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"Nintendo is losing their identity": former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida shares damning Switch 2 verdict


Nintendo positioning Switch 2 as simply a bigger and better follow-up to Switch 1 is damaging to the company's brand id…

That's according to former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida, speaking on the Easy Allies podcast, who has shared his thoughts on Switch 2 in general, and Nintendo's recent hardware reveal. Yoshida's point is that Nintendo has always done different when compared to competitors, and designed its consoles around fun concepts - motion controls, or hybrid handheld/TV gameplay - rather than simply focusing on more technical oomph. In theory it's amazing to have all these all-stars of industry games on Nintendo hardware, however what they showed were like...

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