Miyamotoo said:
3DS its in 7. year on market and it will be dead next year, and yes Switch is successor to 3DS also (maybe not exactly in current form factor, most likely we will have Switch Mini/Pocket), point about Switch is that is aiming handheld and home console market in same time, that wasn't case with any previous Nintendo hardware. BotW is fantastic game for every gamer not just for Nintendo gamers, game cant be one of best games ever with meta score of 97 if only is for Nintendo gamers. You can bet that BotW is selling Switch to non Nintendo games also, I saw lots comments of that people saying that BotW is their first Zelda ever. |
I can see that being the case for the 3DS but it's still speculation. It will not bode well for the Switch if it is marketed as a home/handheld combo but struggles to handle the big triple AAA multiplatform titles like GTA6, RDR2, CoD/Battlefields which I think it needs to attract big sales. I don't the specs of the Switch by heart but I'm thinking it would struggle to hand those, which can relegate it to more of a handheld first and foremost, which would be weird as Nintendo initially said the Switch would be a home console first and foremost (has their stance changed?)
So that's also wild speculation on my part, it's still super interesting to have a console such as this and whether it succeed or fails, it will certainly teach the industry some valuable lessons. Let's hope nintendo finds a winning condition for the Switch and plays to that strenght. I still think it will ultimately do a lot of good for Nintendo
On the topic of zelda, I still don't see BotW winning over the hearts of the non-nintendo gamers in masse (I assume a huge amount of sales on release are more than likely the dedicated nintendo crowd) although it certainly should, it's a great game and probably the best launch Nintendo could have hoped for.