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  • Yeah, it probably isn’t the direction they’re headed anymore. I think the switch is the closest we will see to this sort of thing from Nintendo.

    Their walled garden is sacrosanct to them, so any ‘apps’ would have to be through them. I know Nintendo isn’t thrilled by the idea of their systems or games ever getting out of their sphere. They’d have a tough time controlling that sort of thing with a device like I have theorized.

    I think a Switch 2 would probably be like the OLED switch that they eventually released this generation. I believe fans made it pretty clear that they wouldn’t mind something more powerful and with higher resolution, at a bigger price from Nintendo.

    If they focus some attention on upgrading their servers for online content, I’m sure they’d have a nice leg to stand on going forward.


  • I wrote that years ago, but now, I think it probably isn’t the direction they would head.

    The switch is probably the closest they’re going to come to a device like that. The switch is already a tablet with controller attachments. Nintendo mist know about people hacking the switch, and they can’t be happy about that. A smartphone form factor would probably appeal to that crowd, and that’s definitely something Nintendo wouldn’t want. So, I’m not sure if they’d go that route anymore.