cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/54234120
the left image is of a native port recompiled for PC, and the right one is an emulator being developed to run Switch 2 games
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/54234120
the left image is of a native port recompiled for PC, and the right one is an emulator being developed to run Switch 2 games
Nintendo could embrace what they do best which is creating hardware. I have a plethora of different controllers including a steam deck and my OG switch pro controller is still the best one.
My favourite console of all time is the “new” 3ds XL. They need to lean into the retro gaming wave that is happening rn.
My modded new 3ds xl has a broken top screen after a recent trip and it is almost impossible to repair. Parts not available. If they just made a good handheld again I would buy.
I wouldn’t personally call Nintendo a ‘hardware company’
They make innovative hardware and bundle it up with games that use the capabilities well. I think Nintendo would consider themselves an end-to-end experience company. And they can’t do that if they lose control of the ecosystem by letting other people run their own software on it.
I said that BOTW was a "system seller’’ and I meant that, but not in the sense that the end goal was to sell the console.
No. The goal of big first-party games like Zelda - which always happen to come out for new console launch time - is to make people own the console so once they have it, they buy more games for it. That’s the long-term money. Twenty games over five years and every cent through their ecosystem.
Nintendo don’t want to sell you open hardware, and they never will.
A description I heard from Conrad Zimmerman that I think is apt is that Nintendo is a toy company. They largely aren’t following the tactics of the other big movers in the gaming space because their strategy is fundamentally different.