None of the blockbuster 3rd party games coming to switch 2017

[zorg1000]

the_dengle said:

zorg1000 said:

Switch.......

Switch is a hybrid device. It is a handheld when it needs to be and a home console when it needs to be. More importantly, it is a handheld where it needs to be (hint: Japan) and a home console where it needs to be (hint: NA/EUR).

It's time to stop trying to fit the Switch's round peg into the square & triangle holes of the "handheld" and "home console" nomenclature.

zorg1000 said:

yep, its a hybrid which means it still counts as a "handheld gaming device" as well as a "home console".

Semantics. It is both, therefore it is neither. Rol put it well:

RolStoppable said:

The catch is that Switch can't be used to gauge the state of the handheld market because virtually nobody is going to use the console exclusively as handheld. A like-for-like comparison with handhelds of the past is simply impossible.

We can't measure the size of the handheld market by looking at Switch sales any more than we can claim home consoles are making a comeback in Japan if it becomes a huge hit there.

 

RolStoppable said:

zorg1000 said:

yep, its a hybrid which means it still counts as a "handheld gaming device" as well as a "home console".

The catch is that Switch can't be used to gauge the state of the handheld market because virtually nobody is going to use the console exclusively as handheld. A like-for-like comparison with handhelds of the past is simply impossible.

Therefore it's better to identify the motivations behind arguments. What people who say that the handheld market is shrinking or dying really want to say is that Nintendo is in trouble. The rebuttal is that Switch is doing fine. There's no reason to make things more complicated than they need to be.

agreed