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IcaroRibeiro on 02 August 2023
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JWeinCom said:
IcaroRibeiro said:

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.

The Switch is not a gimmick, it's a new form of shipping hardware. It's something closer to Game Boy than closer to motion controls of the Wii. 

Imo, their innovation was only required when their hardware was unappealing compared to Sony. That's not the case here, no one else is releasing hybrids (not even releasing handhelds actually). Nintendo has the monopoly of the handheld market and the monopoly of Japan market. This alone can confirm 60 million plus sales regardless of what Nintendo does

Sometimes a good product just need to get upgraded to keep selling. Switch is a good product. Nintendo found their Playstation. They just need to release new powerful versions every 6-7 years and high sales will be guaranteed. 

Switch 2 selling 100 million is less likely to happen if they include some weird gimmick to piss off an otherwise very satisfied userbase. There is no need for it. Good software pipeline and incremental upgrades should be the norm for Nintendo now for as long console game still existing 

PS: Sony having an audience who cares for graphics is overstated. The average Sony player buy Playstation because they simply have the best software library every generation. If you take the top 20/30 of the highest scored games every generation you will be lucky to find 4 or 5 missing the Playstation. The average console gamer don't need to think twice before buying a Playstation. 

Last edited by IcaroRibeiro - on 02 August 2023