Nintendo President juntaro Guchuan said that the company's final transition from switch to the next hardware platform will be a "major concern" of the whole company. In this week's Japanese investor Q & amp; At the meeting of a, Guchuan was asked how to maintain a strong game release plan after six years of switch life cycle and his views on the transition to a new hardware platform.
Guchuan said Nintendo plans to mitigate the risk of resetting its more than 100 million user base by establishing a "long-term relationship" with users (partly through Nintendo accounts and using its IP outside the game).
In Nintendo's recent history, Nintendo launched very unsuccessful successor products (Wii u, 13.5 million units, 3ds 75 million units) after the great success of Wii (101 million sales) and DS (154 million sales). Guchuan said that the company would pay attention to these lessons.
Guchuan said: "we have announced the release roadmap of some games until next spring. Unlike in the past, we continue to have various new works to be released, even more than five years later. This is because the launch of switch is so smooth that we can concentrate all development resources on one platform.
However, whether we can make a smooth transition from switch to the next generation hardware is our main concern. Based on our experience with Wii, Nintendo DS and other hardware, it is clear that one of the main obstacles is how to easily transition from one hardware to another.
To help mitigate this risk, we focus on building long-term relationships with our customers. Although we will continue to launch new software on switch, we will also provide IP services other than Nintendo accounts and game software. We intend to do so to help make a lasting impact on our customers. "