Because the Wii U was a huge hit in North America? Keep up the damage control, they're going to need it for this new handheld with almost no 3rd party support.
It can't. The 3DS is virtually dead now, and it's time to retire the ancient, crude technology that it is built around. The 3D effect was nothing more than a distracting gimmick, and the specs are beyond laughable.
Raspberry Pihas nothing to do with touchscreen games, it's a small system for playing games on an external display.
Wii U Sonic games were mostly trash, and the Wii U failed miserably. You kind of ruined your argument there. And I seriously doubt that the new Sonic game (or any other multiplat) would sell better on the Switch than the real consoles (PS4 and XB1). Switch is selling only to the usual diehard Nintendo fans, when they all have one sales are going to tank hard.
The problem with those "flashback" consoles (in the past at least) is that the image quality, colors/brightness, and emulation options, and wired controllers have been pretty mediocre. The NES Classic proved that cheap plug-and-play mini consoles could produce very good quality emulation, but other companies have yet to match the quality of emulation on the Classic.
"the mini version coming soon with the ROMs AND cartridge support"
What are you referring to here? Just curious.
You completely missed the point. Any multiplat games released for the Switch will, because of its much worse specs, not run or look as good as the regular console versions (PS4 and XB1). The discussion isn't about 30 vs. 60 fps in games, it's about the fact that any Switch ports will be substandard compared to the real console versions. I know you want to run damage control and make excuses for the Switch, but this is just the reality of its inability to deliver equivalent games due ...
Another example of why the Switch won't be getting a lot of 3rd party multiplats, most people would simply purchase the same games on the real consoles. Why buy a watered down version, with lower frame rate, lower resolution, and/or inferior graphics, when you can just buy the better versions on PS4 or XB1?
Kind of meaningless for Nintendofor to make a statement about cross play when the Switch is too weak to get multiplatform games, they should focus on making genuinely competitive gaming hardware instead. Their gaming consoles have been subpar for many years, unable to properly handle multiplats due to poor design and specifications.
Well said. Reggie is nothing but an empty PR suit, a mindless robot that spews PR nonsense and doesn't have a clue what gamers and developers really want. He's a perfect symbol of how out of touch Nintendo really is in the gaming community and industry.
Unfortunately, without solid 3rd party support, the Switch has no chance of success. And since 3rd party developers don't want to downgrade their games to run on the Switch, the system is unlikely to get enough games to keep it afloat. And Nintendo's own IPs are getting very tiring, people want new games, not the same old stuff rehashed year after year.
Bingo! You hit the nail on the head. Nintendo's philosophy has always been to make the cheapest possible hardware, then throw in a gimmick to try to reel people in. They don't care about delivering genuinely competitive hardware for the money, and that is why their future in the gaming industry is very much uncertain.
Once the novelty of the Switch wears off, and the core diehard fans have gotten ahold of one, sales are going to tank hard. People will realize that ...
No, they really aren't.
Almost no 3rd party developers are supporting the Switch, and unless that changes, the system will likely follow the same path as the Wii U. Unless you're a diehard Nintendo fan who simply must have every game they release, there's no reason to buy a Switch.
Marketing has nothing to do with the failure of the Wii U, the hardware itself was low-spec, feature-lacking, gimmicky junk.
And yet all you've seen about MP4 is a logo. Stockholm Syndrome is real with you guys, very sad. Always making excuses for every bad decision or product from Nintendo.
Weren't you a huge defender of the Wii U? How'd that turn out?
Totally agree. I went to the site and could immediately tell that it is designed to harvest clicks. Bailed out before continuing, not worth it.
Nope. A handful of games aren't going to be enough reason to buy a Switch, and the sad truth is that 3rd party developers are not on board with the Switch. No one wants watered down versions of games that are much better on other platforms, so the Switch is unlikely to get very many of those games. Once the diehard Nintendo fans have gotten a Switch, sales are going to fall off hard.
Agreed, looks like the dude hasn't been to a dentist in years.
They also don't know how to design good gaming hardware, unfortunately. Just look at the Wii, Wii U, and now the Switch for proof. Poorly-designed, low-spec, feature-lacking lacking junk.