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New Nintendo president Furukawa: “considering various possibilities” for 3DS successor
- Thread starter Phil32
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What's the point in the Switch if they are going to release a separate handheld?
Thought the idea was to combine all resources for a single platform.
Thought the idea was to combine all resources for a single platform.
The Switch is not going to sell Nintendo's average console + handheld numbers. It's too expensive for that. They need a $150-170 piece of hardware.
Well the wallets didn't even do that good at all with the followups of course, and I think it would be even worse if they still split them again.
I think it would be better to have another series of consoles to fall back on. Imagine if there were no 3DS with the Wii U bombing.
This, it was a selling point of the Switch for me. No more having to shell out for a console AND a handheld to play all of Nintedo's games.
A "3DS successor" doesn't have to be a separate platform altogether. When Nintendo says they want a 3DS successor they're saying they want something accessible in that price range.
You say that like TPCi isn't just going to immediately jump off onto the 'more-handheld' console. Having Pokemon be portable has always been a main priority, why do you think there's never been a mainline release on a console? The only reason Switch is getting one is because it's marketed as a 'hybrid'.
It's selling more first party games and making more profit than 3DS and Wii U combined so we're g2g on that front.
"President Furukawa considering to trigger hardcore videogame forums"
I'm personally a fan of "Stay"
I'm personally a fan of "Stay"
You seriously think they would go from the first hd pokemon, and then downgrade to making gen 9 on a like 540p or something handheld? Would be really odd with let's go getting this whole new audience, and then even more with the mainline games next year to just abandon that for a brand new handheld they won't even know how it will sell.
Well put. This is the first time a Switch Lite has ever made sense to me.
My assumption: Smaller Switch. Doesn't come with a dock, but might still have a purchasable dock accessory. Joycons may be attached, or they might simply make smaller joycons for it. Will still be compatible with other joycons, though possibly not by attaching them to the system. Will probably not have too much smaller of a screen so that HUD won't look awful, though may also allow developers to resize their HUD for the Switch mini. Possibly longer battery life.
Yep, they really need to just concentrate on a single platform. Make it the best they can.
that's p much what my 2ds xl already is, I just downloaded a bunch of nes/snes/gb/gbc games on it and take that with me more than i do my switch
also got ocarina of time and Majoras mask remasters digitally on there
Not sure about your numbers. But in any case, the wiiu is nintendo's biggest failure.
Imagine if they didn't have a 3DS!
And yet they did for more than 20 years with at least 30 titles per year, being the publisher with most published titles. Funny.
Either way, the discussion on this thread is worthless.
Like Pokemon (or Nintendo, for that matter) cares about having the most advanced graphics. Portability is a design principle for Pokemon, keeping your game with you and meeting up with friends, that's one of their core concepts. If a portable system meets that need better than the Switch, then absolutely they'll change over.
Because you're thinking it's going to be something other than a Switch in a smaller cheaper formafactor that plays the exact same games.
Plz don't. Unless they make a cheap switch to satisfy that market but no. Don't make a separate system
Sorry, no. Just no. On the whole, the last twenty years of Nintendo have been fantastic.
What about the fact that we don't even know how the 4ds will sell? What if it's even less than the switch? They are just going to abandon what is currently on pace to already outsell the xbone within like a year and a half for a lesser handheld?
You are probably reading too much into it. Considering possibilities does not mean amount to much until you plan something concrete.
Also, even if they decide to try a direct 3ds successor someday, it would not even be ready for most of the switch lifecycle since console R&D takes a lot of time.
What cowardly and confusing PR bullcrap is this. Just man the hell up, Nintendo. The DS (and to a lesser extent, 3DS) crowd aren't coming back in this age of mobile domination. Stop pretending you have a slim chance of replicating the DS success story anymore; the ship has sailed, long ago. Portable home console is the only viable thing to do here onward and you fit the right niche there and are seeing good results. Live with that reality and stop trying to please everyone which will only result in confusion and anger of your real base and nothing else.
I am all for keeping a backup plan or exploring technologies, but I don't think making a 3DS successor is a good idea at this point. They need to stay focused on the Switch. Perhaps next gen they can consider it based on their approach to the home console.
I could see a Switch Mini but there's no way they'll make a separate handheld when the Switch can already act as one. The Switch is the future of Nintendo for the next decade or so.
I'm down. Give me that little 3DS HD.
I love my Switch, but I also just don't find it that portable, which is my favorite way to play games.
I love my Switch, but I also just don't find it that portable, which is my favorite way to play games.
Threads like these would go better if people just owned the fact that they were being selfish. Good for you.
Thinking back to 5 year old me that got a $80 gameboy. No way in hell would my mom haven't given me a Switch at it's current price. Maybe it's Switch lite, maybe it's a 3DS++, maybe it's nothing. We'll see.
I dunno why some ppl are utterly horrified at the prospect of a 3DS successor. This is a ridiculous post
Mr. Furukawa, 3DS's successor is already on the market and it's called Nintendo Switch. Nintendo already struggled a lot in these recent years (and decades) because you weren't able to properly support two platforms at once, leaving droughts and prematurely killing a console lifetime in order to support a successor to either consoles and portables. Not just Nintendo, Sony wasn't able either to support both a home console and a portable. Wanna an advice? Concentrate all Nintendo efforts at one platform, like it is now.
