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burninmylight on 02 November 2017
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DonFerrari said:
burninmylight said:

That's far from the reason that the Vita failed and the 3DS thrived. I'm sure you know what they are, so I'm not going to waste time listing them. But just to indulge you, why would the 3DS try to be the "console games portable" when the Wii and Wii U existed? And are you denying that it didn't have console games on the go, like Xenoblade Chronicles, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Smash, Metal Gear Solid 3, Resident Evil: Revelations and plenty of other games that either existed on home consoles or would have worked just fine on them?

I never did like the "Vita tried to be a like a home console so it failed, 3DS didn't so it succeeded" argument. This isn't the original Game Boy days, where there was a thick line of demarcation between what you could expect on a  home console and portable system. If a portable has good games that people want and comes with the right price, people will get it.

If the console games on the go isn't what made PSVita fail, then it also isn't what makes the Switch succeed, period.

Switch is thriving because it is a Nintendo Handheld (yes we can call it a hybrid and that it play on TV), but most here want it for portability. So it isn't thriving because it is a console being portable.

I'm pretty sure Breath of the Wild, Splatoon and Mario Odyssey are making the Switch succeed like a mo-fo. They also happen to be console games.

Again, I don't  understand the point you're trying to make comparing the Vita to the Switch. I don't see why you should compare anything to the Switch. Because every time you try to compare them as handhelds, you're going to get reminded that the Switch is also a console in some people's eyes. Every time you try to compare it to a console, you're going to get reminded that some see it as a portable. And most people see it the way it was intended to be, a hybrid. And everyone is correct. Stop wasting your time trying to give reasons for its success with outdated notions of whether its a portable or not and recognize that it is home to some highly rated, highly anticipated games, with more to come.

You might also want to take a look at this:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=232578