Well done Nintendo, welcome to twenty-thirteen.
If any of this is to be believed, that’s not unreasonable for a handheld device that’s supposed to be in the $300-350 range.
And no, it’s not reasonable to think Nintendo will be going for much more expensive stuff to cater to a minority of gamers. Everyone and their grandma are not going to buy a $800 device to play Mario Kart.
Ok fair enough.
It’ll probably be portable though. It’s competing more with the Steam Deck etc. than a PS5.
I remain forever pissed that the best way to play BOTW or TOTK is through emulation, since they’re being held back to consoles that can’t play them consistently at 30fps in 720p.
If Nintendo would give me a legal way to play these, I would happily buy them again on PC! I want to enjoy those brilliant games the way the deserve to be enjoyed…
Only “close to Gen 8 in power”? Will they really release old tech again? smh
I have no doubt that the next Nintendo console will also be a hand-held hybrid like the Switch, it has just been too successful to pivot away from the form factor. So naturally that form factor has physical restraints that will affect possible performance. So I wouldn’t expect any Switch 2, or whatever, to exceed the performance of devices like the Steam Deck or ROG Ally.
Yay to new Nintendo console. Nay to ActiBliz + M$.
This console would literally be doing what the Steam Deck already does - and likely charging you again for games you’ve already played. Why are you happy about their complete stagnation?
Looking forward to playing 10 year old looking games from a team (Nintendo) that will no doubt be selling them for $70? There’s so many better ways to spend your time/money…
While Nintendo’s hardware is less powerful on every level, I think that the majority of their games have lots of effort put into them. While Nintendo definitely has had some horrible games (Mario Party 9, 10, Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival, Mario sports since the mid 2010s) or just plain average games (see New Super Mario Bros starting with the Wii entry) and their stance on emulation is horrible, I honestly think they put out some of the most creative games ever made (see Splatoon, The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario 64, Pikmin 1, 2, 3, 4, F-Zero GX). At least give them a point for not putting microtransactions in their $60, now $70 games like other publishers (looking at you Activision, EA, Microsoft).
As for their hardware, I would rather them put their games on PC (so I don’t have to rip them myself). I like that they try new things with their hardware that few others do (see Wii motion controls (although a bit overdone at first), 3D gaming (3DS), a console that you can take anywhere (sure they weren’t the first to attempt it but they were the first to pull it off)). That being said I would much rather also be able to play their games on my Android or Steam Deck. The only reason I’m excited for their new hardware is to see what (if anything) new they will try, and for them to jump at least a decade closer to where the industry is at in terms of computing power.
