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

[Hardstuck-Platinum]

Mr.GameCrazy said:

Hardstuck-Platinum said:

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.

Well my point was that, if the consumers don't adopt the Switch 2 the way that Nintendo needs them to, they might not switch their internal developers to developing to solely the switch 2. It was just a hypothetical scenario that is possible due to the Yen being weak, and therefore maybe needing to price it higher + people not seeing enough difference between the two products other than the "2" on the back. In that scenario Nintendo and third party developers still focus on the Switch as primary platform and treat the Switch 2 more a pro model. The same game but with just better resolution and visuals. It's not impossible due to the Switches success, it might overshadow it's own successor.