Veteran analyst expects Switch 2 to be "a massive success," but doesn't see it matching the "outlier" that was the Switch 1: "It could happen, but it's not likely"

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“Switch 2 can (and I expect it to) be a massive success.

But I also don’t expect it to reach Switch.

It’s tough to forecast for an outlier.

“It’s great that it looks to be a bigger, more powerful Switch.

Exactly what people wanted and expected,” he continues.

Unless of course theJoy-Con’s apparent mouse modeproves useful for genres like RTS and FPS.

“This announcement did not have much to it,” Piscatella continues.

Looks like we’ll have towait until the Directfor that.”

So, what does Piscatella think of the new console?

“In a word, it’s fine,” he tells us.

“Well, it’s possible, but not probable.

“At that time the most people were playing for the most hours while spending the most money.

Because of course they were.

And Switch received a huge boost over that time period as well.”