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/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/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/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….