I mean if the WiiU taught Nintendo anything it was probably not to rush the next big upgrade until you’re positive it’ll actually be a worthy following act.
They should have learned that from Virtual Boy. I STILL say virtual boy could have been really really cool…if it were in more than just red. Which was the plan, but it got rushed to come out in 1995 at the cost of development time. All so people wouldn’t feel conflicted in 1996 over which to buy. The N64, or the Virtual Boy.
Don’t worry Nintendo. Nobody was conflicted about that…good job!
Also Switch doesn’t need an upgrade. It’s not competing with PS or XBox, they have a younger target audience and that means you don’t meed 5000 horse powers of PS. Ot’s for families not Dads. I have mine for 5 years and I love it!
It’s really impressive how long it lasted considering the chip they use was already outdated when it came out.
Well, it ended up a pretty solid console, after all. It’s only real downside is the horrible performance. When the Switch “2” comes out, my only wish for it is to not have a SoC that’s already a year outdated, at the time of release
my only wish for it is to not have a SoC that’s already a year outdated
Nintendo: We don’t do that here
Consoles in general, not just Nintendo
i’ve never cared about graphics in nintendo games, they don’t need to be amazing like the steam deck. that’s not the reason you buy a nintendo console.
however, i was was playing totk yesterday, and it was so clear that the switch is underpowered. so much stuttering, and the lack of an antialiasing filter in that game is so obvious.
The steam deck apu isn’t even top of the line.
Could not play TotK on my switch for more than an hour. I got fed up and ended up emulating it at 1440p 60fps.
I think Valve is about to pull a Nintendo on Nintendo. While they have been playing 3d chess against Sony and Microsoft, by focusing on the pure gaming aspects of gaming. The one blind spot they have always maintained was modding, emulation, and hardware communities. That plus shift how Xbox live wasn’t just a phase, but a elevation of the gaming experience.
Valve has stayed constant following the gamers and answering their calls and concerns. Stayed true to gamers and the developers.
As a life long Nintendo fan, this makes me happy and sad. picks up steamdeck
Valve is in a very unique position here. They’re clearly not making very much money on the Deck itself, and that’s okay, because they both got an endless library of games behind them, and on top of that, they’re actively putting money back into the ecosystem of developers, to further utilize what people already have. Historically, that’s never been the case with any console, let alone a handheld, because every one of them either had bespoke architecture, or only ran software that was specifically designed for that machine
It’s like gamers grew tired of filling their storage with last generations games (maybe not last, but definitely 2 generations prior) media because we were told they wouldn’t run on the next system.
Xbox S has actually brought me back to console gaming a bit because 1) my Internet is shit, and 2) I don’t have to buy it rent physical media (2.5 I can play the games on my laptop as well, but I rarely use it since I’ve gotten the deck).
Valve, and to a lesser extent their deck, has filled that (niche is too small of a word) void nearly perfectly, valve and emulation has brought a dump truck and back hoe to the big 3’s garden party.
While great and all, I think that this generation has been heavily impacted by COVID and chip shortages, so I think it’s only fair for all manufacturers to basically add two years onto the lifespan of their consoles.
I’ve often been a critic of Nintendo, but the Switch is a fantastic device with a solid library of games behind it. Not only that, but for indie titles it’s great. It probably gets more use than my PS4 and PS5 combined. For little kids, being able to take the console anywhere is a huge plus.
I heard that the SWOLED was going to be a hardware upgrade too but they pared it back due to covid. Apparently the screen cost nintendo an extra $10 to manufacture.
I graduated college 3 months before the Switch came out. It really doesn’t seem like that long ago…
Well the years start coming and they don’t stop coming…
As long as Switch 2 or whatever it may be called is backwards compatible. I hate that my Wii/Wii U collection is stuck on the Wii U.
I thought every Wii U game that was worth playing got a Switch port?
Or is this more of a “I don’t want to pay for the same game twice” kind of a thing? Buying the same game over and over again has been the norm for Nintendo for many years now.
Still no Twilight Princess
Xenoblade X is still stuck on the switch
“Worth playing” according to whom?
It’s a really great console. I love playing it while in bed, it’s just a vibe of its own with so many great games!
…and I still have so much cool games to play on it…
I still need to play Skyrim on it.
Haven’t played half of the things I have bought.
I’m gonna play on my switch 1 until a revised switch 2 slim comes out. No need to rush.
Switch 2 OLED most likely. Rumors are, switch 2 will arrive with an LCD panel
