Global Hardware 15 December 2018

[EricHiggin]

Biggerboat1 said:

EricHiggin said:

Switch is no doubt competing in the home console market, but handheld as well. They are double dipping and hedging their bet in a way, which isn't exactly a stupid idea, considering how their hardware sales have turned out over the last couple decades, and where the future is eventually headed.

Nin may market the Switch as home console hybrid, but that doesn't automatically make it so. There's a person on YouTube who identifies as an 'attack helicopter'. I was stunned when I was made aware of this, because I assumed they were a human being. What a moron I am. How could I not have known, and clearly seen they were a mechanical flying war machine all this time? Considering they are their own person, and know themselves better than anyone else, it must be true, right? Which must also mean any corporation who creates and labels a product a certain way, must also be undeniably correct. Wait what...?

I agree with you that it really doesn't matter what Nintendo tells us the Switch is.

Like any sensible company they've called it whatever they think will result in the best strategic position and/or profit...

Those that think it is what Nintendo tell us it is would do well to google 'marketing'...

White lies, nothing more really. It's not like they're saying it's a home console but when you get it home there's no way to hook it up to another display of some sort. The price is a minor issue for those who see an XB1, PS4 and Switch, and assume they will get the same type of overall digital experience, not understanding the value they are paying for is the physical portability and not the performance. How many people this ends up being an issue for is likely a very small minority.