Skeletos311
Junior Member
The question was about unifying console and handheld software development and the answer is "Somehow, but it doesn't mean for us that the concept of a dedicated handheld will just disappear.".
I you don't see the implication, fine. I can't explain it better than that.
Edit: 3ds is already mentioned in the answer, separately.
The question was
How about speeding up development processes? Does the Switch architecture mean you can unify your handheld and console software teams, enabling you to get games out more quickly?
Weirdly worded question. Obviously, the architecture of the system doesn't affect company restructuring (it's the other way around) and games won't necessarily be made quicker, because of the architecture of the system. So, his answer being
There's an element of that, but it doesn't automatically mean things wil happen more quickly or more easily.
makes sense to me. The rest of it doesn't really have anything to do with the question. It just sounds like he's saying the same PR line again, because the interviewer mentioned merging of teams.
But that implies that they're not merging teams. There are the console teams and the handheld teams and with the 3DS space not going anywhere, nothing is being merged. Be prepared for the same Wii U situation and we can see that with Fire Emblem Warriors already. There's no indication that the next Fire Emblem game or Pokemon game will be ONLY NS. It could be both...much like Smash Bros.
The handheld and console teams were merged in 2013. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...handheld-and-console-divisions-on-february-16