The world is a big place and in many of these places wifi isn't a thing because the internet isn't a thing. A handheld would mean portability which would mean you'd need a connection wherever you are at all time and that isn't possible. I've gone to a beach where mobile network does not reach and thats here in the states, many dead spots in the states.

Hospitals, schools, malls, and basically every business with free wifi have the slowest speed and it gets even slower when there's 50/100/1000 people connected at once. There's a reason why practically all streaming services offer downloads, and that's because internet sucks. Speed isn't even half of what matters when it comes to internet, the infrastructure doesn't exist and at the rate these companies are moving it won't exist for maybe another 20 years MAYBE. It's taken 20 to get where we are now and advancement has slowed because of shady business practices.

There's a reason why hardware of all types continues to be made with offline in mind and that's cause A we're not there yet and B even when we get there people will always like having ownership of the things they buy. We've already seen the future of always online, it's treadmills that don't work without a subscription and a connection to the internet and we don't want that

It would make more sense for them to push their streaming services on mobile and offer Joycon style controllers. No one is going to spend a bunch of money to buy a handheld just to stream games.

The players are but the technology is not. We need high consistent internet connections and i feel that we lack that part. Plus, there are still places in the world that still lack high speed internet. Until we are all on the same page in terms of the connection, we are not ready.

Man, no matter how many times streaming services bomb, people keep trying to convince themselves (and others) that streaming isn't terrible.

NO,BRO

No thanks. I think it's lame that the Switch has cloud version of games that could run on the hardware I.E Kingdom Hearts. plus the internet in the U.S isn't that fast and same goes for most of the world.

We already have this. It's called an tablet or phone + GamePass.

No

Is the world ready for streaming. Overall yes. Streaming. handhelds, no.

if they go down that path that will be the end of gaming for me, i frickin hate hand held garbage, big screen for me every day of the week

Yes the world is ready even though 2 billion out of 7 has smartphone and only 50 percent or less has more or less of a good internet jsut to stream with lag!

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau