Why on earth doesn't the Switch have camera's?

[AnthonyW86]

ICStats said:

AnthonyW86 said:

So here's the deal. Last year Nintendo launched their first mobile game in the form of Pokemon Go wich uses (a very simple form of) AR. It became a worldwide rage. You would think they would embrace AR and couldn't wait to create a high quality  full price version of that game for their next mobile device right?Wrong! The Switch doesn't have a single camera. So no AR, no video chat, no fun video editing, nothing. I mean a tablet without camera's, really?

Can someone please explain how this happened?

Yeah, I was thinking the same.  I don't care, but my kid loves to take his 3DS around for taking photos.  Switch doesn't make a good tablet replacement, not only for this but just general lack of apps.  I think it's like Nintendo says, primarily a home console.  I don't think I ever used the camera on Wii U.

Yes you get my point exactly, it just limits the Switch as an all-round device. And i really hope they don't mess up with the apps and atleast include things like Netflix and Youtube. Because that's what can really make the Switch interesting for people looking for an additional/replacement tablet, especially family's with kids. Or perhaps to convince people to replace their 3DS with a Switch.