UPDATE: Will the Switch 2 Have Legs?

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Xxain said:

curl-6 said:

Switch didn't sell 150+ million because it had a "novel gimmick", it sold that much because the hybrid form factor made gaming accessible, convenient and appealing to a huge audience, and Switch 2 has that same form factor.

The successors to the consoles you list didn't fall short because their success couldn't possibly be followed up on, but due to their own specific failings and circumstances, from PS3 being overpriced and falling behind in games early in the 7th gen, to 3DS having to compete with the rise of phone/tablet gaming, to Wii U making basically every mistake imaginable.

As of yet, there's no reason for Switch 2 to sell far less than Switch 1. They haven't made any massive mistakes, nor has the market changed substantially.

Perfect. Gimmick. In this case I am using gimmick in a much more broad term. Gimmick would be ANY selling factor beyond being a games console. PS2 with DVD Player? A gimmick, but a gimmick helped it to reached an audience that it otherwise would have not if not for said gimmick. 

Very very late response.

There was nothing one-off about the hybrid form factor though; the Switch 2 will have that exact same convenience and flexibility. If it only sold because it was novel, then sales would have crashed after a few years once it was no longer new and fresh, yet the Switch's legs have been exceptional.

Currently there's no evidence at all for a DS to 3DS drop.