I hate how games are increasingly ignoring a game console's inherent form factor. Every game wants to be in every platform. It doesn't work and I hate the fiat mind set.
Xbox basically surrendered in the console wars with their cope of "everything is an Xbox" campaign. Switch 2 launched and there are no particular unique flagship games. 80% of the games are from Switch 1.
You can play almost every game in PC, Switch and Play Station. Why? This may seem like a "good thing for consumers" but it's really a deterioration of design quality.
For example, what inherently made Xbox and PS different for consumers? Their form factor was the same with some minor differences in controller ergonomics and they had to relay on marketing campaigns, color schemes and exclusive deals on games to differentiate themselves from each other . You want to play X game? Need to buy an Xbox. Want to play Y game? Need to buy a PS.
Nintendo had such a different form factor that games played in Nintendo for their majority could not be played in other platforms, setting it completely apart in the console wars. But that has changed and Nintendo has succumb to the fiat mindset.
Nintendo has forgone quality and careful stewardship that generated the "nintendo feel" for an expanding circle of profit. When a game comes out in PC, Nintendo, and PS, I feel that something is wrong. Feels like there are no meaningful differences in game consoles anymore. Which means the meaningful choices from gamers are going down. Which means that the human experience of these designs, consoles and games has been turned flat.
All of this for an initial expanding circle of profit that is deteriorating as it is expanding.
On the bright side there are new consoles coming out with a focus on form factor like the Playdate and the Nex. So there is hope. I hope these new companies adopt a #bitcoin standard to better equipped themselves to generate better designs for their consoles and games and help bring meaningful differences to game experiences and game consoles.
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