I am a bit biased, let's just get that out of the way. I love handhelds. In particular, I love clam shell designs. They are very portable and they were affordable systems... Gba sp, and the large DS family, which could do gba games if they were an old enough model, or the virtual console option for later models, has great enough games for me, personally.
Nintendo has always been, at least I perceived them to be, a cheaper option to gaming that was also portable. And I think in general most people viewed them as a family oriented video game company, and though children were a target, they did have games for older folks too. The children of those days are now adults.. and I wonder if Nintendo is changing their audience a tad for one reason or another. It could be speculated on forever.
As of now, there seems to be a lot of grief over Switch 2 and their games's prices. And I kinda wonder if this carries on, if Nintendo will rethink their targets.
To me it seemed like that all around in general gaming, graphics were the obsession. Nintendo was always a little behind on the graphics, but the switch 1 had great graphics, I thought anyway. The switch 2 with even better.
However I think the consumer, particularly Nintendo fans which include children and families though a smaller demographic than before, are more concerned about budget now than the multiple years of the past of how great trees or mountains look.
Ai is another matter, but I do think it is in the future to cut costs while pushing out high graphics and powerful systems.
But I wanted to ask... Today I did see a headline among my new feed of Nintendo drama on YouTube saying the switch 2 is reviving the 3ds. I dont know if that is really true.. but I can see people picking up their 3ds more simply due to affordability and portability. I have heard complains from people about lugging with switch 1 around... And while we do have the switch lite.. it is still awkward portability wise compared to Nintendo's previous handhelds.
Do you think Nintendo will eventually look into developing and selling more portable and affordable consoles in the future with its own games vs consoles that are larger and more powerful?
Is more portable and affordable consoles something you would like to see or even consider picking up?
Do you think other gaming companies will consider pushing out more portable and affordable handhelds with its own games in the future after seeing what is happening today?
Even if a more portable console was to come out comparable to a 3ds in size and power.. would it and or it's games have a high price tag due to economy? (Compare to $450 switch 2 and $80-70 per game for the console)
Other related thoughts?
Nintendo has always been, at least I perceived them to be, a cheaper option to gaming that was also portable. And I think in general most people viewed them as a family oriented video game company, and though children were a target, they did have games for older folks too. The children of those days are now adults.. and I wonder if Nintendo is changing their audience a tad for one reason or another. It could be speculated on forever.
As of now, there seems to be a lot of grief over Switch 2 and their games's prices. And I kinda wonder if this carries on, if Nintendo will rethink their targets.
To me it seemed like that all around in general gaming, graphics were the obsession. Nintendo was always a little behind on the graphics, but the switch 1 had great graphics, I thought anyway. The switch 2 with even better.
However I think the consumer, particularly Nintendo fans which include children and families though a smaller demographic than before, are more concerned about budget now than the multiple years of the past of how great trees or mountains look.
Ai is another matter, but I do think it is in the future to cut costs while pushing out high graphics and powerful systems.
But I wanted to ask... Today I did see a headline among my new feed of Nintendo drama on YouTube saying the switch 2 is reviving the 3ds. I dont know if that is really true.. but I can see people picking up their 3ds more simply due to affordability and portability. I have heard complains from people about lugging with switch 1 around... And while we do have the switch lite.. it is still awkward portability wise compared to Nintendo's previous handhelds.
Do you think Nintendo will eventually look into developing and selling more portable and affordable consoles in the future with its own games vs consoles that are larger and more powerful?Is more portable and affordable consoles something you would like to see or even consider picking up?Do you think other gaming companies will consider pushing out more portable and affordable handhelds with its own games in the future after seeing what is happening today?Even if a more portable console was to come out comparable to a 3ds in size and power.. would it and or it's games have a high price tag due to economy? (Compare to $450 switch 2 and $80-70 per game for the console)Other related thoughts?
