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Norion on 12 June 2024
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Soundwave said:
Norion said:

There is definitely a shift going on though it's also towards PC and not just Nintendo. Mat Piscatella recently said that zoomers and gen alpha are leaning more PC and mobile compared to prior generations and the former makes sense due to the vast majority of big gaming streamers and youtubers using that platform combined with big hits like Lethal Company being only on there while the latter is from the rise of smartphones. If this shift keeps up traditional consoles could very well become an older people thing by the 2030's or so.

Patcher always downplays Nintendo, been doing it for decades now really, obviously it's probably fair to say the Switch is incredibly popular with kids too. 

What has changed is the the whole "kid grows up with a Nintendo platform and then by age 14/15 is pushed into Playstation" ... I don't think that is happening anymore to same degree as the 90s/2000s at all and Sony knows this. Nintendo and mobile are eating up kids and changing their gaming habits young and the problem for Sony is these kids are not growing up and abandoning those platforms/IP as they age up. 

Nintendo is getting kids when they are young and then locking them in as life long fans that will be a cash cow for them as they move into their teen and adult years.

There are *a lot* of kids I think where the dynamic is --

Mobile is their 50/50 or even lead platform, Switch is actually their "console choice". The Switch is actually filling the need of scratching the itch for these gamers who when they do want something deeper/more complex with a physical controller than mobile games. 

There is definitely with this generation (and I'm seeing this first hand) a lot of kids that are fine just playing on Mobile (low level, pick me up games) and Switch (ironically this is where they go for more complex games). It's a changing dynamic. 

Patcher? A big test for how many fans they've got locked in now will be how the Switch 2 does. If Nintendo does things right it should be at least a PS4 level success with strong potential to go higher though considering how their last two successor platforms went I can't be overly confident in that until they announce both the system and its first year lineup.