Imagine what will happen once Pokémon Gen 8 comes out.
It seems i faired a little better than him 5 years ago XD:When answering to the thread "Will the Switch be a success?"
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=228262018&postcount=912
Not exactly situated to take the market by storm with all that and a very thin launch lineup. Not something that's easy to root for as a consumer, either, since Nintendo loaded up on anti-consumer business decisions here. It's telling that first shipment pre-orders are still available.
No.
Yet a significant amount of people believe Wii U was Nintendo reacting to the increasing tablet popularity when the screen in a controller was been conceptualized before the Wii release and had a precedent with the DS.No one argued that the Wii U gamepad was a handheld because it was a controller that was tethered to a console that had to be plugged in.
Imagine what will happen once Pokémon Gen 8 comes out.
What's not to get? It's a handheld that you can dock.
From a business perspective I guess where it fits in the industry, especially with the narrative that Switch is a console first, plus what becomes of the handheld market.
I find the playing MK with his plus story kind of heart warming, but it boggles my mind that nobody outside of Nintendo R&D had the imagination to see that exact use case from the inital pitch.
this thread is going to be filled with people being like "what's not to get" as if we didn't have months of posts of people ask "but what *is* the switch" after it was revealed
I hope this doesn't get blown into something ridiculous because that's a very honest and level headed statement.
Its interesting seeing people say "its a handheld you can dock" because the first thing i thought of when i saw the concept is "its a console you can take wherever you want"
The versatility of it is what makes it so appealing. In fact, sometimes my friends have to remind me i can that take it with me places. Or sometimes i go "i wish i brought a second controller so you can play this with- oh wait i do have one"
Its great. I hope more companies understand now.
LolHe probably also doesnt know how to play Sonic.
I wouldn't be a bitter underachieving man-child arguing with strangers in a gaming forum if I made fking Battlefield haha.Didn't knew Söderlund had a GAF account
All the more reason why I don't quite understand his confusion.
Man, that thread was something to look back at.When answering to the thread "Will the Switch be a success?"
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=228262018&postcount=912
What I find interesting is that the Switch's success in retrospect both validates exactly what Nintendo was trying to do with Wii U and underlines what a massive misfire in execution that entire product was.
Nintendo just tried to do too much with the Wii U.The Switch couldn't be more different from the WiiU if it tried.
the WiiU was ALWAYS tethered to a screen in the end, it was never portable and frequently required BOTH screens.
If Switch was what Nintendo was trying to do with the WiiU, they should have canned the WiiU and done a more straightforward Wii HD instead.
A touching tale of a man who's cold heart was warmed by money!
A LOT of people shared the same feelings when it was announced.
Only with its currently big success has talk like that vanished.
I understand the concept. But I'll never understand the appeal.
Söderlund said:”I think it's a pretty special machine because it's not just more of the same. I looked at it and thought, why would you play on that instead of this? But now it's crystal clear to me why. That's the Switch."
The consensus:
It's super convenient and really slick.I understand the concept. But I'll never understand the appeal.
I have used my Switch maybe once outside. It's the convenience which makes me want to play as many games as possible on Switch instead of elsewhere.I apparently have less interest in the ability to game everywhere than most people on GAF. It's cool that the system fills a role for those people, but I just don't see the appeal. If I'm going to play games It's either 5-10 minutes on my phone while waiting for dinner or something, or sitting at my PC or TV/PS4 for some focused time gaming. From what I've seen the Switch thrives for people who spend a lot of time in public transit or are traveling a lot. I do neither, so it's not really for me.
I apparently have less interest in the ability to game everywhere than most people on GAF. It's cool that the system fills a role for those people, but I just don't see the appeal. If I'm going to play games It's either 5-10 minutes on my phone while waiting for dinner or something, or sitting at my PC or TV/PS4 for some focused time gaming. From what I've seen the Switch thrives for people who spend a lot of time in public transit or are traveling a lot. I do neither, so it's not really for me.
For instance my Switch and PS4 are situated in the living room, and more than often someone is using the TV. It's much more of a boon for me to just take the switch out of the dock than to just wait till night time to turn either it or the PS4 on for a focused game session.
Its doing really well, which I love."
Utter chaos and stock shortages.Imagine what will happen once Pokémon Gen 8 comes out.
The Switch is Nintendo's clearest proposition since the gamecube. It's even easier to understand than the Wii or DS. I don't understand how this guy was confused.
A hybrid platform with built in multiplayer outta the box.
It's one thing to see some people online miss the point and try and arbitrarily shove it in a purely "handheld/home console" box. To see a higher up from the same industry struggle to understand such a basic concept though is frankly insane. How do people like this function in their position? Makes me wonder how many neat ideas/projects they blocked due to their sensibilities.
I guess to a person like this, any platform presented without a whole song and dance about gflops automatically = an alien enigma.
He's probably on about the 2 tiny joycon multiplayer on the 6 inch.What's not to get? It's a handheld that you can dock.
I think one important factor was that even though the concept of the Switch is largely the same as the Wii U, the 'gamepad' is actually not tethered to the hardware anymore. I mean the Wii U controller HAD to function with the Wii U console. Now its literally free from the TV and people like that. I used to have the Wii U in the lounge but couldn't bring it into the bedroom because it was too far. I bet people really dig that sort of thing.
Every console that Nintendo makes usually gets a lot of positive hype to begin with. Even the Wii U, while there was a bit of confused reaction towards it, it was still met with a lot of faith in Nintendo that they knew what they were doing, especially coming after the Wii.
Whether it has staying power ultimately depends on a mix of first and third parties, which Sony gets right most of the time.
It's the evolution of thearmhow we play games.
Imagine what will happen once Pokémon Gen 8 comes out.