I think people really take modern gaming graphics for granted. It's not cheap nor time efficient to produce cutting edge graphics. That's usually reserved for AAA games expected to sell enough to make more than their budget back, and is usually what is focused upon as a selling point. I've owned a Commodore 64, and have been gaming my whole life, almost every major console since the NES. I still find myself impressed by graphics and art direction on 3DS games lol. We've come a...
I am beginning to think that the reason for this is that the Switch is intended to be able to play online on the go, and that's the only way they could get it to work well.
Nintendo consoles really hardly ever release at launch with many games. Super Nintendo launched with three, N64 launched with only two. Pretty normal for them. Aside from Luigi's Mansion, I think the Gamecube lineup was all third party. Nintendo did announce that 80 games are already in development for the Switch. That's not bad, and hopefully it sells well and many more jump aboard soon.
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I wouldn't consider making a tablet console with a screen, custom OS and APIs, a brand new custom mobile processor and built in battery cheap. Not to mention the decision to use cartridges, which are thankfully becoming much cheaper. Nintendo clearly had a vision to go a separate route and invested very heavily into research and development.
How many people do you think will abandon their entire game libraries to start buying third party games for the Switch? You already have your paid online services, game library, achievements and friends across multiple platforms already. I have 200 digital games on my Xbox and really have no desire to stop using it. Nintendo consoles are primarily for first party games, and have been for a long time. The smartest thing they can do, is to not produce a complimentary handheld this generation, a...
I agree. If a company that's been around for over 100 years feels the necessity to exit the hardware industry, it makes you wonder where the industry itself is headed in the near future. Probably all cloud based services eventually.
I don't think it's quite that bad, but I do believe that Nintendo wants to take care of their Japanese customers' wants and needs before they do the rest of the world. Might be a poor business choice, but perhaps they want to retain a loyal customer base at home. There was absolutely no shortage of 3DS support in sales in Japan, that's for sure.
Looking back, the PS2 is probably one of the only consoles that ever had a great launch lineup. Could argue the NES as well, but that was a much different era. Everything quality that released at the time was practically groundbreaking. The Super Nintendo actually only launched with 3 games. The N64 launched with TWO, Pilot Wings and Mario 64. People act like Nintendo just started doing this.The 3DS launch was awful, and it took pricedrops, and a couple of years before sales really began to p...
Pokemon, Monster Hunter, Splatoon, Mario Kart, Smash, Xenoblade? None of those interest you?
It's not really all that much bigger than my 3DS XL, and I bring that thing with me everywhere. Nintendo is first and foremost looking at their home market in Japan I believe, opposed to Sony, who receives most of their sales abroad. Home console sales in Japan are almost nonexistent comparatively. They do however, love handhelds, especially the 3DS. Culture and lifestyles are different there, and many people game on the go. I imagine the Switch to be very successful in Japan, especially ...
The lead programmer, art designer and directors of the Metroid Prime series no longer work at Retro, which is why 2007 is the last time we've seen a proper game.
The price will drop. 3DS launched at $250, and everyone hated it. A price drop, a Monster Hunter and Pokemon game later and you have tens of millions of consoles sold.
Major Zelda games are often 4-5 years apart from each other, sometimes longer. They also consistently score and are regarded as some of the greatest games ever created. Well worth the wait, I'd say.
I'm very interested in the OS functions of the Switch. Will browsing be easy and responsive? What kind of apps will it support? Will it have a touch screen? When not playing games, if the Switch will have the functionality of a normal tablet, I would say that $300 is well worth the price. Tablets like the Galaxy Tab S, which is a two year old device, still run $400, and could never hope to run games as demanding as the Switch will able able to. Yeah, it's not as powerful as your PS4. ...
I feel ya man. As much as Nintendo themselves said it's a home console, that's absolute bullshit lol. The docking station is a glorified HDMI cable/charger. A console is where the guts of the system lay, and the Switch is, at heart, a tablet, or handheld console. I personally want said gaming tablet. I can understand if others don't though. I already own multiple consoles and a PC; I like the idea of having an incredibly capable portable device. I will most likely hardly ever have...
Your Xbox One is not battery powered, nor does it have a built in screen. As much as it's been touted as, this is not a home console. It's a gaming tablet with TV docking ability. Decent tablets are still expensive devices, and I can't think of one on the market aside from very expensive Windows devices that could run games as well. Many people are excited for what it is. Many others are upset by what it is not.
It's about the same man. The US dollar is hovering close to 1.25x the Canadian. I also wouldn't expect a price drop anytime soon, as the Switch is already sold out almost everywhere...most likely when the sales really start to slow down.
Tablets are expensive man. The Galaxy Tab S (8.4 inch) is still around $400, over two years old, and doesn't have nearly the gaming performance that the Switch holds. Basically, it boils down to people either being excited for a portable gaming device, or not giving a crap. I'd still like to know what kind of OS functions the Switch has. Will browsing and streaming work intuitively and fluidly? Do we know if there's a touchscreen yet? If it can also carries the base functionality ...
What were they supposed to do about the Wii U though? I enjoyed mine while it lasted, but it's clear it wasn't making them any money. Fans didn't want it, and developers didn't want to make games for it. In hindsight you can say they never should have released it in the first place, but what's done is done. They had an idea, they followed through, and they failed pretty miserably.