| Nautilus said: Damn, people are having a breakdown abut this.Is it really that hard to understand?It is both.Its a home console and a handheld console in one.Nintendo is not leaving any of them. |
They've left the console market to Sony/MS.
And I would say the same thing if Sony had made "Sony Switch" and no Playstation 4. So would a lot of people. Marketing gobbledeegoop is just that ... they can call it whatever they want, it is effectively getting out of the existing home console market.
Which is fine. Like I said above if you were a lot better at tennis (portables), had more fun playing tennis, got more satisfaction from playing tennis, then why the fuck are you even playing football (consoles)? It's basically like the kid who keeps playing a sport he's not good at because his dad used to love playing it and he wants to keep up the family tradition even though he doesn't really like the sport.
That's basically modern Nintendo's relationship with portables and consoles. They're way better at one, feel more comfortable with one, they don't even seem to like anything about consoles. Online play? Not really Nintendo's passion. Modern console hardware? Not really Nintendo's passion, consoles run too hot, even though why that is such a fucking concern is nominal since a console will always be plugged into wall power. Supporting a modern TV resolution (you know because HOME consoles are played on a TV)? Nope, not really something Nintendo cares for. Consoles need to be small. Why? Who the hell knows, for the person who lives in a house the size of a closet apparently. The NS doesn't even have the hollowed "brand new Nintendo console controller" thing that Nintendo used to justify their last two consoles, it's basically the same control layout as a Wii U (analog positioning tweaked but that's about it).
