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No kidding! When I got Pokemon Shield in 2019, I spent like 4 hours shiny hunting for a Chewtle in first area of the game and I did it all in handheld. Holding the console that long left me with some serious thumb pain and I couldn't play for about a week afterward while it healed. Ever since, I always play with a pro controller or a Skull & Co. grip case. The Joy Cons are just too small, especially for the weight of the tablet, for long gaming sessions.
Yeah do not like the feel of Switch. My vita I could hold all day.
The joycons are one of the worst choices Nintendo ever made. Absolute shit across the board. I got excited when they announced the Lite with a unibody design, but then it's not actually a Switch either. Steam Deck got its industrial design so right, it's time for Nintendo to stop making hardware.
They have the same reason as the others, the storefront cut. Thankfully if this is true they are still being fair with it and only charging consumers about the price of the extra components.
There are reasons to maintain physical sales. Christmas presents, space of mind in retail stores, kids pushing adults to buy the title at Walmart, etc. Some customers are worth more to Nintendo in the physical realm, others in the virtual realm.
What do you think the material cost or physical build difference adds up to in a cartridge-less version? I doubt it adds more than $10.
Twenty to thirty since they have to not only build it but design it to and support a distinct assemby-line. They round it to fifty, per the rumor, but are still far better than the other two.
