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bigtakilla on 29 September 2016
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vivster said:
bigtakilla said:

But the obvious thing here is that Nintendo have release to very high critical acclaim even without being on the best console specs available. 

 

I mean, do you honestly believe other game developers would just close down shop if all consoles released were only just as powerful as Wii U? Hint: they wouldn't. If so then I'd say they are failures as game companies if flash is all they have to offer, and sone amazing 3rd party 3ds games prove my point. Power isn't the end all be all, It's just an excuse to allow companies to release hardware twice a gen and pressure the "power is king" minded to fork over the cash. 

No, power is the reason why they can deliver all kinds of experiences and not just cater to a specific kind of fan. Power does not make games worse, it just gives developers more freedom. What they do with their freedom is their choice.

Believe it or not but even Nintendo developers would welcome it if they had more freedom to develop their games instead of being so restricted on extremely closed platforms.

They do not produce great games because of how restricted the platform is but in spite. Now imagine what they could produce if they're freed from the shackles.

But it's very possible to do. Saying Nintendo should go third party because they don't have the most powerful console is to say they can't provide amazing experiences without it, which is false. I have enough faith in the talent of game developers to believe they are capable of making new great experiences on any platform, even (as I mentioned before) the 3ds. It's their job to be able to do that.