Raploz
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I mean, assuming they never release separate home and portable consoles in the future. I believe there's a high possibility they won't, since a few years back they were working on merging their portable and home console teams.
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Let's say Nintendo keeps making only a single console in their next generation.
Do you think only focusing on a single console is better for them (business wise) or do you think that could end up hurting them in the long run?
Well, I believe in the second option. What if their next console after the Switch flops hard like the Wii U? What would happen to them? People love saying they have a lot of money and could probably survive for a few generations even if they really screwed up, but that's just not a good position to be in. They're a business, they NEED to make profit.
Before, with their previous commercial failures like the Wii U and Gamecube, they could at least rely on their handheld consoles to keep them afloat, but now they don't have that option anymore.
Also, they would sell a huge amount of consoles combined. I believe there's no way Switch (even doing as well as it's doing) could sell as much as Wii and DS did when combined. Both in hardware and software sales.
I would love to get your opinions on this, especially from someone with some business background.
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Let's say Nintendo keeps making only a single console in their next generation.
Do you think only focusing on a single console is better for them (business wise) or do you think that could end up hurting them in the long run?
Well, I believe in the second option. What if their next console after the Switch flops hard like the Wii U? What would happen to them? People love saying they have a lot of money and could probably survive for a few generations even if they really screwed up, but that's just not a good position to be in. They're a business, they NEED to make profit.
Before, with their previous commercial failures like the Wii U and Gamecube, they could at least rely on their handheld consoles to keep them afloat, but now they don't have that option anymore.
Also, they would sell a huge amount of consoles combined. I believe there's no way Switch (even doing as well as it's doing) could sell as much as Wii and DS did when combined. Both in hardware and software sales.
I would love to get your opinions on this, especially from someone with some business background.
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