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Miyamotoo on 16 May 2017
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potato_hamster said:
Miyamotoo said:

I don't think they said specifically "one unified platform", but this Iwata quote is definatly intresting:

"Apple is able to release smart devices with various form factors one after another because there is one way of programming adopted by all platforms. Apple has a common platform called iOS. Another example is Android. Though there are various models, Android does not face software shortages because there is one common way of programming on the Android platform that works with various models. The point is, Nintendo platforms should be like those two examples. Whether we will ultimately need just one device will be determined by what consumers demand in the future, and that is not something we know at the moment. However, we are hoping to change and correct the situation in which we develop games for different platforms individually and sometimes disappoint consumers with game shortages as we attempt to move from one platform to another, and we believe that we will be able to deliver tangible results in the future."

It's amazing how you keep using that quote but fail to realize that iOS/Android are operating systems that are on a variety of different devices where applications aren't necessarily cross compatible with one another. Not all iPad apps work on all iPhones. Not all Android tablet apps work on all android phones. There are actually seperate tiers of devices within both the iOS and Android ecosystems that do not share all of the same applications. Yet you still think this means that Nintendo is going to come out with mutliple different types of devices that all play the same game cartridges, when it isn't even true for the example you use.

You're just reading what you want to hear from that quote, and making assumptions from that. Nintendo has never said that the Switch is a handheld console as is meant as a successor to the 3DS. You just want that to be true.

Fact is that is iOS is one platform, same is for Android. And yes, majority of apps works on most of iPads and iPhones.

Of Course I think Nintendo will make different iterations of Switch hardware, just look what all they done with 3DS family, but Switch like hybrid console gave Nintendo much more opportunities for other iterations we could have, Switch Mini/Pocket, Switch just for home console play, Switch Pro, Switch 2, Switch VR/AR addon...

And like I wrote, fact they admit they can't any more support effectively two different platforms, fact they merged their handheld and home console hardware division, and handheld and home console software divisions...tells us what exactly they are doing with Switch. So yes I am certain that Switch is unified platform, and that we will not have separate platform alongside Switch, and that we will have cheaper and smaller Switch Mini/Pocket just for handheld play in around 1.5-2 years when 3DS completely dies, and only time will show if I am wrong.