Global Hardware 8 December 2018 (Smash Week)

[zorg1000]

drinkandswim said:

zorg1000 said:

That plan will not work, 3rd parties will not port their AAA games to a single sku that has a fraction of the install base of the overall platform. Games will either run on all skus or none.

Nintendo doesn't have a choice. Its either that or release a Home Console and just allow the Switch to be their handheld. Unless they are going to give up on the idea of being a valid Hybrid. More than likely I think Nintendo is looking at ways to make a Pro Version affordable so that almost everyone will upgrade. Whether that means an SCD or Cloud Gaming, or just a tablet replacement sold separate without Controllers and a Dock. I don't know what they are going to do, but your view is that they will forego that and just basically become a relatively powerful Handheld. If they do that they will fail.

Nintendo consoles do not sell because of AAA 3rd party games, name me one Nintendo system where they made a difference. They are a nice bonus but nothing more.