| barneystinson69 said: The Switch reveal has confirmed this, and how I believe this is because Nintendo knows it can't compete with Sony or Microsoft anymore. They don't have the 3rd parties, the online infrastructure, the fanbase, ect. Now I'm sure I'm going to have people say "OH, THE SWITCH IS A HYBRID, ITS TECHNICALLY A HOME CONSOLE AND HANDHELD!!!" Let me say one thing: The switch is a handheld console, that has a dock in order to make it look like a home console as well. Lets just look at the specs for example. For $299, you're getting a console that is around double the power of the Wii U, so roughly 1/3-1/2 the power of the XB1 (which is also $299). Now this looks bad enough, but when we look at 8.5 gen consoles (Scorpio and PS4Pro), the gap is even larger. Now I'm going to assume the Scorpio launches at $399, just like the Pro. For $100 more, you get consoles which are 6 and 8 times more powerful than the Switch, and both are likely to see price cuts as well. If the PS4Pro is 349 for the holidays, are you seriously telling me the gap in power is only worth $50? These specs sound more like a console that is primarily a handheld than a home console. If its half a generation behind the XB1 and PS4, than it definently is in trouble with the PS4Pro and Scorpio. Now you could argue specs don't matter, and thats true - to a certain extent. However, when the gap is this large, its definently a problem. The Switch will definently struggle to get 3rd parties, and ultimately fail if its treated like a home console. If its treated more like a handheld, it has a far better chance. Now you could very well argue against me, but Nintendo is looking to put 3DS games on it, and says that they won't be replacing the Wii U with anything else. So Nintendo fans can treat this as whatever they think it is, but Nintendo from now on will make handheld consoles and mobile games, and that is it. The era of true home consoles for Nintendo is over; they already blew it with the Wii U, and I just don't see them ever recovering from it. RIP
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Umm..... I can't quite agree or disagree with you. Obviously it doesn't possess the same power as the PS4 and Xbone, but it could very well entice 3rd party developers. If we take a look back at their history, they developed the Nintendo Gamecube which was leagues beyond the PS2 in terms of power but also served as an inconvenience for developers. Ultimately, the PS2 ended up getting more developer support even though it was weaker. Nintendo needs to be more open to 3rd parties and from the looks of it, The Switch is looking to change their fortunes. It has no reigon lock and presumably has a stronger online network. The main thing I'm concerned about is the 32 GB of storage that comes with the console. My ZTE Axon 7 has twice the storage capacity of the Switch and that's an Android phone which doesn't require massive amounts of space. I have no idea why Nintendo made this decision as it's gonna force developers to spend much of their time optimizing their games to fit inside the Switch's puny harddrive. Zelda already takes up 40 % of the hardrive, so consumers will have to rely on external SD Cards to increase their memory. Terrible decision on Nintendo's part, yet other than that, I really don't have that many complaints about the Switch. We'll just have to wait and see.
