I have the lowest of low expectations for Nintendo consoles. They’re always filled to the brim with gimmicks, that while creative, are not fun to use and then the best games are always ones that completely disregard the gimmicks anyhow. I wish they would focus more on making consoles that LOOK and FEEL good when you’re playing instead of trying to create the next new thing no one will care about in 5 years. They also really lost the plot on the Pokemon franchise and I feel like that will start to lose them a lot of money when people start to wake up from their comas and realize Gamefreak doesn’t know how to make video games and the last good one they made was am eternity ago.
I wish they would focus more on making consoles that LOOK and FEEL good when you’re playing instead of trying to create the next new thing no one will care about in 5 years.
Isn’t this basically what they did with the Switch? It’s very low on gimmicks that never get used (infrared? Touchscreen?), its games on the whole look pretty good (Most first party titles), and people still play it over 6 years later. Also Nintendo has nothing to do with the development of Pokémon - so while shit, they hardly deserve the blame for that.
It’s a hand held console with detachable joycons
Sure - but that’s a gimmick that’s pretty widely enjoyed. It’s not like the 3DS’s 3D that pretty much everyone turned off after giving it a shot, or like the Wii’s motion controls that most people got sick of before the console retired. As far as gimmicks go it’s arguably their most successful ever.
By that I mean the fact that it’s handheld - if you were mostly talking about the detachable joycons then I’d agree at least somewhat, especially since they removed that from the Switch Lite - but it is pretty handy in a lot of situations still.
Eh, really it’s a cheap android tablet (sold at a markup) that has a built in slots for some gimmick Bluetooth controllers.
I mean, Gamefreak has been shitting out Pokémon “games” for decades now, right? If they didn’t realize that in the last 15 years, would they really care about the next 15? I almost feel like each generation becomes the “default Pokémon experience” for their players.
Nha bruh how much copium do you need to accept SV while we had fricking B2W2 and yet it could still have been much more (while on release B1W1 was still shunned but thats beside the point).
SV is playable, thats it.
As much as 512gb…
I really wonder if a Switch 2 will do as well as the first Switch.
More and more handheld gaming PCs are released by the time the Switch 2 comes around. Yes, a Switch 2 does have the advantage of access to Nintendo games (if we ignore Emulators) and I would imagine lower price, but I haven’t touched my Switch since I got the Steamdeck. I even sold an extra Switch Lite I had.
I rarely, basically never used the Switch plugged into a TV. I only played it in handheld mode with a skin that made it more comfortable to hold than a flat brick. Nintendo games rarely drop in price and sales don’t reduce prices by much VS PC games that often go on sale and older games drop to very low prices on sale.
I’m certain there’s a market for a Switch 2, I’m just wondering if it will do as well as the first Switch in the current market with more options.
I’d buy a Switch 2 if I played first party Switch games at 2K/60fps. Specifically Pokemon, Zelda, and Xenoblade.
Unless GF massively update their engine then I feel like Pokémon in 2K would make your eyes bleed
It’s painful enough looking at it on the current gen switch
I just need them to confirm existing cartridges work and I am there buying it day one…
Fuck yeah, I’ve spent some serious buck on games.
If they fix joycon drift and use the buttons they used on switch lite I’ll be happy. The joycon buttons stab into my fingers.
No OLED?
Yeah, that’s a huge regression. There will be an older-but-better Switch until they all ship with OLEDs.
Lol seriously? I was actually planning to get this but the nore I hear about it, the more I think I’ll wait a few years for the updated version to release. Nintendo doesn’t make very many good games nowadays anyway.
Let’s hope at least it gonna be a much higher quality LCD, maybe introduce VRR?
Make it similar enough under the hood to the switch that ryujinx just need an update to play its games.
I mean, hey great!
If it’s 1080p then that’s fine for me. An 8 inch 1080p LCD would at least slightly compare to a 720p OLED.
Plenty of people forget that Nintendo needs to hit a price point on this device. So there are some things we might not think are ideal but need to be the way they are to make financial sense. Things like storage size, screen tech, are two of the areas where a compromise might have been needed. Also let’s not pretend that there aren’t good LCD screens that could be used, OLED isn’t the be all and end all.
lcd
Ffs.
OLED or no thanks.
Switch 2 OLED coming in 2028
