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curl-6 on 23 November 2016
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Alkibiádēs said:
curl-6 said:

Studio structuring is irrelevant to the device itself. It is portable hardware, in a portable form factor.

It's about the games it receives. The Switch will have both home console and handheld experiences. Think of 3D and 2D Zelda games for example. Any hybrid console would have to use portable hardware in a portable form factor. You simply don't understand Nintendo's new game design philosophy for the next generation. It's something entirely new and it abandons everything that defined the DS and Wii era:

- No more forced motion controls.

- No more forced touch screen controls.

- No more dual screen gaming.

- They will abandon the "3D" feature of the 3DS.

- No longer making games for two different systems, but instead one unified platform.

- They abandon the use of optical disks, opting for cartridges instead.

Anyone thinking this is a continuation of the Wii U or that this console is what the Wii U was supposed to be is deluding himself. The Wii U was based around dual screen gaming, a poorly conceived concept, evidenced by the fact that Nintendo struggled to come up with innovative ways of gameplay. The only Nintendo game that makes excellent use of the dual screen is Super Mario Maker. Most games made by Nintendo didn't even require the gamepad to be played. This time Nintendo has a well-thought-out concept (the fusion between their handheld and home console divisions).

What Nintendo is doing is new for them, and that is all that matters. No other hardware company had to split its resources between two entirely different pieces of hardware besides Sony during the PSP and the first years of the Vita. But Sony's investment in handheld gaming was always rather limited. They didn't really make that many first party games themselves for the PSP and PSVITA.

These days, there's really no meaningful separation between "console" and "handheld" games. Mario Kart 7 and 8, Mario 3D Land and 3D World, Smash Bros Wii U/3DS; portables have gotten to the point where they can pretty much do all the same kind of games as consoles, just with less graphical oomph.

Switch is an evolution, not a revolution. It takes what the PSP and Vita did, and brings it to the next level. That's not a knock against it; I've said it before and I'll say it again, I think Switch is a good idea and that it will do well if they execute it right. It's just not a brand new innovation.

 

Miyamotoo said:
curl-6 said:

"Purpose" in the sense you're using it amounts to pretty much just marketing though. PSP was made with the ability to be played on a TV. It just didn't use this feature as the cornerstone of its marketing. What matters is functionality, and PSP has the functionality of being playable both portably and on a TV screen, which is the same core idea as Switch. The only meaningful difference is that Switch does it better, but that's to be expected of a device two generations newer.

Already wrote, but one more last time, PSP is just handheld that has feature to connect to TV, while Switch has all features of home console and gave full home console experience out of box.Yes functionality matter and actually its main point not PR, and Switch has full home console functionality, full home console functionality is core idea for Switch same like its full handheld functionality, and Nintendo made Switch-hybrid with that on mind, every aspect of Switch is made with that on mind, home console and handheld in one, with all features of home console and all features of handheld, not just "can conect to TV". Because of that functionality nobody really bought PSP to use it like home console but Switch will bouth buy home consoles and handhelds users. Also beacuse Switch is home console in same time, it will have full console experience versions of games offcourse (new 3D Mario, Zelda BotW, new Retros game, Skyrim, Just Dance, NBA 2k....), did PSP or even Vita has games like that, of course not, ask your self why than Switch is getting games like Skyrim, Just Dance, NBA 2K...

Actually PSP and Vita got plenty of "console" games, like God of War, Uncharted, Need for Speed Most Wanted, Call of Duty, Killzone, Borderlands 2, Rayman Legends, Gran Turismo, Littlebigplanet, FIFA, etc. Even 3DS got a "new 3D Mario".