Switch 2 2024 first party lineup

[zorg1000]

Soundwave said:

zorg1000 said:

This is how I view it and why I think we will see a bunch of cross-gen titles over the first couple years. Nintendo can call it Super Switch and sort of be ambiguous about whether it’s a successor or an upgrade.

If it’s a big success than of course it is and always was meant to be the successor and development eventually shifts exclusively to it.

If for some reason it doesn’t take off as they had hoped than they pivot to treating it like a premium revision (Gameboy Color/New 3DS) and get to work on a different successor.

I don't think there is really going to be a "plan B" part though ... "Super Switch" is the Switch successor and that's all there is to it. You either buy it or you don't get to play Nintendo's future titles, simple as that. 

They'll just initially also take advantage of a cross-gen phase, the bottom line is really for Nintendo it's more beneficial for them to get someone to say "well I was thinking of buying a Switch OLED, but I might as well just pay $50 more for a Super Switch instead". 

That consumer now will be in the market for their software for the next 6+ years not just their existing software library. 

So really, the Switch brand being hot is not really the deterrent to release new hardware that I think some people think it is. If you were willing to pay $350 for a Switch OLED, it may if anything embolden Nintendo to bring out a $399.99 Super Switch sooner than later because why not get those people buying a Switch OLED to buy a Super Switch at $399.99 instead? It would be a clear win for Nintendo as they get you locked in to their software ecosystem not only as it exists now but for the next 6-7+ years. It's a win for the consumer too, if you were about to drop 350 on a Switch OLED, but instead you were given the option of Super Switch for $399 ... I mean you're way better off getting the Super Switch. 

Sony basically came to this conclusion too ... they could have sold PS4 for another 3-4 years easy, but they don't really benefit from that, they want people to buy a PS5 instead. Once you get to a certain point, aged hardware just doesn't have as much benefit to you and you're better off as a hardware maker getting your next-gen userbase up and growing faster. Especially in this day and age, with digital libraries and storefronts, it's not like you are "killing" the old system anyway, the new system is both the old system and new system combined, that delineation is outdated. 

I meant in the sense that if Super Switch for some reason bombs then they just pretend it’s a stopgap revision and start coming up with a new idea, not that they will already have a backup plan in the works. I highly doubt the successor will bomb though so I guess the point is moot.