Why the Switch is Portable Console with Large Screen Capabilities

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jonathanalis on 09 February 2017

thats why i sugested it:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=225569&page=1#

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Alkibiádēs on 09 February 2017

Soundwave said:

We've been hearing the "AAA developers will stop making expensive games" for 10 years now.

Wasn't the Wii supposed to get all these incredible awesome games because it was cheaper to program for? Then Wii U? Weren't developers going to bail on HD games in favor of SD games?

None of this happened. What's happened is if anything Nintendo's developer base has eroded and many Japanese developers have chosen to abandon DS/3DS development in favor of smartphone development.

Look at companies like Square-Enix and Capcom, they support the smartphone more than the DS/3DS.

Meanwhile Sony still has basically all the same developer support that they've always had, in fact the PS4 has tons of mid-budget and small budget/indie games too because developers, more than the PS3 even. Why? Because they use x86 and low budget developers can easily make a game for PC and then have a PS4 and XB1 version of the same game so they are flocking to the PS4 in particular.

And then look at Level-5, a small company that's making more money than Square-Enix and Capcom by focusing on the 3DS and mobile games, with the occasional HD game. If companies like Capcom want to screw themselves over by only supporting Sony then let them do so, they'll feel the effects soon enough. The only reason Capcom is still in business is thanks to Monster Hunter anyway.

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Cloudman on 09 February 2017

I'm surprised people are still debating on what the Switch is, when it conveyed that message so well in its 1st reveal back in September...

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gtaguidelng on 10 February 2017

It is a handheld console for me too

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maxleresistant on 14 February 2017

KLXVER said:

maxleresistant said:

Good, but it's stilll a weak home console that lacks third party support.

Its lacking AAA third party support at this point, sure. Mainly because its not out yet and publishers are careful after the WiiU.

that is the reason, yes, but that doesn't give me any confidence in the future of the system. There is no reason to buy it in march, but we'll see later.