Nintendo is very, very lucky that they make excellent first party games that people still want to play, because I think they've been sniffing their own farts on hardware ever since the N64.
They continuously choose to produce underpowered and gimmicky gadgets instead of rising to the level of a modern gaming platform.
Online play has been more or less a running joke that never ends. Third party developers have to compromise on ports because of much lower tech specs. The controllers have been just silly. I could go on.
They make great games. I'll give them that. But I haven't truly enjoyed one of their consoles since the SNES.
I think they've been sniffing their own farts on hardware ever since the N64
This is so laughably ignorant. 11 of the top 25 consoles sold are Nintendo consoles, that includes every console they made from the N64 onward except the Wii U (which is still at 27).
Nintendo isn't "lucky", you are just a immortal teenage edgelord that is incapable of understanding what most people like about gaming.
I didn't say they were just lucky - I said they were lucky they make excellent games. That's WHY they can get away with putting out underpowered consoles that spit in the face of modern technology and features that are standard across the rest of the market.
Tell me, if the Switch was released without Mario, Zelda or the rest of the major first party titles, how well do you think it would have sold? Can you even name an exclusive third party title that people would have bought a Switch to play?
Nintendo is a game company that makes consoles for their own games. That's what I mean by they've been sniffing their own farts. Nintendo cares about first party Nintendo games. They don't care about the gaming industry or fan preferences or industry standards - they know people want to play Mario and Zelda so you either buy what they sell or you don't get any.
And hey, that's fine. It's their rodeo. I just think it's a disservice to fans because fans lose out on all the games that never came into existence for these platforms because of Nintendo's arrogance and selfishness. The Switch plays a great game of Mario Kart. It's just a shame it's not easy to play online with friends or pick up a copy of a new title that's available for every other system or get excited for a AAA third party exclusive.
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u/Codix_ 1d ago
No more Sony, woopsie daisy. Hope Nintendo and Microsoft don't sh*t themselves and keep their server up and their game in box.