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Kwaidd on 01 March 2018
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Conina said:
Kwaidd said:

Basically what you guys are asking for is a totally different (2nd) Nintendo console... no, just additional form factors which can play the same games and which will reduce hardware costs and can therefore reach different customer circles

and if Nintendo ever decides to deliver that type of product again, it can't be "Switch". Switch was purposefully designed and made to be exactly what it is, a hybrid console.  If it doesn't do both, it's not a Switch.  They bet big on this form factor, and it is paying off in spades.

Not everyone who wants to buy and play Switch games also wants to switch between different playstyles. Neither does any Switch game expects that the player(s)  switch from TV mode to handheld mode while playing, the players have free choice about their playstyle. No forced playstyle like some Wii U gamews (NOW look at the tablet screen... NOW look at the TV screen... NOW look at the tablet screen again...)

That freedom also means that some people who always want to play in TV mode or who always want to play in handheld mode have to pay for expensive features they don't need. Why don't give them a low cost option without the hardware they don't need? And if they later change their mind, they can SWITCH to the full experience by upgrading with accessories (which are very profitable to Nintendo).

  There is no reason for them to deviate from this, and I don't see Nintendo going back to a standard box console for a couple generations, if ever.  There may be some slight chance of having a dedicated handheld successor to DS...but that would undermine their efforts to have unified development teams and streamlining their delivery of software

No, a cheaper Switch TV box or a smaller/cheaper Switch Lite wouldn't undermine their efforts of unified development... they would play the same Switch games and there wouldn't be any additional software development costs. All Switch games have to support docked and undocked mode anyways... it doesn't matter if there are hardware revisions on the market which (initially) only support one of these modes.

, so I honestly do not see them going that route either.  Switch is quite easily portable... but a new revision could be even better portable and/or have a better battery life. Progress and enhancements aren't evil. They even enhance the longevity of a platform.

...and it has the power to play home console games.  Why would anyone want a smaller form factor (and thus weaker hardware) that would not be able to play home console quaIity titles just for the sake of being slightly smaller? 

A smaller form factor doesn't automatically mean weaker hardware! There is a constant progress of hardware efficiency, especially in mobile space. Why not use that progress in later revisions? And nobody wants (or suggested) weaker hardware for a smaller Switch revision!

That's going backwards instead of moving forward, imo.  I believe with the success of this form factor, this is the direction Nintendo will stay with for quite some time.  Alongside their unique software, it is what differentiates them from the competition and makes them relevant in the industry.  A standard box or another weak handheld is not enough for them to succeed anymore.

It's ironic that some Switch fans are strictly against some options and choice in Switch hardware (Switch TV, Switch handheld additionally to the Switch hybrid) while praising the options and choice of the Switch in playstyles, which helped making the Switch to a success.

Switch doesn't need additional form factors to cater to different people, when one unit covers everyone.  Switch has a very simple and strong marketing message.  All new skus would do is provide a healthy dose of unnecessary consumer confusion, and for what purpose?  To offer a small percentage of people a potentially cheaper option that doesn't do what the Switch was designed for in the first place?  When people line up in droves to buy the newest $500. plus smart phone on a yearly basis, how much cheaper than $299.usd does a video game console need to be that will have a 5 year lifespan?

"Not everyone who wants to buy and play Switch games also wants to switch between different playstyles."

That is the beauty of the concept as it stands.  You buy one unit, and it can either be your portable 100% of the time, or it can be a stationary console 100% of the time.  Or, amazingly enough...as die hard as one might be to one way or the other, if they got a little crazy one day, they can do the opposite and all the hardware they need to do it is already provided in the box.  The unit having the ability to be a hybrid, gives that freedom, and the software doesn't force the player to switch between play styles.

I do not deny the plausability of a revision in hardware as far as power efficiency and/or improved battery, or maybe even more built in storage as those costs come down, but a revision in the form factor?  I don't see it happening.   A "more portable" Switch?  To what end, and for what purpose?  It's already small.  With the controllers attached, it fits inside a jean jacket pocket.  Who would honestly want that screen any smaller than it is?

To your last comment.  Praising the play options that Switch gives the consumer, and not praising the idea of 2 additional unnecessary skus, that confuses the main message and whole point of the system, and maybe saves a few consumers that actually want it that way $50-75...is not irony.