Nintendo is handling this transition very well.
1. They didn't kill off Switch 1 early and allowed it to run its course. Switch 2 is launching in the appropriate fiscal year while Switch 1 will still see new first party releases in 2026.
2. Switch 2 is getting first party exclusives right away. There's no cross-gen strategy like we've seen it from Sony and Microsoft where they announced next gen games and then quietly admitted that the same games are coming to their old consoles too. All we see from Nintendo is that games that have been first announced for Switch 1 will be playable on Switch 2 due to backwards compatibility; in some cases with upgrades, but upgrades are also provided for much older Switch 1 games.
3. Nintendo accounts carry over. The last couple of times a transition was nowhere near as smooth as it will be this time around.
Legend11 correctly predicted that GTA IV will outsell Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I was wrong.
