• HeyJoe@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    That’s what I said. Really though, that is basically what all consoles are. They just used to get really dramatic upgrades because the period of time they released have been big growth periods. These days? Everyone has conformed to the same thing and given up on proprietary stuff. Then I thought about how this really is odd for Nintendo since they genuinely strive to offer something unique and new each time. Then I realized it’s also called switch 2 so I don’t feel like they did anything wrong since what did I expect to change when they are literally telling you what it is which is pretty much defined already.

    In the end, I think it’s a smart move. It’s the least disruptive path and probably the cheapest route for them to continue on and as long as the thing is really powerful I think it’s a good idea to continue the brand for another 5 years. I do have my doubts that it will be powerful so that we’ll just have to wait and see. Nintendo has never been big on offering up the most powerful hardware, so I expect it to be a few years behind already.

    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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      2 hours ago

      Nintendo’s main consoles usually change pretty drastically generation to generation after SNES.

      SNES -> N64, 3D graphics and bizarre controller.

      N64 -> GameCube, sensible controller and generational leap in graphics (better than the PS2 for sure).

      GameCube -> Wii, shit graphics but with motion control

      Wii -> Wii U, decent graphics, tablet!

      Wii U -> Switch, Portable hybrid

      Switch -> Switch 2, uhhhh spec bump

      It’s definitely out of character

      • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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        1 hour ago

        GameCube, sensible controller

        No shade on the GameCube controller, but “sensible” is not the first adjective that comes to mind for that thing. It looks like a fever dream.

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          33 minutes ago

          Maybe a matter of taste; that remains my favorite layout. Massive primary button, smaller secondary button, tertiary buttons wrapped around and in easy reach of the others. Add a left shoulder button and it’s basically perfect to me.

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      5 hours ago

      They just used to get really dramatic upgrades because the period of time they released have been big growth periods.

      That was most of the tech industry when I was growing up. When I was 13, a computer with a 66 Mhz processor and 32Mb RAM was a beast of a machine, and only 6 years later in '99, we had broken the 1Ghz CPU barrier and were typically installing 256Mb to a whole Gigabyte of RAM.

      These days, I can still decently run the majority of modern games on a 12 year old machine. The “home computer revolution” that started in the 80s has most definitely flatlined and nothing very interesting is happening anymore. Kinda the same thing that happened to smartphones. Where now taking shit away (like the headphone jack) is considered “innovation”.

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      4 hours ago

      It feels like they are following their handheld releases

      Game Boy > Game Boy Pocket > Game Boy Color Game Boy Advanced > Game Boy Advanced SP DS > DSi > DSi XL 3DS > 3DS XL / 2DA > 2D XL

      Though this is the first time they are just using a number.