Should Nintendo Stop Innovating And Make A Traditional Console?

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mZuzek said:

Soundwave said:

Nintendo knew the Japanese market was going portable only and Wii U was their attempt to hedge against that, the technology at the time only allowed for semi-portability. Switch is just the Wii U concept reversed, instead of a "dummy controller", the hardware is now in the controller and the "console" is now a "dummy dock". 

Yeah, I was amazed when I saw some Japanese Switch commercials earlier today and noticed that they barely show any signs of the console being a hybrid. It's just shown in handheld mode for 98% of the time.

The thing about Japan that you have to understand is people play their 3DS/DS at *home* a lot of the time. It's basically become the new "home console" and traditional home consoles have become speciality/niche devices. 

Wii U was their attempt at trying to "bridge" this gap, even people who complain about the Wii U's limited range ... for a small Japanese home with thinner walls, that aspect of it actually worked pretty OK (off-TV/on-TV play). I remember Nintendo Japan did a video trying to show the Wii U concept better and it was a Japanese guy at home playing on the TV, then he goes into the kitchen to cook ramen and continues playing on his gamepad, etc. You can tell the whole idea was designed for Japanese homes. It just didn't take because you couldn't take the system out of the house, and I think Nintendo wanted to do that even in 2012, but the tech just wasn't ready.