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Nintendo Switch 2 performance boost to fall short of Valve's Steam Deck (www.tweaktown.com)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

INB4 it's gonna be a repeat of the Wii U. A confusing, non compatible successor to a revolutionary product.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

INB4 it’s gonna be a repeat of the Wii U. A confusing, non compatible successor to a revolutionary product.

A bit too revolutionary. Wii had a seriously bad attachment rate. People bought Wii Sports, Mario Kart and Smash. Regular games sold badly. Wii was a party gimmick that collected dust on regular days. Wii U was the attempt (later fulfilled by Switch) to be a regular gaming machine as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Yes but the main reason those consoles were so shaky is specifically because they did not address a much younger audience. The original Wii kind of tried to but if you look at its best sellers, a ton of them were not aimed at adults.

The same is true of the Wii U where rather than targeting that audience, they tried to pivot to a more adult console with games like the zombie launch title.

So most of the success of the switch is just that it finally was a family console again. But keep in mind, they have nowhere to pivot to. That’s why the switch 2 is what it is and why it’s so late. They can’t afford a misstep and they also can’t afford to saturate the only market niche they have left.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think I've read backwards compatibility is confirmed, which these days there's no excuse not to.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I think I’ve read backwards compatibility is confirmed, which these days there’s no excuse not to.

I think they confirmed that during a message to investors.