The Switch holds it self back by being a portable as well as main line console. The ports and remakes we have for the platform should of been added years ago and Nintendo is never going to catch up on speed.

There no choice for Nintendo to stick with it now and the next console will be a slightly upgraded version of the switch, rather then moving onto something new.

I can’t hate on Nintendo for not adding the games I love but I do wish the company was releasing better content that was on par with its past self.

Still no bayonetta 3. Hideki said we'd get news this year, i was expecting at the direct but still no show

I've been really disappointed in the switch in the last year or two in terms of Nintendos offerings. They are rehashing so many ports at full retail value.

It is fantastic for Indie support though. That is the only thing keeping me occupied on the console for a while now.

The Nintendo Direct this week left a lot to be desired for me though. Nothing of any substance I'm looking forward to coming from camp Nintendo any time soon.

yea its kind of embarrassing that the switch is missing basic features that the ps3 era already introduced.
but as long as the fanbase doesnt think theres anything wrong with that ... nothing will change

After like 530 days we finally get a Nintendo Direct, and it was disappointing, mostly ports and remasters. Skyward Sword getting an "HD" lazy $60 port that doesn't even look good.

Project Triangle Strategy looked great. That game was the shining star, of that disappointing Direct.

Don't forget selling resolution upgrades at full price! Nintendo Does as it pleases! I am still mad all my backwards compatible games i purchased on Wii U were never put on the switch in favor of that stupid library they give! SHAMEFUL! Its a robbery! Goes with you'll own nothing and be happy! .....Eat that fans!!!

Somewhat agree I like the Nintendo switch. But the likes of Sony and MS get backlash when ever they release a remaster. Yet Nintendo just seem to like porting Wii and Wii u titles.

Switch has a pile of games (not including the many first party Nintendo games, not to my taste). Even just Monolith and Platinum developing exclusives for it make it noteworthy for medium enthusiasts, or just fans of the genres said devs helped define. Then you got your monster hunters, your Otctopaths, Deadly Premonitions, Bravely and NMH.

Very excited to hear from the all proud consumers™ lined up to tell me why FE3H/Xenoblade/Astral/Shin Megami/Bayonetta etc aren't as good as saving allowance money and bitching about Nintendo and their "gains" on the internet.

I get it, I think there is more that can be done for certain, but it dont change the fact that I have major fun on my Switch. I missed some of these great ports on the Wiiu, Skyward Sword for example and will purchase the Switch release. I play almost all of my indie games on switch and there are a lot of great ones, Hades anyone.

I think COVID-19 has set Nintendo back a bit as most of their Development and decision are heavily run in Japan, Sony seem to be world wide and can manage operations better than Nintendo.

I think what they are doing with the Wiiu ports is a brilliant idea from a buisness standpoint..you have all these great games that a great deal of gamers never experienced due to the failure of the Wiiu. This strategy opens up the possibility of adding Millions of users to now be fans of their IP, just look at the same ports selling more on Switch, a large portion of the player base never played the Wiiu ports so it's like new.

Anothe point to make, while we get ports, tons of indie games, we also get some Nintendo new exclusives and a great deal of 3rd party games made for the Switch are exclusive as well, while it might not be huge, uncharted and Halo games, they are great games that are fun and nothing to be scoffed at.

It's all about fun and not just tech specs..and like it or not, Nintendo delivers FUN, plain and simple.

Nintendo doing great.

When Splatoon 3 is your biggest announcement, then maybe don't do a Direct?

I guess they're doing what they can, but it's the same as their last two gens: Get all their best titles out in the first year or two and then every other year have lesser titles come out. I really want to see a fully developed and newly realized Metroid game though. It has been too long.

You get a port, you get a port. Everybody gets a port!

Nintendo knows what they are doing. Why would they drop new hardware to compete against ps5 and new xbox. Nintendo will bide their time for a switch upgrade when they have new system selling games as well as the right opening in the market. The current switch model is just fine, does the job well, oh its also selling like hotcakes.

Underpowered, overpriced hardware, barely innovation in games, no social interactions/environment. Sad excuse for a console. When I scroll through the store it becomes terribly sluggish after a few pages.

the switch now reminds me exactly of the Wii during its hayday. you would find a wii surrounded by all the usual titles associated with nintendo and thats how it remeained. the switch is similar because its printing money due to it being a like for like replacement for the 3ds children and students are lapping it up all it is is a constant flow of ports.

dont get me wrong ports are a good thing but this is how switch will carry on untill they release a new home system and tbh imo i dont think we will ever see a dedicated home system from nintendo again it will be this hybrid design

I don't think so.

I'm a new owner of a switch. It's not a console that sells itself on the idea of making groundbreaking next gen games.

They focus on the fun of games for everyone.
That's why their announcements consist of bringing previous game forward, new Splatoon, animal crossing, pokemon, some Zelda news here and there, and of course monster hunter.

They don't feel the need to go further not because of fanatics or excuses. They simply never have gone further. More out of choice than this idea of being excused.

It's a great handheld and second console for hardcore's. It doesn't even force you through a trophy system to stay within it's eco system

I always think of it as the most excessive portable shovelware console.

But I still love my nintendo games.

It’s Nintendo. They’re now in a position where they don’t have to try nearly as hard, and fans will love them anyways, and defend every last decision they make, and they’re taking that to the bank. They don’t need to improve the Switch as far as their bottom line is concerned, because it prints money anyways.

I love Nintendo and all, and I give them credit for making the Switch so successful, but they’re a prime example of why I don’t like when one company has too much success. The Switch is great, but I have suggestions on how it can be even better. Nintendo doesn’t need my suggestions though, because they’re doing amazing regardless.

On the plus side, the Switch is the only Nintendo console you need to keep as everything released on previous consoles is being ported to it.

Nintendo, inventor of the remastered-remaster. Essentially no new content for years.

Nintendo is squeezing the juice! Profit over improvement..

Nintendo are like Mercedes Benz nowadays big noble respected name in the industry but got all fat and complacent with all their past glories and current lazy cash cow that sells just because it's a Nintendo.
Their new GLA looks like Japanese MPV and CKD model in my country were just cut down version without electric tailgate,backseat armrest,no second row A/C and cup holders in the back where the last gen GLA have all of the equipment and cheaper brand new.
See the similarity?
Nintendo get it rolling with the full priced ports and spotty online service with carrot games pulled from far superior Virtual Console.
While the competitor blew past it with more bang for the buck games and more powerful hardware.
BMW and Audi have far better offerings in my country at the moment and Audi here are CBU models.

People just can't satisfy themselves with anything nowadays. How boring and depressed you must feel to write such an article like this? Do you even spent the deserved high-quality hours the Switch system and library currently offers?

Switch is an amazing system by itself and it has an amazing high-quality library of games released over the years and innovative accessories.

For me, bringing the best WiiU games to the system is welcoming, since they are peaking the best WiiU games anyway. And WiiU was a failure that most of Switch owners never had.

Still, there is new games on the pipeline, just not today or tomorrow! Zelda BOTW2 is a game worth waiting for...

Huh?

Last I checked the switch was dominating everything.

I feel like the big N has been intentionally trying to piss off it's community for the past few years.

Nintendo are taking their fans for a ride with the endless Wii U ports.

And where the hell is Metroid Prime 4? This was announced at the Switch launch and still no sign of it? I bought my first Switch on the promise of a new Metroid and sold it 6 months later. Then I bought a Switch Lite thinking that Prime 4 was not going to be far off, but sold it just after my PS5 arrived. Sick of waiting. I won't be buying another one.