The switch goes a few things right. Examples include the bittering agent on the cartridges and the swappable joycons. Of course, it also has flaws. The battery not being replaceable by users, requiring a separate premium membership to play the games you bought online in the near future, and no local save file back up option a few of things. I get that there are people here that like Nintendo, but the criticism of this stuff is in hopes that these problems will be fixed at a future date so Nintendo can make it a better system.
It's possible some people just don't see it when it's right in front of them. Nintendo has a system with potential for greatness, but it needs more polish. Ditch the premium membership for online (don't have to get rid of the entire plan, but that part should be ditched),
Make the smart phone app an optional addon for online (not everyone has a smart phone or at least would rather not use it to play online),
Implement a proper Virtual console with games up to the Gamecube if possible (not sure if DS is possible because of the two screen thing, but it should be worth trying to do what can be done in terms of VC),
Make the battery replaceable by users (thus giving these systems a longer life),
Create N64 and Gamecube Joycons for it (some games play better with the Gamecube controller than they do with newer ones because the mapping doesn't translate as well. The driving levels in Sonic Adventure 2 are like this. In addition, because of the button layout on an N64 controller, it would be great for Sega Genesis games should there be more of them.)
You could also say the same for the blind feverishly loyal fans of Nintendo. I love the system. I love Nintendo. That doesn't mean they aren't worthy of criticism, which is what you've implied throughout the months here. If I dare suggest that something they do is wrong, it's met with accusations of being a Sony shill, a troll, or just "not a true Nintendo fan." That's stupid and you know it. You can like something but also criticize it. If you don't have that open of a mind than you're just blindly following. Look where that got (insert notable group from history class here) in the past.
We’ve already seen them in one gen go from “Power is all that matters” when PS4 was the strongest to “power isn’t everything, exclusives are all that matter” once the One X came out, which is doubly hilarious because they come here and it’s all about power again. And I’m calling it now, if Sony releases a handheld less powerful than the PS4 and XB1 suddenly power won’t matter anymore, suddenly console ports to a handheld will be okay again, suddenly portability won’t be a gimmick anymore, suddenly everyone cares about portability, and suddenly it will be okay for a new system to not have a library the size of the PS4’s. Everything they bash the Switch for it will be okay for Sony to do. It’s always how they roll.
Also reminds me of the 3DS vs Vita scenario after Vita's reveal. They swarmed the 3DS board with their superiority complex for a while until Vita released and didn't do so well. The 3DS board gave the Vita board a taste of their own medicine insomuch that the Vita folks retreated and the 3DS folks swarmed that board. Got to the point where the Vita folks cried to the mods because of the Media Create threads, so the mods banned the posting of them there. All because of the Vita board's attitude of feeling superior. But of course we know what followed. When Wii U didn't do so well, guess who showed up and continued hanging around, even moving to the Switch board? Folks who hold a grudge through a fault of their own.
It's possible some people just don't see it when it's right in front of them. Nintendo has a system with potential for greatness, but it needs more polish. Ditch the premium membership for online (don't have to get rid of the entire plan, but that part should be ditched),
Make the smart phone app an optional addon for online (not everyone has a smart phone or at least would rather not use it to play online),
Implement a proper Virtual console with games up to the Gamecube if possible (not sure if DS is possible because of the two screen thing, but it should be worth trying to do what can be done in terms of VC),
Make the battery replaceable by users (thus giving these systems a longer life),
Create N64 and Gamecube Joycons for it (some games play better with the Gamecube controller than they do with newer ones because the mapping doesn't translate as well. The driving levels in Sonic Adventure 2 are like this. In addition, because of the button layout on an N64 controller, it would be great for Sega Genesis games should there be more of them.)
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