Which will be discontinued first, Xbox Series or Switch?

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HoloDust said:

Vorodroid said:

If Nintendo add backward compatibility feature then it will be a good point for nextgen. It will boost nextgen and slightly put pastgen in the shadow. Although I'm not sure that 100% of Switch's games are gonna be full BC (4000 games according to Wikipedia), I still believe that 70%+ are playable on nextgen

I'm fairly certain there will be full backwards compatibility - however, that's not what I was thinking about.

It would be logical for Nintendo to release all their games made for Switch 2 on Switch 1 as well in the first few years of Switch 2's lifecycle, given the huge Switch install base. Sony did this with PS5/PS4. Then, if Switch, after Switch 2 is launched, has serious price cut (to let's say $200 top), I can see it selling and living for few more years.
And then there's scenario where Nintendo stops supporting Switch 1 with games and lets it die prematurely, so they can push consumers into Switch 2 - but I really doubt they will do that.

I dunno if they can pull of not being backwards compatible again without a load of critique. On the other hand ported Wii U games die make Nintendo a huge amount of money. The best selling Switch game released on Wii U first.

The main concern for Switch 1 is if it can run Switch 2 games properly its already struggling with Nintendo's own output of ambitious games. So they might push Switch 2 a bit harder than we think.