Mnementh on 01 January 2017
| pokoko said: The way I see it, there is a good chance the Switch will fail as a home console. Hold on, take your hands off the keyboard and let me finish. I think it might fail as a home console while still being successful as a handheld--if it's cheap enough. With most consumers in the west, I don't think the Switch is going to do all that well with people who go in thinking that they really want the top home console games and the best home console experience. I think Xbox and Playstation are still going to be more popular as answers to that question. That doesn't cover every consumer, however. There will be those who really want a handheld and those who really want a hybrid. That's Nintendo's market to lose. Honestly, I think they should really emphasize that difference in advertising instead of going at Sony and Microsoft head-on with a "home console". That, of course, is supposing that the rumors are true and the Switch won't have full western home console support. |
I agree. Everything on the Switch screams handheld, even the timing. It is 6 years after the 3DS, a full console cycle.
That Nintendo tries toadvertise it as home console has multiple reasons.
a) They can ask a higher price.
b) The WiiU isn't that hot and selling Switch as home console allows them to back away from support to the WiiU without letting it look like they abandon the market.
c) They can try to catch some home console games for the handheld market, some game devs might wanna try it.
