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Slownenberg on 03 August 2023
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zorg1000 said:

And... there is nothing they could do that would be both new and good? I kind of hope there is still something new that could be done with gaming hardware. Would be kind of sad if there's not.

That’s not what I’m saying, new can be good, just don’t lose sight of what makes the console appealing by going out of your way trying to add new things.

Touch screen, motion controls & hybrid form factor succeeded by making gaming more accessible so if the new idea isn’t something that does that then it should not be a centerpiece of the console.

Yeah exactly. They have a fantastic package for hardware now - hybrid system, joycons, motion control, various modes of play, touch screen - with that all they need to do is give it a standard generational upgrade (7 years of advancement is a large spec upgrade) and iterate over the idea to improve it, just as we saw some improvements with the OLED model. If they find something cool to add that will actually be useful and doesn't jack up price, sure add it, but they don't need a unnecessary gimmick like WiiU/3DS tried. There would be nothing wrong with them not added any new hardware feature if they can't come up with something truly interesting and useful.

Software is where they can focus on shining:

- There is large room for improvement in their online setup (friend communication, online play, online infrastructure, matchmaking for NSO games). 

- They have various IPs that they could improve (hell I think every single first party sports game on Switch was a rather lazy effort or required multiple added content after release to be a complete game). So like, make sure their game quality isn't uneven where some games are groundbreaking and some are confusingly lackluster.

- Add GC to NSO Expansion Pack (and maybe DC if its economical) and get all the NSO systems libraries fully built out by early in the next gen.

- Go deeper into health/fitness games. Instead of these super popular one-off or two-off games (Wii Fit 1+2, Ring Fit) develop a whole line of fantastic fitness games. I'm still amazed they never bothered making a second Ring Fit game. They left many millions of sales on the table right there.

- Bring back old IPs or handheld system IPs that we didn't see on Switch.

- Make an experimental wing of the company that tries out creative new ideas for existing big Nintendo IP, indie-style. So we between huge AAA releases we get say like $30 totally out of the box indie style Mario, Zelda, Metroid, etc.

- Come up with interesting new social / communication ideas (StreetPass comes to mind)

Ton of software improvements they could make to separate next gen from the Switch. HW really just needs a 7-year spec upgrade as expected.