I'm not sure if this is a question for here or another thread so I apologize in advance but I've been thinking about this question in relation to the possibility of the upcoming Nintendo Direct.
With the next Nintendo Direct possiblity revealing a lot of what we can expect for the Nintendo Switch for the year, I was wondering how far into the next console's generation that you all think the Nintendo Switch will get first-party support? I know there's been a lot of speculation related to how long the Switch would receive first-party support from Nintendo and, so, it's been something I've been thinking about in relation to what I think we'll see in this Nintendo Direct as well. I'm not very familiar with how long into each generation Nintendo keeps first party support for their consoles, but I feel like the range is usually around eight years (possibly outside of the GameBoy, GameBoy Color, and GameBoy Advance generations)?
The only generations I can remember off the top of my head are the DS and 3DS ones where I feel like they both were also around eight years with first-party support? I know a lot of people have talked about there being some time where Nintendo releases games for both the Nintendo Switch and their next generation console, with Metroid Prime 4 probably being the most commonly talked about example as a cross-generation game, and I also feel like their backwards compatibility plans also probably have a hand in whatever they decide. I just know the Nintendo Switch will be eight years old in March of 2025 so it's made me think a lot more about how long I personally think it would receive support after the next console releases.
I'm sorry for the really long post here and I apologize deeply once again if this isn't the proper thread to ask this question on. I am really interested into seeing what you all do have to say and/or the insight you all could provide as I don't feel like I also know a lot on this topic in general outside of more recent generations. For me, I'm really excited for the upcoming Nintendo Direct and it's been really great reading through this thread and seeing all your thoughts, hopes, and predictions as we (hopefully) come up to it very soon!!