Thing is, if we try to extrapolate:
Nate mentioned the N3DS and XBox One S, what do these two systems even share? The only thing I can find is that they were just discontinued for a better model and that better model remained for the duration of the system’s life, games worked on both. Outside of that, neither are particularly relevant to each other. Like at all.
So I’ll work on that…
When was the 3DS/XB1 released?
2011 and 2013 respectively.
When were their replacements released?
October 2014-February 2015 (N3DS XL) and August 2016. Respectively.
Oddly enough, the
NEW
3DS was announced January 2015 and released February of that same year
in North America. But the standard sized model was released later.
Anyway, when was the 3DS and XB1 VCR discontinued?
3DS, from what I can find, was discontinued in probably late 2014 with the early 2015 having reports of it and this was before the N3DS released in certain regions.
And from what I can find XB1 VCR was discontinued between 2016 and 2017, before the One X was released but after the One S was released. In between that it was no longer available for purchase.
I can’t find information on the 3DS XL however but I assume it was discontinued at around the same time as the base model.
So 2015.
But how does this piece at all with the Nintendo switch? It was released in 2017 right, a better model came out in 2019 that completely replaced the original model and offered a better battery life than the original. At the same time they released a second addition to the switch family in the Lite model which was only meant for portable play and nothing more.
2 years after that, the OLED model is released but it does
not replace anything in the Switch ecosystem. In fact, it simply adds to the switch ecosystem and is even priced to differentiate it from the basic switch system.
It has everything that the V2 model has, but with more perks for only a 16% price increase. In a few markets like japan that give proper data, it seems like the OLED model has taken up the sales of the V2 yet said v2 isn’t discontinued. It could be the honeymoon phase of course, but OLED seems like it’s cannibalizing the Switch V2 sales. Lite on the other hand doesn’t seem that affected. At least, that’s my interpretation of the data. And the OLED is still very supply limited.
(OLED is selling much better and faster than the Lite though).
V2 is making up less of these sales. Perhaps Nintendo is intentionally making less V2s and phasing them out slowly over the course of several months, or they are making enough but the audience is going for the OLED model still leaving the V2 to sit on shelves. It’s either or imo.
(Or both)
So to conclude, if I was to actually extrapolate more into what Nate said (I did), it seems like he is implying it is supposed to be a “revision“ in the same way that the PS4 Pro is to the PS4. However unlike the PS4 pro to the PS4, it replaces the base model just like how Nintendo replaced the old Nintendo 3DS with the new Nintendo 3DS or how Microsoft replace the Xbox one VCR with the Xbox one S. PS4 Pro sold alongside the basic plan (which was actually replaced with the Slim) for the remainder of its life until it was discontinued in 2020 in lieu of the PS5 DE which is priced the same.
It’s a two birds one stone type of revision, or the “pro” that replaces the base model.
Sole mention of N3DS fills that fine though so idk why mention One S… it shares nothing other than being a revision that replaces the base model. But that happened more than once already.
Simply put, I don’t know where the “2024” thing even slots here. What is that supposed to even mean