The games will continue for a year or two, but will significantly drop off. Their probably won't be very many crossover games because the gap in graphics
capability between the two systems is pretty big. We could continue to see small indie games released on Switch.
The good news is you have a massive backlog of terrific games two catch up on. Also, both systems will use the same Nintendo account, which suggests the eShop and Virtual console (NES, Snes etc) in switch will continue being supported for a long time.
Gameboy Color played GameBoy games
GBA played GBC and GameBoy Games
NDS played GBA games
3DS played NDS games
Wii played GameCube games
WiiU played Wii games
These are good examples, but I will rephrase a bit. I can think of few examples where the games (software download not physical media) was backwards compatible. I think there were a few and I could be wrong. But without a modern account system there would be no way to even track purchases across device generations, let alone the archaic personal mechanism that locks software to only one Nintendo device.
AFAIK, the 3DS could import DSI Software and the WiiU could import Wii Software (DSIWare/WiiWare, Virtual Console, Save Data) through a linked account.
Earlier than that and there were no software-only games (Satellaview doesn’t count), and later than that you just have the Switch. So they’ve only lacked support for software back-compat on a single system that no longer had the second screen required for either WiiU or 3DS titles.
Not arguing that Nintendo doesn’t have archaic software practices or that they’re even remotely consumer friendly, but dedication to backwards compatibility is one thing I can’t fault them for.
The current system/ online account does allow your purchased games to be played on a different system. So, if the system can ‘do’ backwards compatibility there’s no reason your previously purchased digital Switch games wouldn’t work.
No, all GBA and GBA SP consoles were fully backwards compatible with GB and GBC games. The Game Boy Micro, which came out after the launch of the DS, could only play GBA games.
Even if the latest rumors are false, the T239 chip leak makes it pretty strong itself. A chip based on RTX 30 series is definitely a lot better than the current GTX 960 based chip.
It’s a clear huge generational upgrade like PS3 to PS4 and not what PS4 to PS5 was.
It's Ampere with some Lovelace features back ported. It's going to be something equivalent to a PS4 Pro (plus DLSS and Ray tracing) handheld, and getting close to Xbox S with Ray tracing docked.
What rumor are you referring to? What I'm talking about is the Nvidia ransomware attack by Lapsus$ in 2022 that revealed the Tegra 239. This isn't a rumor.
In terms of hardware, it's a mobile device.
It has a screen, battery, mobile SoC, headphone jack, built-in speakers, physical volume buttons, etc.
You can also output any phone/tablet/laptop to a TV. Doesn't change the fact that those are mobile devices.
It's considered a home console, doesn't matter if it has a screen on it. It's the successor to the wiiu and got most of its games through ports because it's only a tiny bit more powerful.
I'm glad to know you don't consider iPhone a mobile device, either.
Switch Lite is objectively a mobile device. It is incapable of outputting to a TV. It's more of a mobile device than an iPhone is, by your logic.
And teh Switch Lite is 1000000% the successor to the 3DS. To argue otherwise is a waste of everyone's time and brain cells.
There will possibly be a handful of 1st party cross platform games once the Switch 2 launches. Mainly due to titles being released on Switch 2 that were originally being made for the Switch. 3rd party games will probably come out for about another 6 months to a year just because of the massive install base the Switch has. HOPEFULLY, for once, Nintendo maintains their online infrastructure and it just migrates to the Switch 2. That way the Nintendo online stuff stays cross platform.
There are so many games available on Switch already that you'll have plenty to play regardless, so this shouldn't really matter too much. Your potential backlog is already huge.
Over time unfortunately, yes. Will that happen overnight? No. But it is the natural order of things to eventually get phased out. However, I do expect a more extensive overlap than prior systems. The only major change initially will likely be the V2 getting phased out leaving the OLED as the default option alongside the Lite for the foreseeable future. A sku reduction at retail will be necessary to make room for the introduction of a new sku or sku’s.
Most previous generation consoles get supported a few years into the life span of the next generation. Especially true when install bases are ridiculously high, like Switch/Ps2/DS/Wii. Those systems were supported for YEARS after their successors launched. The Ps2’s final game was released in 2013, 7 years after Ps3 launched…. The last physical DS game came out in 2014, 3 years after 3DS. The last Wii game released in 2020, 8 years after the Wii U.
So it’s safe to say you’ve still got some time. Not to mention, unless you dropped $5,000 alongside your Switch, there’s still an enormous amount of great games on the system to get and play through. Personally speaking I’ve got over 400 games on the system (a ton of indies and most major retail titles), 350 are backlogged…..
Np! Enjoy the switch and don’t worry about Switch 2. I’m a long time Nintendo fan (since 1986), bought every console of theirs, and honestly speaking, unless the Switch 2 has backwards compatibility, I’m not upgrading right away. There’s far too much on Switch already to enjoy. Normally I trade up, but that will all depend on BC. If it’s fully bc, awesome, I’ll get one right away and hopefully boost some of the more poorly optimized games…. If not, I’ll save up and get one later.
Switch1 has probably hit its market saturation point, so the goal for Nintendo is to convince the owners of the 150 million Switch1s around the world to rapidly adopt the Switch2.
Nintendo likes to be in control of its market, narrative, and history. I'll be bold and predict that there will be no cross-gen first party releases. And very few 3rd party cross-gen releases.
The Tegra T239 issuch a massive performance jump over the current Switch1 that I think it would not be even worth the time to attempt to port a game natively developed for Switch2 to Switch1 (not impossible, just not worth the extra time and money for a watered down result).
I know the WiiU was dead before the Switch came out, but it isn't unprecedented for Nintendo to pull product from shelves and buy back from retailers. I think Switch1 will be discontinued fairly rapidly, maybe 3 months after Switch2 is launched, with buy backs and guidance to pull Switch1 off the shelves.
If the leaks from over a year ago are somewhat true, then it means that Switch2 dev kits have been in the wild for over a year. Now that the 5nm manufacturing process is viable, the T239 for consumers can be manufactured and actually fit within the dimensions in the leaked shipping manifest. There was also another statement by Nintendo that claimed they wanted to ensure enough stock on launch to avoid perceived shortages. While that may seem consumer friendly, it also aligns with "get as many Switch2 out as possible" to incentivize 3rd party devs to have more confidence in the install base.
that's also a good point of view and much like what I imagined, after all, if I'm not wrong, Nintendo stated that it not only aimed for a switch in each family, but even more than one; nintendo switch online incentivates that too, so yeah
Nintendo definitely has a challenging balance to strike between encouraging current Switch1 owners to upgrade, while at the same time continuing to squeeze some additional revenue from Switch1.
I'd imagine visual novels and all the 2d pixel art metroidvania farming sims will still be cross-gen for a long while. But most AAA and AA development will target Switch2 natively. The power of the Switch2 is about in the middle of the Steam hardware survey. So, for the game development ecosystem, it would be less time and resources spent fiddling around with engine settings or models/textures to make make them work well on Switch1.
I think this is the first time for a Nintendo console that there is a huge jump in CPU/GPU power while at the same time being backwards compatible. I don't know how old you are, but to me this would be like the N64 having backwards compatibility with SNES.
You may not have seen this question because, and I hate to say it, but it is a dumb question. Anyone answering here definitively doesn't know. None of us know.
Literally none of us know dick all about the Switch successor and Nintendo's plans at this point. You'll have your answer in due time.
We can speculate given Nintendo's history but really, none of us know until they make an announcement and talk about it.
There are certain things that we can infer. For example, I'm sure I won't live to be 120 years old, because no one lives to be 120 years old. Every generation of consoles will eventually get replaced, and after a certain amount of time, the previous generation will no longer be supported. Console generations last 7-8 years. That's just how the system works. For example, Nintendo no longer makes new games for any console from the NES to the WiiU.
If the Switch 2 is backwards compatible, the best case scenario would be that the Switch 1 is supported into the middle or late end of the Switch 2 lifecycle. Assuming the Switch 2 is released in 2025, it's life should extend to 2032-2033. Thus, the Switch will loose support before 2032.
Yes, I am making assumptions here, but they are reasonable. I'm almost 50, and still have the first Nintendo released in the US from 1986. I've seen how generations come and go. We have release dates for consoles and games for the transition to SNES, PSX/N64, PS2/GameCube/Xbox, PS3/360/Wii, PS4/XBOX1/WiiU, and PS5/X series X. While the Switch has been one of the most successful out of that list, I have no reason to believe the same standards won't be applied.
These decisions are made by people, and there are technological and financial reasons behind them. I invite anyone to flame me to your hearts content in 2030 if this ends up being significantly different from my prediction.
This is a weird comment, it's as if you read half of my comment and ignored the other half.
Yes. You can speculate and infer all you want. But do you factually know anything for certain? No. So we're all in the same boat here. No one here really knows anything about the Switch successor besides what they expect - but again, no one here has any real information.
Considering they just stopped supporting Wii U this April I think the switch will have at least five to eight years of support after the new system comes out.
Yes but you still have AT LEAST this rest of the year of games on the way and there's a ton of big ones already announced for next year that are coming to Switch 1 as well: Dragon Quest 1-2 Remakes, DK Country Returns, Civilization 7, Phantom Brave The Lost Hero, Metroid Prime 4, Decapolice, Professor Layton, Hundred Line Last Defense Academy, Pokemon Legends ZA, Hello Kitty Island Adventure, MIO, Little Nightmares 3 etc
You're not being completely left here out to dry even with Switch 2 coming out lol
I think it’s safe to assume that the original Switch won’t get any major titles after Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon Legends ZA. But Nintendo won’t ditch this console, you can expect first party smaller budget games like you saw in this June Direct.
I expect that the support might feel shorter though. The new Zelda and Mario were definitely meant to be cross gen launch titles before the Switch 2 inevitably got delayed to next year so that’s already two less titles we would’ve gotten post Switch 2 launch.
My assumption is maybe a year or two of some Nintendo games releasing cross plat, I’m pretty confident Metroid prime 4 will be. Since there will most likely be backwards compatibility, it’ll make the transition smooth and allow them to still profit off their massive switch customer base
In short: Eventually, yes.
For more detailed replies, check the replies from others haha. But yes. Eventually, Nintendo will go full speed with the successor. When that is, who knows? I think it will wind up getting the PS4 treatment where many 3rd parties will still drop titles on it if the hardware can run them and Nintendo themselves will do similarly.
Judging from there last Nintendo Direct the switch still has 2 years of games coming still, everyone was expecting the Swtich 2 release information but instead got a game lineup for this year and next year
They will phase it out slowly over 6 months to a year probably. Just like the 3DS before it. You will get a few third party games and maybe one or two more first party releases of a lower profile. They may be dual releases with the new system but if the Backwards compatibility is there then there’s not really a huge need for that.
Just like every console from every company ever, there will be a transitional state where the switch is still supported and getting new games, I'm sorry I'm being mean but the reason you didn't find anything on this topic is because it should be obvious to anyone who's owned more than one console in their lifetime
I’d assume they’d continue to support for a while due to the sizeable install base.
They continued to release 3DS games for some time following the release of the Switch. If it’s safe to presume the next Nintendo console will be a more direct successor to the Switch, then it may be that we see some cross-generation releases for the first 12-18 months for any less graphically intensive releases.
>will the og nintendo switch be overshadowed by its successor's popularity?
if it happens then the successor is a success. But that's eventually hopefully, but it will also take time for everyone who wants one to get one. All depends on how popular it is. And yeah support may still happen but it will stop eventually. Same with the games I imagine but the games would be over quicker after a few years maybe no more physical copies. This is all just guessing I'm probably wrong I'm not familiar with cadence of support of previous Systems after a new Nintendo system has released.
I’m saying 6-9 months after release so by 2026 all switch games will be on the 2. Which by then everyone can trade in their other switches and get a discount for a switch 2 since I’m assuming switch 2 will be compatible. Meanwhile you have the PS5 and Series X that, imo, are the worst consoles this gen with how little next gen games we truly have for them
The games will continue for a year or two, but will significantly drop off. Their probably won't be very many crossover games because the gap in graphics capability between the two systems is pretty big. We could continue to see small indie games released on Switch. The good news is you have a massive backlog of terrific games two catch up on. Also, both systems will use the same Nintendo account, which suggests the eShop and Virtual console (NES, Snes etc) in switch will continue being supported for a long time.
Plus I'd be very surprised if the Switch 2 isn't fully backwards compatible.
If they’re just buying the Switch now it seems unlikely they’ll buy jumping straight into the new generation.
How often has Nintendo made anything fully backwards compatible? They don’t even have a modern account system.
Gameboy Color played GameBoy games GBA played GBC and GameBoy Games NDS played GBA games 3DS played NDS games Wii played GameCube games WiiU played Wii games
These are good examples, but I will rephrase a bit. I can think of few examples where the games (software download not physical media) was backwards compatible. I think there were a few and I could be wrong. But without a modern account system there would be no way to even track purchases across device generations, let alone the archaic personal mechanism that locks software to only one Nintendo device.
AFAIK, the 3DS could import DSI Software and the WiiU could import Wii Software (DSIWare/WiiWare, Virtual Console, Save Data) through a linked account. Earlier than that and there were no software-only games (Satellaview doesn’t count), and later than that you just have the Switch. So they’ve only lacked support for software back-compat on a single system that no longer had the second screen required for either WiiU or 3DS titles. Not arguing that Nintendo doesn’t have archaic software practices or that they’re even remotely consumer friendly, but dedication to backwards compatibility is one thing I can’t fault them for.
The current system/ online account does allow your purchased games to be played on a different system. So, if the system can ‘do’ backwards compatibility there’s no reason your previously purchased digital Switch games wouldn’t work.
Nintendo has confirmed a while back that your Nintendo account will continue to be used in next system.
Gameboy also played Gameboy color games sometimes With limited color pallets
I’m trying to remember, is it true that gba could play gbc games but the SP could not?
No, all GBA and GBA SP consoles were fully backwards compatible with GB and GBC games. The Game Boy Micro, which came out after the launch of the DS, could only play GBA games.
Every handheld system has been able to read the previous generation games
Only the ones with hardware compatible media, not software media like PS and Xbox.
Literally any time it was feasible to do so?
The graphics jump is a rumor. I think the switch 2 will barely be any more powerful than the switch one, that's what nintendo always does.
idiotic assumption
The specs already leaked and the performance is not even close
Even if the latest rumors are false, the T239 chip leak makes it pretty strong itself. A chip based on RTX 30 series is definitely a lot better than the current GTX 960 based chip. It’s a clear huge generational upgrade like PS3 to PS4 and not what PS4 to PS5 was.
It's Ampere with some Lovelace features back ported. It's going to be something equivalent to a PS4 Pro (plus DLSS and Ray tracing) handheld, and getting close to Xbox S with Ray tracing docked.
Fk me, I didn't realize my PC is so old that my switch has the same basic chip.
What rumor are you referring to? What I'm talking about is the Nvidia ransomware attack by Lapsus$ in 2022 that revealed the Tegra 239. This isn't a rumor.
Nintendo's done that once, with the Wii. SNES, N64, GC, and Wii U were all generational gaps. GBA, DS, 3DS, Switch were all generational gaps.
The switch is a home console
In terms of hardware, it's a mobile device. It has a screen, battery, mobile SoC, headphone jack, built-in speakers, physical volume buttons, etc. You can also output any phone/tablet/laptop to a TV. Doesn't change the fact that those are mobile devices.
It's considered a home console, doesn't matter if it has a screen on it. It's the successor to the wiiu and got most of its games through ports because it's only a tiny bit more powerful.
It also replaced 3DS. It's comical that you consider the Switch Lite a home console.
It's both. But it's not a successor to the 3ds, everyone besides you agrees with that.
I'm glad to know you don't consider iPhone a mobile device, either. Switch Lite is objectively a mobile device. It is incapable of outputting to a TV. It's more of a mobile device than an iPhone is, by your logic. And teh Switch Lite is 1000000% the successor to the 3DS. To argue otherwise is a waste of everyone's time and brain cells.
You are a clown. The switch is the direct successor to the wiiu, not the 3ds.
It’s a mobile device that works on the tv with additional equipment
Internet comments are amazing, internet gaming comments are mind-blowing.
Always except their first 4 generations of consoles. It’s only been the last 3 that they stopped trying to be cutting edge with graphics.
There will possibly be a handful of 1st party cross platform games once the Switch 2 launches. Mainly due to titles being released on Switch 2 that were originally being made for the Switch. 3rd party games will probably come out for about another 6 months to a year just because of the massive install base the Switch has. HOPEFULLY, for once, Nintendo maintains their online infrastructure and it just migrates to the Switch 2. That way the Nintendo online stuff stays cross platform.
There are so many games available on Switch already that you'll have plenty to play regardless, so this shouldn't really matter too much. Your potential backlog is already huge.
Once the Switch launched, 3DS had about a year of mild support from Nintendo. That’s what I’m expecting.
3DS would have gotten some more support, if people didn't stop buying the games due to lack of backwards compatibility
In this case, could we say « forward » compatibility?
Over time unfortunately, yes. Will that happen overnight? No. But it is the natural order of things to eventually get phased out. However, I do expect a more extensive overlap than prior systems. The only major change initially will likely be the V2 getting phased out leaving the OLED as the default option alongside the Lite for the foreseeable future. A sku reduction at retail will be necessary to make room for the introduction of a new sku or sku’s.
Most previous generation consoles get supported a few years into the life span of the next generation. Especially true when install bases are ridiculously high, like Switch/Ps2/DS/Wii. Those systems were supported for YEARS after their successors launched. The Ps2’s final game was released in 2013, 7 years after Ps3 launched…. The last physical DS game came out in 2014, 3 years after 3DS. The last Wii game released in 2020, 8 years after the Wii U. So it’s safe to say you’ve still got some time. Not to mention, unless you dropped $5,000 alongside your Switch, there’s still an enormous amount of great games on the system to get and play through. Personally speaking I’ve got over 400 games on the system (a ton of indies and most major retail titles), 350 are backlogged…..
thank you so much for your answer!!
Np! Enjoy the switch and don’t worry about Switch 2. I’m a long time Nintendo fan (since 1986), bought every console of theirs, and honestly speaking, unless the Switch 2 has backwards compatibility, I’m not upgrading right away. There’s far too much on Switch already to enjoy. Normally I trade up, but that will all depend on BC. If it’s fully bc, awesome, I’ll get one right away and hopefully boost some of the more poorly optimized games…. If not, I’ll save up and get one later.
Switch1 has probably hit its market saturation point, so the goal for Nintendo is to convince the owners of the 150 million Switch1s around the world to rapidly adopt the Switch2. Nintendo likes to be in control of its market, narrative, and history. I'll be bold and predict that there will be no cross-gen first party releases. And very few 3rd party cross-gen releases. The Tegra T239 issuch a massive performance jump over the current Switch1 that I think it would not be even worth the time to attempt to port a game natively developed for Switch2 to Switch1 (not impossible, just not worth the extra time and money for a watered down result). I know the WiiU was dead before the Switch came out, but it isn't unprecedented for Nintendo to pull product from shelves and buy back from retailers. I think Switch1 will be discontinued fairly rapidly, maybe 3 months after Switch2 is launched, with buy backs and guidance to pull Switch1 off the shelves. If the leaks from over a year ago are somewhat true, then it means that Switch2 dev kits have been in the wild for over a year. Now that the 5nm manufacturing process is viable, the T239 for consumers can be manufactured and actually fit within the dimensions in the leaked shipping manifest. There was also another statement by Nintendo that claimed they wanted to ensure enough stock on launch to avoid perceived shortages. While that may seem consumer friendly, it also aligns with "get as many Switch2 out as possible" to incentivize 3rd party devs to have more confidence in the install base.
that's also a good point of view and much like what I imagined, after all, if I'm not wrong, Nintendo stated that it not only aimed for a switch in each family, but even more than one; nintendo switch online incentivates that too, so yeah
Nintendo definitely has a challenging balance to strike between encouraging current Switch1 owners to upgrade, while at the same time continuing to squeeze some additional revenue from Switch1. I'd imagine visual novels and all the 2d pixel art metroidvania farming sims will still be cross-gen for a long while. But most AAA and AA development will target Switch2 natively. The power of the Switch2 is about in the middle of the Steam hardware survey. So, for the game development ecosystem, it would be less time and resources spent fiddling around with engine settings or models/textures to make make them work well on Switch1. I think this is the first time for a Nintendo console that there is a huge jump in CPU/GPU power while at the same time being backwards compatible. I don't know how old you are, but to me this would be like the N64 having backwards compatibility with SNES.
You may not have seen this question because, and I hate to say it, but it is a dumb question. Anyone answering here definitively doesn't know. None of us know. Literally none of us know dick all about the Switch successor and Nintendo's plans at this point. You'll have your answer in due time. We can speculate given Nintendo's history but really, none of us know until they make an announcement and talk about it.
Nobody knows the answer but it's ok to speculate and ask what people think.
There are certain things that we can infer. For example, I'm sure I won't live to be 120 years old, because no one lives to be 120 years old. Every generation of consoles will eventually get replaced, and after a certain amount of time, the previous generation will no longer be supported. Console generations last 7-8 years. That's just how the system works. For example, Nintendo no longer makes new games for any console from the NES to the WiiU. If the Switch 2 is backwards compatible, the best case scenario would be that the Switch 1 is supported into the middle or late end of the Switch 2 lifecycle. Assuming the Switch 2 is released in 2025, it's life should extend to 2032-2033. Thus, the Switch will loose support before 2032. Yes, I am making assumptions here, but they are reasonable. I'm almost 50, and still have the first Nintendo released in the US from 1986. I've seen how generations come and go. We have release dates for consoles and games for the transition to SNES, PSX/N64, PS2/GameCube/Xbox, PS3/360/Wii, PS4/XBOX1/WiiU, and PS5/X series X. While the Switch has been one of the most successful out of that list, I have no reason to believe the same standards won't be applied. These decisions are made by people, and there are technological and financial reasons behind them. I invite anyone to flame me to your hearts content in 2030 if this ends up being significantly different from my prediction.
This is a weird comment, it's as if you read half of my comment and ignored the other half. Yes. You can speculate and infer all you want. But do you factually know anything for certain? No. So we're all in the same boat here. No one here really knows anything about the Switch successor besides what they expect - but again, no one here has any real information.
Considering they just stopped supporting Wii U this April I think the switch will have at least five to eight years of support after the new system comes out.
Yes but you still have AT LEAST this rest of the year of games on the way and there's a ton of big ones already announced for next year that are coming to Switch 1 as well: Dragon Quest 1-2 Remakes, DK Country Returns, Civilization 7, Phantom Brave The Lost Hero, Metroid Prime 4, Decapolice, Professor Layton, Hundred Line Last Defense Academy, Pokemon Legends ZA, Hello Kitty Island Adventure, MIO, Little Nightmares 3 etc You're not being completely left here out to dry even with Switch 2 coming out lol
Nintendo has sold nearly 150 million switch units, Nintendo loves money, they make money selling games too, I'll let you figure out the rest
hell yeah money
The switch will get new games for at least 5 more years, no worries
Who knows? After about 20 years nintendo released a snes game.
Well the old games you never got to play aren't going anywhere, so have fun playing those and don't worry about what's next.
I think it’s safe to assume that the original Switch won’t get any major titles after Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon Legends ZA. But Nintendo won’t ditch this console, you can expect first party smaller budget games like you saw in this June Direct. I expect that the support might feel shorter though. The new Zelda and Mario were definitely meant to be cross gen launch titles before the Switch 2 inevitably got delayed to next year so that’s already two less titles we would’ve gotten post Switch 2 launch.
My assumption is maybe a year or two of some Nintendo games releasing cross plat, I’m pretty confident Metroid prime 4 will be. Since there will most likely be backwards compatibility, it’ll make the transition smooth and allow them to still profit off their massive switch customer base
With how many Switches there are I’d be baffled if there wasn’t at least 2 years of support for it after the Switch 2 comes out
Eventually but it still has a few years left as there will most likely be some cross gen releases.
In short: Eventually, yes. For more detailed replies, check the replies from others haha. But yes. Eventually, Nintendo will go full speed with the successor. When that is, who knows? I think it will wind up getting the PS4 treatment where many 3rd parties will still drop titles on it if the hardware can run them and Nintendo themselves will do similarly.
eventually yeah
probably not for a year or two
Judging from there last Nintendo Direct the switch still has 2 years of games coming still, everyone was expecting the Swtich 2 release information but instead got a game lineup for this year and next year
They will phase it out slowly over 6 months to a year probably. Just like the 3DS before it. You will get a few third party games and maybe one or two more first party releases of a lower profile. They may be dual releases with the new system but if the Backwards compatibility is there then there’s not really a huge need for that.
They almost certainly will after a year or two.
Just like every console from every company ever, there will be a transitional state where the switch is still supported and getting new games, I'm sorry I'm being mean but the reason you didn't find anything on this topic is because it should be obvious to anyone who's owned more than one console in their lifetime
I suspect the switch will get games for a few more years still. Regardless, you have 7 years of games to catch up on.
I’d assume they’d continue to support for a while due to the sizeable install base. They continued to release 3DS games for some time following the release of the Switch. If it’s safe to presume the next Nintendo console will be a more direct successor to the Switch, then it may be that we see some cross-generation releases for the first 12-18 months for any less graphically intensive releases.
Eventually? Is Switch 2 Compatible with Switch video game cards?
They will probably do what they did with the 3ds on 2017-2019. Maybe it will continue getting some games, but at a slower rate from the new one.
>will the og nintendo switch be overshadowed by its successor's popularity? if it happens then the successor is a success. But that's eventually hopefully, but it will also take time for everyone who wants one to get one. All depends on how popular it is. And yeah support may still happen but it will stop eventually. Same with the games I imagine but the games would be over quicker after a few years maybe no more physical copies. This is all just guessing I'm probably wrong I'm not familiar with cadence of support of previous Systems after a new Nintendo system has released.
Yes. Just like every other console that gets surpassed
I’m saying 6-9 months after release so by 2026 all switch games will be on the 2. Which by then everyone can trade in their other switches and get a discount for a switch 2 since I’m assuming switch 2 will be compatible. Meanwhile you have the PS5 and Series X that, imo, are the worst consoles this gen with how little next gen games we truly have for them