| Soundwave said: Explain how a person buying a Switch 2 instead of a Switch OLED next year (if available) is a problem for Nintendo. Like what exactly is the problem there that Nintendo would want to avoid? Not only is it not a problem, it's entirely desirable for Nintendo to want this scenario. The Game Boy product cycle also was never supposed to be that long, I wish people would stop citing that when they clearly don't understand the history of it. Nintendo was done with the Game Boy by 1995 and trying to kill it off for a successor because its sales had fallen off, the only reason that didn't happen is because the company developing the successor (Project: Atlantis) ran into problems with the hardware they were designing and weren't able to meet the battery/size requirements they had promised to Nintendo. The GBA they up-ended after 3 years on the market. The DS got 7 years before a successor, the 3DS got 6 years. But none of that really even matters, Nintendo operates clearly in a different way, there's never been a Nintendo system where the lead SKU this late in the product cycle is $350. That means they likely have a very good opportunity to simply transition those buyers straight into Switch 2 for $399.99 (as an example) if they want to strike while the iron is hot. The Game Boy and DS/3DS were frankly budget products by the end of their product cycle, the Switch is not. The Switch is due for a new product model eventually anyway in 2024, I think the next Switch model will basically just cover both bases. Want a "Switch Pro" ... well Super Switch/Switch 2 (whatever they call it) will be that. Want a Switch successor? Super Switch/Switch 2 will also be that. Nintendo wins either way. |
Stop with the fallacy as it was never said to be a problem at any point it's being highlighted that it's breathing space they can take full advantage of, guess what they learned with the GB? That a monopoly gives you breathing like here which you can make use of and to further highlight this a successor wouldn't have arrived until 96/97 which is 7 to 8 years after the GB release so even then it still fits this scenario fine as Switch is 7 to 8 years in now in the end the GBC model came out in 98 which is 9 years after the GB released so what ever their plans were is irrelevant as the actual situation and what they learned to do with it in future. Your notion that it's being suggested as a problem is incorrect it's being highlighted that they're in a position to utilize the safety net they have.
You know why the GBA the one platform with the highest momentum only got 3 years and this highlights my entire point here? The PSP was coming as in actual hard competition was on the way which forced Nintendo's hand such competition doesn't exist right now in that market this is why the mythical pro model that was meant to release two years ago according to some from back then still doesn't exist and why a successor still isn't out despite the predictions of one arriving by now because the is no massive pressure, 3DS is the odd case out because it was replaced by default of it's home console counterpart failing the platform itself had a run of 9 years with games released even 8 years in.
