Your thoughts on the Next Ninty Console

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Soundwave said:

curl-6 said:

I guess we're just gonna have to disagree, the way I see it, from day 1 Switch was never getting the Battlefields, RDRs or Witchers of the PS4/Xbone space, it was selling as Nintendo products have for over two decades now on its first party killer apps. Heck, it's latest system seller, Pokemon Let's Go, looks like a 3DS game in HD yet its got people the world over running out to buy a Switch.

Nothing about the Switch strikes me as a system that's dependent on being technically up to date to sell.

It doesn't need to be on par with the modern stationary home console, but a 1 generation gap (which is a lot still) should be the most they should allow. 

It's not a Game Boy or DS or Wii either. It's not something that's going to sell off "being cheap + kids + casuals" either. 75% of Switch owners own a PS4 or XB1, these are core players, Switch is a high end product for a portable machine, there's never really been a portable that delivers full scale console type experiences before that don't feel like they're 10+ years behind what's relevant today. 

I think you're placing too much weight on the largely mythical "hardcore vs casual" dichotomy. The real world is not that black and white, most consumers are neither forum-going "hardcore" gamers nor stereotypical "casuals" but some shade in between.