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Soundwave on 29 June 2025
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Biggerboat1 said:
Sephiran said:

I actually think Nintendo are masters at knowing what matters to mass consumers and what they can cheap out on because only a select few tech obsessives will care about it. The screen is a massive none issue for majority of consumers. Even on gaming forums threads have been created where the clear majority haven't even noticed the Switch 2 screen is supposedly bad. And that is on gaming forums, where you will find a lot more spec knowledge than among general consumers.

Its Nintendo's mastery of knowing general gaming consumers that make them so competitive on the market. PC handhelds on the other hand are doomed as long as they cater to the small tech bubble and make ever more expensive handhelds with no understanding at all of how futile it is to cater to a small demographic of obsessives. And i think that is what makes the tech bubble so anti-Nintendo, because Nintendo always has the better view of the market and how general consumers think, and no matter how many youtube videos they make about how people should just put ever more money into a ROG Ally instead of a Switch 2, the sales for the Switch 2 will just keep on dominating.

Nintendo has majorly misread the market in the past, as has pretty much every company, and they'll do so again in the future - deeming them 'masters at knowing what matters to mass consumers' & saying 'Nintendo always has the better view of the market and how general consumers think' sounds a bit kool-aidy to me & is provably wrong when looking at their history.

Switch 2 could have been half as performant & had an even worse screen and it'd likely still be sold out, such was the level of anticipation created by the success of Switch 1.

Also, the SWOLED being the best selling version of S1 since it's introduction doesn't really support your point that consumers don't care about the screen...

Some sub-£200 phones come with OLEDs now, I think Nintendo could have included one if they wanted to, but going with an inferior screen at launch then having folk double-dip mid-generation makes line go up more!

Please do name tablet size devices with an 8 inch OLED display that are in the $400 range. It's not that common, a $900 ROG Ally does not have an OLED display, the Steam Deck only got OLED after a couple of years and sells for a $150 premium over the OG model as a result. Apple only started using OLED displays in iPads very recently and they cost a massive premium over the regular LCD iPads. 

And yeah Nintendo could've farted out any hardware and just done OK, we all remember the 3DS and Wii U selling like gangbusters off DS and Wii hype, amirite? Details matter. Switch 2 is significantly better hardware for its time than the 3DS or Wii U, some people just want to complain about every thing. If Nintendo had an optional $600 Switch 2 model today with OLED (like the Steam Deck), then there would be a group of enthusiasts also crying that $600 is too expensive and why isn't Nintendo just giving it to them for the base price. 

These people are never happy. I've honestly learned to not listen to this type of person on the internet, they're never happy with anything, and it probably isn't just limited to products, likely is deeply rooted in their overall life. One of the things I can reflect on these days is the GameCube is kinda of linked with the Switch 2 as it's getting its online channel on Switch 2 launch day, and reflecting back on it I realize I never enjoyed or appreciated how good that GameCube hardware was because I drank the kool-aid of listening to morons online who would nitpick little details (it has 3MB of VRAM only!!!!! PS2 has 4MB!!! Doesn't play DVDs even though everyone and their grandma has a standalone DVD player in the house anyway). Now that I look back on it, that was such a terrific little piece of kit and for that price point for 2001? Ridiculously good, much better than the PS2, but if you just cling to online narratives of the time, you don't realize how good you had it until afterwards. Rogue Squadron II, F-Zero GX, RE4 still look good to this day. Now today it's "cool" to appreciate the GameCube.

Last edited by Soundwave - on 29 June 2025