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burninmylight said:
Pemalite said:

PC, PS4, Xbox One say otherwise.

Sure there will be people who don't care about power, but there are plenty of people who do care about power.
Just like there are people who love The Last of Us... And other people who can't stand it. Not everyone likes/dislikes the same thing we are all different.


If Nintendo can deliver the goods with a Switch successor/update, I'll be onboard. They lost me when they revealed the specs initiatlly for the Switch, I'm a hardware enthusiast and expect more for my dollar.

And there's nothing wrong with that, but the point is that you're in the minority, man. You can be a Ferrari enthusiast too, but go driving up the highway and you'll find a lot more Kias, Fords and Chevys. You can be a photojournalism enthusiast, and there is definitely still a market for you, but 99 percent of people* are satisfied with the crappy camera on their cell phones.

 

*I made that number up. Don't quote me with an actual stat, person who tends to miss the point, because you know it's beside the point. You know who you are. Just don't do it. Fight the urge. Fight it.

It's less a Ferrari analogy though and more of gaming adopting an upgrade path more akin to smartphones/tablets (not quite yearly updates, but in the line of major refreshes every 3-4 years sandwhiched by lesser upgrades perhaps every 18 months or so). 

And nothing is more mainstream than those devices. 

People like buying electronics, the whole thing of the "angry consumer pissed off that company X/Y/Z is offering a better product" is simply an outdated concept in today's world. Even look at the Switch, how many Nintendo fans on this board were saying it was catastrophic if Nintendo dared to ditch the Wii U before the holy rule of 5 year support? 

Well Nintendo has had literally zero real backlash to their decision to move on. Sony has had zero for PS4 Pro. And MS is likely going to get little/none for Scorpio. Times, they have changed.