With the news of a Nintendo Switch successor on the horizon THAT I ACTUALLY BELIEVE, I'm feeling kind of wierd about it.
While working at Nintendo, from the Wii to the Nintendo Switch, I bought every new hardware interation of system on launch day. (like DSLite, DSi, 3DS, New 3DS).
I enjoyed them, for sure, but they were also business purchases. I would do real-time troublshooting with the system in front of me (I had a TV at my desk!), so I felt that a Day One puchase with only a few games was worth it.
But I'm not there anymore, so I don't need to buy one on Day One. And that feels a little sad. I'm going back to my rule of "I need five games before I buy a console" rule for that...and given how long it took me to pick up a PS5 (whose 5 games ended up being four PS4 games!) it may be a while.
I mean, I'm gonna pick up the machine as soon as a Zelda comes out. But it could be a while before I pick up that Switch 2/Pro/Whatever, and it really feels like that part of my life is really finally over.
@dolari The Switch has had a *very* long life and full title count for a console of its performance tier. Combined with the versatility of the platform and its timing (just before the pandemic), I think it's going to be very hard for Nintendo to get this sort of longevity out of the next generation.
It's going to take a *lot* for me to want to pick up whatever the next generation is, and like you, I have a feeling I'm not going to want to purchase this one on day one.