| RolStoppable said: People who want to own a physical copy won't mind that drawback, so it isn't perceived as an issue. Okay, I get it now. Your logic and your argument is that your preference for digital-only is universal, that's why you struggle with the notion that many people want to own physical copies of video games, music and movies. You also think that Nintendo's reason for unifying their home console and handheld development is to make people buy both devices when it's actually more about selling their software to owners of either device; this avoids a situation like GC/GBA and Wii U/3DS where the installed base is greatly lopsided in favor of one device, making it increasingly harder to justify development for the worse selling hardware. If people buy both devices, then Nintendo certainly won't complain. But Nintendo is not going to make ownership of more than one device a prerequisite in order to enjoy NX. |
The benefits of digital are not a preference. Not needing to manually switch between media is not a subjective benefit. Having instant access to your entire library of games is not a subjective benefit. It doesn't matter if people who enjoy physical don't mind those drawbacks. Those are drawbacks, and they're ones that lie in direct contrast with the kind of seamless platform Nintendo is creating on NX.
Nintendo doesn't have only one reason for unifying their home and handheld consoles. Nothing companies like them do is that simple. The reason NX will be such a successful platform is because it will kill multiple birds with one stone. Unifying developement doesn't solve one problem - is solves multiple.
I don't think Nintendo is trying to force anyone to buy both, but it's absolutely without sound logic to think that Nintendo won't aggressively push and market synergy between the two systems when they are being built from the outset to have such synergey without even trying commonalities, meaning they absolutely do expect a significant amount of consumers to own both. That means that the experience of the people who own both platforms will take distinct priority over those who decide to own only one. Nintendo is not going to make ownership of more than one device a prerequisite to enjoy NX, you're right, but they are also not going to allow the ownership of more than one device to be a clunky and unpleasent experience.
