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Slownenberg on 06 January 2020
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Soundwave said:
Slownenberg said:

Expansion pack was required to run 3 games, and one of those games was sold with it. And you are not saying it'll work on every model, you are saying it'll work on the new models and won't work portable in the older models. Saying you can run a game on a TV but can't in portable mode unless you have a battery pack is very confusing and would guaranteed to be highly unpopular among players. New 3DS had what 5 or less games that couldn't run on older versions, N64 had 2 games that didn't have the expansion pack bundled in that couldn't run without it. So no, not gonna happen. Terrible optics, terrible marketing, would play terrible with the userbase, and a terrible cheap idea overall.

Being able to enjoy modern popular titles for only $15 more versus spending $300-$400 on an entirely new piece of hardware isn't bad optics if you ask me. 

You're getting access to games you wouldn't have otherwise for a tiny marginal cost. RAM pak on the N64 would be a joke by comparison. 

Okay for one, you're just assuming suddenly Switch would get a flood of PS4/XB1 games with a Switch that is a bit more powerful, but still nowhere near as powerful as those two systems.

Two, Switch owners already enjoy modern popular games.

Three, I don't get how you don't understand how confusing the marketing would be to tell people they have to buy a battery pack to play certain games, and forcing them to buy a third party peripheral to play new games.

Four, you are for some reason assuming the newer model of the OG Switch could play the games just fine in portable mode. You don't seem to understand the difference between having a bit extra battery capacity and being plugged in to the dock. If that were the case the the original Switch and the Lite would be able to play any PS4/XB1 game they'd just have less playtime before battery runs out.

Five....how are you not getting this is an awful idea?

Imagine a phone that said hey the best apps on the phone will only work at all if you use a battery pack. That literally makes no sense, and yet this is your argument.