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DonFerrari on 01 February 2018

Seems like a good commitment to the system, now let's see it really happening. And with that they have more chance to reach PS4 sales LT.



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newwil7l on 01 February 2018
AlfredoTurkey said:

Proof that they always considered it a handheld from the beginning.

I really don't see that as proof of that at all. Just more proof that they see it as a successor to both and are now putting all their chips one console.



AlfredoTurkey on 01 February 2018
newwil7l said:
AlfredoTurkey said:

Proof that they always considered it a handheld from the beginning.

I really don't see that as proof of that at all. Just more proof that they see it as a successor to both and are now putting all their chips one console.

They told us "it's a home console that you can take with you, not a handheld that plugs into your tv". If that's the case. If it's a home console, then it should have a home consoles lifespan. They've been releasing home consoles for more than thirty years and have always replaced them every five to six years. If they change that now, it's pretty easy to deduce what their mindset is because their handhelds have always... get what? Had longer lifespans. 1+1



Jumpin on 01 February 2018

The Switch is also a platform that is very scalable. They can build much more powerful iterations, and also multiple form factors.



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PwerlvlAmy on 01 February 2018

As long as good games keep trickling down through out that life cycle,fine with me



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zorg1000 on 01 February 2018
AlfredoTurkey said:

Proof that they always considered it a handheld from the beginning.

Or maybe they consider it as what it really is......a hybrid



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AlfredoTurkey on 01 February 2018
zorg1000 said:
AlfredoTurkey said:

Proof that they always considered it a handheld from the beginning.

Or maybe they consider it as what it really is......a hybrid

That's now what they said.



AlfredoTurkey on 01 February 2018
Jumpin said:
The Switch is also a platform that is very scalable. They can build much more powerful iterations, and also multiple form factors.

I think it would be cool to see it shrunken down to the size of a thin GBA without removable controllers. They could slide that right analog stick up, drop the face buttons down below, turn the fake d-pad on the left side into a real d-pad, remove all touch screen capabilities/dock port and call it the Switch Micro. A true hardcore handheld in the fashion of the Gameboy legacy. Sell it for $149.99. 



AlfredoTurkey on 01 February 2018
RolStoppable said:
AlfredoTurkey said:

They told us "it's a home console that you can take with you, not a handheld that plugs into your tv". If that's the case. If it's a home console, then it should have a home consoles lifespan. They've been releasing home consoles for more than thirty years and have always replaced them every five to six years. If they change that now, it's pretty easy to deduce what their mindset is because their handhelds have always... get what? Had longer lifespans. 1+1

The only handheld with a longer lifecycle than six years was the Game Boy.

The Gameboy did but so did GBA (2001-2008), DS (2004-2011) and 3DS (2011-2018). The 3DS looks like it's going to blow right through it's seventh year.



zorg1000 on 01 February 2018
AlfredoTurkey said:
zorg1000 said:

Or maybe they consider it as what it really is......a hybrid

That's now what they said.

They also didnt say it was a handheld yet you are claiming thats what they consider it.......



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