Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]

I’m glad to see Nintendo found a form factor that’s kind of gimmicky that actually worked. The Wii and Wii U were too gimmicky, but portability was a great choice. I’m also glad to see backwards compatibility.

I’m excited to see what kind of hardware improvements have been made. The switch came out in March 2017, just about 8 years ago. Just due to the way Nintendo games have their animated charm, they’re able to make their games look excellent on that hardware still. That said, I’d love to see how good a Zelda game looks on some new hardware.

The Wii was on the of the best selling consoles of all time? I believe only surpassed by the PS2.

Is the gimmicky a personal opinion or something you believe didn’t resonate with customers?

Looks like the DS and switch both sold about 50m more units.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_game_co...

Yes, great source. filter that by Home vs the mobile category to see it is only beat by PlayStation.

You could argue the Switch is a home console as well.

The switch may be kind of hard to count for home console sales, since the switch lite is a portable console (lacks hardware to use the dock) and may be included in some sales numbers.