pray4mojo on 15 December 2016
| Soundwave said: Splatoon feels like the only new franchise in like forever to really be birthed on traidtional gaming platforms to come out and be a hit and even that was kinda gimped by the Wii U. The one concerning thing is we're 3 years into this gen and there isn't really a new huge breakout hit IP from anyone. Minecraft was from the last gen. I do thing console gaming might be in some trouble, because there's too much entertainment available today. Netflix, Hulu, PVRs, smartphones with games/social media, etc. etc. there's too much to play, watch, consume that I think we're entering an era of like In a funny way too I think Switch could accelerate the decline of the traditional console. Even if it's a temporary success, what's going to happen is Samsung and other tablet makers are going to make "me too" knock offs, and the hybrid idea of a tablet form factor device that can also serve as a home console is going to become standard for most tablets going forward because everyone will copy that. So basically everyone who has a tablet or even phone in the future could have a decently powerful console rig right in their phone/tablet already, all they'll need is like a bluetooth controller and they can play. |
The challenge, of course, is in how those other companies can get all the mobile developers to create games with real controllers in mind. That's the issue. Nintendo's console is going to feature all of it's games with real dedicated buttons and analog sticks. Mobile games are totally fractured.
