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Zkuq on 25 October 2016
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teigaga said:
Zkuq said:
People seem to be really keen on forgetting that Nintendo stated that Switch is a home console. Yes, it also acts as a portable console, but it's designed as a home console and as such, it would probably be wise to assume it won't be treated as a portable. 3DS has sold a good bit and it's far from dead, so I'm expecting Nintendo to still continue releasing handhelds. They won't stop after a successful device, they'll stop after an unsuccessful one. Besides, Switch is too big for a lot of things you could use a handheld for.

When Nintendo release a dedicated portable it'll just be the Switch in a smaller casing, clamshell or slides  up design, with built in buttons & less energy consumption. The whole point of the hybrid is a unified platform, 1 development pipeline. A seperate line of handhelds ia not happening. Mobile technology moves fast, people's concerns with Switches size/battery will be addressable in 12-18months when the 3DS is on its final leg.

Ah, an excellent point. I was going to argue with you about this but this is an excellent point. Still, it'll be a while until that happens, and until then, we should expect Switch to get treated as a home console - and maybe even after that, at least to an extent. You can't necessarily apply the same game design to both home console games and portable games because of the differences in how they're played. Unless, of course, it's Nintendo's intention to shroud the line between the two, which actually seems plausible. If so, that's a clever plan from Nintendo. I think I've just arrived at the same conclusion as a lot of people, but I've done so through a different line of thought. :D