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Soundwave on 08 February 2023
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SKMBlake said:
Soundwave said:

It's not bad, but if you wanted a second half cycle sales booster, probably not the ideal hardware if that is your only focus. OLED screen is great, that screen makes every other Nintendo handheld screen look like total dog shit, but it's kind of limited in how much appeal it can have because it's just (well) a screen. 

It's not just the screen, it's a bigger screen, double internal storage, ethernet port, way better stand, better battery life and better speakers, and with a redesigned better dock.

And we saw in the past that revisions with more power don't necessarily appeal to a wider audience, the DSi didn't had a big impact (it's similar to the boost from the OLED model actually - 17 million after 15 months for the DSi vs 13.6 million for the OLED which had shortages), it sold 41 million after 5 years combined with the DSi XL. And I won't even mention the New 3DS.

Yes, the Switch OLED has other features but I don't think internal storage and ethernet port really push people from "not buying" into the "totally buying this" camp in a big way. I think actually the OLED in general is a decision people make after they've decided they want a Switch. They get to the in store display or get explained the difference and in some cases "hey might as well spend the extra $50 for the better screen", side by side the OLED screen definitely is going to look better than the OG Switch screen when you see it in a store. 

It's hard to know what ultimate impact the DSi XL and New 3DS models had, there could have been higher hardware decline without them. 

But ultimately yeah they're probably not in and of themselves massive hardware drivers, Nintendo didn't really even market or use the improved hardware for much in either case. Without the DSi and New 3DS though it's possible the decline in the 2nd half product cycle you'd see for both would be more pronounced.