This so much.
This. I love seeing my playtime with as much accuracy as possible and I don't like using parental controls for that
Yup, my 3ds screen was crazy bat shit and I loved it. But I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
You can get physical goods, I have a Kirby tote bag.
Yeah exactly. Just some evidence that we need to temper expectations for Switch 2. Many are expecting Monster Hunter Wilds/FFVII trilogy/GTAVI etc to be on it.
And what's wrong with that?
What with what? tempering expectations? or expecting those titles?
MH6 is pushing for bigger areas with more monsters running about, it's definitely a current-gen game. Though the TGA stream & the drab environment didn't do the game any favors from the start.
The latter. The whole idea of Switch 2 is that it will be a much more viable platform (performance wise) for PS5/XSeries ports than Switch ever was for PS4/XOne. There's nothing wrong with people expecting titles like MH Wilds, GTA, Final Fantasy, etc for the next console given it's following Switch huge sucess and will be a much more powerful platform.
Monster Hunter World wasn't on Switch. We got our own version. World might come to Switch 2. I don't see any evidence that Wilds will make it. We might get our own version again. The switch 2 is not as strong as a PS5.
Again, I see no reason why Wilds cannot come to Switch 2 based on the gameplay footage shared so far.
MH World wasn't on Switch for two reasons...
We don't know how powerful it is yet. Hence temper expectations.
It having a short marketing cycle and them marketing it as part of the Switch family has been brought up a few times, but I don't know how well that would work out for Nintendo as they will want to make it clear which games are for which system. It's not like mobile phones where apps are designed for many different models. Marketing it as just a "Switch Pro" is out of the question in my opinion for reasons I've stated before.
Would it be considered a hot take that I kinda hope this new console is strictly iterative? I'm sure they can find something else inside the hardware to upend the tea table, but for all the times they've reinvented the wheel, this feels like the first time where it's actually circular.
I personally think that the amount of current gen games that won't be viable on Switch 2 are very slim anyway. Steam Deck proves that.
I mean, it is a possibility yes. But iirc, didn't Nintendo say in the past that when hardware is released, the Hardware development already begins on the next system? It would be a shame if after 7 years, Nintendo's devs would be like ''yeah, let's just upgrade the whole thing without any new touches''
They were planning to announce the 3DS much closer to (or at) E3 2010 but had to get ahead of leaks, and announced it in a really short and dry statement on their investor relations page.
That falls into my "Switch Pro" scenario, which I think is unlikely.
Switch Series X I'm afraid
it's a totally inviable product at that point imo
I’ve definitely had that thought. It would be a way for Nintendo to keep its extremely high user base. But it falls apart when it comes to 3rd party games. Would Nintendo mandate 3rd parties to make games for both? Just seems like it would cause confusion if they allow a few exclusives but not many.
That's fine, that's your own speculation. Nothing Furukawa said explicitly rules out a Switch reveal between now and then either. Switch 2 isn't going to be released as soon as it is revealed, you know that right?
Didn't say it won't. I just am not so sure we will get versions of these games that run acceptably. Nor am I sure we will get them at all. I would get it on Switch 2. I just have a feeling I'll be forced to get these games on my PC. I'll feel like I'm missing out with how they will perform. At a price point of 400 dollars Switch 2 is not going to be extremely powerful.
Honestly it's difficult to split out my wishful thinking that stems from wanting to know everything (right now!).
Have you actually played Rise on Switch?
Could they ? Run faster
In full honesty, it's an interesting concept. I honestly couldn't tell you if there are any xbox series x games that couldn't be done on the xbox one with the graphics turned way down.
Isn't that what we all expect? For Switch 2 to be a iterative evolution of Switch? Nintendo knows they can't handle and support an modern HD platform on their own and that they need strong 3P support (Which is also something they have been boasting quite happily on their Financials about how 3P make nearly 50% of Switch software sales). Iterative, safe platforms, is something that Nintendo hasn't been able to provide ever since SNES (Or arguably GC) and one of the strongest points of Playstation consoles. Nintendo finally replicating this would be an immense boon for them.
This is literally technically impossible because the Switch and the Switch 2 not only have different APIs that are incompatible with each other, but they have GPUs with different architectures that are also incompatible with each other.
Sounds like a Pro and not a successor or next gen. terrible name
Lots of people still do. Not the majority obviously, but its the only true way. Streaming is convenient and great, but unlike a digital game library, you obv compromise on fidelity and the next day yiu could wake up to your favourite being pulled. Eg westworld. For the record, I buy 4k discs of movies I like.
