Third party support is unquestionably the best it has been for any of their 3D consoles.ģ) Cheap handheld PCs (Steam Deck) and mobile streaming might cut into it a little bit, but, in general, I expect the hybrid concept to continue being wildly popular with the public.Ĥ) Even if it wasn't, so long as you need to buy their console to play Pokemon, Mario Kart, Animal Crossing, Splatoon, and the like, they'll continue to succeed. I think it's pretty clear at this point that, even if Playstation and Microsoft games are available on PC, or via streaming, there will still be a significant level of demand for dedicated gaming devices.Ģ) Switch builds already require more dev time to optimize, and the console continues to enjoy support from the majority of releases you'd expect to run on it.
Not saying it's happening soon, but I can't really see the dedicated console space existing in 20 years.ġ) This 'death of the console' talking point is badly out of date, Mr. It fits their architecture, design, handheld market, and Japanese market the best. I see them merging more with mobile than I do with a "PC /streaming/services platform" in the future, though. IDK what the future will be for them, but I'm not sure bespoke dedicated hardware is the long-term future for any of them, and Nintendo's in the worst position for a "services platform" by far.
Sony is arguably building a platform/ecosystem outside their consoles (slowly, over time.) Nintendo? I can't see "hardware-software coupled solution" working forever, but I can't see them building an online platform on their own either.
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Mon 15th Aug The trouble for Nintendo will be, if most games are available on generic hardware in the future, why would game developers generate custom builds of software just for Nintendo only to compete against Nintendo's properties? They'd run the risk of going back to N64 territory of basically only existing as a closed ecosystem of their own games only, no third party (or only indies for the closed environment.) Which might not be a bad thing overall, but it would be a weird market.