SWITCH Rumor Round-up

[bigtakilla]

Wyrdness said:

bigtakilla said:

Isn't it essentially though? PS4 is pretty much the same thing as PS3, hence just the number change. Nintendo however has had its console hardware in eras. There was the NES era with NES and SNES. Then the 3D era with 64 and GC, then it had its gameplay changing era with Wii and Wii U.

Then Nintendo had said they are moving away from the Wii formula to try something different, but it doesn't seem that way. Based on everything we heard, it seems like Wii U 2.0, and PS4 being PS3 2.0 is kind of the perfect example.

Moving away from a formula doesn't mean they don't incorporate things from a previous forumla, the DS brand is a different formula from the GB brand but they're not very radically different from eachother in regards to the hardware approach. A formula and concept in a number of cases can't just be seen from supposed leaks and rumours, it may require seeing it's execution in practice.

Fair enough, but they are a different formula. When people bought a DS, they got it for a dual screen experience, just as they bought a Wii for motion controls. They knew there was going to be a different way to approach games, and the DS and Wii were a fresh kind of spin to the same old ways we've been playing games for ages. Both kind of stuck, but multiple screens were obviously the direction Nintendo wanted to take as they (and I myself) believe there is more potential from being able to have two seperate screens for playing the same game. Motion controls are still there (gyroscope), but takes the back burner. 

The NX on the other hand doesn't look to offer anything essentially new to the formula based on the leaks, ect. And I think we can essentially all agree it isn't going to be the power of the console that draws people in.