Same Old Nintendo - KindaFunnyGames

[Alkibiádēs]

Hynad said:

Alkibiádēs said:

Except I'm not spending all my time making posts shitting on a console I have no intention of buying. You say I defend their every move in a post I complain about how terrible of a product the 3DS was? Yeah, at least try and make sense. 

If it was the same old Nintendo we'd be looking at a handheld that was two generations weaker than their current home console. 

3DS --> less powerful than a GC (3DS shared most of its life-time with the Wii U)

DS ---> less powerful than an N64 (shared most of its life-time with the Wii)

GBA ---> slightly more powerful than an SNES (shared most of its life-time with the GC)

GB -----> weaker than the NES (shared most of its life-time with the SNES and N64)

The 3DS should have been slightly more powerful than the Wii and they still could have sold it at $250 if they dropped the lame 3D technology. 

Like you do with him, I'm gauging you based on your bahaviour around the forums as a whole. Not just this here thread. 

And let's not act like the comment I quoted from you was talking about the 3DS. And if we were, I would point out the hypcorisy. After all, you say the 3DS is crap, like Norm complains about the Switch. But do you know what it takes to make a game console? Why don't you go and make one?

I already said what I would change about the 3DS. Drop the 3D effect to cut down on the price and make it more powerful at the same time. I don't know how that 3D gimmick made it out of their R & D phase, it's simply not impressive at all, they should have realized that before they released the 3DS. It's also impossible to market as its something you need to see with your own eyes. You can market motion control and touch screen controls, but good luck making a decent TV ad about the 3D effect. Nintendo pretty much gave up on the 3D effect themselves eventually. Sun & Moon don't even use it. 

Norm says it should have been an easy home run, as if developing a new console is easy. He doesn't even say what they should have done differently. Just a post with no substance. If the Gamecube showed anything, it's that making a powerful traditional console is not the answer for Nintendo for making a succesful console. It's not that simple. What works for Playstation doesn't necessarily work for Nintendo. 

Whether the Switch will be succesful I don't know. If it's too expensive Nintendo can always cut the price. I don't know if they will make good use of the motion controls this time, or the HD rumble effect. If they do, then they didn't make the same mistakes as they did with the 3DS. I doubt the HD rumble tech is all that expensive anyway. Motion controls won't be expensive anymore either. The joy cons cost $80, which is around $15 more expensive than the PS4 controller when it came out. But since the joy cons can function as two controllers it has a better value proposition anyway. 

Their new IP, Arms, is at least a good indication on what they want to do with the motion controls this time around. Seems like a solid new IP. I hope more games like that are coming out. 

The only major mistake (we currently know of) is imo not having a pack-in game. I can't see 1-2 Switch selling well at full retail price. It simply doesn't look like a full-priced game and it would have been an ideal pack-in game to show of the new tech. I can't see many people buying this party game.