Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Okay, how about this? If Nintendo releases the device as both, then there will be more games on it and no one will have to be mad that games are on the other device.

@Lzeon I think that's part of the point. Nintendo not having to split their resources anymore, allowing for a steady stream of Nintendo games.

@Lzeon tbh I don't think Nintendo has ever cared about multiplats and platform parity.

If the NX is in fact a very impressive portable, then it will just make me wonder what a "very impressive" home console could be from Nintendo and what kind of experiences it could deliver that the portable can't, or at least can't do as well. We also have two machines in 2017 that are going to push the bar further, they will be limited in how far they can oush for a while but those limits will disappear faster than Nintendo can replace their "very impressive" portable, so I don't think it will be likely the NX will get much big 3rd Party content.

@DefHalan 1 of those machines are released this year so Nintendo's already got a gigantic uphill battle. Powerful home console and VR vs. a powerful handheld that provides a home console experience similar to the worst selling Nintendo console.

But there not competing with Sony or Microsoft. If the NX rumours are right then this is the successor to the 3DS not the Wii U and the 3DS had 3rd party support. Stop comparing it to the Playstaion and Xbox

@Frostyboy But unless Nintendo properly markets the NX in this way (focus on the handheld functionality and not the home functionality) everyone will compare to PS4/XB1/Neo/Scorpio. Don't forget that Nintendo's poor marketing of the Wii U made it commonly thought of as a Wii add-on rather than a console successor.

@Frostyboy

Don't blame us. Nintendo is phasing out the Wii U. The NX is getting at least one Wii U port and Nintendo is the one trying to pass this off as a home console. So yes, I think comparisons with other home consoles are quite reasonable here.

@Grumblevolcano your right Nintendo handle the Wii U and the 3DS badly lets hope they have learned there lesson. but we haven't see anything yet from Nintendo this whole rumour could be wrong. All we know is the rumour Says it's a handheld so we should be comparing it too.

@octane we have no idea if Reggie was meant to say that or if the whole concept of the NX has changed since then and the 3ds had Wii U ports.

I am really hoping this rumor is wrong

@DefHalan The Eurogamer one? Considering how many places are backing up these claims, it's looking pretty real.

Well, to be fair. It's not unlike people to lie their little butts off with things such as these. Especially news sites.

@DefHalan considering the places backing it's looking pretty legit.

@BiasedSonyFan like I said I don't think Nintendo has ever, ever cared about multiplats and platform parity.

@BiasedSonyFan 3rd Party content has nothing to do with Nintendo's output, Nintendo will not be forced to make games with more blood and gore if they have more 3rd Party content. If Nintendo really wants to push away software then they can look forward to more software droughts just like the Wii U and the limited appeal to the mass audience just like the Wii U.

@DefHalan it will have 3rd party content. Just not exactly the same as PlayStation and Xbox

@BiasedSonyFan too bad the audience Nintendo is targeting is too small to sustain them. Nintendo hasn't been able to get the Wii U off the ground and the NX will most likely follow that path sadly.

@DefHalan has a point here. The thing is that audience doesn't really need Nintendo anymore thanks to mobile.

Nintendo hasn't released such a system since the Gamecube. In terms of relative performance for the rumoured specs of this portable? It'll be to the XBOne what the 3DS would have been to the Gamecube. Now you can complain if you want that this thing isn't competing with the PS4. Or you can think about how awesome the 3DS would have been with Component out if it had released instead of the DS back in '05.

I for one thought the Wii U was good enough for first party content on a 1080p screen. This thing is going to be about twice as capable as that. Worst case about 1.5x, best case 3x. Worst case is kinda like the jump from Gamecube to Wii. Except the difference is that the Wii was a standard def console that lived on HD TVs. The Wii U is a HD console. A minor bump in spec? Well, I don't think that's going to be out of place.

Is that why Pokemon games still sell...even with Pokemon GO out?