Victor Omega
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I love Nintendo and the Switch, which is why I'm so critical about it. Could I be comparing apples and oranges here? Or does it seem as though the things that plagued the Dreamcast are also plaguing the Switch today? If you are the majority of consumer, you don't see this, if you are the minority, we justify it.
Hardware.
Both consoles come from an extremely poor predecessor, the Sega Saturn and Wii U. The Saturn was expensive in its respected generation and the Wii U's had lack of 3rd party support and an unconventional controller. Many Wii U loyalist combatively blame other reasons (I'm was one of them too) why the Wii U failed.
The Dreamcast was ousted by the PlayStation 2 and Xbox's games and graphics. Today, we see PC hardware take an interesting turn in gaming as they have become smaller, portable and handheld, The UMPC. Both the SNES mini and Switch have caused a sort of Pandora's box in creating Emulation handhelds and Handheld PCs.
Online.
When talking about the Dreamcast, the entire gaming industry have universally said the Dreamcast was before its time. (Though sarcastically, when would have been the right time given that Xbox would release 2 years after?)
The Switch, on the other hand, has poor Online service for a premium price.
On the subject of Switch Online, I feel Iwata, if he was still alive today, would have had a different approach to Nintendo Online.
Pirating.
Because the Dreamcast used CD-ROM as opposed to its rival the PlayStation 2's DVD ROM, it suffered with game pirating crippling game sale, the final nail in its fate. Today, The Switch has been pirated, home-brewed all the way down to the Operating System Level, quicker than any Nintendo console before it. Not only have games been ported to PC, but the entire Switch OS can be emulated. All of this before the Switch gets an official successor.
Both the Dreamcast and Switch are from different generations and different times. The dreamcast had cult classic games, but suffered from timing being between a fast, changing market. The Switch in a way is suffering in silent given its popularity.
You and I know we can't really compare Switch to PCs even when PC now can emulate the Switch 1:1 So with that, would things be a lot different for Switch then if Sony and Microsoft had handhelds?
Hardware.
Both consoles come from an extremely poor predecessor, the Sega Saturn and Wii U. The Saturn was expensive in its respected generation and the Wii U's had lack of 3rd party support and an unconventional controller. Many Wii U loyalist combatively blame other reasons (I'm was one of them too) why the Wii U failed.
The Dreamcast was ousted by the PlayStation 2 and Xbox's games and graphics. Today, we see PC hardware take an interesting turn in gaming as they have become smaller, portable and handheld, The UMPC. Both the SNES mini and Switch have caused a sort of Pandora's box in creating Emulation handhelds and Handheld PCs.
Online.
When talking about the Dreamcast, the entire gaming industry have universally said the Dreamcast was before its time. (Though sarcastically, when would have been the right time given that Xbox would release 2 years after?)
The Switch, on the other hand, has poor Online service for a premium price.
On the subject of Switch Online, I feel Iwata, if he was still alive today, would have had a different approach to Nintendo Online.
Pirating.
Because the Dreamcast used CD-ROM as opposed to its rival the PlayStation 2's DVD ROM, it suffered with game pirating crippling game sale, the final nail in its fate. Today, The Switch has been pirated, home-brewed all the way down to the Operating System Level, quicker than any Nintendo console before it. Not only have games been ported to PC, but the entire Switch OS can be emulated. All of this before the Switch gets an official successor.
Both the Dreamcast and Switch are from different generations and different times. The dreamcast had cult classic games, but suffered from timing being between a fast, changing market. The Switch in a way is suffering in silent given its popularity.
You and I know we can't really compare Switch to PCs even when PC now can emulate the Switch 1:1 So with that, would things be a lot different for Switch then if Sony and Microsoft had handhelds?
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