Vita and 3DS also had substantial problems.
3DS began with a massive anti-3D propaganda blast that said everything to glasses free 3D damaged eye sight glasses-free 3D caused aneurysms. Vita and 3DS were both impacted by pricing themselves out of range of consumer demand - although 3DS fixed that.
Switch merges home console value with handheld popularity.
And the person above who said motion and casual gaming is no longer in fashion: Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Ring Fit Adventure say hi. The big issue with casual and motion gaming is not that people don’t want them anymore, it’s that most of them are below the quality they should be for the 2020s. Animal Crossing is a great example of how Nintendo brought more robust depth and features without increasing the necessary daily time investment from previous games - that’s what makes a great casual game, giving the player the option to check in for a few minutes, but also allowing them to play all day if they want: the main goal is to keep them coming back over a long period of time.
If you ask me, the fact Nintendo is so low, currently, on quality software that gets players off the sofa and on their feet is a missed opportunity in the era of COVID quarantines. Ring Fit Adventure is the most frequently sold out game in the Switch’s library.
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