Switch 2 Sales Predictions: Next PS2 or Wii U Disaster?

[Norion]

curl-6 said:

Norion said:

They could potentially become less niche in the coming years. Perhaps a Steam Deck 2 two or three years from now is pushed more by Valve with more advertising and it showing up in shops for example. Though the impact on the Switch 2 would still unlikely to be major due to Nintendo's IPs.

Even with more of a push, a handheld gaming PC is still just a relatively niche offering compared to a hybrid console from Nintendo. Hardly anyone is going to be dissuaded from a Switch 2 purchase by the existence of Steam Deck 2.

Still relatively niche is right though I do think depending on how popular they become in the coming years that something like 5-10 million Switch owners could decide to not bother getting a Switch 2 due to them. The Switch 2 isn't gonna be outright threatened by them though of course, Mario, Pokemon, Zelda and so on are just too way strong for that. It's just interesting to think about what the potential impact could be now that Nintendo no longer has a complete monopoly in the handheld gaming space.

Hardstuck-Platinum said:

Norion said:

Yeah and the Switch was totally doomed to fail due to being as expensive as a PS4 or Xbox One. Do you have any arguments other than the price being higher and the lack of innovation? Cause the success of the PS5 despite being more expensive than the PS4 and not being that different from the PS4 other than being more powerful shows how absurd your reasoning is. Consoles very clearly don't need to innovate much to follow up a big success with another big success.

When you have a powerful console, you don't need innovation or a low price. When you don't though, you have to make up for the deficit with innovations or a low price. I can't see why anyone would disagree with that.

The Switch 2 is gonna be a decently powerful handheld console but putting that aside what evidence is there that power matters so much for this?