NintendoPie said:
it's not a matter of them having a monopoly or not, it's a matter of business decisions based on revenue. the switch will continue to fall in sales, barring they cut the price or release another revision. though, even with a revision, this late in it's life, nothing will boost it for long enough to keep it afloat. nintendo as a company is now relying on one revenue stream and can't stagger home and portable console releases to make up for decreases in their FY results bc of one console creeping up in age. if anything, they may attempt to keep switch as a "third pillar" like they did with the GBA. |
You misunderstand Nintendo's situation not having two platforms increased their income as they only need to focus on one product that caters to two parallel markets this is another reason why they can wait they also make revenue off online subscriptions something they didn't have before and makes their income less reliant on sales at this point the won't be any third pillar. A monopoly matters because that provides a good market share before any product has launched it effectively turns the market into leverage in business decisions as even if the next platform isn't as successful as Switch the chances of it selling below 70m are slim because the portable market has no other viable place to go, you're right when looking at the short term but the monopoly itself offers options that give them more freedom to not be as pressed by short term matters in order to boost the long term.
