that PS/MS crowd is mainly a graphic audience.
So that's one way i could see them have an impact. There is many options that are lacking to the current Switch that could be an argument, but if they only add some stuff here and there and make it more powerful, then i obviously don't see it doing as close as good the Switch is doing. But i also think the Switch model is working so well that there would still be a pretty good demand for a Switch 2 simply just upgraded and having new features.
