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I just hope they learn how to make controllers. They lost me as a future customer purely because of the controllers. They are hands down the crappiest controllers I have ever used. I'm on our third set for each of 2 switches for my kids. Then I got screwed in the purchasing part because it turns out you can buy licensed controllers that don't have batteries so they have to be connected to the switch, then I learn the…
I just hope they learn how to make controllers. They lost me as a future customer purely because of the controllers. They are hands down the crappiest controllers I have ever used. I'm on our third set for each of 2 switches for my kids. Then I got screwed in the purchasing part because it turns out you can buy licensed controllers that don't have batteries so they have to be connected to the switch, then I learn the…
You can mail in joycons and get new ones no questions asked in my experience
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To be fair to Nintendo, they're very much still in the former category of making good products every few years. The switch was originally released 7 years ago, which is ancient in the world of consumer electronics.
While I don't fully disagree, I think Nintendo is slowly heading in that direction. I hope I'm wrong, as they're my favorite console company, and I'd hate to see them stop innovating and instead just release a slightly-beefier Switch for the next 5 years
I just hope they learn how to make controllers. They lost me as a future customer purely because of the controllers. They are hands down the crappiest controllers I have ever used. I'm on our third set for each of 2 switches for my kids. Then I got screwed in the purchasing part because it turns out you can buy licensed controllers that don't have batteries so they have to be connected to the switch, then I learn the…
You can mail in joycons and get new ones no questions asked in my experience
I finally bought a Switch for the family this last Christmas. Then immediately I get swamped by articles from Google about how the hardware is tired and they need a refresh. I think people are off their rocker. The experience is still pretty magical in 2024. I get that people are tired of the old thing and want the new thing, but it's hard to imagine what stops Nintendo could pull out to make me want to pay more than…
There were significant frame rate drops in Breath of the Wild (one of the tent pole games for the platform). Beefier hardware could have improved that experience.
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Considering the explosive popularity of the Steam Deck and its doppelgangers, the Switch-esque form factor is clearly doing well right now, so it makes sense to stick to what sells. Plus the fact that Nintendo's never been shy about iterative console updates: NES > SNES, GB > GBC > GBA, DS > 3DS > New3DS. And arguably Wii > Wii U, and then the Wii U was sort of the missing link between the Wii and the Switch. Histori…
This is pure speculation, but I'm willing to bet that Iwata wanted the Wii U to be more like the switch, but the board was likely extremely nervous about cannibalizing their portable DS market, so they opted for the Wii U Tablet instead, to disastrous results.
NintendoLand, the free game that came with it, was really good. The pitch that I got was effectively “asymmetric local multiplayer with no screen sniping”. Which is conceptually a really interesting idea that was very fun in nintendoland. But… it’s not a vision that supports a successful mainline product.
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While I don't fully disagree, I think Nintendo is slowly heading in that direction. I hope I'm wrong, as they're my favorite console company, and I'd hate to see them stop innovating and instead just release a slightly-beefier Switch for the next 5 years
Did you forget the Game Boy era or even the DS days where 3-7 models of each were released?
The SNES saw a smaller version released later
The Gameboy saw Pocket, Light, Color variants.
The GameBoy Advance had a flip model and a later variant with a better lit screen.
The Wii saw a few cost reduced models that lacked GameCube and WiFi.
The Wii U was released in two different versions with less storage on the white model.
The Switch has the Switch Lite and the newer OLED Switch.
The DS line had DS, DS Lite, DSi, 3DS, 2DS, 3DS XL, New 3DS, New 2DS and I think a New 3DS XL.
Plus they have partners who release console variants like the Sharp TV with built in console, the Sharp Famicom with built in disk drive, the GameCube that plays DVDs from Panasonic.
Nintendo releases a lot of versions of its systems.