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So the iPhone is just an iPod with a big touchscreen that you can also use make calls?

So the automobile is just a carriage that runs without horses?

So the airplane is just a bus with wings?

Yes to all.

Nintendo should probably switch (heh) to only releasing games for Android and iOS.

Maybe to releasing Steam games, but I still think Android and iOS are terrible gaming platforms. I need Nintendo to stick around though, because everyone else is just making turnkey PCs while Nintendo tries something new every once and a while.

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People have been saying for a while that Nintendo should pull a Sega and go third-party. Just because they're saying it, that doesn't mean its the right move.

Switching to 3rd party development is a far cry from switching to mobile only development though!

It worked so well for Sega.

Well, they should do something besides sinking money into iterations of the Wii U, which had the same "has potential" reviews when it came out, then faded into obscurity.

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