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Mr.GameCrazy 5 days ago
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Hardstuck-Platinum said:
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.

Considering what happened to the Wii-U and XBSS (i still see people confusing the XBSS with XboneS all the time on facebook marketplace), it's very risky. Those platforms looked very similar and had a similar name to their predecessors and failed massively in comparison. If the Yen keeps struggling vs other currencies and Nintendo are forced to keep to price high, we might have a situation where it's treated as a pro model and not adopted by the masses in the same way the Switch was. If adoption rates of switch 2 are poor it will force Nintendo to keep the switch alive longer and sell them together. One as an entry model and one as a pro model.

Maybe it won't sell as well as the original Switch, but I think Nintendo will be fine. With both their handheld and home console teams combined, there shouldn't be much issues getting games out. Besides, calling their next system the Switch 2 should make it clear it's a brand new console, not a pro model.