AustinAg2K said:
After having this thing for five days, I've decided it's not a perfect system, but it is a game changer. The ability to play AAA games on a big screen or go mobile is awesome. I'm not sure what Nintendo's plans are for the future, but I could see them going with a strategy where they release a new version with better hardware every two years. You could do something like phones where the games are playable on multiple generations, but look better on the newest. A lot of people spend $200-$300 every year on their phone. I could see people doing the same for a device like this.
I gotta say I totally disagree. That model would fail horribly. People buy consoles because they want something stable and not have to upgrade it all the time like a PC. Sure the PS4 pro is out and the Scorpio is coming out this year but thats after the original consoles have been out for 4 years. Every two years would have people up in arms, its just not a good system.
I think it still remains to be seen if this will really take off because of the portability aspect. Most reports I've read says it struggles on the full TV at even 900P. I really dont think the switch is a home console that can go portable, its a portable that can stream to a TV.... Its gonna miss out on a lot of AAA games because developers dont want to mess with it as under powered as it is. And mobile phones have really taken up a lot of the market when it comes to wanting an electronic device while traveling or killing time. A lot of people just have time to browse facebook or look at texags for 10 minutes before moving on to their next thing, rather than firing up a console for a short playthrough that might not accomplish anything.
All that being said, I decided im going to buy one down the road, when theres a bundle or some sort of a price discount. I still want to play nintendo's franchises but the line up for the switch is pretty weak this first year.