We finally got an account system with the Nintendo Switch family of systems, Nintendo Account, which ties all your digital Switch purchases to your account. Something that both Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox have had for years. Inverse managed to catch up with Nintendo of Americas president Doug Bowser to talk about a range of topics. One thing of note is how Nintendo plans to handle smooth transition between the Nintendo Switch and its successor. Now that’s where Nintendo Accounts will come in.
As we have discussed, the Switch has had a long lifespan and a huge install base. How — when you consider the idea of a successor to the Switch — do you think about helping those people who are on the console transfer to the next platform while reassuring them that the content and investment in the Switch will somehow transfer to its successor?
Doug Bowser: Well, first I can’t comment — or I won’t comment, I should say — on the rumors that are out there. But one thing we’ve done with the Switch to help with that communication and transition is the formation of the Nintendo Account. In the past, every device we transitioned to had a whole new account system. Creating the Nintendo Account will allow us to communicate with our players if and when we make a transition to a new platform, to help ease that process or transition.
Our goal is to minimize the dip you typically see in the last year of one cycle and the beginning of another. I can’t speak to the possible features of a new platform, but the Nintendo Account is a strong basis for having that communication as we make the transition.
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