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Farsala on 04 January 2022
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Wyrdness said:
Farsala said:

Basically that Nintendo with a big console has had dominant streaks in Japan before. Sony without a handheld console is definitely more and more irrelevant in Japan.

But other big takeaways to consider: Sony's new consoles will be harder to gauge due to digital, Support from PS3---->PS4------>PS5 will probably see relatively little change, Sony/Nintendo/MS will struggle to have big games during console transitional periods due to dropping dedicated Handhelds.

Nintendo no longer requires a dedicated handheld to continue moving in the portable market though.

You misunderstand what I am saying. When Switch 2 is announced, Nintendo will struggle to provide big games to the Japanese market during the wait for Switch 2 launch.

Before when the Wii U struggled and the Switch was announced, Nintendo released a bunch of games for the 3DS. When Wii died down, Nintendo had the DS. When the GBA died down, Nintendo had the Wii or Gamecube. Having 2 different console lines kept big games more consistent. Every year had something.

Now I think there will be big peaks followed by big droughts.