CrazyGamer2017 said:
Well if the future of Nintendo is decided by people who lower their standards gen after gen then I fear that you might be right: There may never be a home system by that company again. Also the rest of the industry seems to steer towards norms (1080p, 4K, HDR, 60fps etc.) It seems strange to me that Nintendo is the only one that does not go that way. It's of course good news for the company as it means no need to invest money in advancing components and technology, just work on different concepts and voilà, people will flock to you. But as a consumer who wants a decent product, I am not too happy about this turn of events. I'll cross fingers and hope one day to play BOTW on some future home system that will do justice to the new generations of televisions we see in the market today but if not then, I will have to send my divorce papers for Nintendo to sign. |
There is a good deal of people that like portable systems, because that is the only thing we have time to play. For me it does not really matter if Sony manages to put a super computer inside the next Playstation, if I do not have the time to play it. Also, the norms you describe (minus HDR) are for people with big TV screens, 4K on a 6" screen really does not make much sense. In addition, handheld systems (just like phones and tablets) do progress in terms of power and capability, so it is not like Nintendo will remain with what is in the current Switch forever; the thing with these smaller devices is that while they progress they will be visually worse off than their stationary counterparts, simply because of size and power constraints. The benefit, of course, is that you can play them anywhere, even if the games are not as visually advanced as their stationary counterparts. But then again this is something that console gamers are used to and do not seem to really care about (outside of petty console wars fighting); after all, when the PS4 and XONE came out PCs were easily able to reach 1080P at 60 FPS in many of the games that those systems could not run at full resolution and/or 60 FPS. A gaming PC from 2015 with a modest CPU and a good GPU can do 4K at least at 30 FPS.