Nintendo Switch 2 has an open goal to be the biggest games console ever – Reader’s Feature

A reader thinks that the launch timing of the Switch 2 is very much to Nintendo’s benefit, given the current state of PS5 and Xbox. It sure is interesting times for video games at the moment. PlayStation 5 currently rules the roost, with the cunning plan of doing absolutely nothing, and Xbox is ploughing ahead with a new console, despite the last two both being flops. None of it seems to make sense but then not much does in the world at the moment.

What does make sense is that there is a lot of excitement about the Nintendo Switch 2, with a surprising lack of negativity surrounding it, given how the internet usually is and how secretive Nintendo is being. The only thing I can think of which could turn things against them is if the console is unexpectedly expensive or it has a poor launch line-up. I think Nintendo has been in this game long enough not to make that mistake though, which, in my opinion, gives them a huge opportunity for the next generation. They’ve got all this buzz behind them, their games for the Switch have been excellent, and the PlayStation 6 and next gen Xbox aren’t going to be out for years. They could not ask for a better opportunity.

I’m not suggesting Nintendo isn’t capable of making mistakes. We’re less than a decade away from the Wii U, so that’s clearly not true, but not only do they have an open goal before them, but they are clearly on a roll when it comes to games and general strategy. They’d already let the Wii fade away prematurely, before they started on the Wii U, so something was going wrong behind the scenes for a while. There’s no sign of that at the moment though, with the Switch 1 still going strong in its eighth year.

We only got a few seconds of Mario Kart 9 footage but it seems to be changing things up quite a bit, so there’s no sign of them resting on laurels and every indication that the Switch 2 is going to continue to have ground-breaking games like Zelda: Breath Of The Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. What makes it even better for Nintendo is the absolute state of their competitors. Xbox Series X/S sales are deader than a dodo and at the same time Microsoft is basically third party, so they are going to be putting absolutely everything they can onto Switch 2.

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Nintendo consoles may have been an afterthought for Call Of Duty and other Activision games before, but you can tell Microsoft is going to go all in from the start. Especially with things like mouse support for Diablo. I wouldn’t even be surprised if they made Nintendo exclusive games, now wouldn’t that be a thing?.

Then you’ve got Sony, who are celebrating a good Christmas but have just had another State of Play with virtually no first party games – and nothing for this year. They’re doing well at the moment, because they’ve got no competition, but I think the minute the Switch 2 comes out that’s suddenly going to change. Not only will the Switch 2 play most third party games but it’ll have tons of exclusive first party games, which is exactly what people are not getting from the PlayStation 5 at the moment. Sony might be making tons of money right now but they’re fooling themselves if they think people are happy with them or anything they’ve been doing the last few years.

They’re just lucky that Xbox has been an even bigger shambles, so when a proper alternative arrives I think they’re going to be in big trouble. For the first time since the SNES days Nintendo will not only be the biggest console but the one with just as much (give or take) third party support as its rivals. If the Switch 1 is already on course to be the most successful console of all time I really can’t see the Switch 2 doing any worse.

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