These companies only have themselves to blame for their failures.
Nintendo has shown its entirely possible to have a next-gen console be a runaway success through common sense. Hell, at the rate its going, the Switch is going to break the record for highest selling console of all time within 2 years or so.
Nintendo has actually been innovative in successful ways, has kept their tech cheap, and their games, at times, FUN. Sony moved PlayStation HQ to America, where it went full politically-correct police on everything, ESPECIALLY the Japanese devs making cute girls doing cute things stuff. Microsoft never had that fun Japanese touch, period, and simply tried to buy up whatever they could to attempt monopolization.
There really needs to be a book about Nintendo as a business. The problem is it will be named Nintendo and the Mob. Who wants to get their suicide note written for them because they started the book?
Meh, if the mob is what's keeping Nintendo cranking out quality products then I say it's fine to turn a blind eye to the mob because it's been a force for good.
It's all about slant. The mob loves stories about how the mob is cool and with the current trendy fashions and competent and skilled. And compared to the dangerhairs at Sony and the diversity hires of Xbox, they certainly are more competent and skilled.
Also, the fact that the limitations imposed by the Switch's hardware forces developers to be more judicious and smart with how to spend resources. Of course, at a certain point, too weak is too weak and the Switch is quite outdated now. However, the fact it could run games like Xenoblade 2 & 3, BOTW & TOTK, and Dragon Quest XI S is impressive.
From what the rumors suggest, the Switch 2 will have Xbox Series S-like performance with DLSS. Obviously still weak raw performance-wise, but the higher baseline will help a lot.
the Switch is going to break the record for highest selling console of all time within 2 years or so
I could believe it. My boss is a Japanese dude with 3 kids from ages 7 to 13. I laughed my ass off when he told me they have 3 switches, one for each kid.
Nintendo was smart to bring back LAN play. Any parent who has the dosh to buy a couple for the kids and put games like Mario Kart on them has a great road trip device that keeps everyone equally engaged.
A brilliant little move no doubt, but Nintendo has always preferred local multiplayer, and that's always been a big selling point for most families, and one of the reasons I always preferred Nintendo products over the others.
It's almost like being kind to your customers, instead of viewing them as a captive audience to be milked and propagandized, actually makes people want to buy your products.
You're posting about the switch but the Valve's steam deck is proving to be such a success that even I'm considering getting one and I'll treat it as a portable gaming PC because you can use it like that. I think lots of people are fed up of closed source trash and companies who consistently treat their own customers like they're the enemy.
Once people break through Nintendo's branding and indie devs start developing similar style off-brand and on the PC I think the same thing is going to happen to Nintendo. Nintendo tend to rely heavily on their branding, which is partly I think why they have such a massive hard on for copyright. They can't do anything about games like Palworld though which is hilarious and at least you can play Palworld on the steam deck if you're into pokemon style games.
This is why I keep preaching about indie creators, it's happening, slowly but surely and they're going to knock the big studios off their pedestals.
These companies only have themselves to blame for their failures.
Nintendo has shown its entirely possible to have a next-gen console be a runaway success through common sense. Hell, at the rate its going, the Switch is going to break the record for highest selling console of all time within 2 years or so.
Nintendo has actually been innovative in successful ways, has kept their tech cheap, and their games, at times, FUN. Sony moved PlayStation HQ to America, where it went full politically-correct police on everything, ESPECIALLY the Japanese devs making cute girls doing cute things stuff. Microsoft never had that fun Japanese touch, period, and simply tried to buy up whatever they could to attempt monopolization.
Nintendo and PC (mostly Steam) is the future.
There really needs to be a book about Nintendo as a business. The problem is it will be named Nintendo and the Mob. Who wants to get their suicide note written for them because they started the book?
Meh, if the mob is what's keeping Nintendo cranking out quality products then I say it's fine to turn a blind eye to the mob because it's been a force for good.
It's all about slant. The mob loves stories about how the mob is cool and with the current trendy fashions and competent and skilled. And compared to the dangerhairs at Sony and the diversity hires of Xbox, they certainly are more competent and skilled.
Also, the fact that the limitations imposed by the Switch's hardware forces developers to be more judicious and smart with how to spend resources. Of course, at a certain point, too weak is too weak and the Switch is quite outdated now. However, the fact it could run games like Xenoblade 2 & 3, BOTW & TOTK, and Dragon Quest XI S is impressive.
From what the rumors suggest, the Switch 2 will have Xbox Series S-like performance with DLSS. Obviously still weak raw performance-wise, but the higher baseline will help a lot.
I could believe it. My boss is a Japanese dude with 3 kids from ages 7 to 13. I laughed my ass off when he told me they have 3 switches, one for each kid.
Nintendo was smart to bring back LAN play. Any parent who has the dosh to buy a couple for the kids and put games like Mario Kart on them has a great road trip device that keeps everyone equally engaged.
A brilliant little move no doubt, but Nintendo has always preferred local multiplayer, and that's always been a big selling point for most families, and one of the reasons I always preferred Nintendo products over the others.
Local multiplayer is also huge for Japan's love of public transportation and most people commuting to work.
It's almost like being kind to your customers, instead of viewing them as a captive audience to be milked and propagandized, actually makes people want to buy your products.
You're posting about the switch but the Valve's steam deck is proving to be such a success that even I'm considering getting one and I'll treat it as a portable gaming PC because you can use it like that. I think lots of people are fed up of closed source trash and companies who consistently treat their own customers like they're the enemy.
Once people break through Nintendo's branding and indie devs start developing similar style off-brand and on the PC I think the same thing is going to happen to Nintendo. Nintendo tend to rely heavily on their branding, which is partly I think why they have such a massive hard on for copyright. They can't do anything about games like Palworld though which is hilarious and at least you can play Palworld on the steam deck if you're into pokemon style games.
This is why I keep preaching about indie creators, it's happening, slowly but surely and they're going to knock the big studios off their pedestals.
I'm not disagreeing about the indie part, but Nintendo is way more than Branding. They are some of the best game designers in the world.