Polygon.com / 13.06.25

Switch 2 is the continuity candidate that might just win

Under the leadership of the late, great Satoru Iwata, Nintendo shunned the technology arms race of Sony, Microsoft, and the rest of the video game business, and pursued a series of wild experiments that worked out brilliantly (Wii, DS) more often than not (Wii U). Iwatas final innovation, realized after his untimely death, was to combine the companys handheld and home console businesses into a single device 2017s Switch. Suffice it to say that Iwata really picked his moment. He had anticipated a closing gap between the capabilities of portable and home hardware, and an audience that wanted gaming to be more adaptable to their lives. The 152-million-selling Switch will soon be Nintendos best-selling system ever, and may yet claim the all-time title from PlayStation 2. What a legacy. Now, Nintendo is betting that the Switch has been so phenomenally successful that it doesnt need to innovate any more. Nintendo Switch 2 while it has a few minor eccentricities, like the inclusion of mouse c...
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