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Soundwave on 05 August 2023
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The_Liquid_Laser said:
Soundwave said:

Dev kits for the Switch 2 are out in Europe too, which means a new system is coming, there's no real point in even having a big debate about that, they are moving on to a new system. 

Nintendo is not "killing" anything from their POV, they will want people who would have bought a Switch to just move over and buy a Switch 2 which if its backwards compatible (it will be) IS a Switch 1 also. For them there is no delineation that way, this stuff only matters to tiny number of people arguing about it on message boards (read: it doesn't really matter). 

Sony could sell more PS4s if they wanted to, they chose not to on purpose because they're effectively forcing people to buy a PS5 instead, which is a bigger win for them because that locks that consumer into their new software ecosystem for a further 5-7 years and means they can sell all their newer and future games to that person, not just a legacy library.

A) A new system is definitely coming.  That doesn't mean it is coming next year.

B) Nintendo is not Sony.  I see a lot of people on forums making the mistake of thinking that Nintendo is just going to follow what Sony has done.  Except Nintendo is known for doing their own thing and not following Sony.  This particularly makes sense now, because Nintendo is the market leader and not Sony.

Nintendo supported the 3DS for a couple of years after the Switch released.  Expect them to do the same thing with the Switch, since this is how Nintendo behaves when they only have 2 systems to support during a console transition period.

If dev kits are available, and especially available outside Japan, then a new system is coming next year. There's no way Nintendo is giving out dev kits especially to non-Japanese dev houses for a system that is 2+ years out. 

Nintendo may treat the Switch like the 3DS, but they may also treat it like the DS, they killed the DS off quickly because they wanted those people to buy a 3DS instead. 

Understand to Nintendo if someone buys a Switch 2 instead of a Switch that's a WIN in Nintendo's book. You need to stop characterizing that as some of loss of something somehow. A Switch 2 *is* a Switch 1, but also a Switch 2. It ensures that Nintendo has that customer locked into their software ecosystem and will be able to buy all their software releases for the coming 6-7 years and not just older titles, and it ensures the Switch 2 builds a userbase that much faster. Both of these are beneficial to Nintendo, they don't hurt Nintendo at all.