Switch 2 will be successful as the Wii U

[CaptainSmackdown]

Nintendo confused its customers with Wii/WiiU. They are doing again with Switch/Switch2. Just wait and see.

It could be possible. I remember when the Wii U came out I thought- huh, it's a Wii with a handheld controller. Looked mostly the same to me. I think perhaps I was so satisfied and invested with my Wii that I didn't want another version of it. So I didn't buy it.

 

[tech3475]

Calling it the Switch 2 was the better option IMO, remember that there were people thought the Wii U was an accessory.

Switch 2 is a simple, safe, basic name that gets the point across.

Of course ultimately it will still need games, although also having staples like Pokémon might help it even if it struggles, a potential benefit the Wii U lacked.

 

[Nephiel]

I think perhaps I was so satisfied and invested with my Wii that I didn't want another version of it. So I didn't buy it.

Exactly, I feel the same about my current Switch. I have a huuuge backlog, and am currently happy with the accessories I have, so I'm in no hurry to upgrade.

Maybe after a year or so, after it's proven successful and can be modded like the current model.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Exactly, I feel the same about my current Switch. I have a huuuge backlog, and am currently happy with the accessories I have, so I'm in no hurry to upgrade.

Maybe after a year or so, after it's proven successful and can be modded like the current model.

Your backlog could run better on the Switch 2. I'm hoping that's the case. Currently I prefer playing in an emulator where games both look and run better.

 

[Ligeia]

I think the Switch 2 will have the same success as the Wii U. That is to say, it will have little success. It feels like it is more of the same, perhaps with some more features (gimmick) or some power improvement to justify its price and encourage its purchase.

My thoughts exactly. Especially since Switch 2 is retrocompatible, how are they gonna keep supporting it when virtually all their catalog has already been remade/ported on Switch ? It's not like thay're making enough brand new games, especially good ones. I don't think a new Mario Tennis is gonna cut it.

Nintendo confused its customers with Wii/WiiU. They are doing again with Switch/Switch2. Just wait and see.

Exactly. How did they not learn that lesson ?

I actually think it's the Wii U that's anomalous with it's failure.

The N64 and the Gamecube were also commercial failures.

They're following Playstation's numbering scheme, how is that confusing? It isn't the Switch One or Switch 360

Except Nintendo never did that in the past, so yeah it can be confusing for the general public.

 

[ihaveahax]

Yeah Nintendo Switch 2 is not an exciting name. It’s a boring name. As it should be.
Yeah PlayStation does it because *it works*. It’s clear and to the point. The Switch 2 is clearly, unambiguously, the successor to the Nintendo Switch.

It’s just facts. Switch 2 is the best name because it’s boring.

 

[Deleted member 671727]

Honest opinion?
I expected more after 7 long years.
We have to wait what games ninty brings to the table, because a console/handheld rise or fall with its games. Look at the ps5. Power for years but nearly no games.

It feels a little bit weird to me that after 7 years, ninty only has a Performance upgrade on their hands. This is absolutely not ninty like.

But only because i expected more, i dont think it will sell bad. Its maybe not for me, and thats absolutely fine.
For me, i wanted a plain console, and not a hybrid again. Hybrid consoles are always a mixed bag.
What is wrong for a company to have a normal console and a handheld?

I hope ninty will get it right and blow us away with new games and not with tons of remasters.
If the games are good, the switch 2 will be good.

 

[GengarsGhostlyGiggles]

maybe, economy is shit right now too.

 

[Ligeia]

For me, i wanted a plain console, and not a hybrid again. Hybrid consoles are always a mixed bag.
What is wrong for a company to have a normal console and a handheld?

Nintendo can't possibly support two systems simultaneously anymore.

 

[the_otsutsuki]

imo the hybrid part of the switch was its biggest selling point. want to play on the big screen ? dock that sucker, want to play on the go, handheld mode it is. hell even some of the other gaming companies saw the success of the switch, form factor, (portability) and tried to mimic it, we have SO many handheld gaming pcs now and its all thanks to the switch paving the way.

i was hoping for a better name ngl, the "super" switch would have been a little cooler but nintendo being how nintendo is now, switch 2 (s2) was just easy for them to market the "next" step in their gaming device.

give it about a year or so and we'll have a switch 2 "oled" and switch 2 "oled lite"

i personally cant wait for the release and play my backlog on it, hopefully the "better" hardware and processor will do us all gaming fans some justice

 

[Ondrashek06]

Nintendo confused its customers with Wii/WiiU. They are doing again with Switch/Switch2. Just wait and see.

But this time, Nintendo is CLEARLY marketing it as a new console and not an accessory to the Switch...

 

[Deleted member 731084]

imo the hybrid part of the switch was its biggest selling point. want to play on the big screen ? dock that sucker, want to play on the go, handheld mode it is. hell even some of the other gaming companies saw the success of the switch, form factor, (portability) and tried to mimic it, we have SO many handheld gaming pcs now and its all thanks to the switch paving the way.

it's also because we can put so much power into laptop grade chips now without immediately killing the battery, I'd call the Phoenix APUs (7840U/780M/Z1E) and Van Gogh (Deck) the most influential consumer chips of the last 10 years. If anything, it makes so much more sense to make a Switch 2 now. I really hope this new Tegra is 5nm and not 8nm, because then they can actually run the thing at reasonable clocks outside of docked mode.

 

[YYDeckard]

Switch one will shortly become the biggest selling console of all time and I cant see the S2 doing much worst - To the average consumer the 2 moniker says it all unlike the Wii / Wii U confusion. It will sell between 10 and 20 million this year at least and thats with at least 4 months of the year gone before launch......

 

[zachdotnet]

Idk, it's the same thing Sony did with the ps4/5. The ps5 plays pretty much all ps4 games (just slightly better a lot of the time) and has some gimmicky stuff (who tf cares about adaptive triggers). As long as they don't fuck it up with terrible marketing or something like that I don't see how it won't be a success.

 

[naxil]

if games change in deep in the next year (like augmented reality ecc) probably switch 2 can't sell well...

 

[Moe87]

I voted no because Nintendo would have to be reckless enough to have repeat of Wii U mistake and they already learned a lesson - it was huge deal. If Switch is flopped, so Nintendo is done.

I dislike Wii U when Nintendo unveiled in 2012 and as for Switch, it was definitely buy for me, but due to supply issue, I was unable to get Switch until late 2017.

Switch 2 is my definitely day one buy.

 

[PeterL29]

I think the Switch 2 will be as successful as the PS5 is to the PS4. I'm not expecting it to do horrible, but I'm not expecting it to do amazing.

 

[Bigdrago]

As long as the graphics is much better it will be good

 

[Robert Newbie]

It's an interesting concept because the Switch sold so well, and it lasted for about eight years. This means that there are a ton of Switch consoles in households, just like there were a lot of Wii consoles in households. In the olden days, the market would shift and look for something different, but we're not in the PS2 or 360 days anymore.

I think that customers are going to be more careful with their money, so they may be more inclined to stay with Nintendo and the Switch 2. This is where software makes the difference.

How did Sony pummel Nintendo, even when the PS1 looked inferior to the N64? Software. How did the PS2 outsell the competition? Software, marketing, and added capabilities (backwards compatibility and DVD player).

If Nintendo's truly interested in keeping customer's attention after one Switch, then they'll focus on software. They'll do a Nintendo Direct that gets people talking. Of course, a new Mario, Zelda, Smash Bros., etc. would be expected, but some surprise announcements would help boost the hype.

I think it's too early to say the Switch 2 will fail because we don't know what games are coming down the pipeline.

 

[Jayinem]

If they called it Switch U maybe OP would be right, but with Wii U I think it was both the name and having a handheld that you couldn't leave the living room with and made the console feel like it was meant for one player only was what killed it. The local only Wii U Pad was a failure, but unless you count Virtual Boy Nintendo has never really had a flop when it comes to a handheld that's portable.