Nintendo was one of the last companies trying to innovate with each console they released. Whilst Xbox & PlayStation simply went the “more power = better” route.
But it feels like Nintendo has caved in, and is just following suite. Are there any gimmicks left to sell consoles? Or is it just gonna be like smart phones, we just upgrade because that’s what we do.
I’m gonna miss the era of Nintendo giving us never before seen technology on the mainstream
Gameboy (Handheld) N64 (Analog Stick) DS (Touch Screen) Wii (Motion Control) Switch (Hybrid Console)
Naa the Chinese/worldwide market has some awesome little devices. Nintendo is just what we know. Most of the innovation is happening in the software space and the form factor.
There’s a metric ton of devices that are completely open nowadays. Postmaster has made it easy to get say balatro working on quite a few devices. And the devices can be as quirky as they want.
Hmmmm, where can I find these?
Miyoo is one such company. Lots of Nintendo likes.
Anbernic comes out with new devices every other month it seems.
There’s quite a few powkitty devices that have unique for factors.
The arduboy has a unique setup and games.
And portmaster has an official supported page for many more other devices. It’s a rabbit hole.
Pico 8 /chip8 and uxn are unique as well on the software side.
There’s quite a a few more on tindie and other markets.
That’s all off the top of my head.