>>32708913The key difference here is that the GBA and DS more or less had the same functions and were competing. It was especially obvious the DS would replace it, and was designed to, because it had a GBA slot to not make all your GBA purcahses moot.
The Switch, meanwhile, doesn't fill the same role as any of the previous handheld devices and is more of a home console. If it had the price this *could* have been a selling point, but at this point anybody who just wants a handheld is getting a subpar one for the price of a home console.
It's not a matter of the 3DS living forever, it's a matter of Nintendo probably abandoning the handheld market to sell this home console in it's place. The 3DS proved that a large group of people want more to their handheld games than mobileshit, and Nintendo is losing a sizable market here.
This isn't a graphics problem, or even a current problem, most people that handheld game do so because its convenient and they're on a budget.
The Switch removes the convenience of handheld gaming and it's easy to approach nature with all the bloat and stigma of a home console, something most consumers, especially parrents, are more wary to approach.
Nintendo needs a strong portable system more than ever right now, and sadly they seem to be turning their backs on the 3DS fans and telling them to move to the WiiU+ if they want to continue supporting the company.
