• HurlingDurling@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    84
    ·
    1 year ago

    “And won’t natively run switch games. Players will have the opportunity to purchase their favorite titles in our new eshop available exclusively on our new console” - Nintendo probably

    Source: my ass

      • rgb3x3@beehaw.org
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        23
        ·
        1 year ago

        There’s no way Nintendo abandons the removable joycons. They’re such an important part of the switch experience.

        Literally all Nintendo needs to do is release essentially the same hardware format with increased computing power, better screen, and a bit more “robustness” in the hardware (the OG feels plasticy and flexes quite a lot).

        They’d sell it probably as much as the original. Because BOTW and TOTK deserve higher graphical output.

          • zagaberoo@beehaw.org
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            10
            ·
            1 year ago

            They did as a side product, but that’s not at all the same thing as dropping the concept entirely.

        • Gordon_Freeman@kbin.social
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          11
          ·
          1 year ago

          There’s no way Nintendo abandons the removable joycons.

          Nintendo abandoned the dual screen, and that was an incredible feature, I totally see them abandoning removable controllers

          • sim_@beehaw.org
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            5
            ·
            1 year ago

            Tbf, they tried dual screen with a console and it flopped (for various reasons). With the switch acting as both a console and handheld device, I can see why they dropped dual screens.

            • Gordon_Freeman@kbin.social
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              6
              ·
              1 year ago

              Neither the DS nor the 3DS flopped, on the contrary. the DS was the most sold console in the world

              And it gave us new experiences, new ways to play and also made some stuff better (like having extra info, like maps, information or access to the inventory, having that meant you didn’t need to pause the game)

              • Arkham@beehaw.org
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                9
                ·
                1 year ago

                I believe by dual screen + console + flop they meant the dual screen setup the Wii U had.

              • sim_@beehaw.org
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                2
                ·
                edit-2
                1 year ago

                For sure, I’m not saying the DSs flopped. But with Nintendo dropping a dedicated handheld line, I can see one of the main features of that handheld line went with it, especially when that feature was unsuccessful in a console format.

          • tombuben@beehaw.org
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            1 year ago

            Dual screen was a great feature with a handheld with two tiny screens. They tried it with WiiU on the home console and it was a massive failure. The Switch maybe doesn’t have dual screens, but the single screen is bigger than even the 3ds screens combined and they managed to port almost all WiiU exclusives to it with minimum loss of functionality.

            Maybe the revolutionary feature was the added screen real estate the dual screens allowed for instead of there just being two screens.

      • erwan@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        16
        ·
        1 year ago

        Including a mock like this to illustrate an article is really dishonest

    • Gamma@beehaw.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Prepare yourself, we’re in for these mockups until Nintendo does an official announcement 🙃 maybe we’ll get lucky and a few talented artists will fool the internet again

    • allocsb@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      People keep saying this but this kind of naming convention contributed to the confusion around the Wii U and its poor sales

      • rich@feddit.uk
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        10
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        No, the Wii U’s issue is the name is nonsensical. What the fuck does the U mean? It sounds like an add-on or health title.

        No one had an issue with identifying the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as a successor to the Nintendo Entertainment System, or the Super Famicom as the successor to the Famicom.

        • AaronStC@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          1 year ago

          Also, for some reason they often only showed the new gamepad when talking about it.

          • rich@feddit.uk
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            edit-2
            1 year ago

            Yep. And the console itself looked like a Wii, out of focus in all promotions to begin with too.

            When the console was announced at that E3 back then, I was on a live chat somewhere I think, thousands of active users, most obviously well versed in games and consoles and tech in general. Everyone was fucking confused. That was when it was obvious it would not go well.

    • knokelmaat@beehaw.org
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      20
      ·
      1 year ago

      PS5 can’t even consistently give 4k60 on all titles. A tablet with a way lower power draw will not be able to do this for but a bare minimum of titles.

      • bitwolf@lemmy.one
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        Nintendo games tend to be less demanding. They’re built for the platform whereas PS5 is running PC ports generally.

        The same can be said for Switch bs steam deck. Steam Deck can’t reliably play 1080p60 for every game but the switch can.

      • omeara4pheonix@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        It’s not that unrealistic if the dock has a GPU in it. Something they should have done with the og switch.

        • Limeaide@beehaw.org
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          5
          ·
          1 year ago

          I don’t think Nintendo has really cared much about graphics since the gamecube era. They realized that people buy their consoles for the games not the graphics

          I doubt they would make the console significantly more expensive by adding a GPU that most people wouldn’t really care much about

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    14
    ·
    1 year ago

    The things I’m curious about is if it’s gonna have weak hardware like the switch does and will it have a working emulator just as fast as the switch did?

    One of my favorite things about the switch is just how in the span of a half decade we have emulators able to play commercial releases fairly well if your PC can handle it. It’s just absolutely funny how sintendo wanted to make a portable home console but made something so easy to emulate when compared to any other console of the same generation.

    • rich@feddit.uk
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      I don’t play my switch anymore, I exclusively use Yuzu on my PC.

      I can play games like Xenoblade 3 in native 4k 60fps with HDR on my TV using a pro controller. No way am I going back to using the switch docked. Ever.

      Edit: also 4k mario kart deluxe with mods. Shrek, Peter Griffin and homer are perfect additions to any race

  • alehel@beehaw.org
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    7
    ·
    1 year ago

    Showing it to devs/publishers I can understand. Why would they be showing it to press though?

    • AaronStC@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      They could be preparing for an announcement. This would give time for the press to do write ups ahead of time. If this is true there must be some kind of NDA/embargo so we won’t know anything until after a potential announcement.

      • alehel@beehaw.org
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        If that was the case though, I would have expected them to have announced it already 🤔. Nintendo doesn’t strike me as the kind of company to show their hardware to the press long ahead of announcement.