Kids love tablets, so why isn't Nintendo shouting about the GamePad ? When Nintendo first lifted the lid on the Wii U and its unique GamePad controller, many within the industry murmured their cautious approval. It all seemed to make so much sense — Apple's iPad had already kickstarted a tablet revolution and second-screen gaming promised big things. By launching a console which came with its own tablet-like controller, Nintendo could steal a march on its rivals and embrace an entirely new way of playing games straight out of the box without having to rely on additional peripherals.
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
No because as a tablet it is fairly rubbish. This is the problem Nintendo has had from the get go. It looks like a tablet that has to be stuck near another device. If people wanted a tablet they would buy a tablet than buy a product that looks like one (a reason why I believe Nintendo went for a tablet controller too early since semi decent tablets were and still are too expensive for a games console)
Also this article makes fairly sweeping statements with no evidence to back it up. For example
"Despite their portability, a great many tablets never leave the living room"
Who said this. The author? How does he or she know this? I can believe it but you need something to back up this claim.
But even so tablets offer a greater deal of versatility in functionality than the gamepad couldn't even hope for. Going for that market (advertising as such) would be suicidal (side note but seeing the Wii U gamepad as a tablet killer is laughable)
No, because it's not a tablet. It's a gaming controller.
If their next console is the fusion. It would be more appropriate to advertise it as a tablet killer
Yeah, it's not a logical article.
Not a chance until you can take the tablet further than 20 feet from the system. I always felt that was the biggest drawback to the Wii U. Other than the ridiculous name.
I dont understand why they made a portable unit that can only travel a short distance from the console. ...