It's excusable now because of the power differential. If the new hardware eliminates the gap between Nintendo hardware and even a base Xbox One which can still run the full fat versions of games currently on eShop it would would be a disappointment. A path to those better versions would be great whether through patches, Xbox style Smart Delivery or PlayStation style dual versions on the same store.Isn’t that the case still nowadays? I don’t see the issue when is already the situation Nintendo is found nowadays
Series S is giving people serious pause when shopping for a new console be it PlayStation or Nintendo as the sales are starting to show. Especially as Switch starts it's sales descent and PS5 is still hard to find. Once PS5 shipments improve that's just another front that has opened up.Chip away how? I don’t see the two consoles being any of those. PC has Deck but I don’t think that will ever really be the Switch killer most people think even in the future. Outside that is what exactly that is encroaching on what the Switch is doing.
I just don’t think most people are going to care because even if Nintendo makes a robust BC solution it would still depend on devs/pubs to update their games. As we have seen from big & small alike not all of them will or even want to.
That's not a hardship for Nintendo in general but it could steal some of it's thunder as a indie machine. Especially if for the same price you can have better versions of third party legacy games with the promise of newer releases. Deck isn't going to gobble up all of Switch's portable appeal. It might not gobble up any but the frequency of which I am hearing about Deck clones is increasing. The implications of that might make themselves apparent within this decade.
See above.I'm pretty confident Nintendo favors the Switch's success over the Gamecube's failure.
I'm also unsure as to how competitors are supposed chipping away at the Switch - the SteamDeck is not anywhere close to being a Switch killer if that's what you were trying to imply.