Otter said:
Then we go back to my prior point about Switch lite tackling a particular demographic & multi home ownership more effectively then a Switch TV. But as said, there's a market for it, I just don't think it is exciting enough for Nintendo to go that route and conflates their actual brand positioning they want for the Switch. |
Have you ever looked at the Steam GPU chart which shows what percentage of gamers are using which GPU's?
Cheaper GPUs absolutely dominate.
It shows that consumers are more motivated by price than performance/features.
A S2 Home could actually be in an odd position in that it'd lose the handheld functionality but potentially offer the highest performance.
At half the price of the main unit I'd wager it would be a major disruptor in the console space.
Considering executives kill each other trying to squeeze out an extra 0.5% growth each year it'd be worth it & then some to Nintendo (imo).
We've seen that the Switch 2 can stream to Switch 1, so you could even have a Switch Home offering that same functionality.
Buy the Switch 2 Home for half the price & your Switch 1 is also now a Switch 2 (on wifi) - boom!
So you don't even have to give up the handheld functionality. How is that not compelling?
The real money comes from software. Getting the max volume of hardware into people homes & hands is the name of the game.
EDIT - typos
Last edited by Biggerboat1 - on 11 April 2025
