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Would you say that Sony and Microsoft made Nintendo leave the traditional console market and start making handheld/console hybrids?
What? No. Stop. They're just more economical about it since games are their only business, while Sony and Microsoft have many ventures to sustain themselves outside of games.
Hardware that's weaker than the competition doesn't mean leaving the console market. That's just dumb. If that was the case, Nintendo hasn't been in the console business since the 80s
The NES and Game Boy weren't exactly top of the line hardware-wise, even when they first came out.The nes hardware was actually weaker than most of it's contemporary competitors.
Let's just say it was a really good idea it had a weird modular type of design based on being completed by the cart.
In the span of just one system, Nintendo has people arguing:
It's a home console! No, it's a handheld!
It's a remaster! No, it's a remake!
It's a revision! No, it's a new generation!
And I think that's impressive.
Sorry I'm not cut out for these conversations, I just sass.
What bothered me was when the developers went into depth about the fact that they started with the same base game, same base code, and then rebuilt some assets they weren't happy with and added new shaders on top to spruce up the presentation, and that due to that they even consider it a remaster, not a new game, and the fans responded with "They're obviously lying because you can take one look at it and tell they re-coded the entire game from scratch!" and then my head goes kablooieI never understood the confusion over remastering, even with the bs'ing marketing suits.
We know what the mastering process is, ergo, we know what is, and is not, a remaster.
I'd argue Nintendo hasn't made a traditional home console since the GameCube.I don't know @CastletonSnob what do you think?
What about the question in your main post?I'd argue Nintendo hasn't made a traditional home console since the GameCube.
I think Sony and Microsoft's success played some part. The GameCube and especially the Wii U failed compared to the PS2/PS4 and Xbox/XBone.What about the question in your main post?
Fixed and yes.Would you say that Nintendo made Nintendo leave the traditional console market and start making handheld/console hybrids?
The answer is some variation of this. They’ve redefined what a console is normally considered capable of, in a way that primarily benefits them.No. They’re changing what the console market can be.
Nintendo to the gaming industry:They’ve redefined what a console is normally considered capable of, in a way that primarily benefits them.
Thats a wrap lolValve left the PC market because they gave up on Steam Machines and made Steam Deck
#TeamSwitchIsAHandheldAndConsoleDammitNot entirely, but they certainly contributed to it. Their home consoles systems were on a downward sales trend starting with the SNES (Wii was an anomaly) meanwhile the handhelds kept growing.
#TeamSwitchIsAHandheld
HAC, the Switch family product code, stands for Handheld and Console#TeamSwitchIsAHandheldAndConsoleDammit
Heh. Gottem.
...HAC, the Switch family product code, stands for Handheld and Console
so, yes
this also suggests that Nintendo does view handhelds and consoles as separate, so apologies to that crowd
Ohhh look at the big Racoon over here with their facts and stuffHAC, the Switch family product code, stands for Handheld and Console
so, yes
this also suggests that Nintendo does view handhelds and consoles as separate, so apologies to that crowd
I was going to say the same. They left the traditional console market when the Wii released.They left the console market in 2006.
That makes no sense since the Wii is still a traditional console regardless of what enthusiasts think.I was going to say the same. They left the traditional console market when the Wii released.