IcaroRibeiro said:
Microsoft isn't If they were, they would have exited console market already There is some truth in what this guy is saying. Surely Nintendo hardware design is not focused on building mini PCs, but offering something else (motion controls, portabiltiy, etc) but this not prevents them to make a stronger hardware. Sony have released Vita when Nintendo was releasing 3DS, and Steam Deck was released against Switch Nintendo could still doing their hardware philosophy without compromising any feature due to battery life or screen quality, but they won't do this because it would be cost-proibitive for them, they would need to sell at loss for years (perhaps most of the generation) Now let's digress this discussion a bit: Increasing hardware power is correlated with spending more to make software as there is a learning curve of how to design games for new hardware, plus more money to hire animators and artists to create models. Nintendo has a very small team compared to other big publishers and yet very dependent on their in house games, meaning software is their priority and main concern when launching a new console That's why I'm so curious to see how their they will handle 4K gaming development. Those kind of games generally take more time to develop and polish, I see posts about Nintendo spanding organilly but Im always thinking "This is not enough". Their team sizes need to increase drastically if they want to increase the escape of their games as well as making better use of hardware capabilities to keep up with AAA development. I'm inclined to believe that even with a more powerful console next gen Nintendo games will be basically Switch games in early PS4 levels of graphics, not a pronounced leap in expects, or in mechanics, or in world dimensions. Then I will be curious to see how market will respond. Will everyone be alright playing 2010-looking games in 2030? Or will the reception be more lukewarm? We shall see! |
Nice insight, I didn't think about that
