Switch Tops 98M, PS5 Outsells Xbox Series - Global Hardware Nov 28 to Dec 4

[Mnementh]

IcaroRibeiro said:

Mnementh said:

That Nintendo is *always* having hardware that is substantial less powerful is simply not true, they were going the power route with N64 and Gamecube. Didn't do much for them back then.

And the tech savvy thing is not true at least for me. As a programmer I am pretty tech savvy I would say. But in entertainment I don't count polygons and look for impressive tech, I look to be entertained. And Nintendo seems to be willing to deliver just that. I am not saying that games with more advanced tech are worse, many aren't. But a surprising amount of AAA games just get more and more boring in safe formulas while advancing visuals. I prefer many indies or japanese games over that, that offer often more creativity. That is not a hard rule, I just simply looking for creativity and fun my entertainment. And at the moment Switch is offering just that, despite the technological gap.

Correction, they also did the power route during NES and SNES days and worked very well for them. Nintendo only abandoned this strategy because Playstation happened and Sony destroyed them two generations in row, Nintendo then recognized they can't play Sony's game any further and, unlike Microsoft, Nintendo is a company that survives solely on gaming and as such need to dedicated all their strength in being a true market force instead of just being in the shadow of Sony with slim profits margins for another 30 years

When I say *always* I meant from this moment onwards, and based on Nintendo approach and strategy it's just nothing changing 

I'm also a programmer and I'm tech savvy when it comes to science, but I'm not tech savvy when it comes to gaming hardware and of course I meant tech savvy when it comes to gaming. PC gamers are the ones most concerned with technical specs of games, while Nintendo fans are the least concerned with it. I need to make here an important distinct, the majority os console owners are fans of neither brand and a fan of a brand can easily buy a hardware of another brand just to have more gaming offerings. However when it comes to fandom is easy to spot what MS and Playstation fans discuss on gaming boards, they are far more interested in technical details of their hardware and how this can affect gaming performance than a Nintendo fan and even fight about that to claim which hardware have better performance when in reality differences in MS and Playstation hardware in past few years has been, overall, negligible. 

I also understand what you mean when AAA production is boring and repetitive down the line, but I'm not sure if this leads to buying a Switch. I mean... Playstation still getting almost every JP third party and mid sized and indies are plentiful in PS Stores. Switch imo has only two significant offerings that Playstation lacks: Portability and Nintendo first party. If you really like portability and Nintendo games, then you have reason to buy a Switch. 

Looking from other perspective though, if you don't care for Sony exclusives other AAA games either western or JP (because Square, Capcom and even Konami games have a very big production value lately) then you have no reason to get a Playstation, a Switch is basically everything you need 

I fully agree with all you said here. I just want to add, that I don't dislike all AAA games, I just look for different things than just technical achievements. If an AAA games offers this, I will enjoy it.