So Nintendo officially quit console gaming. Switch is a handheld system

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Turkish said:

superchunk said:
ugh... so much ignorance and shallow thinking when considering portable to home consoles.

It is a gaming console. It will be the only one with Nintendo IPs. It will be the only one with exclusives worth a unique purchase. Partner sheet demonstrates it will have the technology to allow all ports as well as the game creators to bring those ports.

Until first year games and real support is confirmed, there is no justification for negative reaction or pessimism.

What the hell are you even talking about?

"so much ignorance"

What ignorance? The things said in OP come straight out of the horse's mouth, do you know better than Nintendo?

"it is a gaming console"

Of course it is, when you play the semantics game anything that has something resembling a game is a gaming console, my old Tamagochi as well! When people say "console" it's clear what they mean by that, there's a clear distinction between consoles and handheld. The Switch is basically a handheld, you will never need to connect it to the dock to play games.

"no justification for negative reaction or pessimism"

There's no negative reaction, I'm not dooming or glooming Nintendo, I'm not even giving my opinion. Just stating the facts.

Your last statement is how I have been treated over my view of the facts. I even tried to explain in another thread how this is great because 3DS support is exactly what Nintendo's next console needs. The ability to play games like Bravery and Monster Hunter and Pokemon on televisions makes me want to buy the console. With that said, I am simply calling it as I see it. I know what a hybrid should be and this console does not fulfill those obligations. Saying the previous statement does not mean I hate Nintendo, am casting doom and gloom, or that I want them to fail. It is simply an analysis of the current situation.