Pemalite said:
curl-6 said:
Switch Lite vs Switch 2 also needs to be put in context; the Lite is a machine near the end of it's life while Switch 2 just came out and is backwards compatible, so while much of the library may be shared now just as PS5's was with PS4 when it was new, (albeit with massively improved performance on the successor) it won't remain that way; Switch Lite will not get the next mainline Mario, mainline Zelda, the next Animal Crossing, Splatoon, probably not the next generation of Pokémon, etc, so Switch 2 offers a lot more value going forwards as a system that's likely going to be supported for the next 7-8 years or so. |
Switch Lite will be around for years... The DRAM and NAND crunch will decimate component prices once contracts need to be renegotiated, the lite will be Nintendo's backup plan to keep shifting hardware.
That and the era of abandoning a console platform as soon as it's successor releases is no longer a thing... Especially when that platform is at 155~ million hardware units, that's a very big mass-appeal.
The Lite is with us for years to come. |
We don't know that for sure at this point; it is certainly possible that Nintendo may try to keep Switch 1 in production longer, or they may simply cut it off.
Either way, it will not be getting Nintendo's flagship games going forwards like the next 3D Mario, 3D Zelda, etc, so while it offers an excellent legacy library, if you're interested in playing new games over the coming years, then Switch 2 offers vastly superior value with which Lite just can't compete.
