| pokoko said: It's going to be positioned closer to a handheld in Japan and a home console in the west, even if they don't come out and SAY that. That's because it's an easier sell in both regions if they foster those perceptions. Otherwise, who really cares? It plays video-games. Just decide if it's the thing that plays video-games the best relative to your tastes and buy it or not based on that. |
I'm not sure about that, to be honest. The thing has a pretty heavy focus on portability in its marketing so far as it is, and I don't see that changing. I honestly just think that the West has been late on the whole mobility thing when it comes to gaming that isn't mobile. I think that playing habits will be different between regions, but I don't think the marketing will be. In the West, laptops have become more popular than desktops, and tablets are even starting to rival laptops as the most used personal computer. I see the Switch starting a similar situation for consoles. Switch is the console laptablet.
Who knows, though. Maybe the West will look at it more like a laptop, and maybe Japan will look at it more like a tablet, but in the end it'll still be more of a combination of the two than one or the other.
