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[–] Willie@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's basically the same. And it makes sense, it seems that's what people want. But also, can Nintendo ever go back to the old ways? If ever they make something that isn't a Switch, they'd have to develop two pieces of hardware, since they're likely going to want both a home console and a handheld device. I think things might be like this forever.

[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Being Nintendo the fact that it is basically the same is the actual surprise.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel like the nes->snes, gb->gbc->GBA, ds->3ds, and wii->WiiU were all pretty similar advancements.

In all of those except nes->snes you had backwards compatability, and the wii->WiiU had hardware backwards compatibility (which the switch 2 doesn't, at least for controllers).

[–] Exec@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Most of those "sequels" had something new and innovative and not just a spec bump. The Switch 2 does not really have anything so far

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You are right that it is more of just a spec bump, but given the warning that not all switch games may be compatible, I think the controllers are going to have different sensors (some have speculated a more mouse-like feature).

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was going down the same path, but don’t forget about LABO requiring not just the same sensors, but also the same physical size screen and controllers. So even if everything else was backwards compatible, they’d have to include that text for that game series alone.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That's a good catch!

[–] Guttural@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago

It does, according to the rumors