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[Deft Beck]

Nintendo has always operated in their own lane, but they can't ignore the sea change in the high-end console market now.

Are they going to stay where they are with Switch 2 (and likely a Switch 2 Lite later), or will they stratify their console offerings to take advantage of the new market situation?

Plus, I think that with Sony toying around with a new handheld, as well as pressure from the Steam Deck, Nintendo will have to bolster their offerings to properly compete.

 

[acm2000]

nintendo is nintendo, they are off in their own world with their own IPs, you either like their games or you dont.

 

[jshackles]

Do they need a response?

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Keep doing their own thing since it's working great for them.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Have lunch?

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[RickMasters]

Do they need a response?

nope. the only response they need is one where they send MS more devs kits.

 

[Horseganador]

Nintendo has to do something? with Mario Pixar, Mario Kart 9, Metroid Prime 4, Pokemon, etc... I would already be printing money as always on Switch 2.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Make Switch 20 teraflops so it can run xbox games well.

 

[Gudji]

Isn't it obvious? They gonna release Mario on PS5 too. /s

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Both Nintendo and Sony are laughing at this point and won't change ANYTHING.

 

[skyfall]

Nintendo after hearing the news:

 

[cormack12]

Laugh

 

[//DEVIL//]

They will release a Mario Kart 8 super super deluxe for 69.99.


And it will sell more than Xbox games all together.

What do u mean response they have nothing to response to.

Maybe an tweet saying we welcome MS games on Nintendo hardware.

But they don't even care

 

[Heisenberg007]

Release another Mario and rake in another billion.

 

[Doom85]

Nintendo:

 

[Shifty1897]

You act as if only Sony benefits from Microsoft going third party. Switch 2 is coming this year and will probably run a lot of these games better than an Xbox One does.

 

[ByWatterson]

Keep making shitloads doing whatever they want, probably.

 

[angrod14]

If the Switch failed the same way the Wii U did, I'm sure they would be doing the same MS is doing now with the Xbox.

 

[Saber]

Theres a straight line between insanity and idiocy.

So I'm sorry if this sounds kinda rude, but thinking that Nintendo will do something because Microsoft failed miserably falls to the idiocy side.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Hopefully they release the Peach game early.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

nintendo will do absolutely nothing. This doesn't affect them in any way.

 

[Matsuchezz]

MS just realized they can exist outside of their console and without a console.

 

[Davevil]

Nintendo has always operated in their own lane, but they can't ignore the sea change in the high-end console market now.

Are they going to stay where they are with Switch 2 (and likely a Switch 2 Lite later), or will they stratify their console offerings to take advantage of the new market situation?

Plus, I think that with Sony toying around with a new handheld, as well as pressure from the Steam Deck, Nintendo will have to bolster their offerings to properly compete.

What pressure from the Steam Deck ?

 

[Closer]

Nintendo should politely ask Sony to realease their games on Switch or face their wrath.

 

[analog_future]

Why would Nintendo do anything? They're the market leader.


Jesus ya'll losing your minds over this Xbox shit lol

 

[Solidus_T]

Nothing. They don't need to do anything in response lol

 

[AngelMuffin]

Nothing, because they’re not a failing hardware manufacturer like Atari, Sega or Microsoft, etc.

 

[Rawbutt Jellybean]

Nintendo has always operated in their own lane, but they can't ignore the sea change in the high-end console market now.

Are they going to stay where they are with Switch 2 (and likely a Switch 2 Lite later), or will they stratify their console offerings to take advantage of the new market situation?

Plus, I think that with Sony toying around with a new handheld, as well as pressure from the Steam Deck, Nintendo will have to bolster their offerings to properly compete.

What pressure? Didn't Steam Deck only sell like 3-4 million units? Switch has sold like 40 times that.

As much as I loved my Vita, no way a Sony handheld can compete with the Switch 2. Vita couldn't even compete with the 3DS when the Nintendo library was split.

 

[Imtjnotu]

what makes you think they need to respond?

 

[killatopak]

Didn't even do anything and got promised 10 years COD for free.

Now they even get the rest as well.

 

[DJ12]

Give this many fucks is my guess

 

[Mowcno]

Nintendo has always operated in their own lane, but they can't ignore the sea change in the high-end console market now.

Why?

Honestly if Xbox were to even leave the console market completely it would have very little effect on Nintendo's business.

 

[Midn1ght]

Valve and Nintendo will keep doing what they've been doing for years now watching this whole mess:

 

[Crayon]

Maybe they'll try to make switch to capable enough to get third-party games without miracle ports. Before this news, which they probably had a little bit of a leg up on, there was already a ton of green flight and it would be a little stupid to let them all go to PlayStation without trying at least something.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Nintendo will be Nintendo.

 

[Bond007]

Zero response required

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Keep keepin' on.

 

[Mr Moose]

Nintendo:

Beat me to it.

 

[rodrigolfp]

What with these "let me grab my cristal ball" threads?

 

[FoxMcChief]

What with these "let me grab my cristal ball" threads?

It happens when we are left to speculate because no one “in the know” is saying anything.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

All Nintendo has to do is reject GP and keep 3rd party support.

They'll be fine if they continue the path they took with Switch.

 

[omegasc]

Nintendo will buy MS

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Nintendo will buy MS

Nintendo likes to buy shit?

 

[meech]

Nintendo has always operated in their own lane, but they can't ignore the sea change in the high-end console market now.

Are they going to stay where they are with Switch 2 (and likely a Switch 2 Lite later), or will they stratify their console offerings to take advantage of the new market situation?

Plus, I think that with Sony toying around with a new handheld, as well as pressure from the Steam Deck, Nintendo will have to bolster their offerings to properly compete.

Why should they change anything as long as they are having success?? At best we can get an Dock with a middle range external Gpu inside, thats it.

 

[TransTrender]

Nothing

 

[omegasc]

Nintendo likes to buy shit?

They NEED to do something in response! Anything!

 

[Fbh]

I don't know man.
There's a slim chance MS might be in a different position if their most recent console sold 130+ million units and their first party software consistently launched to stellar reviews and outsold almost everything else in the industry.

Also people online vastly overestimate the popularity of the Steam Deck. It's a cool device for sure but estimates were talking about it reaching 3 million sales by the end of 2023, almost 2 years after launching.
Switch 2 will sell that many units in like 3-4 months

 

[IDKFA]

What pressure? Didn't Steam Deck only sell like 3-4 million units? Switch has sold like 40 times that.

As much as I loved my Vita, no way a Sony handheld can compete with the Switch 2. Vita couldn't even compete with the 3DS when the Nintendo library was split.

I'm not sure.

Imagine a portable PS5 that plays every game in your PS library? That would sell insane numbers.

 

[DAHGAMING]

Probably just laugh so much they end up in hospital.