Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with Switch

Pro: We won’t have to repurchase games.

Con: Assuming native compatibility, this likely won’t be a very exciting console.

Consoles have had architecturally unexciting hardware for a while now, what kind of thing were you expecting?

I was / (am still sort of) expecting Nintendo will make a product that’s exciting. Not a Switch 2 we can look back on and say “man this company hasn’t made a significant console since 2016”.

To be fair, I predict a Netflix of gaming in the future so maybe this is a safe move, idk.

The Nintendo DS was "interesting" relative to the GBA (if you ask me), but still had native back-compat.

I agree that the Switch 2 will likely be "more of the same", but I don't really see how that relates to back-compat?

I forgot about how drastic the Wii was regardless of native compatibility with GameCube.

I guess I was under the assumption that because on the joy cons unique format, it would be hard to escape with fully compatible support. But I didn’t own a Switch for very long so idk if that’s true.