If Nintendo waits a long time for a Switch successor, what do you think will happen?

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Wman1996 said:

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I'm not sure a crossgen period as extensive as PS4/Xbone got would be wise for the Switch/Switch 2; Nintendo's audience are notoriously less easy to convince to upgrade compared to the PS/Xbox audience, if all your big first party games keep coming to the old machine for the first year or two, you risk Switch 2 failing to get off the ground.

A better idea would probably be to treat it the way they did 3DS/Switch back in 2017-2019; lower priority stuff like the already announced Peach game and Luigi's Mansion 2 remastered keep coming to Switch for a while, but the big blockbusters are exclusive to the new machine.

IMO, Nintendo really should make at least 3 titles cross-gen, possibly more.

Switch has a massive userbase, and not throwing them a few bones from the successor for the first few years is a risky move.

Mario Kart has become such a massive IP. Yes, Nintendo could make Mario Kart 9 exclusive on Switch 2. But even if it moves less Switch 2 units, Mario Kart 9 would probably sell more overall if it's cross-gen. Most mid to low-budget titles early on during the lifecycle of the next system should be cross-gen, or like you said to put them on Switch. 

3D Mario, I'm mixed on. I'm not opposed to it being cross-gen, but it would probably make more sense to be Switch 2-only. 

Super Smash Bros. should not be cross-gen, neither should Zelda.

Pokemon Gen 10 would probably be a decent cross-gen choice. The game could take more advantage of Switch specs than previous games have, and the Switch 2 version will have far better specs to work with. 

I'm not saying don't throw the Switch 1 base any bones, I'm saying throw them the mid to low tier stuff while keeping the big killer apps only on Switch 2 to drive adoption. 

Nintendo only have only one hardware line now, so they absolutely cannot afford to risk Switch 2 failing to get off the ground. There's no 3DS to bail them out this time.