Reddit Leaker Claims To Have Seen/Held Switch 2 (Retail Version)

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JackHandy said:

So many people will claim it's less risky launching with almost the same exact design/name... but I claim otherwise. I don't think you could get much riskier. The three times Nintendo dominated the industry (NES, Wii and Switch) were when they shook things up. The four times they did all right, failed, or outright bombed, they played it safe (SNES, N64, Gamecube and Wii-U). So if the Switch 2 does indeed launch as this leak is stating it will, and it dominates, it'll be a first for the Big-N. Curious to see how all this unfolds.

Granted, the SNES sold 80% the hardware the NES did, and in about half the time. Unlike the NES (which received marketing, new releases? bundles, and price drops), the SNES was killed off by Nintendo when the N64 launched. I think the SNES’s lower sales than the NES is more about Nintendo switching up to hard generation lines - basically slashing and burning the old ecosystem to make way for the new to replace it. And it’s not the only time Nintendo could have extended the lifespan of their consoles parallel the next generation - GBA and 3DS both could have sold significantly fewer units had Nintendo treated them like the SNES.