Will we ever see another dedicated home console from Nintendo?

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The Switch is selling like hotcakes laced with crack, but I'd really like Nintendo to make another dedicated home console. Will we ever get another dedicated home console from Nintendo?
 

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Its not something that I would be interested in, personally.

I have zero interest in Nintendo's first party games, and the only reason why I have a Switch is because it is partly a handheld.

Also, Nintendo have traditionally supported two different consoles - a home console, and a handheld - but with the Switch, or another Switch-like console, they can funnel all of their resources into one device, whilst also appealing to both the home console market, and the handheld market. I don't see them regressing back to having to support two separate ones.

The only thing that I could see happening, is a screen-less Switch, kind of like the opposite of the Switch Lite, where it is docked-only. Other than that, I don't see Nintendo returning to a place where they are directly competing with the Xbox or the Playstation anytime soon.
 

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Maybe, maybe not. Staying in the handheld business is probably the safer bet, since they've dominated that space for basically as long as it has existed while making a home console again would put Nintendo back into direct competition with Sony and Microsoft. Doesn't seem like they have much incentive to do that.

If they do do a home console again, it'll probably not be a traditional one.
 
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Would you say Nintendo left the home console market?
Maybe, maybe not. Staying in the handheld business is probably the safer bet, since they've dominated that space for basically as long as it has existed while making a home console again would put Nintendo back into direct competition with Sony and Microsoft. Doesn't seem like they have much incentive to do that.

If they do do a home console again, it'll probably not be a traditional one.
Nintendo hasn't really directly competed with Sony and Microsoft since the GameCube.
 

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"Nintendo shouldn't make a powerful console to directly compete with Sony and Microsoft, since the N64 and GameCube, both powerful consoles, failed!" Here's the thing: The N64 and GameCube didn't fail because they were trying to compete against Sony and Microsoft, they failed because Nintendo made stupid decisions with those consoles, like sticking with cartridges and using mini-DVDs.
 
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Its not something that I would be interested in, personally.

I have zero interest in Nintendo's first party games, and the only reason why I have a Switch is because it is partly a handheld.

Also, Nintendo have traditionally supported two different consoles - a home console, and a handheld - but with the Switch, or another Switch-like console, they can funnel all of their resources into one device, whilst also appealing to both the home console market, and the handheld market. I don't see them regressing back to having to support two separate ones.

The only thing that I could see happening, is a screen-less Switch, kind of like the opposite of the Switch Lite, where it is docked-only. Other than that, I don't see Nintendo returning to a place where they are directly competing with the Xbox or the Playstation anytime soon.
Basically this. Nintendo owns the handheld market, and integrating that with home console functionality has put them on a path greatly divergent from Sony and Microsoft and on an island of unrivaled success. Why would they stop now?

The bigger question is will Sony or Microsoft try to muscle in with a handheld/home console hybrid of their own like they did with the Move and Kinect respectively to rival the Wii, to which I'd say no. They'll continue to force power and ability into static consoles to outdo one another and happily leave Nintendo to its gimmicks. Which is fine, by the way. There will always be a market for static and mobile devices; spreading oneself too thinly trying to do it all at an appreciably high level to compete with PC gaming only leads to a "jack of all trades, master of none" situation that would probably be too expensive an ask for the race to dominance Sony and MS are in, i.e.: see how quickly MS abandoned the HD-DVD feature in lieu of Blu-ray to stay competitive and relevant.
 

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Basically this. Nintendo owns the handheld market, and integrating that with home console functionality has put them on a path greatly divergent from Sony and Microsoft and on an island of unrivaled success. Why would they stop now?

The bigger question is will Sony or Microsoft try to muscle in with a handheld/home console hybrid of their own like they did with the Move and Kinect respectively to rival the Wii, to which I'd say no. They'll continue to force power and ability into static consoles to outdo one another and happily leave Nintendo to its gimmicks. Which is fine, by the way. There will always be a market for static and mobile devices; spreading oneself too thinly trying to do it all at an appreciably high level to compete with PC gaming only leads to a "jack of all trades, master of none" situation that would probably be too expensive an ask for the race to dominance Sony and MS are in, i.e.: see how quickly MS abandoned the HD-DVD feature in lieu of Blu-ray to stay competitive and relevant.
I think Sony and Microsoft will try to expand their games to mobile via cloud gaming instead of just releasing a dedicated handheld. I think they realized copying Nintendo hasn’t worked out for them.
 

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Maybe if it is VR? I think they'd make a helmet you could put a Switch like device into as one can with cell phones so, even then it seems unlikely to be just a home console.


Other than VR I think the market is moving towards games as a service. That is what the Activision purchase, IMHO was all about.

So, you'll play Zelda on a cell phone by Gen. 11.
 

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I predict Nintendo will always have a console in some form, but chances are it’ll also retain the option for mobility from now on. Basically Switch 2, etc.
 
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I mean, the tech exists for a cheap HD console you can also unplug and use as a handheld, and Ninty's only competitors are making massively more expensive Game Gears with questionably better capabilities.

Why wouldn't they just keep dominating that market?
 
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