The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch (EDIT: See mod note in first post for new rule).

[PAOerfulone]

Soundwave said:

Fight-the-Streets said:

A console (or handheld) can't go on "forever". At one point old components become more expensive again. At that point you have no choice than to retire the system.

I'm pretty sure actually a console can go on forever. Nintendo could manufacture the NES or SNES or N64 today and it's not like it would kill them to do so, and you know what? There definitely would be a market for that. The real reason is they want to force/push people into buying the newer hardware. 

Sure, but then they’d also have to put the games and cartridges for those systems back in production.

Which would be cool, don’t get me wrong. It would also serve as a huge middle finger to scalpers and pirates. 

But they’re not going to do that if it takes away from Switch 2 or even Switch 1. And ESPECIALLY NSO, That service, more than anything, would take the most damage from all their old games and consoles being put back in production, even if it’s on a small scale.

Last edited by PAOerfulone - on 25 March 2026