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curl-6 on 12 June 2026
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HoloDust said:
curl-6 said:

PS's situation is different; their core audience show up every time pretty much no matter what, Nintendo's are historically much less reliable and need more convincing. Nintendo can't afford to hold back Switch 2 the way Sony held back the PS5, they'd risk Switch 2 failing to grow a healthy install base.

I actually don't think it benefits the consumer overall to keep Switch 1 alive for too long, as that could hurt Switch 2 owners. As a customer, it's not in my interest for Switch 1 to keep getting games if it means my new console is put at risk.

For the moment, the expansion to India is still unconfirmed, but if its true, they'll be just fine with what the Switch 1 already has.

Well, I guess we'll have to agree to disagree - as SW2 owner, I don't see SW2 being in danger if they've put more games on SW1, and as WiiU owner I certainly feel for people who get shafted with lack of support once new gen comes (which was one of the major reasons why I got SW1 quite late AND second hand).

Yeah that's fair enough; I'm a Wii U owner as well, and Wii before that, so I definitely know the feeling of how much it sucks to be prematurely abandoned. 2012 and 2016 were awful.

I feel like over 9 years of software support for Switch 1 is very reasonable though, and with the price hike coming up, Nintendo probably figure Switch 2 needs every bit of help it can get.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 12 June 2026