This is the 3rd console that is trying to be something unique without really having an identity. Was the Wii a success? Absolutely (With die hards and old people)! The Wii U was confusing to many people who thought it was portable, so they just made the Switch fit with that customer perception. Ninty is too late to the tablet party, and playing a low powered tablet on a TV doesn't really scream success either.

Ninty screwed the N64 with cartridges. They even screwed up the Gamecube with proprietary discs, a nonexistent online service, and false promises of Mature content coming to their system. Peeople don't love to hate on Ninty, it's just too easy. Switch is F'ed up generation number 5 in a row. Ninty is the Tyrone Biggums of the videogame industry.

True, they could hand out 12 gold bricks for free to everyone and people would someone find a way to complain.

"just wait" is oddly reminiscent of something we've heard about another console.

Not sure it's hate, but more impatience.

I don't really hate Switch, and I think Nintendo may be receiving a bit more grief than is deserved after the reveal, but if Nintendo wants us to be impressed, then obviously they need to provide something better. On top of that, some of the things they're pushing just seem archaic compared to the competition....most notably, the online chat, free games, and gimmicky hardware sold with gimmicky software(1,2,Switch)

There's nothing that irks gamers more than being asked to drop a lot of money to support our gaming addiction, on the assumption that something better is going to be offered in the future. It takes a while to grow that trust, and not very long to lose it. Nintendo, IMO, has lost that trust. Not from their first party support, just in their ongoing support of the console itself.

I do believe Switch will be a long term thing for them though. Likely will supplant both the console and the handheld market for the long term. I wouldn't doubt they even get in on this mid-gen upgrade crap, and released a new switch model in the next few years, because it's not unheard of in their handheld lines anyways. That's one of the reasons I was kind of excited over Nintendo's patent on expanding processing power through daisy chaining devices.