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curl-6 on 21 June 2025
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JackHandy said:
curl-6 said:

I mean, there's something to be said for "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

The innovations of the Wii, DS, and Switch were driven by a need to expand a shrinking player base; there was no need for them to reinvent the wheel for Switch 2 because they already had a massive audience that loved the Switch and wanted more of the same but updated to modern standards.

There's less incentive to take a big risk if your current strategy is still working.

I understand all that. And if people want to play the same thing for fourteen years, and they somehow get enjoyment out of it, then good for them. They've just walked into heaven on earth. But I get bored doing the game thing after a few years, so I'm less than thrilled with the state of the industry. This is why I was so let down by the Switch 2. With graphics stalling to the point where regular people can't even tell the difference between gens anymore, I needed Nintendo to do something like the Wii in order to get me interested. They didn't have to go with motion controls, just come up with something fresh and new, some way for me to play a game in a way that I hadn't before. After all, wasn't that why Wii was so fun? Like the Switch 2, it had the same graphical capabilities as the console that came before it, only unlike the Switch 2, it managed to redefine the way we played games, and as a result, it felt fresh and exhilarating. Hell, when I bust out the Wii now and play it with friends and family, I'm still going wow... this is fun! I wanted that from them again. Same with Sony. Same with Microsoft. Well, none of them are doing anything even remotely like that. So here I am, stuck rotating retro consoles in and out 'til the end of time. Which is fine. I mean, there are enough legendary games out there for various systems to keep me happy until I'm dead. But I hate it. I use to be a part of what was happening. Now, I'm not. It sucks.

Switch 2 does not have the "same graphical capabilities as the console that came before it" though, it's a substantial technical leap over Switch 1.