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curl-6 on 23 June 2023
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zeldaring said:
curl-6 said:

The transition from 3DS to Switch is a good blueprint for how to proceed.
Switch was a huge hit right of the gate, but without the 3DS being killed off prematurely, it was similar to how they handled the transion from NES to SNES back in the day.

3ds was already dead when switch came out. it was hardly selling anywhere except japan.

It wasn't dead, global sales were still at meaningful levels.

And that doesn't matter anyway, the strategy of continuing support for the older system with small to medium games while reserving killer apps ifor the new system is still a good fit for getting a Switch successor off the ground while still making money from the Switch 1's large base.

A prolonged crossgen period like we've seen with PS4/5 just wouldn't be in Nintendo's interests, the risk of Switch 2 failing to get off the ground would be needlessly high. Sony can count on most of their base being eager to upgrade, Nintendo cannot.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 23 June 2023