Wii was also overpriced for what it worth.
comparing my total playtime with the asking price I'd say I definitely got my money's worth.
But, Sony was STILL selling the console at a loss. In hindsight, it was stupid to go with such a complicated design.no, but I remember this:
Ironically no one wanted the system at that price.
Total play time with the system does not justify the pricing. The last Nintendo console that actually worth it with Pricing in my opinion was the Gamecube.
that is if you only consider hardware specifications as a meaningful way to determine a console's worth.
Based on raw compute? Because the Wii was a great console.
I consider everything pricing, specs and competitor pricing. The exclusive games are a different discussion.
I understand that people are disappointed that this is just a marginal upgrade, but I expected it to be in this price scheme. I mean, does it really make sense for a company to reduce the asking price if the product is selling very well regardless? Obviously, the price of the base model will stay the same and the "premium model" will be priced a little higher. It makes sense economically.
The Wii was a ok console it was barely stonger then the original Xbox. Like i was saying before the Gamecube was the last great Nintendo console when it comes to Pricing and Performance Power, after that it all change and they start making console that are overpriced and weak specs.
You also need to consider perceived value. Also, why shouldn't exclusive games matter here? I mean sure, consoles these days usually have a lot of multimedia features, but I'd say the main reason to buy them are still the games, meaning when a platform has good exclusives that will increase the value of said platform.
Specs are just part of what makes a console go. The Atari 7800 arguably had better specs than the NES, but I know what the better console was.
Define performance power. The Wii had the Wiimote, so the controllers on the Wii were more advanced.
That a feature not performance power. The performance power is the CPU and GPU of the system not the controller.
And what are the of TONS exclusives?
Some of the multiplatform games like Hades, Axiom Verge, and Ori are very nice to play on a handheld, the portability works well here. Having a good-sized amount of games on a dedicated handheld is definitely nice to have, so with the exception of the most elite of Nintendo players, I believe most customers have a fair share of third-party games as well.
www.metacritic.com
So even if we use that narrow definition (which btw was not what the Wii was all about, it was about the Wiimotes), it's still meaningless. Aren't we seeing the PS5 with its weaker CPU and GPU beating the Series X pretty consistently?
It depends on the game it goes back and forth. No The controllers are not in the performance discussion it does nothing to render the graphics or framerate of the games. The motion control or gyro controls are just a feature has nothing to do with performance.
the keyword is feature.
Yes but that guy is saying it has to do with performance lol
It absolutely does. Golf games on PS3/360 performed differently than the Wii because of the Wii controllers.
A Galaxy S21 also costs more than twice as much as a Switch.
Stop going off the subject we going all the way back to the Sega Genesis now? Come now it not that simple your comparing off brand gaming console that flops and is dead like Ouya and Phillips Cd-i like really wtf. It really won't hurt if Nintendo put some effort into their hardware specs and make a better console Zelda and Mario would benefit greatly, plus the price would be justify if they did actually improve the specs instead of just releasing a revision that see no specs change what so ever and charging more than a next gen console for it.
It's a perfectly fair comparison. I can go all the way back to the Adam being better value/performance than the 2600 because of better CPU/GPU if you want me to continue using your logic. Those are perfectly legitimate analogies.
You are seriously trying to justify this? the Switch does not even have like half the power of the Original Xbox one from 2013 so please stop trying to Bring the Series X or PS5 specs vs each other into this argument, that is not a good look for you. Fact are it very underpowered yet are price sky high anyone that does not see a problem with that is clouded and is ok with getting rip off to be honest. It really a slap in the face when they Revealed this OLED Switch with zero specs improvement to the CPU or GPU or RAM yet charged it more than literally a next gen console.
Subsidized.
No console with pokemon sword and mario golf super rushed can be described has having passable exclusives, let alone "Great ones". Where are they? Three houses was a shit strategy game until an actual difficulty was released months after launch and BotW runs like absolute garbage.
Yes but hardware wise even though it's like twice the price it's so much better
...I mean obviously, it's better at twice the price. Would be sad if it wasn't.
2 games don't make up an entire library.
BOTW has slow down in some areas yes, but that doesn't prevent it from being a great game.
And what are the of TONS exclusives?
From that TOP 100 alone I count like 16 games exclusive to Switch. And it's not like each and everyone of of them have to be everyone's cup of tea even if they are "good/great games". I'll bump it up to 20 games, since I guess there must be a few missing from the top 100. Is that it?
Best Switch Video Games of All Time
See how well critics are rating the Best Switch Video Games of All Timewww.metacritic.com
? Huh
I did buy a Switch for Zelda and Mario Kart but yeah i was 1 of the ones expecting a good upgrade and they reveal this i cannot support it.
6th Gen:
Is that the comparison you wanna make, 7 month old consoles versus a 4.5 years old one? Still, the new gen consoles are backwards compatible with thousands of games, and hundreds of them including many major big titles are not on Switch. And going forward is only going to get better for the new consoles. I appreciate you recognized there's only some 20 games exclusive to Switch worth talking about. I wonder how many of those the average Switch user on this forum owns...
