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Miyamotoo on 07 April 2017
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Areym said:
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?)

On the topic of zelda, I still don't see BotW winning over the hearts of the non-nintendo gamers in masse (on release, a huge amount of sales 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.

Nintendo was very clear about having one unified platform and not divided like before on separate handheld plattform and separate home console plattform, we will have multiple devices that will be part of Switch family, something similar you have with 3DS, and that totaly make sense because they struggled supporting 3DS and Wii U in same time. DS/Wii/3DS didn't also had most of those games and they were much weaker than their competition, saying that if Switch continue selling great we will seen more bigger 3rd party games on Switch, Switch hardware tehnicaly can handle downported PS4/XB1 games.

Like I wrote, Zelda BotW already winning some of non-Nintendo gamers, and that number will be only larger with more must have titles and word of mouth. Also hybrid concept itself (using it like real home console or like real handheld) will win lotsa people, its much better/more apealing concept than 3DS (not to mention Wii U).