Would you rather have the Switch or a powerful conventional Nintendo Home Console that competes with PS & Xbox?

[EricHiggin]

HoloDust said:

EricHiggin said:

Can't really argue with that. I don't see Nin allowing third party games only on the high end console, and third parties, who aren't thrilled about XBSS, likely wouldn't bother to make games for Switch 2 then. Even if third parties were allowed to launch only on Switch 2 Home, most would probably pass because the userbase wouldn't be large enough, especially compared to the much larger Hybrid and Lite userbase.

That just strengthens my thoughts about Nin doing some type of console, which would hafta mean pretty much the same Hybrid internal hardware, either bone stock or stock but maxed out, at a price cheaper than the Hybrid. That or no home console at all.

Difference is, whoever intends to port to Switch 2 has, more or less, already made up their mind about it, seeing how successful Switch was. So Switch 2 Home, as a stronger out of two, would be from their point of view another tweak to base Switch 2 port that actually gives them more freedom, not the other way around as in case with XSX and XSS.

That said, I don't see Nintendo doing it out of the gate - maybe down the line, in few years after Switch 2 launch.

Would those devs know for certain that a home console was coming, or are they anticipating just another hybrid and handheld? They won't change their minds if they find out there's a home console in the mix now? If the console is spec'd the same or very similar to the hybrid, then they have little to worry about, but if its even somewhat competitive with PS5 and XBSX, then they've got a much bigger decision to make. If those devs aren't happy about having to deal with both the XBSX and XBSS hardware and performance gap, then a powerful Switch 2 home console would be just that much worse. Then there's the fact they would hafta still support PS5, PS5 Pro, XBSS, XBSX, plus SW2 Home, SW2 Hybrid, and SW2 Lite now.

It's not going to be so clear for third parties to just automatically support Switch 2 if a powerful home console was involved.