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The Nintendo Switch Won't Replace Nintendo Handhelds Says Reggie Fils-Amie

Published Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:45:30 -0600

Last updated Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:46:41 -0600

The Switch is in a bizarre position for Nintendo. The company does and has subsisted off of a simultaneous home and handheld console model for a long time. Now that those two things have been unified with the Nintendo Switch, what does that mean for the company?

According to Nintendo America head Reggie Fils-Amie, it won't replace the handheld division, despite that being the Switch's defining feature. Speaking to Wired about the future of the 3DS in a Switch world, he said:

3DS has a long life in front of it. We've already announced games that will be launching in the first couple quarters of this year. There are a number of big games coming. And in our view, the Nintendo 3DS and the Nintendo Switch are going to live side-by-side. You're going to be meeting different price points, you're going to be meeting different types of consumers, you're going to have the newest, freshest content available on Nintendo Switch, you've got a thousand-game library available on Nintendo 3DS, plus some key new ones coming. They're going to coexist just fine.

I do have to wonder how much of this is just 'business talk'. It would seem a little strange for the 3DS and Switch eating eachother's lunches, especially if some games were still 3DS exclusives. We really will have to see what Nintendo's E3 looks like.

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