Shigeru Miyamoto: "In the world of fun, there's only number one."

[Pyro as Bill]

Soundwave said:

I'm saying it's an easy idea to copy and not only that it could be done for a lot cheaper than what Nintendo is asking for. Any tablet can do a 1,2 Switch type game, you probably could even do something like that without a controller and just use the tablet camera. 

MS did release Kinect, and it was hugely successful for them, infact I think the Wii basically only had a couple of months after Kinect where it ever sold more than the XBox 360 in NPD sales tracking ever again. 

If Switch is very successful I think you will see greater focus on physical controllers for existing tablets and phones. Right now it's a bit of a niche market, but if tablet makers see Switch having some success, they will copy it with more "official" solutions IMO (ie: you could see tablets shipping with physical controllers right in the box so that users don't have to buy some weird third party accessorie ... I could see Samsung in particular doing this). 

Flapping your arms doesn't make you a bird.

I've lost track of the amount of times people have thought Nintendo's gimmicks and games can easily be copied/improved upon. Whether it's 2d or 3d platformers, kart racers, handheld competitors, motion control they all end up dead in the end.

Kinect is funny because it was basically a one hit wonder that had MS convinced they could be Nintendo. I bet MS wishes they'd never touched it. It also forced MS to save on power at the cost of Kinect 2 which meant Sony could hold back too. Now they're both making mid gen upgrades. Kinect didn't just kill Wii (debateable), it killed XB1 too.