It’s interesting to see the impact that Yamauchi had on Nintendo as a whole. Generally Nintendo games focus on gameplay, with graphics and story built towards servicing the gameplay first. Say what you want about exclusives (not a huge fan of them really) but from the ground up when you buy a Nintendo game it’s generally gonna be what you expect from the previews.

Now I hope they push for better specs in the future but that seems like a pipe dream. A game like Zelda BOTW/TOTK is completely held back by the Switch and that’s not good considering how fucking amazing it was to play them

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Nintendo's hardware strategy has always been to use old, less expensive components to make a console that generates a profit. Something I haven't seen mentioned too often is that Sony and Microsoft sell their consoles at a loss with the expectation that they will make money on software and services. Nintendo sells a console that makes a profit but they have the absolute worst services and their online store is not good for shopping, only buying.

Because of this focus on profitability for games and console, Nintendo will never make a console that keeps up with the performance of the other two. Nintendo is good at fudging the graphics, as long as you don't look too hard at how the system renders stuff, such as the world detail in BotW or Mario games. But they will never be cutting edge.

[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn’t say always. The Super Nintendo, N64, and GameCube were more advanced in terms of graphical capabilities compared to many of their competitors.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Yup, the Wii is when they started the "withered technology" thing. One nice side effect is that their consoles are pretty easy to emulate because the hardware is so outdated.

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