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JWeinCom on 02 August 2023
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IcaroRibeiro said:
JWeinCom said:

Sure it's a risk, but I think you have to have something new to entice people, and I don't think better graphics will be enough when visuals were not a major selling point to begin with for the Switch. Plenty of people will have had enough fun with the Switch to upgrade, especially if the games are good, but I think something new would be needed to maintain or eclipse the current level of success.

Sony has being able to keep similar levels of sucess of 3 decades now just releasing the same console with better hardware 

People don't keep playing in the same hardware for years after it stop getting software support. At least not customers who play more than two or three games per console. Even those who only buy Nintendo for Pokémon and Animal Crossing will keep buying as long their next installments keep getting released on Switch 2

Sure they might not sell as much as 150 million again, but is this necessary? I'm sure they can move easily 100 million units again just with a new more powerful Switch without taking any major risks. 

Having a weird gimmick in other hand can be detrimental if the gimmick in question is not good. Wii U and 3DS come to mind. 

This is a no-brainer. Release a more powerful console, call it Switch 2, make it backward compatible, unify your digital store and show trailers of new 3D Mario, Mario Kart, Pokémon, Metroid, Animal Crossing and Smash as games coming for the next 3 years and booom, another 100 million plus seller confirmed 

Having a weird gimmick can also be a benefit if the gimmick is good. Wii, DS, and Switch come to mind. The only Nintendo console that succeeded while being simply a more powerful version of its predecessor was arguably the GBA. Of course, Nintendo hasn't really tried that strategy in a while, so maybe it would work this time.

Sony's strategy is different. They have an audience that cares more about visuals. Nintendo's visuals have been a generation or more behind for nearly two decades at this point. So, I don't see that as a compelling selling point. There are some Switch owners who are going to buy the next system regardless, but there are some who got caught up in the hype, and Nintendo has to keep them excited.

I don't think a more powerful Swtich would guarantee 100 million. There are few guarantees in life. Even if it could, that is not a good strategy imo. I think you always need to be trying to grow and innovate. That sometimes leads to failures, and you can point to the Wii U and the 3DS, but if Nintendo had simply kept making more powerful hardware, I don't think there's any way they'd still be around as a hardware manufacturer. There is the cliche if you're not growing you're dying, and I think there's some truth to that.