Not a Nintendo fanboy, but I have to say, this will be the 2nd Nintendo console I’ve skipped, the other one being the Wii U.
I’m just not seeing a compelling reason to buy one. The big push seems to be “Look, look, we can do big boy games like Street Fighter 6 now!” and I’m like “That’s nice, I don’t need a new console for that…”
I bought a switch during covid, and very quickly realized that nostalgia does not make up for the lack of games that catch my attention. I have more time in games that don’t run well on switch, like Civilization, than I do on Nintendo releases. I got close with Animal Crossing, but after quarantine ended I never picked it up again xD
Definitely going to pick up a steam deck as my next big gaming purchase, because I really liked the portability of the switch.
See, I never understood Animal Crossing. I had it on the Game Cube. “I know, let’s take an RPG, remove everything interesting to do, and just leave an inventory system, massive debt, and fishing.”
Most of the fun was chasing my friends around and smacking their heads with bug nets. And finding things that they wanted and leaving gifts on their beaches. The game itself wasn’t fun, which is why I haven’t played it since we all went back to our lives after covid.
I would not compare it to an RPG. I’d say it’s more akin to Sims perhaps. The appeal is the coziness, discovering the variety of villagers, customizing your island, designing your home.
It’s not compelling if you own other gaming systems but kids brought up on Nintendo will probably love it. Only Nintendo targets this demographic for some reason and that seems to be working ok for them.
Not a Nintendo fanboy, but I have to say, this will be the 2nd Nintendo console I’ve skipped, the other one being the Wii U.
I’m just not seeing a compelling reason to buy one. The big push seems to be “Look, look, we can do big boy games like Street Fighter 6 now!” and I’m like “That’s nice, I don’t need a new console for that…”
I bought a switch during covid, and very quickly realized that nostalgia does not make up for the lack of games that catch my attention. I have more time in games that don’t run well on switch, like Civilization, than I do on Nintendo releases. I got close with Animal Crossing, but after quarantine ended I never picked it up again xD
Definitely going to pick up a steam deck as my next big gaming purchase, because I really liked the portability of the switch.
See, I never understood Animal Crossing. I had it on the Game Cube. “I know, let’s take an RPG, remove everything interesting to do, and just leave an inventory system, massive debt, and fishing.”
Most of the fun was chasing my friends around and smacking their heads with bug nets. And finding things that they wanted and leaving gifts on their beaches. The game itself wasn’t fun, which is why I haven’t played it since we all went back to our lives after covid.
I would not compare it to an RPG. I’d say it’s more akin to Sims perhaps. The appeal is the coziness, discovering the variety of villagers, customizing your island, designing your home.
It’s not compelling if you own other gaming systems but kids brought up on Nintendo will probably love it. Only Nintendo targets this demographic for some reason and that seems to be working ok for them.
I mean saving money could always be a reason to skip out on something