Are Nintendo consoles just secondary, gimmicky devices?

Switch is gonna take a dump on Scorpio this holiday.

Their past 3 consoles were gimmicky and a waste of hardware resources.

My PS3 was secondary to my Wii and Wii U.

But we get it,you don't like Nintendo

You owned a Wii U?

Yes,terrific exclusive games.

How does it feel to own the least successful console in the last 30 years?

All consoles are secondary platforms.

But yes, to the point, a Nintendo console would be pitiful as a primary platform. Can't imagine going an entire gen depending on something like the Wii or WiiU alone.

That being said, they do make for a nice side bitch. Got more use out of my WiiU than my PS4 thus far.

All consoles are secondary in my gaming landscape.

To a PC gamer, they are consider second-rate gimmick consoles. Hence the PC/Nintendo console combo thing.

Pretty sure there are tons of less successful consoles that were launched in the last 30 years.

They are first-rate exclusive boxes!

It's an amazing primary console if you have a life and no time to play 5 games a month.

The last 2 consoles were but, the original Wii was a great gimmick because the controller was used in so many ways. From traditional old school D-Pad and buttons to nunchucks and motion controls. The Wii U could have worked but, in reality, when I game the only thing I want to be looking at is the television. I hated having to take my eyes off the tv to read or look at something on the tablet controller. The Switch looks like it's what people have been asking Nintendo for a long time except you can take it out and play somewhere other than your room. I still don't know if I'll be buying a Switch. I am a long time Sony AND Nintendo fan and have all of their consoles except the Vita and Switch. We'll see what Nintendo offers later down the line. I really want to see an appropriate Star Fox and Metroid game.

@-paranorman-: Just wait to check out them holiday sales.

Are Nintendo consoles just secondary, gimmicky devices?

Are Nintendo consoles just secondary, gimmicky devices?

Are consoles just secondary, gimmicky devices?

Why yes, yes they are.

of course it is, Nintendo has always been a secondary console post-gamecube

I would never take a Switch over a PC, but there's a world where I could see myself getting a Switch over X1 or PS4. I don't live in that world but it exists.

For AAA there is PC. For everything else there is Nintendo.

So yes, good secondary consoles

@Cobra_nVidia said:

@davillain- said:

To a PC gamer, they are consider second-rate gimmick consoles. Hence the PC/Nintendo console combo thing.

They are first-rate exclusive boxes!

Of course they are.

@harnessthepower: you should do your research on worst consoles of the last 30 years. The Neo Geo, Original Xbox, Apple Pippin, Nintendo Virtual Boy,Panasonic 3DO, Atari Jagua and the Philips CDi to name a few are terrible consoles of the last 30 years.

The WiiU is vastly superior to all of the trash above.

They are, but at the same time they end up delivering my favourites games each gen.

Thats awful, you don't know what a gimmick is. :(

You also don't know what a gimmick is. You think a gimmick is a preference. Awe, so sad.

I think there was a time when Nintendo consoles were the primary gaming console in the home. But as time gone by especially when the PlayStation and Xbox came which offered more features while Nintendo stubbornly didn't evolve, yes Nintendo consoles became secondary/tertiary gaming console of choice. Handheld gaming on the other hand, they are the king and leader and those Nintendo handhelds remain to be the primary handheld gaming system.

Yeah pretty much. I doubt there are many people who love games planning to game solely on the Switch. They are missing too much.

Nintendo is my primary platform. I fill the gaps between releases with my PS4.

You really shouldn't have proven my point, it makes it more sad.

I find the New Nintendo pretty sad in general. Nintendo of old was glorious.

Go easy on him, he can't see past his own bias and fanboyism!

I never said hundreds per month. Maybe $40-50/mo MAX.

Yes

@wiiboxstation: Neo Geo simply does not belong on that list at all. It's library was never under question.

@metalslimenite: original XBOX? Lol no. Wii-u was another level of failure. Original Xbox did ok considering it was MS first foray into consoles.

The rest of those were trash or had issues at consumer level. Neo Geo had plenty of amazing classics, but not many people were going to buy them at $200 a pop.

The problem I have with this question is that I think the whole primary/secondary thing is hogwash. When I go to the store to buy a game system, I'm not thinking "this will be my PRIMARY system!" or "Eh, this will be my secondary system." I usually have the mindset of "this system has games/will have games that I want to play." And when I do own multiple systems for a gen, I don't see it as a leader/follower thing but more so as a team thing, i.e the systems I own carry eachother and work together to get me as much gaming goodness as possible.

What also makes the whole thing funny to me is that I rarely have one system blow out another. I got as much out of the N64 as I did the PS1 just about, ditto the GC and PS2, and this also ended up being the case between the Wii and 360. It's harder for me to compare the Wii U and Xbox One since I didn't get the Xbox One until much later, but I will say I have enjoyed both systems alot.

I also don;t know if I'd say it's really THAT much harder for the Wii U to be treated as a primary system. Yes, it missed out on western AAA support, but the Wii U did get a nice amount of indie stuff on it, and there's also the Virtual console which, even if it isn't handled as well as it should be by Nintendo or not as big as it could or should be, does offer an okay selection and has some nice options of games. I own 30+ games on my Wii U (not even counting VC with that number), and I'm sure there's still other worthwhile games I could find on the thing if I really wanted to (but I own a Switch now and have enough of a backlog as is, so I'm pretty content to let the Wii U Rest)

First and foremost, Nintendo is content with its position in the market. If the opposite were true, the company would be changing philosophy and actions. What Nintendo was not pleased with would be the way the Wii U was received, presented, supported, etc.., and it appears certain modifications were implemented with the Switch to hopefully ensure history is not repeated.

Yea pretty much but dam if they dont make great games. Zbotw is incredible im loving it.

@Solaryellow: it's position where it depends on its own exclusives instead of 3rd party games like Sony/Microsoft.

As well as innovation.

I'm happy that Nintendo is different. I have a PS4 and an Xbone. They are pretty much exactly the same thing. Just the Xbone has less exclusives. Playing the Switch is a unique experience as was playing the WiiU/Wii.

^I have never seen this kind of damage control for the lack of games. This is a first.

Nintendo has always been my main console since the beginning.

SNES, N64, GC, Wii, WiiU and now Switch.

Get use to it, we goin beast mode.

Beast mode and Nintendo don't mix very well together.

I basically agree with this. They changed.

Right now, it's definitely secondary, but once the holidays come, I'll most likely be playing the hell out of Xenoblade and Mario Odyssey, which then, it will be my primary system.

A lot of those "Gimmicks" were also heavily adopted by the competition.

Just sayin'.

Secondary yes. Gimmicky no