All they have to do is drop the price at some point and it will sell a ton! As the WiiU would have if it were $199 and had Zelda and Mario coming out!

second part of your sentence makes no sense.
of course it can be worse than wii u, and it looks that way on paper already.

Except none of us really know that for certain.

What Nintendo has just revealed about their plans for the 3DS and even the possibility of another dedicated handheld actually sound like they're not even planning to support this 100% in regards to Software.

If they split development again on this platform I fear it's going to be exactly like the Wii U.

The battery life isn't any different from other portables. 3DS and Vita are both officially rated at 3 to 5 hours. The Switch is 2.5 to 6 hours. So please explain where the issue is, and how it's "unforgivable".

It's an entire portable device that doubles as a console and standalone handheld unit.

What excuse do the Surface Pro 4 (a device that is strictly portable and meant for far more important things than strictly gaming) and DualShock 4 (a controller) have?

The battery life is comparable to any other similar device under heavy load. My 2016 laptop with an upgraded battery manages about 2 hours of Civ VI with screen brightness down all the way, all other programs closed, and power saver mode turned on.

XBO and PS4 came out 3 years ago, not 4.

@disagrees

Downvote all you want but I'm not buying in with those graphics. The people in Mario Odyssey looked creepy as hell and aliasing looked like a jigsaw puzzle. Art direction was on point otherwise but overall quality was really lackluster. Zelda looks like a PS2 game, and that 8-bit Square-Enix game, seriously? Xenoblade looked good but overall quality was way lower than the competition. If it were Tegra X2 I'd probably buy. That or if it were a normal console.

I'll hold out for the next one.

They needed to be cheaper than a ps4 console. Esp being underpowered... Would the switch costing 199 or 249 be that hard to achieve? Its the fact they cost the same is what could stop them from being much more successful than a wiiu. And of course i put sony exclusives as i said games that switch gamers only wont play in 2017. And sure theres more games possibly comming at e3 2017 but im willing to bet those games wont launch in 2017 or anywhere soon after.

E3? What do you expect to hear at E3 from Nintendo?

It's only 3 months after launch of their console. They aren't holding things back. That would be stupid business.

You see, you have to actually think things through. OTHER companies show MORE at E3.... because they didn't showcase everything in Jan/Feb reveals and the consoles didn't come out until November.

For Nintendo, they are struggling to show ANYTHING of Switch. Look at the reveal, they had so little to show us, that a good amount of what they showcased were cut scenes, or title screens, or NOTHING at all where the people came up and said they were making a game. Then they show a 5 1/2 year old game (that will be 6 upon release). That is not a reveal of strength. They were scrambling to find stuff.

E3, which they've toned down in recent years by not even having a presentation like Sony and MS, is only three months after launch. So all we'll see are maybe a few more 2018-2020 game announcements that weren't in production in Jan. We'll see some progress, so instead of just seeing a title screen, maybe that game now gives us a cut scene. Maybe some that showed us cutscenes will have some actual gameplay.

Nintendo didn't hold things back for E3, that would simply be stupid and bad business. Thus don't expect much for E3. They shot their wad in January.

Of course you would say the wiiu had more negativity... Because it failed... The wiiu never tood a chance and neither will the switch. Esp not by basically being a wiiu 2.0 and being the most anticonsumer games company of the 3. Overpriced, underpowered, and more nintendo bs that only speaks to nintendo fans. Im disagreeing with how the switch could be a huge success and give reason for why i think so. My main argument was games! The ps4 has them in spades while nintendo regurgitate the same bs over and over again. Thats not trolling thats the sad truth bud. In my opinion of course...

@sk8ofmnd Your argument is only 1 dimensional. when most bought their PS4 during its 1st year did so for the future prospects and it was successful without having the best games (it Sold on mainly a Promise). Now currently they have their best games and many more coming in. Games is a good selling point. But don't forget the beginning when their was hardly anything great worth playing on ps4 and it was a waiting game (same with Xbox One as well). Having a Robust library takes time. Buying a new console is a future investment.

Wii U had a horrible ad campaign (or lack there of), bad name, & confusing concept. Switch has been non stop with great messaging and Ads and shows Nintendo means business and is confident in their product.

???

If you look back at many of the comments many people on here actually believe the wii u was going to do great for a lot of the same reasons they believe the switch is going to do great.

Suddenly when the Wii U inevitably fails now everyone prior to that knew it was going to fail? I'm sorry but I just don't believe that especially considering they were lots of people on this site several years ago that we're literally bragging when it was being sold out as if great things were going to come of it.

I'm sorry but it was not just predestined by the community that that platform was going to fail, it became clear years later when games were just not arriving for the platform

With Nintendo confirming that they have plans to continue supporting the 3DS I believe there is a possibility that the switch is once again going to fail like the Wii U because this company hasn't even changed anything.

For god sakes they are even in talks to create another handheld.

So where does this leave the switch if this company is playing favorites again?

How could it not be like wio u when the same situation that hurt the Wii U is actually looking like it's going to hurt the switch?

Did they find new teams? Did they confirm they are no longer supporting 3DS and shifting all their support 100% of the switch? Unless they've made those statements there actually is Cyril evidence that this company has actually changed their situation this actually is the same situation that inevitably hurt the Wii U.

Overpriced, underpowered, lack of third-party support and even lack of first-party support by Nintendo themselves because they were playing favorites with another platform...