![]() In my opinion, Nintendo has moved past its era of having their consoles be the method by which they introduce new ways to play. There's been a lot of gimmick and accessory talk and I was thinking recently of how Nintendo could continue their 1.5-2 year switch model release cadence if Nvidia manufactures Drake on 4nm and negates the need for a shrink so thought I would share my thoughts. As cool as radically new ideas can be, most people wouldn't want that if it came at the cost of present features and usability. There haven't been many significant changes to the smartphone form factor in over a decade, but that's because there doesn't need to be one. This is effectively the same position that smartphones are currently in. Unless significant changes to that form factor come with an equal amount of flexibility, then any attempt to do so will very likely result in worse player satisfaction and an eventual net loss of players. That means the form factor will stay largely the same, but that's definitely a good thing. All previous Nintendo "gimmicks" were effectively mandatory features, which allowed for some creative gameplay but also limited the appeal and flexibility of the hardware.Ī successor should build upon the current feature set, either by improving those features and/or implementing new ones. Or to put that a different way, the switching feature allows games to be played in a variety of ways without strictly mandating the use any single one. Click to expand.The defining feature of the Switch is its ability to switch. ![]()
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