TheMisterManGuy said:
The point is, the Switch is far from a "core gamer" focused device as evidenced by the other examples I gave. If Nintendo wanted to make a console primarily aimed at hardcore gamers, it'd be something more akin to the Steam Deck. Big, complicated, insanely powerful. But they didn't, they went with a small dockable tablet with candy-coated mini-wiimotes that you can share with a friend. That's about the furthest thing from a "Core gamer" focused device as you can get. |
The Switch is the Steam Deck of 2017 ... the Steam Deck is only more powerful because it's like 4 years later tech, if they made Steam Deck in 2017 ... it would be Switch tier hardware. The Steam Deck OLED even uses apparently the exact same display the Switch OLED uses, lol, so they're copying Nintendo's hardware roadmap.
People freaking out in 2017 too about "OMG! Switch is so big! You can't put that in a pocket! It destroy's the DS/3DS/GBA pocketability!".
Nintendo will always have to appeal to a family segment to some degree, they don't have an Uncharted or Gran Turismo or Halo or even a GoldenEye anymore really, so their franchises lean heavily towards that, but you could lose all of Switch Sports, Snipperclips (lol), 1,2 Switch, and even Ring Fit ... and I don't think it would make a huge difference in Switch sales at all. It's not like the system would go from 125 million sold to like only 80 million. You remove Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Just Dance, etc. from the Wii and it's not even probably selling 40 million units.
The Wii/Wii U were largely dependant on that said audience, the Switch would do fine without those kinds of games.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 27 November 2023
