Yep, this has been Nintendo's MO for decades now. The Game Boy, the N64, the Gamecube, the DS, all lightweights compared to their competitors but they all (except the Gamecube) dominated the market.
The GameCube was pretty powerful compared to the PS2. Also the N64 was arguably more capable console than the PS1, the issue it had is that cartridge size limitations meant you couldn't get as many assets on the medium, and had to use more aggressive compression on media files. Also, N64 didn't dominate the market, the PS1 outsold it by over 3 to 1.
Yup- that's exactly it. Nintendo knows this too- the switch is a pretty low-powered machine but it can do exactly what it needs to do.
Yep, this has been Nintendo's MO for decades now. The Game Boy, the N64, the Gamecube, the DS, all lightweights compared to their competitors but they all (except the Gamecube) dominated the market.
The Gamecube was actually pretty powerful, it certainly beat the PS2. Remember that RE4 had to be downgraded to run on the latter.
The graphics in games like Windwaker, Melee and Super Mario Sunshine have aged very well
Windwaker looks better than any Zelda game released after it
The GameCube was pretty powerful compared to the PS2. Also the N64 was arguably more capable console than the PS1, the issue it had is that cartridge size limitations meant you couldn't get as many assets on the medium, and had to use more aggressive compression on media files. Also, N64 didn't dominate the market, the PS1 outsold it by over 3 to 1.