Foundation “exceeds” a “conventional hardware lifecycle”.
How long is a console lifecycle? It really depends on the system, but conventional wisdom seems to suggest that it’s around five years – although there are exceptions, of course, such as the original Game Boy.
Going by that accepted wisdom, the Switch should be entering the twilight years of its lifespan as it will be five years old in February 2022 – but Nintendo has repeatedly stated that it sees the machine at the mid-point of its commercial existence.
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