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Cerebralbore101 on 12 January 2020
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Leynos said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

Oh man, that gave me a good chuckle. I knew the Nomad existed, but never would have expected this response. Nomad was outdated tech by the time it launched in October 95, because Playstation and Saturn were just a couple of months away. Nomad can never in a million years play anything resembling a PS1 or Saturn polygonal game. Meanwhile Switch has ports of tons of XB1 and PS4 AAA titles. If Nomad had launched in 91 you would have had a point.


P.S. I actually got to hold a Turbo Express once. It was a sick handheld, and I wanted it. But they go for $300 in this day and age.

Never said it could. Just stating the idea has been around for decades is all. Not arguing anything. Just there are some that pretend the Switch is an original idea. Same people who think N64 is the first console to use an analog stick. Same people who don't know Wii ripped off the idea of the Xavix Port. Sure it did it better but it wasn't original. I'm sure many think Eyetoy is the first console with a camera even tho SEGA Dreameye predates it (yes Game Boy Camera before that) or SEGA activator predates Kinect. Not that the Activator was any good lol.

The idea of a flying machine was around for decades before the Wright Brothers. The thing though is that there's a huge difference between execution of an idea, and just thinking of it. The Wright Bros' Airplane was the first successful flying machine. Everything before it failed or had a huge design flaw. I mean, even Da Vinci had gliders and stuff that he drew out. But none of his inventions actually achieved powered flight. At best they glided.

In the same sense, sure the idea was there for a long time. Nomad, Turbo Express, Razer Edge Pro, and even Wii U attempted to do what Switch does. But they all failed at it in some way. Nomad couldn't run current gen games like Switch can. Turbo Express couldn't connect to a TV. Razer Edge Pro priced itself out of the market, didn't come with a dock or controller included, and lacked the Joy-Con idea. Wii U failed to be truly portable.


As far as I know Nintendo 64 was the first console to use a sensitive analog thumbstick for the purpose of controlling 3D games.