There's at least two good reasons why Nintendo aren't bothered with entering a tech arms-race against PC/XBox/PS...
Firstly, their games have always been stylized, and don't require the kind of juice needed to output photo-realistic graphics. Secondly, I don't think a lot of people realize just how expensive and risky game development is. Many AAA and AA studios have shutdown in the West and the East over the past decade due to exponential increases in development costs (which is tied to the tech increase).
It's not uncommon for AAA games these days to be 100 million to make, just to satisfy people like you who want to push the boundaries of graphical capability. Apart from being a gamble with hopeless odds, it encourages an ultra conservative approach to game development, and ZERO experimentation. Those games are almost always uniformly 'dull' and are crippled by dodgy dlc practices and micro-transactions because gamers want cutting-edge, cinematic experiences but don't want to pay more than $60 for it..
Nintendo is wise for withdrawing from the tech race and focusing on 'artistic' and mechanical design rather than simply pushing pixels. Hopefully more people can see this, going forward.
I don't get why they couldn't keep the pace with Xb1 and Ps4 having the plus of their amazing exclusives.... to me, it is still an idiotic decision...
A console with all the multiplats AAA (running at their best) + Nintendo Exclusives will crush the competition....
Nintendo as a hardware manufacturer only exists due to its quality as a software developer. It's fairly obvious at this stage that Nintendo doesn't really want the likes of FIFA, Madden, Call of Duty, Elder Scrolls, GTA etc. on their consoles. Why? For the same reason the other mega-publishers don't want to be there.....competition. Sony struck it rich this gen by exploiting its rivals weaknesses...
There are 'plenty' of chinks in the Sony and Microsoft armor to exploit if, and when Nintendo chooses to do so..
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