- yes the Switch will die, but when? Gameboy, NES carts still work. People are making replacement parts for those systems. Nintendo may allow you to transfer ownership rights to their next consoles too. I’ve literally never had a Nintendo system die on me and I’ve owned multiple models of each one. When do these systems die?
Going to quote your words about me: "You seem hellbent on making your experiences the only one that matters.", yet because you never had a Nintendo system die on you, they never break down? My SNES gave up after 9yrs and I bought me another one 2nd hand. My N64 was sent back twice within it's first year because it froze up after 20-30 minutes. But I'm happy that you concluded they don't die so I must've been dreaming...
Your point was that spending money on iOS-games is wasted money and spending on Switch games isn't. In 20 years you won't be able to play those 100 Switchgames on the most recent Nintendosystem. So in order to play old Nintendogames you will need an old Nintendosystem.
You claim you can't play old iOS-games, well if you apply the same logic and buy yourself an old iPod Touch with an old iOS, you can also keep playing these games.
So either you keep the old system and the money isn't wasted or you get a new system and lose the ability to play them when the old one breaks down. There is no difference whatsoever between old Apple devices and old iOS-games. (remakes excluded)
- the NES and SNES classic have shown retro games still sell incredibly well. Even outside of our demographic there is a healthy market for classic games..... there’s even this very thread asking for Nintendo to release their old games on iOS. Regardless of what you believe there is a big market for Nintendo and their classic games.
The OP wants Apple to buy Nintendo so they could port every game from the 80's (his second post) to the Switchgames (first post), but that's a ridiculous wish, because they aren't bringen their full catalog to the Switch neither. They just have a couple of franchises that keep returning every single generation of console they make... If their next console is called "Water" we'll have a Mario Water, Zelda Water, Mario Kart Water, Mario Party Water, ...
Why don't they bring the full old school catalog to the new system: bevause the healthy market you claim isn't that healthy. Too much effort for too low sales, otherwise they would've been doing nothing else on the Wii U to save it from being a total flop.
- you got value out of iOS games? Cool! You seem hellbent on making your experiences the only one that matters. My experience? I’ve wasted money on iOS games that I cannot play now. Unlike my old PC’s I cannot simply revert back to an older iOS version to play these games. Apple doesn’t let me. I’ve asked them to change their rules but they won’t listen.
Duh, they're cheap as hell. When I spend 5 euro on a game, I don't expect to get the same value out of it as a 50-60 euro switchgame (or any other console).
Saying you bought 100 SNES-games, do enlighten me how to play them on a switch? You can't, so how do you play them? With old hardware!
So why are you saying you wasted money on iOS-games? Get an old iPod Touch with iOS 6 or something and you can keep playing all those old iOS-games.
You should keep the comparison fair and don't expect the latest iPhone to play all the games you ever bought, when the newest Nintendo hardware can't do it either.
- just revisiting the old games thing.... in many individual series cases the older game is better. For example Rollercoaster Tycoon on iOS sold more Classic versions than the latest one. Why? Because new doesn’t mean better. You’ve got to be very young to believe that. And no offence if you are.... we were all young once. Years ago I never thought gaming would be able to improve on the classic values. But they did in some ways!
My first console was a SNES, got it for Christmas in '92 as a 10yr old. I am aware that there are old games that were awesome. But some are more nostalgia than you care to admit. I tried to play Metal Gear Solid again on the PS One. It's ugly as hell and loading times are the worst. Yet when it was brand new, it was an awesome game.
I don't think there are a lot of people that really, fully play these old games again. Most people buy those new SNES remakes out of nostalgia but don't really spend hours and hours playing through all those games. Why would you, if you can have Zelda on the Switch... Old Zelda's were cool back in the days but why bother playing them again?
But what a silly thing to say.... ultimately. Imagine if someone told you not to watch old films or read old books.
Films is the same. All those VHS-tapes from back in the days. Who bothers watching those again? Except here and there some people. Most people threw them out. But they've had there fun with it, so was it wasted money then? Like your iOS-games?
And regarding your last reply to me. Of course things might change. But as it stands for the foreseeable future Apple don’t know what to do with gaming. Sony and MS also mess gaming up as it’s very tricky to get right. And if historic companies like them get it wrong more than Nintendo what hope does Apple have? Apple are service providers at this point, Nintendo are doing what they always did and relying on their software quality being good enough that nothing else matters, that it still makes them a profit. Until that changes on their side, and Apple suddenly learn how to control (or at least ride the wave) in the gaming market then they certainly won’t be merging or anything like that. Sega’s fate was sealed long before they bowed out of the hardware market. They literally had no success for multiple generations across handheld and console. Nintendo don’t make such mistakes for long, and so, remain relevant where people only wish they could buy Nintendo games for their non-Nintendo platforms.
Sony and MS mess up gaming? Please do elaborate?
Don't get me wrong, I have respect for Nintendo, but they've done some ****** stuff aswel and Sony/MS have been battering them for years now with ease.
Nintendo console (millions sold) - Sony Entertainment - Microsoft.
N64 (33) - PSX (102) -
GC (22) - PS2 (155) - Xbox (24)
Wii (101) - PS3 (80) - Xbox 360 (84)
Wii U (14) - PS4 (74) - Xbox One (36-ish)
Switch (15+)
Nintendo really got lucky someone came up with the Wiimotes and they caught on, because they would've followed Sega's fate otherwise, without a doubt. So there's no need to act like they're the all knowing company when it comes to gaming... Sony has been king of the land the moment they stepped in outselling the N64 3 to 1, so I'm really curious how they've been messing up gaming according to you...
