Not having a touch screen on the NS (yes, I'm calling it the NS) seems baffling to me. And I cannot think of any reason why Nintendo would think not integrating it into their new system is a good idea. I think Nintendo is just playing coy for now and will announce multitouch functionality a bit down the line. What do you think?

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@Shadowlink
The DS came out in a time before smartphones and the 3DS never caught on with casuals in the same way, not to mention that most 3DS games don't use the touchscreen for much more than maps or inventory. All of the really fun, unique touch games happened in the DS era, and that's when Brain Training and Nintendogs were massive cross-over hits. Once people could play a million "brain-training-esque" games for free or for $1 on their smartphone with a much nicer screen and better graphics there didn't seem to be much of a demand for that kind of thing on the 3DS.

I wonder if the 3DS would have had no 2nd screen at all yet been $50 less if it would have sold even better.

@deathly_hallows

The 3DS has sold something like 60 million+. To me, that's a lot of sales for something that no-one apparently wants. *shrugs*

The bottom line is games. It's always games. If you have great games they will come, regardless of tech. If you have great games that utilize the tech in positive ways, that's even better.

It's pretty hard for me to take any post that says Nintendo has been 'screwing up since the mid-2000's' seriously. There have been issues with the WiiU for sure, and the 3DS had some early stumbles, but overall, Nintendo made massively positive gains over the last decade.

@Shadowlink
The 3DS sold fine but it was nothing compared to 150 million of the DS. Imagine if your yearly salary dropped from 150K to 60K, I don't think you'd be too happy about that!

And I do think Nintendo has been screwing up recently, since the mid-life cycle of the Wii basically. Heck the Switch is probably a screw-up too, I can't imagine that thing being easy to port too so I doubt it will fix Nintendo's 3rd party support problems, for me personally I'm really hyped to have that big beautiful screen on the go, and Nintendo-developed games that use normal controls instead of motion controls, but I'm not sure the average gamer is going to be swayed from their Xbox's and PCs if this thing cost $300+ and doesn't play Battlefield One, Mass Effect Andromeda, Red Red 2, etc.

I love the idea behind the Switch, but I've always been all about portable gaming, so I wouldn't be surprised if the thing flops in the western markets where people just want to play games at home on their couch (or at their desk if they prefer PC).

@deathly_hallows

Couldn't someone easily use this as a home-TV-couch console just fine? I think that's the beauty of it.

carlosrox said:

@WrathOfSamus777
10 Point? What does that mean?

It just means multi-touch I think. It's just what I read.

@DrFinkelstein
Yeah definitely! I just worry that for the average gamer who wants to play the big AAA titles the PS4 and Xbox One will still be more appealing. (this is assuming that the Switch won't have the vast majority of cross-platform games).

But if it's cheap enough, and the exclusives are killer, maybe it can become the "2nd console" and as great companion piece to the Xbox/PS4 or PC. We could be looking at the return of Wii60 or PS3Wii... PSwitch4? NXbox?

Or maybe my speculation is totally off and Nintendo will get all the big games, I mean they were clearly sending a message showing Skyrim, it's just hard for me to wrap my brain around the idea that a mobile chipset will be powerful enough to easily play ports of modern AAA games (which can barely on the PS4 in many cases).

Of course. It's a tablet!

deathly_hallows said:

but I'm not sure the average gamer is going to be swayed from their Xbox's and PCs if this thing cost $300+ and doesn't play Battlefield One, Mass Effect Andromeda, Red Red 2, etc.

At this stage of the game I truly believe there is literally nothing Nintendo could do to get those people back. They are gone. It's done, everyone should just move on with their lives already and stop wishing this was the Super Nintendo days or whatever.