Miyamoto: VR is one person putting on some goggles, playing by themselves in a corner

[Mr Khan]

Richard_Feynman said:

Mr Khan said:
Makes sense. Nintendo's strength in home consoles for the 21st century has been local multiplayer, something quite tangential to VR's applications.

Kind of reminds me of old man Yamauchi and RPG players, though

I haven't seen anyone use that word outside of mathematics, and I do believe that you didn't quite do it right (?).

tan·gen·tial

tanˈjenCHəl/

adjective

adjective: tangential

1. of, relating to, or along a tangent.

   "a tangential line"

   • diverging from a previous course or line; erratic.

     "tangential thoughts"
   • hardly touching a matter; peripheral.

     "the reforms were tangential to efforts to maintain a basic standard of life"