| super_etecoon said: I literally haven’t used my Switch 2 as a handheld since I bought it. It is 100% a Nintendo home console for me. |
How you use the device is literally irrelevant.
My tablet hasn't left it's dock since I bought it... It doesn't change my tablet from being a mobile device.
Just how I use my device is different.
| super_etecoon said: I have never liked Nintendo’s handhelds and if they released another handheld I would not buy that. I am a console gamer and have been once since the Atari 2600 and I always will be one. Gaming on a TV is how I play. Not on a PC monitor, not on my phone, not on an 8 inch handheld display, but on my television. |
Nintendo's handhelds have always been high sellers backed by an amazing game library.
Difference between today and yesteryear is the competence of mobile hardware that allows for a decent image to be output to a larger canvas.
| super_etecoon said: So yeah, the Switch is a handheld. Ok. |
Good that we can agree.
| super_etecoon said: Anyway, with that little tired statement out of the way (Pemalite, you’re one of the smartest users here and you always bring up this idea and it always makes you just look bitter and foolish, which is 99% of the time here not your look), Nintendo treats their IPs like their children. Like they’re getting their children ready for a friend’s wedding or retirement party, or their baby shower. They always dress to impress, even on whatever meager budget they have at the time. They have a lot of children, so maybe all of the kids don’t get to come to every event. And yes, sometimes they dress them up in the silliest getups because they have this weird fashion impulse, but 7 out of 10 times the other parents start dressing their kids up like that, too. |
The only rebuttal you can formulate against the Switch not being a handheld is one based on personal feelings.
If you don't see how that logic falls apart, then there really is no discussion to be had.
| super_etecoon said: Nintendo takes pride in their long history and you can see how they beam when they bring back an IP that hasn’t been seen in a while. Is it marketing, sure, but on the backend, with the designers and programmers and engineers, that’s just wanting to make sure that kid looks their best and makes their parents proud. |
Nintendo's software is part and parcel with their hardware, both work together to make the platform what it is.
| GoOnKid said: I think the community has had this discusion a thousand times already and I won't derail the thread any further, My argument is that the Switch is either a handheld or a console depending on how you use it. If you leave it in the dock and never take it out (like I do, and like another user in this thread also does), what is it then? Looking at the Switch Lite, yes, that's a handheld. But every other model is both, no matter how many times you disagree. |
It's just a handheld with a USB-C dock... It's nothing special in that aspect, the dock doesn't do anything other than parse the image from the handheld to the TV, it doesn't add RAM or CPU/GPU resources to the console, it doesn't do any special upscaling or enhancements to the image... it's a "dumb device".
It's a plain USB-C dock for a mobile device.
No different than the dumb USB-C docks for my tablet, laptop or phone. It's all there is to it.
There are many that agree with me on this.
And there is also nothing wrong with it, it doesn't take anything away from the Switch... If anything it shows that Nintendo is adaptable to the market and realized a long time ago that it could never compete with Sony/Microsoft in the dedicated console marketplace, so they opted to innovate and be something different, something unique.
And it's actually WHY Nintendo has been able to exist as a platform holder for so long, they are extremely flexible and adaptable to market conditions, they aren't afraid to take on risk.
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