Shigeru Miyamoto believes that people "are no longer just looking for specs" with gaming systems - Nintendo Everything

What the report says

Nintendo Everything reported that Nintendo creative leader Shigeru Miyamoto discussed the role of hardware power in gaming during a recent interview with Famitsu. According to the site, Miyamoto said he believes players are not simply choosing systems based on technical specifications, pointing to the long life of the Nintendo Switch and the broader appeal of devices that offer convenient access to games.

The article frames Miyamoto’s comments against Nintendo’s strategy since the Wii and Nintendo DS era, when the company increasingly emphasized distinctive ways to play rather than competing directly on processing power. Nintendo Everything notes that the Wii was less powerful than rival consoles but became a major commercial success, while the Switch similarly trailed PlayStation and Xbox hardware in raw performance but stood out as a hybrid home-and-portable system. The site says Switch sales have surpassed 150 million units.

Miyamoto also compared dedicated Nintendo hardware with smartphones, describing phones as an example of devices that are broadly available. However, he argued that Nintendo benefits from building games around a single hardware architecture and interface, which can reduce development complexity compared with supporting many versions of general-purpose devices.

The comments matter because they underline Nintendo’s longstanding position in the console market: prioritizing software, interface design and play concepts over a specs race. They also arrive as interest continues around Nintendo’s next hardware direction, with fans and analysts watching how the company balances performance, portability and compatibility after the Switch’s unusually long and successful cycle.