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Talking Point: Amazon's Efforts To Tempt Gamers Show Why We Need Dedicated Games Consoles

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But is Nintendo missing a trick here?

'Convergence' is a word that has often been mentioned when it comes to consumer tech, and we've seen firsthand how it can manifest itself; the smartphone that many of you will be reading these words on right now is a wonder of convergence, as it has made the camera, PDA, MP3 player and (for some people) portable games console obsolete.

We're seeing convergence in other pieces of tech, too. Your PlayStation 4 is perfectly happy to stream music and play movies over the web, while many modern smart TVs now come with the same kind of functionality, as well as the ability to play (admittedly crude) games. Amid all of this activity and duplication of function (we've lost count how many devices we have plugged into the TV which are capable of running Netflix – something the TV can do natively anyway), there's one device which has remained steadfastly committed to its primary reason for existing, and that's the Nintendo Switch.

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