Iāll have to check that out. I like these style games Nintendo is doing. I donāt know why they ended Mario 35 though.
Spite.
Pac Man 99, can not have too many Nintendo Battle Royale games at onceā¦
After a bunch of needless hemming and hawing, I have joined the ranks of Switch owners! Add me, binches.
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No mention of an improved dock that would support native 4K resolution.
Come on Nintendoā¦
Thatās the smart move. 4K TV adoption is still really low. 4K does not help Nintendo make any games they canāt make in 1080p. Nor does it help them make games more fun. It wouldnāt increase their sales in any measurable way. It would drastically increase the cost of their hardware, lower the supply, and increase the cost of software development. Not to mention including that much more processing power would cause a lot of problems in the design of the Switch in terms of power and heat that would likely result in something larger, more cumbersome, and less elegant. A 4K Switch makes no sense. I donāt know why so many people thought one was coming.
Theyād sell just as many Animal Crossings at the same price if the game was 720p. What reason is there to do 4K?
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Itās already more expensive than the ānormalā switch. Itās going to cost $350. And for what? A slightly bigger screen thatās an OLED? A more adjustable stand?
I have never used my Switch outside of its dock. I only play it on my TV. I know Iām not alone in that. I was hoping for a more powerful Switch that could play more third party games. The Switch is already underpowered compared to the last generation of PlayStations and XBoxes, compared to the newest generation of consoles, Iām worried that fewer and fewer third party games are going to be ported to the Switch.
Now, if you only care about Nintendo games, or want a better portable experience, this doesnāt impact you, but there are a lot of gamers like me out there that want a more powerful Switch and donāt really care about itās undocked capabilities.
Is that our Kiey?
Iām pretty sure their data shows them most people play the Switch handheld and not on a TV. I would strongly guess that is the case.
I honestly donāt think thatās true at all. Nintendo wouldnāt make different games, and those gamers probably already have another console.
No first-party Nintendo game would sell better if the graphics were better.
For people who donāt have a Switch yet. For people getting a second (or third) Switch for the several members of their household. For people who had their Switch broken, lost, stolen, or just worn out.
This is also probably more about manufacturing and supply chains than anything. As the other factories change what they produce, it can be hard to keep manufacturing a device that is built with older parts. They upgrade their display and a few chips to ones that are easier to procure, and that have had their prices go down over time. Switch is over 4 years old already. They just make these necessary backend changes and have the side benefit of being able to market it as an upgrade.
The Switch already has more third party games than anything? The eShop is truly massive. DOOM Eternal is out on the current Switch hardware. If thatās on there, what third party game are you worried wonāt be ported? Even though the big AAA high graphics games do get ported to Switch, that is usually the worst version of those games. If those are the games are the games you care about most, the Switch isnāt for you. Go get a PS5.
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Iām quite glad there isnāt more powerful Switch āproā coming. Because that would just create the problem would games be developed for the new hardware or old. Designing stuff primary for new hardware and thatās huge fuck you to owners of old Swithces who would get shittily running slideshows. Alternativelly everything would be designed to with old specks in mind, in which case people would pay 100$ even 200$ more for barely anything.
There was New 3DS, which had exclusive games, few handful of those, probably wasnāt worth it.
I would actually be very curious about this.
I have no idea what the numbers are, but I would think that most people who want to do portable gaming just use their phones or an iPad.
Obviously this is anecdotal, but Iāve almost never seen people using their Switch like that announcement video showed, using it outside or in a party situation. The only people Iāve ever seen use their Switch undocked was the rare commuter going to work on the metro. Back when I wasnāt teleworking and taking the metro ever day to my office, I thought about using my Switch on the ride. But pretty much every game I looked into, whether it was Dead Cells or Lonely Mountain: Downhill said that the game had slowdown when played undocked and that you should just get these games for a different system, completely negating the benefit of the Switchās portability.
Additionally, all the families with kids I know donāt use their Switches outside or when theyāre traveling. They use iPads or phones with huge rubberized cases for protection.
Iāve been thinking about this also. I think we could actually see the decline of the large screen over time. I get the feeling a lot more people simply donāt have a TV at all. Especially if they live in apartments, donāt watch a lot of things, or are content to watch things on phone or tablet directly.
Sure, people are still going to all have big TVs in their homes, but I think we could see them disappear from rooms other than the living room. Watch on a tablet or phone in bed, no need for a TV in there. And even the living room one is probably seeing less usage.
The big television, or projector, could end up being a thing people have and only use at special times. And people with less money or living space might not have them at all.
We do know that the market for Nintendo-specific games is unique and somewhat separate from āgeneralā mobile gaming.
We also know that Nintendo tends to make decisions that reflect the information they have about their core customer base, which is rarely wrong.
I would bet money most Switch users, even at home, are sitting with the console in their hands. TV dockers are the exception. The Switch Lite did pretty well, and it canāt work with a TV.