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Volterra_90 on 20 October 2016
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Rankstrail said:
Volterra_90 said:
Wait, what is confusing about Switch? I mean, they pretty much explained in 3 minutes what we can do with it. It's miles ahead the WiiU concept, though it's obviously inspired in it. The problem is that people didn't really know what the Gamepad could do. I mean, it's like a tablet for playing games home, so what? That's not marketable. Now, a home console you can take with you? It's really straightforward. This trailer is perfect, and it really shows that Nintendo marketing is now doing things right compared to the WiiU era imo.

What you say is perfectly fine by me IF it will have CURRENT GEN QUALITY HOME CONSOLE GAMES (MULTIPLATFORM), I don't think Nvidia should be selling the GTX 1080 for excellent performance in demanding games if all the people could simply use a Tegra processor that costs a fifth instead that consumes very little Watts and doesn't even need a heatsink and a fan. Will the majority of people believe it will have all the AAA home console games? (or capable of).

Can you really call this "home" console? (not a real question, more like an invite to think careful about this particular aspect, I know well Nintendo markets it at a "home" console, but every PR guy in every company tells lies)

PS: I really agree with you about the WiiU marketing problem, you nailed it in few words.

Yeah, I get what you say. But I think (and this is, probably, just semantics or free interpretation of what a home console is xD) that power is not what makes a home console. I mean WiiU was really underpowered and it's still a home console. Hell, NES is still a home console right now imo haha. The Switch is actually a home portable console. Or a portable home console. It doesn't really matter actually, it can do both. As long as you can plug it into your TV, playing with several controllers with your friends/family/whoever, is for me a home console. So, yeah, I think it's just semantics.