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| curl-6 said: Nintendo's audience are notoriously less easy to convince to upgrade compared to the PS/Xbox audience |
It's because Nintendo is notoriously know for making gimmick hardware that sometimes do not allow you to play your old library in good shape and/or whack software cycles that can either go well or be a Wii U...
When Sony announced PS5 they revealed many big IPs coming for the next 3 years. Sony always had great games in every console, so nobody even bothered if they launch without big games because the big games were coming anyway
Nobody gives a damn if the games are cross gen, because you know your PS5 will be a worth it purchase and will have a long tail of life period
But this is a relationship based on trust that took Sony 20 years to achieve, the only non smooth Sony transition was PS2-PS3, mainly to be blamed on high prices and a competitor who offered the same games with a better experience (Xbox). However even the failure of PS2-PS3 transition is overstated by people on forum boards, for customers it was a DS-3DS situation at best and common customers had no ill memories about PS3
Personally speaking, with Sony I know that I can "trust" because their third parties and first parties will be there for easy 7 years. With Nintendo I didn't know what exactly was going to happen, if it bombs they can cut the console support quickly. We also have no idea if third parties will adopt the console either
This time with Switch 2 Nintendo has a chance to prove they can have a successful transition and make another console that is not gimmicky, that will last for 7 years and will get relevant third party support.
If they succeed, then when Switch 3 comes out they will be in the same position as Sony was with PS5
