| Kyuu said: @Norion, IcaroRibeiro "Waste of money" may be too harsh, but low-mid spec PC's were more than enough for a side gaming platform as far as my needs. My first primary game system was MSX, a home computer with a good library of Japanese games (spiritually a home console). PC was its own thing until around the X360 generation. The majority of games that caught my attention were ported late or poorly or both, or skipped the platform altogether. My low-mid spec PCs were fine for the few Tactical, RTS and FPS exclusives that I valued (MoHAA, Red Alert, Generals, Commandos, etc) PC today is a complete different beast. It's supported by nearly everyone including MS and Sony. It's much more accessible, much more popular, and much faster (SSD's are revolutionary imo). Long gone are the days where consoles instantly got you into the game vs PC taking forever to load. Even beyond gaming, it's replacing several electronics. The latest PC I got effectively replaced both my PS4 and my $1300 synth. You couldn't do that with an old gaming PC! Back to the subject of Nintendo supporting PC. If they sense any decline in sales/revenue/profitability (doubtful), they can simply opt out and return to their usual model, problem solved. I'm sure the vast majority of the existing fanbase on Switch will not wait 2-5 years for Nintendo's stuff to come out on PC. And Nintendo doesn't have to port every single title. MK8DX for instance should remain exclusive at least until MK9 is released. Then there is the issue of shortage. Playstation has been badly screwed up for years (since May~ 2020) and might continue to until early 2024. There's no telling that Switch 2 will not also fail to meet demand for years. The competition over chip parts being at an all time high doesn't help either; demand for everything is too high. Nintendo already expressed concern over their next generational transition. I think shortage will prove an added incentive to support PC to some extent. |
It is indeed a different beast now. Even 2016 till now has seen it become significantly better as a platform with Microsoft announcing they'll bring everything, later on Sony starting to port stuff and more and more Japanese developers releasing on it.
That's a good point so the ideal time to try it would be like how Sony started and start porting Switch games about the time the successor comes out so hopefully the higher ups there see the risk as worth taking though a potential obstacle is while PC gaming is growing in Japan it's still not that big so maybe that factor could contribute to them not bothering for now with them focusing on Japan far more than the other two.
