Nintendo was one of the last companies trying to innovate with each console they released. Whilst Xbox & PlayStation simply went the “more power = better” route.
But it feels like Nintendo has caved in, and is just following suite. Are there any gimmicks left to sell consoles? Or is it just gonna be like smart phones, we just upgrade because that’s what we do.
I’m gonna miss the era of Nintendo giving us never before seen technology on the mainstream
Gameboy (Handheld) N64 (Analog Stick) DS (Touch Screen) Wii (Motion Control) Switch (Hybrid Console)
No, Nintendo does this kind of thing every so often, where they’ll just make an incremental upgrade to an existing console, rather than build a completely new one. The DSi wasn’t a massive step up from the DS Lite, which itself wasn’t that major of a step up from the DS, and the GBA SP wasn’t a huge step up from the GBA.
At most, they just have a minor additional gimmick, but everything else more or less remains the same. Switch 2’s gimmick is allegedly letting you use the joycons like computer mice.
I guess this is more like the GBC / GBA shift, considering DS, DS Lite and for the most part DSi all played the same games.