zorg1000 said:
Wait, hasnt the majority of my argument been about a potential revision being able to solve the portability issue by being smaller, cheaper, having better battery thus making a seperate handheld redundant? So why are you backtracking and only talking about the current model now? also nice double standard, you have said on a dozen occassions not to buy into PR talk and here you are using PR talk to support your argument........ |
Yes, you've been arguiong against strawman. Nowhere have I even given the remote impression that Nintendo couldn't solve these issues with a handheld-centric Switch revision. There are many ways to create a solution to deal with the Switch's portability issue, you're acting as if there is just one. You're acting as if I think a non-switch handheld is a better idea. You acting as if I think a non-switch handheld is more likely than a "switch mini" or whatever you want to call it. I don't. All I demonstrated was that there is a better than 1% chance that Nintendo does put out a non-Switch handheld that is a 3DS successor. If Nintendo wants to do it, they can do so in such a way that they're not really supporting two seperate platforms. That's it.
You're acting as if you know that Nintendo is willing to release a Switch without removable Joycons. You act as if you know Nitnendo is willing to release a Switch without motion controls. You act as if Nitnendo is willing to release a Switch that isn't dockable to a television. You act as if you know that Nintendo is willing to release a Switch that has backwards compatibility to 3DS/DS games. Nintendo might not be willing to do anything of those things. That might not be a Switch Nintendo is willing to make, but considering what the 3DS is, they would probably be willing to make a 3DS successor that does all of those things.
It reminds me of all the people that this it's obvious that Toyota should release a 86 with a turbocharger. There are many that argue that there's no reason why they shouldn't do it. But the truth is, they likely never will because they appear to genuinely believe that a turbo does not belong on that car, that if you install a turbo on a 86 it will "become a different car". That's literally their reasoning. But you can buy a Camry with a turbo. That's right. Toyota is happy to put a turbo in a family-oriented Camry, but refuse to put one in the only sports car in their line up. Because that is not a car they want to make.
That's not to say that Toyota is dumb, it's just to say that they have a vision of what their product is, and the experience that product offers, and they're not willing to stray from it. The same thing could easily be going on with Nintendo.
and, because some people on this site apparently have trouble reading, I am not saying this is what Nintendo thinks. I am not claiming to know Nintendo's vision. I'm just developing a reasoning behind why they might want to release a 3DS successor instead of a more portable Switch in spite of how obvious many of you think it is.
