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Originally Posted by DoubleF
I've owned the SNES, 64, Wii and Switch 1. I've also owned game boys and DS lites.
As a parent, I've started to really understand the Nintendo ethos of a semi portable console that can potentially be played by 3 year olds to 93 year olds or whatever it was. IMO, Nintendo might be done if they ever walk away from that ethos and end up competing with all sorts of other devices.
I also kinda like that I can somewhat limit the technology via older Nintendo systems, without limiting the relevancy and playability of some of those games in the current era. Some of those games are still lots of fun and way more enticing than what's available on a phone/tablet. Some of those ios/android games seem like crippled SNES to DS games even decades after their original release.
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The Switch is the 2nd best selling console of all time after PS2, and the Switch 2 launched with really good sales, they're not walking away from this path anytime soon. (Especially since it will be a long time they need to release a new console.)
More generally, Nintendo has been doing it's own thing for a very long time without caring much about what everyone else is doing, and it's working for them.