Do you think the Switch 2 will reach the success of the Switch?

Is the Switch 2 going to sell as much as the Switch?

  • Yes

  • No

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ManaByte said:
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I voted for yes. It's gonna be the next Snes. Great 3rd party support with decent Nintendo exclusives, with improved online support... It's gonna be huge.
 
Guessing DS to 3DS type of success. Not as novel but still amazing. Probably less of a launch blunder though, no damage control price cuts and what not to help it through. So, technically that's a no, but it doesn't matter, probably about as good as one can possibly expect from an iterative console.

Will still likely eclipse the competition, just not sell to every single Switch owner, a small portion of which is probably not into gaming. Assuming they don't fuck something up of course, since we're still going by essentially rumours that it's basically a Switch 2 and not something crazy novel & new...
 
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DonkeyPunchJr said:
Many gamers have a massive existing Steam library. Plus Steam gamers are usually cheaper and they have some insane sales, as well as the Steam store experience being roughly 1,000,000x more pleasant than the Nintendo eshop ghetto. Plenty of reasons why someone might choose a handheld PC over a Switch 2

For me personally I will probably get a Switch 2 on day 1, but will use it almost exclusively for Nintendo first party games.
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Switch 2 first 6 months of sales > The whole PC handheld market combined LTD
 
LordOcidax said:
Switch 2 first 6 months of sales > The whole PC handheld market combined LTD
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It might, but even if you assume handheld PCs will only make up say 5-10% of the market, that's still competition they didn't have for most of Switch 1's lifespan.

The question is whether Switch 2 will be as successful as the original, and this is ONE of the factors making that more difficult
 
DonkeyPunchJr said:
It might, but even if you assume handheld PCs will only make up say 5-10% of the market, that's still competition they didn't have for most of Switch 1's lifespan.

The question is whether Switch 2 will be as successful as the original, and this is ONE of the factors making that more difficult
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Switch 1 is about to become the best selling console ever, that's really hard to achieve and surpass is even harder, i don't think that the Switch 2 is going to reach that. But the Switch 2 is going to surpass the 100M almost guaranteed. BTW, you can have a PC handheld and a Switch 2 so, i don't think the PC handheld market is going to affect the Switch 2 sales.
 
it will doo better more third party nobody cares about no other handshelds nintendo has 100 games ready i am known for my industry perdictions bookmark this im sorry my freinds
 
No.

As pointed out, the idea is not nearly as novel now as it was in 2017. There is also now more competition, both already released and on the way. Handheld PCs like Steam Deck have gained a foothold in the market.

There are also many rumors regarding a PlayStation and an Xbox handheld. Seemingly everyone now wants a piece of the handheld pie and I think they will take some of it away from Nintendo this time around.

Nintendo also have plenty of history snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The Wii U was a colossal bomb after the colossal success of the Wii. The 3DS also seriously struggled in its first couple of years but not a lot of people remember that. The moral of the story is that just because they can be very successful in one generation does not guarantee anything in the next.
 
meech said:
Any source for that claim? The switch is a hybrid a lot of people use for mobile play. During the pandemic, with a lot of people working at home, stationary consoles should have done better.
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Well the Switch is also a stationary console with 2 controllers at the ready no? In some case maybe some want to have their alone time gaming with their own Switch so imagine a family with more than one child, and eveyone wanted their own Switch.
 
I voted no for the exact issues that are facing PS5/Xbox Series rn: There are a lot of forever games rn, and a sizeable number of one-game people won't upgrade as long as fortnite etc works.

Also the fact that sales are still strong for Switch 1 means that cross-gen will be quite long for Switch 2, no sane dev is abandoning the Switch 1 audience as long as they can, including Nintendo itself.
 
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It would be an incredible achievement if they did.

If they delivered some truly unique industry defining games like breath of the wild again i think they could pull off something crazy.
 
iHaunter said:
Not disagreeing with you. It was the same situation. But that's the only reason for large sales. On both sides. Most of Switch's game are the game garbage over and over.
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According to your logic every console should be a 150M seller then, because almost every console life cycle is 7-8 years.
 
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I bet the first few years will be full of first party cross-gen titles. I don't see Nintendo ending Switch 1 support anytime soon.

One less reason for casuals to immediately jump ship.
 
It will sell more than 100 mi, which is already great. But the Switch is probably coming to steal ps2's crown. I can't see it happening twice in a row.

I'm predicting something like 110-120 mi. Anything higher is a bonus.
 
iHaunter said:
Not disagreeing with you. It was the same situation. But that's the only reason for large sales. On both sides. Most of Switch's game are the game garbage over and over.
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That doesn't make sense. Why would a system's sales in its early years be affected by the length of time before it's replaced?
 
It will be very successful but not as much as Switch.

The market for PC, Sony, MS, and Nintendo is consolidated. I don't see anyone moving the needle.
 
LordOcidax said:
Switch 2 first 6 months of sales > The whole PC handheld market combined LTD
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First 6 days bro. The PC handheld market probably isn't even near 10 million yet.

This thread needs to be saved for later use. I can't believe people are doubting the brand power of Switch after the years we just had. This thing is going to skyrocket.
 
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Interfectum said:
First 6 days bro. The PC handheld market probably isn't even near 10 million yet.

This thread needs to be saved for later use. I can't believe people are doubting the brand power of Switch after the years we just had. This thing is going to skyrocket.
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Agree with you, but is doubt that Switch 2 is going to sell 10 million in the first week or the first month.
 
For me to purchase the Switch 2 they will need to bring the power up to par with the PS 5 (dreaming I know) and not put backwards compatible behide a pay wall. They should also fix that online market place.
 
I think it will.

Perhaps not sell as many, but they'd have to make a few colossal fuck ups not to reach 100 million again.

The Switch 2 will be another handheld + home console hybrid; all it needs is software to reach 100 million, which it has in droves + 3rd party support.
 
Starcheif said:
For me to purchase the Switch 2 they will need to bring the power up to par with the PS 5 (dreaming I know) and not put backwards compatible behide a pay wall. They should also fix that online market place.
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I think is proved with the Switch 1 that the power of the console doesn't guarantee any success, they only have to make a hardware that third party can put their games on it, doesn't matter if the game runs worse that their competitors. And it looks like based on the leaked specs thats what going to happen… Square Enix already can't wait to announce both FF7 games coming to Switch 2.
 
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It's pretty amazing come to think about it how Nintendo has been able to support two platforms simultaneously for so many decades.

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Exciting to see what Switch 2 era will bring.
 
No. It'll do very well, but the Switch just had serendipitous timing.

The novelty won't be there.
And the pandemic helped the Switch in two ways:
  • People stuck indoors with nothing to do (and the Switch being one of cheapest options)
  • The successor got delayed, so the Switch has stayed unchallenged, even by Nintendo, in the market for longer than intended.
Never say never though. The successor might stay on the market for longer than intended, another pandemic might happen, more people might be suddenly able to buy one, or it might just catch lightning in a bottle trend wise.
 
Kabelly said:
Mario Kart 9 exclusive, then yes.

Mario Kart 9 cross gen, then no.
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Nintendo only makes cross gen games when they already announced the older gen version.
so I doubt Nintendo will make any real cross gen games besides Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon Z-A

they also don't need to. their games sell well for years. like, remember how long it took to get Mario Kart 8 out of the top 10 charts? it was ridiculous.
so they don't need to sell it on Switch to recoup development costs.
 
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