PS5 and Xbox Scarlett ‘need to learn’ from Switch, says Japanese indie boss

But new consoles can’t just imitate portability, says Inti

[TK-66]

I think his analysis is only accurate to Japan where at one point games really did only release exclusively on the PS3/4 or the 3DS. These days it's common to see JPN games on the Switch, PS4 and PC with a few exceptions like Daemon X Machina. Limiting yourself to a single platform now doesn't make much sense from a business perspective.

"If another company comes out with their own portable hybrid, then they’re not going to be able to compete with whatever Nintendo puts out next, because they’ve established this massive base."

Which is why it's unlikely we'll see another Sony handheld unfortunately :/

[Atom666]

I think he recognizes that exclusivity isn't what it used to be. I took his point to be focused more on the benefits of exclusivity at launch more so than later on. I tend to agree with that line of thinking myself. I would be shocked if MS and Sony weren't planning a bunch of timed and out right exclusive 3rd party deals for at least the 1st year or two of next gen.

I don't know if anyone will try to copy Nintendo either. They might try to push streaming on mobile as an alternative though.

[gazgriff2k12]

yes they need to rip off the joycons and do them much better

[Mr Marvel]

I'm sorry, the best selling console of this generation and market leader needs to learn what now?
I'm pretty sure 95k+ PS4 owners are quite happy with the huge number of quality first part exclusives.

[rdgneoz3]

Bigger hard drive, better graphics, more systems sold, more games... What can they learn beyond don't get a class action lawsuit about your shitty joysticks and party chat through a phone app...

[Abnor_Mal]

Error on my part.

[JonTheGod]

95k??

[KwietStorm_BLM]

PlayStation would be in a pretty dire situation if they only sold 95 thousand units this generation.

[badz149]

maybe they want Sony to also sell a bare-bone system which you need to buy lots of extra accessories for and instead of doing a slim version with all the functionalities of the original a couple of years later, strip its core features and call it "PS Lite" or something

[Vetgamer]

What? Cheap nasty hardware ify controls. Only thing I'd like to see copied make a portable version.

[Indigon]

Except the faulty Joycons then. Or the stupid voicechat 'solution'.

[kayoss]

Well Nintendo needs to learn from PS4 and Xbox and put some of their damn games and products on sale.

[badz149]

Nintendrone fanatics will tell you Nintendo games don't drop in price because they are on high demands

[bluefox755]

As long as it's separate from their mainline consoles. I have zero interest in portability.

[mogwaii]

Someone's getting nervous.

[Vithar]

Japanese are not relevant anymore

[badz149]

to the disagrees, PS4 is almost at 100m now but Japan only contributed to <8mil of those. so...being <10% of something is pretty much equate to irrelevant

[AllMightyFox]

so Sony and Microsoft need to build cheap thin plastic controllers ….
they need to force users to require a cellphone additionally to their products for chat
it would be in their interest to cut back on games and release mainly ports of older games
they need a spokesman like Miyamoto to state their online hasn't fallen behind when they aren't even remotely competing
Or maybe they shouldn't have game sales with 50-65% off, just follow and only $5 off during sales on 4 yr old games

Bwahahahahaha … yea they need to follow Pretendo like this Indie boss needs to keep up with retarded statements

[boing1]

I would love to go to Japan. People there think differently than the rest of the world. This is a proof.

[Thundercat77]

Playstation is currently the worldwide indesputable market leader and they need to learn from Nintendo?

😂

[Elda]

LOL!! Agreed!!

[Elda]

LMAO!!! It's truly the other way around.

[Immorals]

I bought my switch grudgingly as I don't care for the portability, and wish they'd made a cheaper or more powerful 'home console' like version.

They claim to have not released this as a successor to the 3ds, but it's clear they have.

[badz149]

the moment they stripped away the ability to connect to a TV, it's pretty telling

[CrimsonWing69]

What, not understand how to make a good online service, keep being a generation behind in tech, keep using odd media formats, give the most absurdly smallest hard drives, and miss out on 50% of third party multi platform games?

Nawwww, I think PS5 and Scarlett are just fine. Nintendo can keep on Nintendo’ing.

[WickedLester]

Sorry but I dont want Sony to emulate a damn thing from Nintendo! They're doing just fine being who they are and doing what they're doing.

[PhoenixUp]

No I’d rather not have everything be a hybrid

[badz149]

with the Switch Lite, it's no longer a hybrid

[PhoenixUp]

Switch Lite doesn’t make the original model nonexistent. Switch is still a hybrid system

[TheGamingArt]

No thanks

[slasaru01]

What can western companies learn from Nintendo? how almost never discount games or give miniscule 5-10% sales?