If Nintendo did that, no one would ever buy their consoles. The way it is now, Nintendo + PC definitely gives you the best cross section of gaming.
So far as I know, all the ports have been very well done so far.
I used to think that wasn't true, but the Steam Deck is generally considered better than their console, so maybe.
They'd have to keep coming out with more crazy gimmicks for people to buy their consoles. I sure wouldn't complain about Zelda being on PC or Xbox, but it's never going to happen.
While I see what you're saying, I really love the Switch and I would still own one even if I could get Nintendo games on PC. Handheld gaming fills a nice niche for me. I recognize that you could argue that the Steam Deck is better, but I actually like the console experience as a change of pace. I primarily game on PC, and it's honestly nice to just boot up a console where everything just works. The Steam Deck has a lot of compatibility problems and I have no desire to tweak when I just want to play a game in bed. The Steam Deck is simply not a proper console experience, and is really better described as a portable gaming PC.
Yea, I think you're right. I'm pretty impressed with how they've handled support so far, and I think with enough refinement (maybe even a Deck 2?) it could be a pretty damn great experience. For people who don't mind tweaking I think it's already pretty great as it is, but that extra level of refinement to make it smoother and reduce compatibility problems could make it a formidable handheld for a wider audience.
Nintendo is very, very Japanese and quite insular, and PC gaming isn't very popular there. Nintendo sells their games all over the world, but everything is designed for the Japanese market. If they were going to put their games elsewhere, they'd probably do mobile first.
Which they already did a little bit with the Pokemon and Mario games. Seems like they're not really into doing that anymore, though.
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