[tweet t=https://twitter.com/NintenDaan/status/809204301981777920]The touch-screen question was dumb to begin with, because a quick google search would tell you Nintendo has been using touch controls ever since 2004, more on that in a minute.
In the Switch reveal trailer there is a "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" shot of a headphone jack in the console, many people thought Ninty was dissing Apple, whom they had made a deal the week before, whatever was the case this video was something interesting to note, as in "people usually forget we've been using touch controls even before the iPhone was invented".
For those who don't remember, the original iPhone was a seen as a revolutionary device when it came out that set lots of standards for the mobile industry to follow such as Wi-fi, touch-screen, a user-friendly interface for getting more apps, compare the phones of the competition before and after 2008 and you'll se it.
Why am I bringing this up? Well, the research took some time, but I discovered the DS was more revolutionary than we think. Touch-screens have been around since the 70's, but the DS made them hit the mainstream. Same thing with Wi-fi, it was unheard of back in 2004, the year this device was released, even the Xbox 360 didn't have built-in Wi-fi initially (adoption rates, costs, take your pick), to think a gaming device (a handheld, no less) had this big of an impact that nobody talks about, that device was really Iwata's legacy.
A few of you will remember a thread I made months ago about handheld gaming being underrated. That's precisely what I was talking about, in the realm of technology gaming has been a big part, but it was downplayed because of the stereotype that lives on about this industry, and handhelds like the Game Boy, the DS, the 3DS, the PSP, and the Vita, are really overlooked for everything they offered. And the numbers don't lie, handheld gaming needs something big to become relevant again and the Switch just might be what they need, do what the Wii U and the Vita failed.
In the Switch reveal trailer there is a "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" shot of a headphone jack in the console, many people thought Ninty was dissing Apple, whom they had made a deal the week before, whatever was the case this video was something interesting to note, as in "people usually forget we've been using touch controls even before the iPhone was invented".
For those who don't remember, the original iPhone was a seen as a revolutionary device when it came out that set lots of standards for the mobile industry to follow such as Wi-fi, touch-screen, a user-friendly interface for getting more apps, compare the phones of the competition before and after 2008 and you'll se it.
Why am I bringing this up? Well, the research took some time, but I discovered the DS was more revolutionary than we think. Touch-screens have been around since the 70's, but the DS made them hit the mainstream. Same thing with Wi-fi, it was unheard of back in 2004, the year this device was released, even the Xbox 360 didn't have built-in Wi-fi initially (adoption rates, costs, take your pick), to think a gaming device (a handheld, no less) had this big of an impact that nobody talks about, that device was really Iwata's legacy.
A few of you will remember a thread I made months ago about handheld gaming being underrated. That's precisely what I was talking about, in the realm of technology gaming has been a big part, but it was downplayed because of the stereotype that lives on about this industry, and handhelds like the Game Boy, the DS, the 3DS, the PSP, and the Vita, are really overlooked for everything they offered. And the numbers don't lie, handheld gaming needs something big to become relevant again and the Switch just might be what they need, do what the Wii U and the Vita failed.
