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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 38 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (18 children)

I genuinely believe people will look back at this moment and wonder what Nintendo could have done if they weren't too limited in their vision to understand the opportunity they are throwing away here.

Apple isn't popular with younger people the way it used to be, nobody likes Microsoft, everybody hates Android (I do too even though that is my phone os)... there is a major generational opening here for introducing kids to computers in a fun way and becoming "the computer" in the minds of kids.

Especially with the environmental crisis and climate change, people will look back at this and shake there heads and lament that if only Nintendo had copied Valve for that generation of Switches, Nintendo could have grown into an entire operating system and computer culture and there would be WAY less needlessly obsolete handheld computers laying around from when the next generation of Switches inveitably comes out....

What people still don't understand about computers and people is that whoever introduces kids to computers capable of doing complex work in a fun way will shape the future, because those kids will grow up into adults who create, use and design tools that do cool amazing things. Nintendo needs to wake the fuck up and realize they are selling a handheld computer that is very good at playing games, the world desperately needs another company with vision, good UI design, and the capability to bring hardware and software together into a competent computer experience (Microsoft cannot do this, and undermines all its hardware partners that actually try to do this with their own incompetence).

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Your assertion that Apple, Microsoft, and Android are all unpopular with everyone seems like it might actually be a personal opinion rather than a fact.

I know people who enjoy all of those.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Lol those poor lost souls

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