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Topic	Just over a year later, the idea of a handheld/console hybrid loses its appeal
LinkPizza 05/04/18 9:51:01 AM #12:	faramir77 posted... I'm glad they killed the handheld-only market. I have 50" TV, why do I want to play the latest Zelda on a 4" screen on a device that is as powerful as something between the N64 and the Gamecube? I don't see them ever returning to a dedicated console or dedicated handheld again. We've undeniably well passed the point of diminishing returns in the graphics department. Graphics have not made a massive leap in the last 10 years. With the Switch being between the Wii U and the Xbone/PS4, it's not really as underpowered as you make it out to be. Furthermore I'd be amazed if the Xbone/PS4 were replaced by a new Xbox or a PS5 at any point before about 2022. It also helps that I don't have to buy both a home console and a handheld. Especially when a lot of the games were one or the other... Now, I have the one system that they can just make everything for... --- Official King of Kings Switch FC: 7216-4417-4511 Add Me because I'll probably add you. I'm probably the LinkPizza you'll see around. <cite>LinkPizza posted [p:900783621] in Just over ... [t:76577110]...</cite> <quote><cite>faramir77 posted...</cite> <quote>I'm glad they killed the handheld-only market. I have 50" TV, why do I want to play the latest Zelda on a 4" screen on a device that is as powerful as something between the N64 and the Gamecube? I don't see them ever returning to a dedicated console or dedicated handheld again. We've undeniably well passed the point of diminishing returns in the graphics department. Graphics have not made a massive leap in the last 10 years. With the Switch being between the Wii U and the Xbone/PS4, it's not really as underpowered as you make it out to be. Furthermore I'd be amazed if the Xbone/PS4 were replaced by a new Xbox or a PS5 at any point before about 2022.</quote> It also helps that I don't have to buy both a home console and a handheld. Especially when a lot of the games were one or the other... Now, I have the one system that they can just make everything for... --- Official King of Kings Switch FC: 7216-4417-4511 Add Me because I'll probably add you. I'm probably the LinkPizza you'll see around.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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