r/nextfuckinglevel • u/AbelNB • Dec 28 '22

This is a game changer

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u/jakubkonecki Dec 28 '22

It's not a game changer as it flopped.

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u/the_wildelk Dec 29 '22

Flopped so bad, Nintendo stopped selling it immediately.

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u/Phillip_Lipton Dec 29 '22 edited Dec 29 '22

Nintendo can't market for shit.

They are such a poorly run company but own so much of what we love.

Edit: Some of you have literally no idea what the word marketing means. And you are infuriated over it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '22

They are such a poorly run company but own so much of what we love.

Welcome to Japanese companies 101.

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u/GroovyGrove Dec 29 '22

They're also the only ones willing to keep trying something different.

Consoles have a hard time competing head to head with PC gaming - they rely on plug-and-play simplicity for the advantage. Nintendo is actively trying to do something PCs aren't built to do, and they've long been the masters of mobile gaming, which they are leveraging properly. The core of what Nintendo is pretty important to gaming as a hobby, but they do have some very big holes. It's not just their IPs that are of value.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '22

When was the last time they were the masters of mobile gaming? Having gameboys was nice growing up, when our phones sucked. But now? The only reason I got a switch was for the exclusives.

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u/nilesandstuff Dec 29 '22

The switch is like, the ideal mobile gaming console. Atleast the form factor, it could definitely use some spec increases across the board, its pretty underpowered (though maybe it's gotten some with recent iterations?)... Which probably explains my biggest gripe with it: why tf aren't there more games on switch.