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setsunatenshi on 04 November 2016
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teigaga said:
setsunatenshi said:

I've seen/heard plenty of people who aren't necessarily Nintendo fans enticed by the possibility of playing their AAA experiences on the go. Like grinding out trophies or whatever during train/plane trips. So this notion that there isn't a big number of people who want those Mass Effect / COD / GTA type of games on the Switch, I believe that's quite wrong.

If the Switch will again be a mostly Nintendo only machine with a few 3rd party titles here and there will be a huge slap in the face to many people. That just pretty much settles it as being Nintendo's new handheld.

I don't doubt the existence of these people and Swicth will be my go to platform for Skyrim remastered, but for new, cutting edge games I do really question the amount of people who will pick the notably downgraded Switch version of Mass Effect Andromeda over the PS4/X1 version. Will it be 500k or 1.5m? I wouldn't expect much but hopefully a few developers give it a try so we can actually see the results, as well as seeing if it results in signifcantly better Japanese sales or not.

From Nintendo's standpoint they also have to remember that 80m people will already have a console they can play Mass Effect on come March 2017. Unique titles are definitely going to be a more compelling feature for those current gen owners then downgraded versions of upcoming PS4/X1 titles imo. If Nintendo could get both, then thats great but I think theres more worth in unique support, or games which won't scale badly; remasters, games with unique artstyles (Yoka-laylee) or games that have a casual/kids audience who aren't so grafix/online conscious.

Also I don't think this has any bearing on whether its seen as a handheld or home console. Back in the day consoles used to all be completely different. I'm hoping the Switch brings back a focus on gameplay mechanics, fun, gives shine to neglected genres (platforming/puzzle/turn based RPG/Console strategy games) and encourages developers to think outside of the box. Time will tell...

I don't necessarily disagree with any of what you said. My main point was that there is/was a huge amount of people that had some hope the 3rd party support would be there for the so called NX and they love the idea of taking the multiplatform games they already love and taking them on the go. In my opinion, failing to achieve this, puts the Switch in the same boat a 3ds was. Having specific games designed for it, some people love it, some hate it, but it's doing it's own thing. Definitely not a home console where you'd expect to play, say, the next GTA and take it on the go.