How do you feel about the success of the Nintendo Switch 2 Launch?

How do you feel about the success of the Nintendo Switch 2 Launch?


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i think Nintendo can continue to make subpar hardware ( in comparison with Sony and Microsoft ) and get way with it forever, Nintendo fans literally buy into anything, at the end of the day it was a great success for Nintendo, they for sure are happy.

for me ? It ll change nothing, great release, fans are happy, ll probably get one down the road.
 
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I wanted to get into Nintendo with switch 1. But the graphics were disgusting. I threw up a little when I played breath of the wild on switch 1. I sold that shit right away. Now I am having a blast on switch 2.
The - button position in the joy cons sucks!!
Glad you are enjoying it this time.

Not only the + and - button positions are bad, the shapes are also shit. They should be proper round buttons imo.
 
It is successful despite Nintendo not allowing the device to be reviewed which was really shitty. Post-launch reviews have been mostly positive from what I've seen so Nintendo's paranoia was unwarranted. I think I would be more willing to say it is "deserved" if Nintendo was more transparent.

I wanted to get into Nintendo with switch 1. But the graphics were disgusting. I threw up a little when I played breath of the wild on switch 1. I sold that shit right away. Now I am having a blast on switch 2.

Exactly how I am. Switch 1 wasn't a good experience for me. Swith 2 is night and day. A bit more clarity and 60fps makes a massive difference.
 
Especially Monolith Soft games.
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The hardware has been absolutely fantastic & the price is reasonable. The software at launch as been mediocre but come on, who doubts Nintendo is going to release a bunch of first party bangers?


Great start and it's only going to get better.
I'm not sure, the context of the question should be Miyamoto/Iwata banger trust vs New Nintendo banger trust.

Your question is more toss a coin with New Nintendo efforts IMO. Sure thing of banger city with the historical Miyamoto/Iwata efforts that Nintendo tower was built on.
 
Good, Nintendo is the only videogame dedicated company in the market. ( maybe also Steam) so its alwayas better for all.

A videogame industry without Nintendo it's like a sea without water.
 
It's fine. The console price and specifications are ok, but the launch lineup is a bit underwhelming right now. Though it will be significantly better by the end of the year with Metroid, Donkey Kong, and Pokémon.
 
Not much of a range of positive choices in that poll. Forces a person to choose #1 if they are convinced launch success was deserved.
 
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The console rules. It gets rid of most of the friction that stopped me from playing the original Switch. I'm having a blast catching up on things I missed, and Mario Kart World is my favorite installment since the original.
 
Well the Switch 2 hardwsre is an incremental improvement - I say that mostly on the basis of features rather than raw processing. Clearly it's a lot more powerful - but it doesn't add much in the way of headline features.

But couple that processing power bump with the Switch 1 back catalog which, as many pointed out struggled to run in latter half of S1's life, the S2 has breathed life into some great games. I mean really great games.

For the last few days it's been a joy to play some of those classics on an actual TV and not always feel like I was wasting my time and power up PS5 or PC. My switch 1 stayed in my bag mostly for use only while travelling because it felt like a waste of TV time.

Suddenly I'm happily playing some great Nintendo games at home on TV again.

And then there's MKW - it's one game, but it is an instant classic if only because they took MK8 and did just enough to make it great. It's easy to jump into, if you enjoyed MK8, then you'll enjoy this too. Given the massive sales of MK8 this should be an easy conversion for that audience.

And then there's the gamecube support now which runs really well, and of course that TOTK patched is and now a pleasure to play.

So yeah, it can be argued this is a switch pro machine right now, and I'd even accept that we are paying good money to Nintendo to fix the underpowered nature of S1. This console should have come out 2 years ago.

But in the end, all of that is blah blah. The smile on my face playing what is available today on the S2 is enough.

If you're not a fan of Nintendo games, this console won't change your mind at the moment. If you're not into the hybrid concept or needing the portability then sure, wait for some more games and patches to come out.

The battery life is poor and that is very annoying for those who want the portability. That's about the only specific negative I could point out.

But as things stand, there's no reason why the S2 shouldn't continue the success of S1. It's all on Nintendo to keep producing quality titles - that's not a open goal but their back catalog is already incredible, I just hope they don't hit a 1st party drought of the type Microsoft and Sony did / are having.
 
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A good console launch is a good day for me. How long has it been since consoles are supposedly about to be gone, a narrative painted specially by north american media after Xbox started to flop years ago?

Switch 2 being one of the best console launches ever and succeeding Switch 1 that sold over 140M so far...meanwhile PS5 is on its way to surpass 100M consoles sold, after its predecessor sold 117M.

Overall a great week for the console industry.
 
I voted the second option.

I bought two of them (I got one for myself, and happened to see them in Target and got another for my girlfriend because she can't afford it). We are both sort of disappointed in it but it's still really nice. I think we've decided to just return one of them and share the other since neither of us will use it as a primary device.

Nintendo very rarely doesn't deliver (fuck ya'll the Wii U was great), and the Switch was awesome despite all the downsides. The Switch 2 is an upgrade in every way outside of LCD vs OLED and it will 100% be worth it after some time even if it's iffy right now.
I have a Wii U and it's great.
 
Second option for me.

It's a no brainer if you enjoyed the Switch, imo. You could argue that maybe you can wait until the Switch 2 lineup is more complete, and I would understand that. For me, it'll still cost the same money at that time so I might as well have it now and enjoy MKW/Switch 1 upgrades/having a better platform for my Switch backlog.
 
Not entirelly conivinced, but we will see the results in the long term. I will eventually get one though, but not at this price and with a better virtual card system.
 
i think Nintendo can continue to make subpar hardware ( in comparison with Sony and Microsoft ) and get way with it forever, Nintendo fans literally buy into anything, at the end of the day it was a great success for Nintendo, they for sure are happy.

for me ? It ll change nothing, great release, fans are happy, ll probably get one down the road.
How is it subpar? It's a capable handheld.
 
Console is good value (though I am in the minority that would prefer the choice of a screen free console version at lower cost). MKW price is less of an issue with the introductory digital cost.

I am holding out for a few more games, feedback on drift and 3rd party pads. But I will get one around Xmas.
 
I'm not surprised it did well, but surprised it did as well as it did at its current price for the console/games/accessories.

As a single guy without any debt or kids I still kinda cringe at the prices even though I can afford it.
 
do you even read before replying ?
Yes? You said it's subpar compared to Sony and Microsoft hardware. It's not. Sony and MS do not have handhelds. It's not directly comparable. It's comparable to other pc handhelds/handhelds, and it holds up very well for the price. It's going to be much cheaper than the MS Xbox handheld, for example.
 
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It's nothing wrong with the system itself, as a follow up to Switch 1. A bit let down by the sticks, battery life and ergonomics. But nothing that will keep me from getting one down the line.

But ninty 1st party games going for $80 a pop (which is closer to $90 here), will gurantee that I'll only get the few titles that I know 100% are going to be personal bangers.
 
Yes? You said it's subpar compared to Sony and Microsoft hardware. It's not. Sony and MS do not have handhelds. It's not directly comparable. It's comparable to other pc handhelds/handhelds, and it holds up very well for the price. It's going to be much cheaper than the MS Xbox handheld, for example.
u guys have to decide, its a hybrid, its a handheld, what is this shit ? you can compare games running on home consoles, but you can compare hardware ???? "Lest compare X game againt the PS4/5/Series S/X but wait, you cant compare the hardware,this is a handheld its not fair" make up your mind ffs.

and Yes, compared to PS5(U$ 400) and XboxSX ( U$600 ) it has a subpar hardware, i said nothing wrong.
 
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It probably doesn't mean what some people (not necessarily in a serious way) say it means.
It made a good start, but the system is a bit more expensive than the general public is usually accepting to spend for such a product. It's probably true that most of the launch stock was sold to dedicated gamers wanting a new system after all this time.

I hope it does well, because I got one and I like the console and Mario Kart and the improvements in general performance over Switch 1. I would like for it to get many good games.
I'm also quite sure it won't do the numbers of Switch 1 unless Nintendo actually cuts the price of the system this time, but seeing that console prices now tend to increase over time instead, I don't believe they will.

So yeah, a promising start, but it's been literally 6 days. This is a marathon, not a Sprint.
 
ive never been more disinterested in a console launch than this one... got a switch oled and its my main 5-minute on the couch shmup machine but other than that it has no use in this house.
Dont ever see my buy a switch 2 at the moment (also: im nearing my 50's, im an old ancient fart who could not care less for mario kart - a game enjoyed best with friends, and all my friends are dead. )

im not the demographic anymore and F nintendo with these price hikes, told everyone when they got to 90 euros physical other certain companies would follow and voila we are already seeing this.
Bro what were your friends doing that they all died before they hit 50 years old
 
Where are the Sony and Microsoft handhelds for a fair comparison?
wasn't you saying the other day that this is a hybrid ? now is a handheld ? inst you Nintendo fans creating thread about how powerful SW2 is compared to home consoles ?? but when we compare hardware isnt fair ???

you guys need to stop with this hypocrisy, SW is a hybrid when servers to your narrative and is a handheld when dont ???
 
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I'm loving it. Waited to play TOTK. Now I get to play it at 60fps, 1440p, and HDR, while using the Zelda Notes' GPS to track down all of the shrines, side quests and side adventures throughout the 3 maps.
 
wasn't you saying the other day that this is a hybrid ? now is a handheld ? inst you Nintendo fans creating thread about how powerful SW2 is compared to home consoles ?? but when we compare hardware isnt fair ???

you guys need to stop with this hypocrisy, SW is a hybrid when servers to your narrative and is a handheld when dont ???
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u guys have to decide, its a hybrid, its a handheld, what is this shit ? you can compare games running on home consoles, but you can compare hardware ???? "Lest compare X game againt the PS4/5/Series S/X but wait, you cant compare the hardware,this is a handheld its not fair" make up your mind ffs.

and Yes, compared to PS5(U$ 400) and XboxSX ( U$600 ) it has a subpar hardware, i said nothing wrong.
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The poll questions did not match what I expected. I will just say that I am glad Nintendo had a great launch and I hope it is a lesson for others to launch with inventory. As for the system itself? I think it is great for those that want it but I am holding off for now. I think it stacks up well against the Switch, and I still do not understand why it has to be compared to older consoles, but that is what we do around here.
 
wasn't you saying the other day that this is a hybrid ? now is a handheld ? inst you Nintendo fans creating thread about how powerful SW2 is compared to home consoles ?? but when we compare hardware isnt fair ???

you guys need to stop with this hypocrisy, SW is a hybrid when servers to your narrative and is a handheld when dont ???
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Live and let live...that's my take pretty much. I will wait until the system matures a bit.

I think the biggest story is that it seems Nintendo actually beat the scalpers.
 
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