Biggest Innovations From The Big Three This Console Generation
Nintendo Switch
What a turnaround Nintendo has made this generation. Two years ago, Nintendo was the laughing stock of the Big Three. Its flagship console failed to make an impact in the video game marketplace —lifetime sales reached a measly 14 million, the worst-selling Nintendo console of all time (meanwhile, the PS4 and Xbox One would surpass those numbers in half of the time it took the Wii U to reach them). Nintendo would make one of the greatest comebacks in video game history in February of 2017, though, with the Nintendo Switch.
What more can be said about this console that hasn’t already been said? It’s console-quality games that can be played portably. We have received a full-fledged Zelda and Mario on it. Not only can we play those games on the TV, but with absolute ease, that experience can be picked up in seconds for an on-the-go play session. Simply put, Nintendo is alone in creating a machine capable of doing this, and rightfully so, the market has responded by rewarding them with incredible sales. The Switch, in just a year, has already surpassed the lifetime sales of the Wii U and it’s soared far beyond that. The future is bright for this console. Sure, it doesn’t play games in 4K/HDR like its competition on the marketplace, but it doesn’t need to — the competition doesn’t let players play whenever and wherever they want.
