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[CrazyHorse]

As someone who has grown up with Nintendo games, I feel I need to spend more time with a different hobby when I hear of Nintendo going for much less than hardcore consoles and games. I just want the days of SNES and N64 when Nintendo gave us among cutting edge games.

I will still play games but it's just so disappointing not having the best devs working for the hardcore gamers. Such a waste of talent.

 

[Waylon Drums]

I don't think Super Mario 3D World would have been any better on a PS4-level system so...no.

 

[Mass Effect]

So you've been less interested for 10 years?

 

[inner-G]

No, it just reinforces my interest in other platforms and makes my buying decisions easier.

They were my favorite back when their systems had the best-looking console games (NES/SNES)

I don't think Super Mario 3D World would have been any better on a PS4-level system so...no.

I don't think that the current Nintendo could make a Super Mario World, regardless of the hardware

 

[Eolz]

I'll reply to that after January 12th when I know about the lineup.

 

[AnGer]

No. No I don't. Power doesn't matter to me if I can't enjoy the game.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

No, youre just disappointed you cant argue with other fanboys. Take the L for the 11th year in a row buddy

 

[FriedConsole]

For over a decade Nintendo devices are where you go to play Nintendo games and nothing else. This generation will not be different. Nintendo makes enough good games that I give in and buy their terribly designed hardware every time.

 

[N.Grim]

working for the hardcore gamers. Such a waste of talent.

Please no.

 

[RichiRamjag]

I don't think Super Mario 3D World would have been any better on a PS4-level system so...no.

I think I'd still like to see what they can do on a system of that level though.

 

[Donniewahlberg]

Not at all. Nintendo games tend to look great, run great and make use of what interests Nintendo. What the switch is excites me oppose to what it's not getting me down.

 

[Syril]

Hardware power isn't the deciding thing that makes games good.

 

[tiebreaker]

No, as I'm not too attached to Nintendo.

 

[PixyJunket]

If you're only playing video games for the graphics, you're doing it wrong.

"Hardcore gamers."

 

[Kssio_Aug]

As someone who plays 3DS regularly, hell no!

 

[Little Mons†er]

I have a PS4 so it doesn't bother me if WINtendo don't deliver power

 

[Chase17]

Graphics don't mean too much to me, as long as a game has a good art style it's fine.

3DS is probably my most played system of the last few years after all.

 

[Get_craycray]

No.

 

[Phediuk]

Well, I haven't cared much about Nintendo since the Gamecube, but the world of video gaming is way, way bigger than them, so no loss.

 

[Imp the Dimp]

Not really. Horsepower is fine, especially when used for 60 fps but many games on WiiU were 60 fps and that's all I care about when it comes to technology matters because it's virtually the only thing I perceive as game-changing.

 

[Ishida]

Nintendo consoles haven't been my "main" consoles since the N64 era.

So no, Nintendo is pretty much a non-factor for me, or a secondary factor at best.

 

[Inferno313]

Whew. Some of y'all having some serious meltdowns over that clock-speed article. Were you guys seriously expecting PS4-power in that thing?

 

[HStallion]

So you've been less interested for 10 years?

Basically what I was going to say. This has been Nintendo's strategy for some time now. They aren't directly competing with MS and Sony in the most powerful home console territory and haven't been for some time. It sometimes works for them like the Wii and sometimes doesn't like the WiiU but that isn't just the consoles raw horsepower either but a lot of factors. Personally it doesn't bother me as long as the games are well made for the system at hand.

 

[LiK]

It's all about the games, not the tech.

 

[cw_sasuke]

All the Top WiiU games looked great - so graphics werent the main issue.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

I will still play games but it's just so disappointing not having the best devs working for the hardcore gamers. Such a waste of talent.

So they are in fact working for "hardcore gamers?"

 

[John Kowalski]

I cannot even express how it revolts me to read that they're wasting their talent.

 

[Okami Haundo]

Were either the N64 or SNES "powerful" consoles by the standards during their life-span? I'm not sure about SNES, but I could swear that N64 was weak as heck compared to the Playstation.

Either way, specs mean almost nothing to me in relation to Nintendo. Even if they were to create a PS4 Pro-level system, I can't imagine games like Mario and Zelda looking any different. Let's stop pretending that Nintendo's in-house studios want that much power for their games. If they did, we wouldn't get consoles like the Wii through to the Switch.

 

[bennywhatever]

I don't really care about hardware as long as a game is fun. I still have an impressive Wii catalog to get through that I'm pretty excited for.

Were either the N64 or SNES "powerful" consoles by the standards of when the released? I'm not sure about SNES, but I could swear that N64 was weak as heck compared to the Playstation.

It wasn't weak, but it used cartridges instead of discs, which gave less storage space and forced most companies to limit parts of their game like music. It was still fairly powerful by 1995 standards.

 

[Salty Rice]

You play Nintendo consoles for Nintendo games not to have some powerhouse.

 

[Gai Murakumo]

Not really because still to me Gameplay trumps Graphics any day of the week. Nintendo almost always delivers on the gameplay department in their first party titles.

 

[Brazil]

You say Nintendo goes underpowered

I say the others go overpriced

 

[cackhyena]

I will still play games but it's just so disappointing not having the best devs working for the hardcore gamers. Such a waste of talent.

Nintendo gives us that with every generation, under powered or not. Switch will be no different.

 

[Anth0ny]

It's annoying because they were at their best when they were powerful as well (NES SNES N64 GC years)

 

[Razlo]

I like playing great games. Often the most beautiful games aren't simply relying on how many polys they push and certainly how fun a game is isn't tied to that.

 

[Dartastic]

No, especially due to the fact that Nintendo has been putting out underpowered systems for the last ten years.

 

[Ultimadrago]

While I don't agree with the sentiment of the OP (the "Waste of talent" bit), I'll answer the thread's question with another.

Why would I be uninterested in gaming on a whole because of Nintendo's decisions and lacking hardware? Maybe I feel potentially less interested in Nintendo's gaming landscape, but that doesn't stop me from looking forward to PC or PS4 releases.

Perhaps I read the question wrong, but it reads strange to me.

 

[Somnid]

SMR looks great on an iPad Pro. Would probably look just as good on a 3DS though.

 

[casey_contra]

I just posted this in another thread, but I think it applies here.

I recently got a PS4, and it is terrific, but it really made me appreciate how optimized software (especially 1st party, of course) is on Nintendo systems. Slowdown, complete freezing, glitches, etc. just seem a lot more common on PS4.

Power aside, the software and hardware integration is something else for Nintendo - I'm just not appreciating that. So yes "It's about the games" as people say, but on the hardware side it's about how the machine interacts so well with the software and the player.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I feel less interested when Nintendo doesn't bring back Snake to smash.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Nope. That's honestly really silly and I'm sad you feel this way.

 

[NotLiquid]

I get more interested. It may not be what people want or what even I want, but for better and for worse, Nintendo marching to the beat of their own drum has made for a far less dull and predictable market.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

It's annoying because they were at their best when they were powerful as well (NES SNES N64 GC years)

Hmm... not really. At least not for business.. and if that's bad for business it may and up bad for everyone.

 

[Waylon Drums]

I think I'd still like to see what they can do on a system of that level though.

I certainly wouldn't be against it, if the price was right.

 

[Proelite]

Choose the right team buddy. Should switch to PC.

 

[FirmBizBws]

I have a ps4 pro and a $1700 PC. I sold my vita and have 2 New 3ds systems, the Black Friday white and the MH4U Gamestop edition XL.

I say all this to say, if I care that much about graphics, i'll play the multiplatform games on my PC or my PS4 Pro.

I got rid of my vita which has pretty good graphics and have 2 new 3ds systems because the vita has no games.

So it's about the games for me, i'm not buying the NX to play nba 2k or skyrim, i'm buying it for the next monster hunter or splatoon or whatever exclusives it comes out with that are interesting.

So the power or lack thereof doesn't bother me.

 

[Budi]

No not really, as I said in the specs topic. I have PC for perfomance (no way it's high end though), so none of the consoles comes really close. To me PS4 Pro is "under-powered" just like Switch is. I've never lost my love for Nintendo, even though I haven't owned their home console since N64. If Switch would be launched at 400€ price tag, it would be less likely purchase for me than with weaker hardwarde and priced at 250€ for example. So since i'm looking for secondary, not primary platform to play on, cheaper the better basically.

 

[whalleywhat]

No, I don't care. Nintendo makes their games look good on their console.

 

[calc84maniac]

No. No I don't. Power doesn't matter to me if I can't enjoy the game.

.

 

[RichiRamjag]

You play Nintendo consoles for Nintendo games not to have some powerhouse.

Some people would like to see what Nintendo can do on a system that is up there for a change. In a world of frame rates and resolutions, I'm not sure why that's a crazy thought to understand.