Dulfite said:
How is it blind faith? Even the Wii U they managed to have years or profit. They just don't like to spend money on things unless they think it will benefit them. Also, Nintendo hardly ever tells us the full functionality of things right off the bat. This isn't blind faith, this is 30 plus years of them being incredibly fiscally conservative (it's why they have billions in excess cash). |
It is blind faith because your theory that they never waste cash on unnecessary things (Virtual Boy) and are always profitable (initial 3DS debacle) is steeped in poor recall. Sure they are profitable on things like the Wii U, but does that mean their decision to do something like this when they could've went the conventional route should be beyond reproach? Not at all. Nintendo making money doesn't do anything for me as a consumer who now has to worry about his cell phones battery life if and when I want to communicate with people in an online environment on a Nintendo console.
The fiscally conservative approach here (letting others create the devices that are needed to maintain voicechat) is sure great for NIntendo. They got to save a whole couple bucks per unit on the Switch. But what exactly does that do for me as the consumer?
