Should Nintendo stick to one hybrid console, or go back to separate console and handheld models?

Drop the hybrid approach.

It has showed us that it leaves a system that is always at-least one gen behind the competition. It is so pathetically underpowered (even when it came out back in 2013). And to think they also have the gall to still charge $300 for this garbage-tier tablet hardware in 2020 is baffling.

Want to see current gen (and not some old-ass last-gen ports) third parties again on the system that's not severely downgraded? The hybrid approach will not offer that piece of cake. Separate them again. Maybe they'll have the chance to have the graphics not look like its stuck on loop from 2013.

The hybrid model is the future of not just Nintendo, but video games in general. Nintendo was forward-thinking when they designed the Switch. It's clear that mobile devices are gradually taking over the video game industry, so Nintendo decided to adapt to the changing trends rather than trying to fight against it. And the success of the Switch speaks for itself.

The Nintendo Switch is the greatest console ever made.

Yea, I mean, Nintendo released a NEW 3DS and a DSi. Why wouldn't they consider a Pro?

If, and that's a big IF, Nintendo is using Switch to equate handheld gaming in the sense of a 3DS, we need to see it being treated as such. Start releasing titles in a fashion befitting a 3DS/DS successor. Not every game must be an epic adventure befitting of a large screen television.

I don’t understand what you are saying.

Yea, I was posting wasted.

3rd party.

Might as well give them katanas.

I don't like gaming on my tv anymore i have been handheld nintendo gamer since the n64 my bro had gamecube and i played wii at my friends.

I love the gameboy gbc gba gba sp 3ds and the switch lite

Nintendo are doing very well with the switch and it must be easier/cheaper to have all your teams developing on one system than split between two. Nintendo have done something great with the Switch

Where have you been since 2001? After the GameCube's failure and the following success of the Wii, that is NEVER going to happen anymore.

How can you not like gaming on TV? I have a OLED now and it's stunning. You're missing out man.

They can keep the hybrid console as long as they improve on its hardware for once. It's annoying how far out of reach Switch is power-wise compared to the other systems. They don't need to compete, just be within the same stratosphere...

And yet, they still so many of those "inferior" pieces of hardware. Like I've said, many times, on many threads, most gamers don't give a shit about graphics, they just want games that are fun and Nintendo tends to provide fun, even with "inferior" hardware.

@tocool340: "It's annoying how far out of reach Switch is power-wise compared to the other systems."

"They don't need to compete, just be within the same stratosphere..."

So... they do then? Pick ONE!

I think Nintendo was a little too early with the Switch. I believe they should have had both a home console and a handheld systems that could used the same game cartridges/cards that played the same game, but 1080p home console and 540p handheld with both devices targeting 60 fps. I believe 720p was too early for 2017 home console experience on a handheld device, but now it's the perfect time for a 720p handheld. I believe both Sony and Microsoft entry All Digital consoles should have been handhelds that offer the home consoles games mobile @ 720p 60 fps.

They should stick to one device, hybrid like Switxh, but...

Bring back 3DS as a legacy device, digitize the entire DS and 3DS library, bring in GBA titles too, make game prices modest, this thing could still sell like hotcakes. I like 3DS better as portable device as I can put it in my pocket.

....I'm confused. I'm failing to see how both statements are...exclusive or don't relate to each other? Me saying I want a Nintendo system to be within the same neighborhood of other systems in terms of power =/= wanting a system competing to be the powerhouse of it's generation (what Sony and Microsoft have been doing for years)...

Graphics isn't the only thing that benefits from better hardware (although I wouldn't complain about having a pretty game), it's optimization/performance. You might not care, but I do support third-party companies that bring games to Nintendo systems. Well, at least I did until Wii happened, where multiplat games needed to be drastically downgraded in order to function on a Nintendo system (a trend that's still apparently going on now). Hell, even Nintendo games could benefit from the extra power so that their potential is fully realized.

Breath of the Wild is a perfect example of a game that leaves me wishing that the system its on had more power. Don't get me wrong, I had the pleasure of actually playing it since I finally decided to invest in a Switch recently and the game is brilliant! However, there's bouts of performance problems that pop up (some literal) more often than I'd like which sort of breaks immersion....

Pro Split

• Wii 101 million and DS 154 million. That's a combined 255 million units. I'm sure the Switch isn't getting anywhere near those numbers. That's the split up argument at it's best.

Pro Hybrid

• Wii U was a disaster because it shared many exclusives with the 3DS, and the 3DS was the more desired product. Hybrid option is the safest sales wise and investment wise
• Studios can now focus on creating games for one system instead of spreading it thin across two platforms.

Overall, the hybrid choice is way safer. Like when they're split, the potential is higher than combined, but what are the chances that we'll get a Wii and DS again?

I disagree. In the first 3 years, the Wii had a ton of games. It dropped off after the third year.

I do like the hybrid, I think it's great. If Nintendo could make a dock that was modern gaming standards and somehow was able to make the Switch in portable-mode still play the same games even with a downgrade, that would work. I don't know what the engineering of that would be, though.

I'll be honest I don't even know what is going on in most Nintendo games. It scares me and arouses the Misses. We have banned in it the house along with cottage cheese.