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A brief history of cutdown game consoles

"It’s not surprising that Nintendo has announced a redesign of the Switch, but it is a little surprising that the Switch Lite has lost the system’s signature ability to… switch. The new revision is solely designed for handheld play, meaning it doesn’t have detachable controllers, a kickstand, or the ability to be played on a TV.

That’s just the way it goes with video game consoles, though. While new generations of hardware introduce far greater power and functionality, often revisions within the same generation take certain steps backward. Whether the trade-offs are made to reduce costs or because certain elements were deemed unimportant, over their history, all three current console makers have released multiple machines that killed various features.

The question, as ever, is how much those missing features mean to you."

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Sgt_Slaughter1840d ago

Why do so many publications not understand why the Switch Lite exists and can't "switch"? There's literally an entire market of Switch gamers who use the system strictly in Portable Mode, so they're making a lighter, slightly smaller, more durable system for said people. It's not "surprising" at all if you pay attention to things.

ibrake4naps1840d ago

I'd prolly like it. I would just use my switch as a portable if my joycon didn't constantly disconect, and my PS4 / PC on the tv

EddieNX 1840d ago

I had that problem with my launch switch, the right joycon kept disconnecting so I just replaced it and it's fine now.

ibrake4naps1840d ago

How much are new joycons?

Noirez121836d ago

Wow I really like handheld more than consoles up switch

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Can't Get Up, Won't Get Up: Solving Puzzles as a Sleepy Slob in Exhausted Man

Now available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation and Switch, Exhausted Man comes to consoles, just after its PC launch.

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Apex Legends Listening to Fans Concerns about Controversial Season 22 Battle Pass

The Apex Legends developers announced earlier this month that they were going to be taking away the ability to purchase the Season 22 battle pass with in-game currency. However, this news didn’t sit too well with fans and Respawn made a statement promising fans that the change would not be going into effect.

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The 2D arcade action platformer “Abathor” is now available for PC and consoles

"The Barcelona-based indie games publisher JanduSoft and Görükle-based (Turkey) indie games developer Pow Pixel Games, are today very proud and excited to announce that their 2D arcade action platformer “Abathor“, ” is now available for PC (Steam) and consoles (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch) via digital stores." - Jonas Ek, TGG.