Will the Switch's successor outsell the original Switch?

[Norion]

zorg1000 said:

Norion said:

Really unlikely not only due to factors mentioned like the boost it got from the pandemic and how hard it is for a console to sell over 150 million but also due to it having more competition with the rise of handheld PC gaming. I can see at least a few million people who got a Switch not bothering with the successor and sticking to something like a Steam Deck instead and with how daunting a task outselling the Switch will be that by itself could make it not doable.

Nintendo has competed with “superior” handhelds since Gameboy and they never had any meaningful impact.

Atari Lynx (1989)

Game Gear (1990)

TurboExpress (1990)

Sega Nomad (1995)

Game.com (1997)

NeoGeo Pocket (1998)

WonderSwan (1999)

N-Gage (2003)

Tapwave Zodiac (2003)

PlayStation Portable (2004)

Gizmondo (2005)

PlayStation Vita (2011)

Nvidia Shield (2013)

GPD Win (2016)

Not only did none of them hurt Nintendo, with the exception of PSP, none of them were even successful and I don’t see Steam Deck, Rog Ally, Legion Go breaking that trend.

A tiny portion of Switch owners preferring to stick with a Steam Deck or other PC handhelds going forward instead of getting a Switch 2 is factually going to happen so I don't get the point of your reply. The Vita obviously caused the 3DS to sell less than it otherwise would've so PC handhelds increasing in popularity will cause some people to stick to that instead of Nintendo going forward since the Switch had no real competition in the handheld space for the vast majority of its life but now there's more options.

Last edited by Norion - on 26 November 2023