Respected game developer Shigeru Miyamoto has participated in an extensive interview with Famitsu during which he has touched on a number of topics. When it comes to video game systems Mr. Miyamoto says that he doesn’t believe gamers are looking solely at graphical specifications these days. He said that gamers are generally much more interested in a variety of games that run on the hardware that they currently own. He points towards the original Nintendo Switch as an example of this and the fact that it lasted 8 to 9 years on the market despite its aging visuals and performance.
“First of all, I was happy that the Switch lasted for 8 to 9 years. I think that customers are no longer just looking for specs. I think the ideal is that ‘if you buy the software, you can play it on the device you have at home.’
Smartphones are ‘everywhere,’ aren’t they? I think that’s one ideal. But Nintendo has always been ‘providing gameplay that only we can create,’ including the interface, and compared to smartphones, it has the advantage of being able to respond quickly and having a high degree of freedom because it only requires one architecture and support for one piece of hardware.
If you use a general-purpose device, you have to support all versions, so the amount of work increases. We still want to make a living with minimal effort, to live without working… that’s half a joke, of course (laughs). But we believe that reducing the amount of work as much as possible is important for making development more efficient, so considering that, I think we’ve created a pretty good environment.”
I like how Nintendo always pushes out a ton of games each year, all being very unique from each other. But some publishers like Sony just publish one or two games and they are either sequels to ps4 games or remakes.
Except with the Switch 2 where we got more remakes, remasters, and re-releases than actual new games.
LMAO yeah with ps5 and Xbox specs don’t matter because we know they’ll run games smoothly but switch games run like SHITE
Think there’s been only 2 or 3 remakes from Nintendo on the Switch 2 since launch
Your thinking of the ps5, that has more than remakes then new games.
The switch 2 only has 2 remakes from Nintendo so far.
All being unique? This is coming from the company that keeps milking the same series in the same games over and over again yet you’re calling them unique? Gtfo with that 🤡 mentality
You are also thinking of the ps5.
Each game in a year may be different but each year they release virtually the same games. Most Mario games are carbon copies of the others in the same series. Zelda shook it up after years of very similar releases. 2d metro is 2d metroid, 3D metroid prime games are very similar to one a other etc.
At least in the latter half of the Switch lifecycle, numerous games were having regrettable performance problems. So to a degree, specs aren’t front and center for Nintendo, not until the games start running poorly. Then the only fix is better specs, as it’s always been.
People will disagree but I think the original switch proved this. Became one of the best selling consoles of all time, with a decade of content on hardware that was viewed as outdated by analysts at launch
The way he phrased this makes it sound like he believes the Switch consoles are competing against smart phones rather than Xbox or PlayStation. Not that I totally disagree, but I’m curious as to why he would feel that way.
Nintendo has been speaking in this manner since at least the days of Wii. They view all forms of entertainment as a competitor for your time that you dedicate towards that.
Good graphics are nice, but I think a lot of game developers have lost sight of what’s really important when making a game: making it fun
We need to fracture, now, decidedly, before we shatter.
We need to split between closed-ecosystem, online, multiplayer, anti-cheat, digital storefronts…
and offline, physical-media, single-player campaign, mod-friendly, open platform.
There is no need to lock down single-player campaign modes the same as you lock down online multiplayer. Who cares if someone duplicates a healing elixir in their dungeon crawler?
Gamers demand open platform. Multiplayer powerhouses demand secure servers.
We actually have room for both, in this massive sphere called “gaming” it’s time to recognize the needs of all.
Everyone’s being priced out of things. I don’t think there’s much time to appreciate when you’re paying premium plus for what should be an affordable hobby.
Uh…. that’d only be true if the Switch 2 can run third party games just fine, but Nintendo is still falling behind on that. People are still building gaming PCs despite parts skyrocketing in price.
how so? Switch 2 is indeed running 3rd party games just fine.
So lower resolution, half the NPCs missing, a lot of stuff in the background gone, other stuff missing yet you think it’s fine? You can play it with better frame rate and with all that stuff still in the game on anything else. Yea switch 2 is underpowered af compared to the competition. If it wasn’t for their name and their franchises carrying them they would be bankrupt. Let’s say Nintendo didn’t exist and someone came out with the switch to today with current switch games it would flop. Y’all wouldn’t be buying it up like hotcakes and praising all their games that run like crap compared to other systems. You would be trashing it online but since it’s the longest Nintendo brand with franchises that everyone loves y’all kiss their a$$.
At least we actually get games on something you own.
Flop, like those more powerful pc handhelds? How are those doing?
Nice cherrypicking you’ve got there. Those pieces of jokes aren’t PCs, especially that Steam Machine that is way less powerful than pre-builts even. I don’t understand why even a single person would want them.
so you’re gonna ignore the fact this thing is 1/3 the size of PS5 disc drive and only consumes 22W yet it’s able to run current gen ports (with smart opmizations at 30fps) while outputting better image quality than an Xbox Series S? ok then..
It’s impressive enough now but it’s not really enough. It came to market 3 years late. Next year aony will launch the ps6 and whilst the home console looks set to have a much higher proce than desired, the handheld will come in at likely 600 dollars. Play ps4 games, ps5 games and all ps6 games with lower resolution and paired back ray tracing etc and minimal work by devs and be dockable to TV apparently. At that point the switch 2 is going to be looking pretty shit by comparison. Hell the switch 2 might be looking abit ahit by comparison if their plan was to continue as they have been.
Without physical and extremely high prices ps6 will suck. Ps5 sucked with no 1st party games. And they all were ported to ps4 ….. diminishing returns.
Switch 2 still killing it with sales and games, so please, go on
only specs im concerned with is games-on-cart specs
How to do? Switch 2 is indeed running 3rd party games just fine.
I agree great games and a strong library matter more to most players than raw specs.
Nintendo’s Switch proved that compelling gameplay and accessibility can keep hardware relevant for years.