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Ivant on 14 December 2017
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But Nintendo did create a home console.. As I said before, mine has barely left its dock and is stationary behind the TV.

Anytime I want to play the switch I go over, disconnect the two joycon and turn the console on, then I turn on the TV, sit on my couch and play amazing looking games on my brand new 50 inch TV.

And they look stunning, they didn't need more graphics power for several reasons.

1. The art style most Nintendo developers use mean that not as much graphical work is needed, the titles still look stunning.

2. Graphics are not everything, I can enjoy the game play and story of BOTW without link looking like he is stood across the room from me, I can enjoy it without seeing minute detail of his face, or individual hairs, it does not detract at all from the world I am enjoying. And if the game is at all immersive, these things are just a side distraction, I have a friend who loved horizon, and was constantly talking about the animation of the hair, and it's great it amazes him so much but its a game, and he's talking more about its graphics than it's game play and that's just sad.

3. Lower graphics helps prevent spiraling costs of games, the ability to produce the graphics isn't growing in line with machine power, as a result the graphics budget of some titles make up the majority of its development cost now, why did so many titles from so many developers go handheld in previous generations? The DS has an enormous catalogue of games because the reduced graphics made it more profitable even with a lower retail value.

Nobody should be sad about how Nintendo produced the switch, because all they have you is choice, choice to take your console out with you (as many do) or to play in a different room of the house (as many do) or to use it as a regular home console (as I do).

It doesn't have to NOT have the other features to be used in any of the other capacities, demanding a home console only version would be foolish, because all you do is reduce the choices people have to play the existing medium.