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Kimishima: Switch won't replace 3DS, there's "many unannounced titles" in development
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SinCityAssassin
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3DS sales have peaked to the highest they ever been ever. They want to capitalize it for a while, Switch will fill the void of the Wii U while also handling more of the more demanding handled esque games until the 3DS can be retired.
Yea, people are going to run out to pay $200 for a portable system that is less powerful than the Switch when the Switch is on the market.
I hope it's going to happen. That'd be ideal.
But right now our only info either way is that nope, they're still making 3DS games. It's a little frustrating.
Astral Dog
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Why so angry
People really expect Nintendo to ditch the 3DS which has more than 60+m installed base?
The Switch will get all the big games though, which the big(ger) teams are working on. The smaller teams will be working on smaller titles for the 3DS. Switch's popularity/success is still unknown. If the Switch doesn't catch on and Nintendo killed the 3DS, Nintendo will have nothing to fall back to. They are playing it safe. Which is understandable.
The Switch will get all the big games though, which the big(ger) teams are working on. The smaller teams will be working on smaller titles for the 3DS. Switch's popularity/success is still unknown. If the Switch doesn't catch on and Nintendo killed the 3DS, Nintendo will have nothing to fall back to. They are playing it safe. Which is understandable.
Dragonslayer_023
Banned
Why can't the Switch just play eshop 3DS games, then you get both customers!
Yea! Considering they are the same architecture and everything!!! /s
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Actually, that's kind of what was appealing about the concept to me. One console where every kind of game was playable. Traditional home console sized games, traditional handheld style games and even bite-sized mobile styled games. Maybe that was just a pipe dream though.
Septimus Prime
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Yes, you don't knock down one of your two pillars until your third is finished and holding. Then you can knock down a pillar.
Astral Dog
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We have a new mainline Emblem announced for Switch thats a big one.
Games from 3DS developers will take longer because they need to make the jump to HD so we will see Wii U teams first
Kind of proves my point thought. Not a single big NEW 3DS release.
The 3DS will get a few more localizations, FE Warriors, and some price drops to push it through 2017, but I bet 2018 it drops like a brick.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Once.
Vital Tundra
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The current list of upcoming first party 3DS titles does not tell me the Switch isn't replacing 3DS. By 2018 expect a handful of Nintendo titles at most for 3DS.
Jaded Alyx
Member
What are you saying?
The first-party 3DS release for the 1st half of 2017 is quite capable. Kimishima is then reassuring that there will be more first-party titles announced for the second half and holiday. Meanwhile you have Super Mario Maker and Pokemon sitting in the top 5 for the first month of 2017, while the hardware sells strong.
I also don't think you proved your point. Nintendo just released a ton of first-party games in November and December.
Indeed, it really would.
That's true, there's that one.
I just don't wanna see Picross e8 when we could be getting Switchcross
Like someone already said, I hope the games be for New 3DS only. It would be great to have crossgen games which will look and run worse, unless they want show how BAD will be the games in a Old 3DS xD
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Why is that frustrating? My 3DS gets to enjoy a longer lifespan.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
In this posters opinion, the 3DS is the greatest system of all time not called the PS2. I full on expect 3DS games clean into 2nd half 2018.
The install base is kinda big that it makes no sense for devs to jump ship immediately.
My 3DS is getting old, his battery is wearing out and his graphics are terrible. I'm about ready to lay him to rest and move on.
Yeah. I definitely get the feeling that Japan is not as on board the Switch as would be ideal; that a slow start could prevent Switch from ever succeeding the 3DS; that Nintendo is sending mixed messages about what the Switch will be, from official statements and their presentations.
And they may be having colder feet on Switch themselves. Or that might be PR. Things like FE Switch suggest the latter: that they are covering their 3rd party partners and their escape route.
Lack of a wealth of games like FE suggests maybe that Nintendo is dangerously underinvested in Switch, and that somehow we ended up with a hybrid through "shared library" thinking that won't have that shared library and instead compete in the portable space against a cheaper, more traditional Nintendo portable (as well as mobile) and in the home console space against entrenched, successful, more attractive to core console gamer systems.
This would be incredibly stupid.
I really don't think the Switch will ever replace the 3DS. It's a portable console. Not a handheld. Look at how Nintendo themselves are positioning this thing. The 3DS will go away once there's a true handheld successor, and the Switch isn't it.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
The title doesn't seem to match the statement at all.
The title says the Switch won't replace the 3DS and there are many unannounced titles in development.
The statement says that they do have "many" unannounced titles in development, but that they are focused on existing IP and leveraging the existing hardware base (i.e. they are done with growth and are now riding it a little longer).
The question isn't "Will the 3DS disappear by March 15th, 2017", it's "Is the 3DS moving into its natural sunset phase, and as it does will it be replaced with a DS3 or will Nintendo move to being a single hardware company?"
The title says the Switch won't replace the 3DS and there are many unannounced titles in development.
The statement says that they do have "many" unannounced titles in development, but that they are focused on existing IP and leveraging the existing hardware base (i.e. they are done with growth and are now riding it a little longer).
The question isn't "Will the 3DS disappear by March 15th, 2017", it's "Is the 3DS moving into its natural sunset phase, and as it does will it be replaced with a DS3 or will Nintendo move to being a single hardware company?"
SinCityAssassin
Member
Again, at the current situation, it's not feasible to jump ship from the 3DS completely. Companies that already have 3DS games in development for this year have also already confirmed Switch projects already in motion. I suspect that a lot of Nintendo's involvement in its first party 3DS games will largely be relegated to external studios, considering they aren't making new IPs for the most part, but games for existing ones, rather than taking up too much resource away from their own Switch game development.
The well's gonna run dry sooner or later. Switch replaces the Wii U right now, it'll replace the 3DS in the future.
The well's gonna run dry sooner or later. Switch replaces the Wii U right now, it'll replace the 3DS in the future.
Lol? What a strange thing to say about something that you hold in your hands
That makes more sense. Though if we do get another dedicated handheld, it'll probably be a cheaper version of the Switch.
Still gaming on the original 3DS?
I think that piece of hardware is one of the worst things nintendo made.
ALBW?
SinCityAssassin
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LiveFromKyoto
Member
The New 3DS has what, 2, 3 games exclusive to it? It would definitely be good if it gets pushed a bit harder.
This doesn't surprise me considering the Switch pricing. The Switch just looks too damn fragile and is too expensive to just lug around or entrust to a young child.
Its rugged clamshell design, huge library and low price make the 3DS a great "shut the kids up on long car rides" option.
Its rugged clamshell design, huge library and low price make the 3DS a great "shut the kids up on long car rides" option.
Subtervotion
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I think it's in Nintendo best interest to put everything they have on Switch. The less droughts we have on it, the better. 3DS has a fine library as it is. It's an old platform that's served it purpose. Release some more games for it by all means, but any exclusives feel like a waste at this point. Give Switch the love too.
All handhelds are portable consoles.
GB - NES
GBA - SNES
DS - <N64
3DS - N64>
You're just arguing semantics at this point.
Yeah, great post! I feel like this may well be the situation though. Nintendo might be kinda stuck here...
Hahaha yup, I've rode it out this far with my Aqua Blue launch model; and I'm hoping for an upgrade that's a whole generational leap rather than ending up needing an XL to play the next 2D Zelda.
sixteen-bit
Member
looking forward to a long healthy life of 3DS software
I expect this is right. 3DS family of devices fill a price point that the switch cannot hit today. My expectation is that a switch variant will eventually replace the 3DS, but it won't be until yields/revisions/price cuts can support a <$200 switch SKU that is primarily mobile focused.
Thats probably at least 18 months away from launch.
Based on earlier statements, I expect Nintendo to have a family of switch devices with a similar architecture but different levels of performance over time. Sort of like the 3DS to New 3DS but perhaps with a bigger gap. In 2 years we might see a switch with more power/higher res/etc but with a version of the current model staying in production as the 3DS replacement. In 6 years, this could add up to a generational gap, but each successive version is more of a hop where the SD systems are broadly cross compatible like PS4 Pro.and PS4 but perhaps with additional bells and whistles.
Sora the Cat
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But... a handheld is a portable console.
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