NSW2 Lifetime Sales

[HoloDust]

curl-6 said:

HoloDust said:

Sure, they are different...and there will always be fair amount of separation. Yet, I think that the overlap will become bigger as time goes on. Whether it's through MS pushing for Windows on ARM, VALVE being more aggressive with SteamOS, or via streaming (have you tried GeForce NOW lately? - it's actually mind blowing that you can play even with mouse+kb comfortably, let alone with gamepad). Especially this last one  - there is point in future where for a lot (if not most) people it is just more convenient to have their libraries be accessible from any device, even if at home they have their main device they prefer to play on.

This is not just Switch related, and might not even influence NS2 for better part of its lifecycle, but it's coming, for all, whether we like it or not.

I've been hearing this stuff for over a decade now since smartphones took off, yet attempts to try to bring core gaming to phones have consistently failed miserably. They're just two entirely different things, people don't go to their phones for the kind of experience you get on a console.

I'm thinking you're thinking a bit in extremes here - it's not black and white, this will just eat into dedicated market, not erase it.

After all, this is exactly what MS is betting on for future, access from everywhere. Valve is getting more aggressive. And streaming services are now leaps above of what they used to be (I know, I was fiddling with them back in days of Gaikai and OnLive) - I've just tried FFXVI on my phone via GeForce Now Free...2080 level GPU (so ~ current consoles level), 60fps, no noticeable lag (via WiFI), great picture quality), you just need a la Xperia Phone/PSP Go slide out add-on for phone, or something even better (slide out on both sides), for convenience of physical controls on the go, without having to lug around something bulkier, and you're good to go. Would I play games that way? No - but I don't even play Switch(s) as handhelds, for me handheld experience is something completely different than what these portables offer. But I think many would.

As I said, that blue ocean will get more red...just don't expect it to happen over night.