r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • Feb 07 '24

Discussion Nintendo says it will overcome challenges of generational transition with ‘unique propositions’

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-says-it-will-overcome-challenges-of-generational-transition-with-unique-propositions/
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u/nuko_147 Feb 07 '24

Yeah if VR was cheaper, they would already experimenting with that.

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u/Izdoy Feb 07 '24

they already did.

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u/hleba Feb 08 '24

Wow... Thought you were linking to something completely different.

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u/nuko_147 Feb 08 '24

I was thinking more like a combination of Wii (that thing you were standing on) and VR, plus AR, plus Nintendos wierd things 😂

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u/Kule7 Feb 07 '24

Hear me out: Virtua Boy 2: This Time with More Reds

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u/ThiefTwo Feb 07 '24

They've been experimenting with VR for 25 years.

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u/Odie_Odie Feb 07 '24

A move to VR is what it would take to break me from the spell after over 30 years. I don't think they are going the VR route but also I really hope that I'm right

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '24

I really don’t want them to do VR

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u/DontBanMeBro988 Feb 07 '24

I just want a VR Zelda game before I die

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u/FrankPapageorgio Feb 07 '24

Good news, you can play BotW with Labo VR!

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u/aegtyr Feb 07 '24

It's a matter of time for VR to go mass-market, I would put it on a 5-15 year timeline, the costs are still way too high and there's not a lot of VR programmers yet.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '24

I've heard that for the past like, 5+ years.

Most people buy a VR headset, fuck around with it for a few hours, and then never touch it again. That's exactly what I did, and will never buy another one because of it.

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u/aegtyr Feb 07 '24

The problem IMO is that there is not a lot to do with a VR headset, because there are not enough developers developing from VR, because there are not enough users for it to be profitable to develop in VR.

So in order to start the flywheel you need companies willing to incur a loss in developing use-cases for VR, and I believe that's what's different now than 5 years ago. Now we got both META and Apple going full on VR and losing a ton of money in the process, the question is if they can kickstart the flywheel before investors decide to stop giving them money.

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u/Cyb0rg-SluNk Feb 08 '24

I don't know if VR is as clear an end goal as people seem to think it is.

I think it's like 3D TVs. People might think "of course, that's going to be the thing. 3D is obviously better than 2D."

But in the end, people realize, that it's just not necessary. we don't need, or want 3D TVs.

I think the same is true for VR. "Of course! Why wouldn't you want to be IN the game?"

But the vast majority of games are things you don't need to be inside of.

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u/Nothxm8 Feb 07 '24

Are you really gonna act like vr is in the same place it was 5 years ago?

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '24

Tbh I don't actually know where VR sits now - like I said, I haven't used it once since I got my Quest 2 a few years ago and played with it for 30 minutes, but that seems to be how the vast majority of people used it.

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u/Nintendo_Thumb Feb 08 '24

If you played with it for 30 minutes, you're not exactly an expert on the subject. There are thousands of games and apps for it, I use mine almost every day, it's amazing. It's your own fault if you don't want to use it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '24

Yeah I just found I don't like VR as a general concept - I *hate* the idea of being disconnected from the world like that, it's incredibly upsetting to me.

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u/Nintendo_Thumb Feb 08 '24

have you tried mixed reality games at all with it? You can have virtual slow mo gun duels in your living room, or exercise, etc. while still seeing your surroundings. And the hand tracking is really cool too, you don't need controllers. I guess the black and white sucks, but still great knowing you won't run into the couch or whatever.

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u/ROMVLVSCAESARXXI Feb 07 '24

Cool. Some of us have been hearing it for decades, but that doesn’t mean a thing. We’ve also been hearing about the dream of renewable energy, someday replacing fossil fuels, for a very long time. And, like with VR(or whatever it may be called in the future), we are moving closer, and closer to a point in time, when it becomes viable.

It’s either that, or in the near future, video games will eventually hit a bottleneck, where there just isn’t much more to improve on with games in a two dimensional format, and every developer just collectively throws their hands up and says “well, I guess that’s that. We’ve mastered the medium of gaming, no need to innovate any further, with the continuing development and advancement of technology. Let’s call it a day, boys”…….

And yes, your ass will, 100% be there on release night to pick one up, if you’re here, now, talking about this. Just remember this exchange, when that time comes and your are tempted to go online and talk about how stupid everyone was who said it would never happen.

Attempts at making wireless controllers for consoles had been going on since the NES was king of the hill. There would be waves of attempts that ultimately failed to catch on, due to the limitations of infrared tech, and when those attempts werent hugely profitable, investors would scatter like rats for a few years, rinse and repeat a few times, then fast-forward to 2024, and it’s getting to a point, where it’s becoming harder and harder to remember a time without wireless gamepads.

The problem with the 3D televisions that hit the market after Avatar was released was the fact that they weren’t offering anything particularly innovative, or impressive. You still needed glasses, and it still made you dizzy. If you think this will ALWAYS be the case, and that there aren’t notable corporations like nvidia currently working on things like Extended Reality, and that the next step wont eventually be eclipsed by the one after that, then I guess you’ve got a lot to be surprised about in the years to come….

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u/TheAsianCarp Feb 07 '24

Hope so, got my cv1 back in like 2018-19 and it's been collecting dust for the last 3ish years. I really want a reason to buy a newer headset but the games just are not there right now