Nintendo president essentially confirms Switch is a handheld

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Miyamotoo said:

GhaudePhaede010 said:

I simply disagree. This is most definitely a 3DS successor. If this is a home console, where is the home console portion? There is a glorified video out case, but the honest reality is that this is a hand held that can be hooked to a television. Fuck the fact that it uses moile technology torun the console.

 

There is nothing wrong with this since I believe Nintendo is really going somewhere with their next home console. When Nintendo released DS, they said they were not killing off Game Boy and that DS was not the Game Boy replacement; rather, it was the third pillar. But, who were they fooling? Only the most dedicate sheep were fooled into believing that lie and now only that same equivalent would be fooled here. The DS line did replace the Game Boy line and I believe this line will replace the DS line.

Switch at home can be used like real console (playing on TV with separate controller, for playing local multiplayer on TV) same like it could be used like real handheld. Basically its successor to Wii U and 3DS. Nintendo itself calling it "portable console".

Reality is that GB died shortly after DS arived, same will be for Wii (Wii U is already dead) and DS after Switch arives. Don't expect another Nintendo home console in near future, actualy I think in 2-3 years first we will see Switch Pocket, smaller Switch whitout dokc and controler.

There are many things wrong with your post:

1) You clearly have no vision for the future of video gaming. Instead, you think you may have a vision based on what you see in the present while neglecting the past and lacking imagination for a future.

2) Calling this console a successor to both Wii U and 3DS is fair from your prespective because of your lack of vision for the future. This makes arguing your point here moot at best. However, a hand held with cool features is still a hand held. Just because the stuff is packaged in is not a reason to call this console something it is not. If 3DS came out with a docking station that gave video out to the television and the console saw controller add-ons today, would that really change the fact that 3DS is a hand held? No. Now there is also the rumor that the screen is touch... if that is true, docking the hand held to the station actually TAKES A FEATURE AWAY FROM THE HOME CONSOLE SIDE. Now, I understand that this is a rumor but if it ends up true, how in the world can you say this is a home console when it sees all of its potential and features utilized while it is used as a mobile? Another point the guy that tends to agree with you should be prepared to debate.

3) See my DS being called the, "third pillar" argument because it could have been suicide if they admitted to replacing the Game Boy line at that moment. We have watched this happen before (if you were actively following gaming in 2003).

 4)Game Boy Advance was Nintendo's best selling console at the time. I am not going to revisionist history this with you because it is very, VERY clear you have no idea what you are talking about. Gamecube was dead, not Game Boy Advance. People were saying Nintendo should make a new home console back then. Just like Wii U is dead NOW, not 3DS so people are hoping and praying that Nintendo rush to replace that instead of replacing their money making hand held line. This is history repeating itself. Nintendo does not do what the common video gaming pubilc thinks they should do (replace the struggling home consoles first), they do what they want to do. And when it comes to Nintendo, using your typical progressional logic is a failure as history has shown us. Also, taking Nintendo or any company literally is suicidal. These compainies are politicians which means they will say anything to cause minimal scare (see DS being, "third pillar") while taking risks.

5) Not only do I expect another Nintendo home console, I expect it reasonably. They tend to stick to five to six year cycles and I would be surprised if their next console is not at least hinted at in that time frame.