HyrulianScrolls said: There is a big part of me that would much rather see Switch 2 just be a minor success rather than a huge one again for Nintendo. I really hate the idea of them riding out another near decade life cycle with S2, which will be starting out well behind the other current gen consoles in hardware just like S1. Then it’s like a miserable situation again with the performance stuff during the last half of its life. And if it’s crazy successful, then we’re probably stuck with Switch 3 and we might actually lose innovative zany Nintendo. |
I guess the main reason why Nintendo is keeping the hybrid nature as a core pillar of their consoles now is cause it simplifies everything they do as a company and provides the biggest audience to make more money.
Personally I don’t really know what Nintendo would innovate next as I feel like they found a system that works. On the go, at home, (and rumors have Switch 2 be PC software compatible).
I do agree that there were some disappointing performance issues with Switch, but it seems like Switch 2 is made to actually last 8+ years of production.
Lifetime Sales Predictions
Switch: 160 million (was 120 million, then 140 million, then 150 million)
PS5: 130 million (was 124 million)
Xbox Series X/S: 54 million (was 60 million, then 57 million)
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