Who else is not ready to move on to next-gen Nintendo?

[Jumpin]

I love the Switch, but I wanted new hardware by 2019 or 2020. And I'm not just talking power, but feature improvement/addition. Even without the new features, just an incremental upgrade, having a nicer looking Witcher 3 without those load times would have been great. I'd have paid for it.

There are some gaps in hardware capability that could have made games like Switch Sports and Ring Fit Adventure more feature complete and functionally superior, or features that could have made Animal Crossing NH more fun, like perhaps the re-addition of Streetpass, which (given history) would have extended the hype cycle for the game after COVID - I thought that was a weird feature to drop after 3DS, as those were unveiling some really fun ideas for casual games that you can't do on other platforms.

But that's from my POV. I don't see what Nintendo is doing and what they're struggling with. Perhaps they had some developmental difficulties with keeping the library going across generations, and they needed to sort that out first before heading into new generations. IMO, that's a great deal more important than getting out new hardware. I think it's most important to not just get "backwards compatibility" that's like the hacky "Wii Mode" "Have to play with GC controller" or "GBA slot" things they've done in the past, and have a smooth integration: playing my Switch games with the exact same access and interface as my Switch 2 games - just like on Windows, Mac, iOS, and other similar platforms that aren't even game centric - I think dedicated gaming consoles should be equal or superior to what the non-dedicated devices/platforms are doing. So, if Nintendo needed years of extra time for that, I'm more than fine for it.

But for the question, "ready to move on?" that still stays the same, I was ready years ago.

Last edited by Jumpin - on 11 September 2024