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Miyamotoo on 16 May 2017
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potato_hamster said:
Miyamotoo said:

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 merge 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 will is unified platform and we will not have separate platform alongside Switch, 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.

The actual fact is that iOS is not one platform in the same way that a video game console is one platform. The term "platform" in the technology space has many different meanings, and you're assuming it means the same thing every single time it is mentioned. It's like calling "PC" a platform (it is) when we all know that Forza Horizon 3 isn't going to run on your "PC" if it only runs OS X or Linux or Windows 3.1 for example. Sure, it is far easier to port a PC game from Windows to OS X than it is to say, port a PS3 game to OS X, but that does not mean that Windows and OS X are actually the same platform from a game development perspective even if they're running almost on identical hardware.

The fact of the matter, is that there wasn't actually much stopping Nintendo from making a "Wii U portable" or a "Wii U Pro" or a "Wii U 2" or a "Wii U VR add on".... but they never, and there really isn't much reason to expect Nintendo will change their hardware deployment philosophy this time around either.

All we have here is a handful of fans who want so very dearly for Nintendo to just make one device that they have a huge confirmation bias that prevents them from interpreting what Nintendo says in any other way than the way they want it to mean.

iOS is one platform, 3DS is one platform and Wii U was another platform, they were not same platform, same goes for Wii and DS, GC and GBA, they are difrent platforms, while iOS is one platform.

Wii U has failed hard and wasnt exactly brand new platform like Switch, Wii U was more evolution of Wii platform not brand new platform. Switch is brand new platform in any sense (brand, concept, tech, architecture..). Actually totaly opposite, development and support struggles they had with Wii U and 3DS (two difrent platforms) maid them to change their hardware philosophy, during Wii U and 3DS they start talk about new approach, "need for having platform like iOS or Android", during Wii U and 3DS they admit they can't any more support effectively two different platforms, during 3DS and Wii U they merged their handheld and home console hardware division, and handheld and home console software divisions...

Nobady talks about one deviace, but about more iterations of hardware that will be part of same platform. And that's actually very obvious, you from some reason don't want to see that, same like you didnt want to see that NX will be hybrid.