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IcaroRibeiro on 18 December 2021
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Mnementh said:
IcaroRibeiro said:

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.

Yup, I understand this. Graphics are nice but you can't survive with technical archievements alone with an unentertaining gameplay, but I agree AAA can offer great gameplay, for instance RE Evil 2 remake has a very good gameplay and while the graphics are great I think almost everyone agrees the smart puzzles, the atmosphere and the story (that unlocks different paths in the game depending on which character you are playing) is what really make the game stands out