Switch 1 to Switch 2 transition

[Pemalite]

Wyrdness said:

Pemalite said:

Nintendo's issue in trying to develop for two different platforms was due to having completely different hardware for mobile and home console.

Nintendo can resolve that issue entirely by releasing a Switch/Switch 2 variant that removes all that mobile functionality and have it as a fixed home console that has the exact same internal Switch/Switch 2 hardware to run one set of games across multiple form factors. (Pure Handheld, Dockable Handheld {It's not a Hybrid} and fixed home console.)

It also resolves the longevity issue as Lithium batteries will eventually fail/bloat leading to improved game preservation... It would also resolve the other issue of price as you are significantly reducing the bill of materials.

Honestly though, I have no issue with the transition, I just hate the Game Key Card idea... Which I hate just as much as the code-in-a-box idea, if I want a digital library, I would buy a digital library, I don't want a digital copy inside a physical release.

What's the point when the platform already does that out the box with the dock, the lite model at least opens the market by allowing households to have multiple Switch and Switch 2 platforms a static model does nothing consumer wise and you won't be reducing the bill by an amount that would make people forgo the hybrid aspect.

I already touched upon this in my post... But I guess I need to make it bullet points instead.

The reasons to make a fixed home console using Switch hardware:

* Cheaper. (You are ditching mobile components.)
* Longevity. (No Lithium batteries to swell up and fail, matter of when, not if.)
* More devices in more places leading to potentially a larger player base.


And just like the Lite model "opens up the market" by allowing households to have Multiple Switch devices... A home fixed console literally does the same thing, it's more Switch devices in more places.

If -you- think that removing:
* Dock.
* Display with Touch.
* Lithium Battery.
* Battery Management System.
* Joycons.
* Speakers.
* Accelerometer
* Gyroscope.


And more isn't going to reduce the price by a decent margin, then you are living in a fantasy land, the Switch 2 is already Nintendo's most expensive console ever.

Nintendo already ditched the Hybrid approach (It's not a Hybrid, it's a mobile device that has a dock) with the Switch Lite, so it's not impossible for them to make other variants.

There is value in having multiple form factors run the same games, I am -not- a mobile gamer, I would throw my Switch OLED into the bin for a Switch TV instead.

Last edited by Pemalite - on 10 May 2025