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Rhienfo:

--- Quote from: noisyturtle on Mon, 21 August 2023, 16:36:22 ---
There is always a chance of that knowing Nintendo's hardware history, but I think they can plainly see the success of the Switch and ease of transition keeping things much the same. A lot of people would be very upset if their Switch games suddenly were not playable on the Switch's replacement hardware.
Perhaps we'll see the return of the hardware add-on to add some gimmicky functionality that will eventually get it's own standalone built-in release later down the road.

Personally, I'd love to see a 3DS player, but there is zero reason for them to even consider doing that.

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I think Nintendo will never do another addon hardware thing again, after both cd disk drives for the snes/n64 failed/got cancelled and were never that good in the first place.

Rhienfo:
oh also to add, Nintendo is kinda of in a weird spot where they have capitalized on the portable/console hybrid of the switch but they can't do that another time or else it will be another wii u. So they need to slowly diversify until they have a clear distinct split between the home hardware (which should be as powerful as a ps4 minimum, ps5 if they want to compete heavily with the home markets) and the portable hardware (like a switch but more powerful, maybe reintroduce a clamshell design for a "switch 2" or whatever). I feel to reach that point backwards compatibility is a good step, especially since pretty much every game doesn't require portable mode.

noisyturtle:
It would not be difficult for N to catch up with today's technology. All they need to do is make the same console, but 3x more powerful. The Switch is running on ancient hardware architecture from 2012, most cell phones outperform it these days. It's freaking embarrassing if not for how well it did commercially.

Rhienfo:

--- Quote from: noisyturtle on Mon, 21 August 2023, 18:15:09 ---It would not be difficult for N to catch up with today's technology. All they need to do is make the same console, but 3x more powerful. The Switch is running on ancient hardware architecture from 2012, most cell phones outperform it these days. It's freaking embarrassing if not for how well it did commercially.

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Yeah I agree but considering Nintendo's history I feel they will still be behind. Like the n64 with cartridges something that screwed over the n64 as all 3rd party developers jumped shipped with the more storage of the playstation, the gamecube with the smaller discs which was the same issue. The wii completely jumped the shark with under-powered hardware for that era which completely alienated an entire dedicated market of your products. The wii u was an embarrassment in every way and I feel that unless they learn they need to be ahead hardware wise they will keep making these mistakes.

TomahawkLabs:
I am hoping that with devices like the SteamDeck and the ASUS model Nintendo will be forced into making hardware that can do a bit more. Every console generation (outside n64 and prior) Nintendo overlooked hardware horsepower in favor of games and gameplay.

Now that we have switchlike devices that play PC games with "better" experiences that act as a desktop when docked, I hope Nintendo sees that as competition. Best case is a Switch 2 with the same controllers but a better screen/chassis but with beefed up hardware. Playing more open world games like BOTW and TOTK really show how sluggish the switch can be, doubly so when playing handheld.

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