https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-19/nintendo-seen-moving-to-one-device-ending-two-punch-strategy?
Some tidbits:
Some tidbits:
For more than two decades, Nintendo Co.s twin product lines were the envy of its rivals: a home console and a handheld gaming device. But signs are emerging its new hybrid Switch may upend all of that.
While Nintendo hasnt said its abandoning the two-gadget strategy, the signs are there. The home and handheld development teams were merged in 2013, with the company beginning work on the Switch the following year. Last quarter, Nintendo stopped reporting separate revenue for handheld and home systems. Then last month, it said a new Pokemon title for the Switch is in development, the first time a main game in the series will debut outside of a dedicated handheld system such as the Game Boy or 3DS.
The 3DS will hang around for a few years because of the big install base, but ultimately the goal is for the Switch to become their one and only platform for hardware, said David Gibson, a Tokyo-based analyst at Macquarie. Its part of the biggest evolution to the company in three decades.
The prospect of Nintendo relying on a single product line has triggered some concern that revenue will take a hit in the near term, as consumers who would have bought two devices end up with only one. The Switch, which debuted in March, gives gamers the option to play in their living room or on the go as its essentially a tablet with detachable controllers that can be connected to a TV. The gamble is that any lost sales could be made up by selling more games for smartphones, a market that Nintendo was late to embrace.