| Alex_The_Hedgehog said:
We all know that Nintendo Switch is a huge success. And some parts of this achievement are due to it being a handheld and a home console at the same time. Lots of people find it quite convenient. But I was wondering... Now that Nintendo has fully recovered from the Wii U failure with the Switch, should they make their next-gen console another hybrid? I see people talking about a future "Switch 2" already, but is that what they should do from now? I mean, never split again? What do you think? |
The wiiU problem was not the hybrid thing, it was the huge controller, the difficulty of using 2 screens to play, the name, just sounded like a wii peripheral, the fact the base version only had 8GB drive when ps4 had 500GB at launch, also the price, all of that could have been fixed by just making another normal console like the gamecube.
It would have sold at least 30 million had they done a traditional console. The switch sells a lot because of the 3ds market, but mostly kids play portable consoles, they could just do a 3ds successor for that market.
Other reason for the switch success was great marketing. But mostly because they had Zelda and Mario odyssey at around launch, the wiiU took too long to get going never having a major game for ages, then people just lost the hype for it.
I fully believe a lot of us adults would prefer Nintendo to come up with a home console with PS5 specs, pro controller and launch with a new 3d Mario with graphics 5x better than odyssey and bigger open worlds. It would sell less than the switch, but it would sell to a lot more serious gamers. Example, my best friend wanted a switch but he just cant stand the Zelda graphics (jaggies everywhere), he has a PC and ps4 pro and when he comes at my house he says he cant even play, he says he wouldn't even have the game for free. That kind of gamers are the kind Nintendo could get back, gamers they lost after the gamecube and N64
