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Nintendo Switch sales figures will prove otherwise.

I own a switch. I have never played it in mobile configuration in the years I have owned it, neither do any people that I know that have it, neither do my nieces or nephews. I would trade switch mobile capability for 4k in a second.

The reason why the switch is popular is the same reason why a long line of absolutely craptastic Nintendo hardware is popular: exclusive Nintendo software, which this platform will obviously not have.

Must be you I used it almost 100% mobile

Regardless, without Nintendo's library, this thing is going to sink. And frankly, if the switch had no Nintendo exclusives, it too would have sunk.

I agree but mostly I think it’s because most games need a special GUI to use a controller. I would buy it if playing factorio and rim world felt natural and intuitive on a mobile platform but it’s not.

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