Nintendo couldn't find their place in the market. Now they have. Hybrid concept will continue to be a roaring success. Look how much ppl talk about Switch 2. It's everyone's obsession, and not just here, the entire media. What does that tell you? It tells you there's MASSIVE demand. People are chomping at the bit for the next Switch. How on earth could something "not be successful" when so many people desperately want it?
Furthermore, their portable devices are ALWAYS a massive success
You seriously need to start thinking through your opinions more before voicing them.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
@Giancarlothomaz
You need to look at the circumstances of each console transition rather than just the binary "success or not" and the alternation between the two. The Wii U was failure for multiple reasons but ultimately what killed it was that the novelty of motion controls had worn off and offering HD, while novel for the Nintendo franchises, was no longer new. Also their only draw (HD Nintendo franchises) was late to arrive
The Gamecube failed because it was late to the party and its competitors gave people a DVD player during a period when everyone was jumping on DVD. The N64 was pretty middle of the road (which breaks your pattern BTW) because of the significantly higher price for games. Also because their competition offered something genuinely novel with CDs. And again, the N64 was late to the party
Then on the portable side, Nintendo has always offered cheap portable consoles and has always done well there. The closest they came to a failure here, if you ignore the VB, was the 3DS in that first 6 months. But a price cut and the release of OoT 3D rapidly turned that ship around
As it stands there is no other company on the market with a relatively cheap and mature portable gaming platform. And there appears to be no particular appetite to do this from anyone. You'd have to be pretty bold to predict Nintendo to loose this given they've held this space for three decades. Then on the other end of the Switch, high end portable gaming, their biggest competitor is Valve. And Valve is mostly about expanding the reach of PC gaming. They're about flexibility and openness rather than ease of use and games optimised for specific hardware. Nintendo still has a niche there also, people will take convenience over power
Their biggest risk here? If either Sony or Microsoft make a play they might take a hit on the top end. But neither of them seem interested in making that play outside of Android based streaming portables. If someone like Amazon make a play it could make things interesting also. But Nintendo is an established name with strong IP so while possible Nintendo would have a huge head start. Someone else coming in is more of a longer term risk
With the state of things currently I wouldn't be betting against Nintendo here
The 3DS had the worst launch Nintendo's maybe ever had, and they recovered quickly despite being in peak mobile game competition era by putting out some of the least inspired Mario games they've ever made, so no I don't think Switch 2 will do anything worse than pretty great.
I'm guessing about half this thread's 3377 pages are taken up with people trying to reason with Giancarlothomaz. I reckon if everyone had them on ignore (like I have for the past couple of years), the server space saved could power a second internet.
I know it's not cool singling people out, I don't like to do it, and I've stopped myself numerous times from doing so, but jeez-louise, take a step back and give some thought to how much time you've put into considering their posts and trying to talk sense with them.
You guys had me at blood and semen.
What better way to celebrate than firing something out of the pipe?
@gcunit
TBH I wouldn't have said as much as I did if I hadn't seen the same bit repeated three places by different people. Also I was killing time waiting for my shiny new TV to be delivered
Speaking of, OLED and surround sound. I think I'll be OK without a hardware revision for a bit. This is enough of an upgrade for now.....
Some playlists: Top All Time Songs, Top Last Year
An opinion is only respectable if it can be defended. Respect people, not opinions
Just got my hands on Jitsu Squad. What a flashy, vibrant, colorful beat'em up. Great first impression. Although, I began with the staff wielding green frog dude. And with every attack he makes the stereotypical kung fu "wat-ah" sound...and I can't help but feel this is mildly racist somehow, lol.
Switch Physical Collection - 1,536 games (as of December 14th, 2025)
Switch 2 Physical Collection - 4 games (as of December 8th, 2025)
The security breach mainly concerns Splatoon 1-3, Super Mario Maker 2, Mario Kart 7, 8, and 8 Deluxe, Animal Crossing: NH, ARMS, and Nintendo Switch Sports.
If you've played any of those games recently it wouldn't be a terrible idea to change your account password. Especially if you have a credit card or Paypal linked to your Nintendo account.
Switch Physical Collection - 1,536 games (as of December 14th, 2025)
Switch 2 Physical Collection - 4 games (as of December 8th, 2025)
Random observation, since when did the official Switch dock disappear from retailers? Is this a new thing? Was thinking of getting a second dock and noticed that the only place you can buy an official one new is via the Nintendo online store. And even then, only the white one. I guess post Switch OLED the sort of people who would want a second Switch Dock already had one because they had two Switches
Some playlists: Top All Time Songs, Top Last Year
An opinion is only respectable if it can be defended. Respect people, not opinions
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
@JaxonH Between Crisis Core and Dragon Quest Treasures, Tose has been doing really good work as of late. Back in the NES days they were the LJN of Japan. Primarily a support dev known for mediocre efforts. My perspective of them as a whole has changed.
@Magician
Oh my goodness, how am I just now hearing of them? They helped develop Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions, Splatoon 2, WarioWare, Crisis Core on Switch, Dragon Quest Treasures, Fire Emblem Fates, even Breath of the Wild Switch version...
These guys must be master developers. Everything they touch is gold from a quality standpoint.
No wonder Crisis Core looks and runs like a 1st party game on Switch.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
Alright, guess we can rule out Switch 2 in 2023, since a TotK OLED has been leaked.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
@SlashFuture The back makes me think it's fake, no back design for the system or dock and the back design for the Joy-Con seems small. The front looks very much real however.
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