Will Switch outsell DS? PS2? Or neither?

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SKMBlake said:

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 say this becuse I see tons of people thinking that Switch 2 is a guaranteed success and that Nintendo shouldn't worry too much about anything. I trust them to be smart and pay attention to the market.

That's one of the most relevant point of the topic.

I honestly don't understand why the 3DS flopped, it got console level games

Three majors factors and one minor.

1)3d free glass technology. Nintendo has polícy games for everyone, what happens when launched a platform with 3d free glass exclude children and people don't like 3d free glass? And all the games have brought this feature, the arcade roots( Nintendo roots) go against the 3ds directions, Nintendo loses more potential market.

2) The Price, portables so far is more affordable than a stationary videogame. GB, GBA, DS all have a low price point.

3) The casualization of touch generation. The DS core, touch generation, go to shovelware and bad games, try to copy Nintendo games. But Nintendo really invests the A team with good money on the projects, most thirds don't go this way. The new market, touch generation, go away with crappy games and abandoned this try indeed with Nintendo.  And the occidental support migrates to Smartphones mythos heaven.

4) Smartphone multimedia better device than a portable videogame. This one hits more sony than Nintendo. But hits Nintendo in some way too.