What went wrong?

What went wrong?

Nothing.

It would be easier to list what went right.

>BotW
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That's about it.

Releasing a handheld and then marketing it as a console so then its compared to actual home consoles which far outclass a handheld.

shit specs

No games
Overpriced accessories
Paid online

But it's not a handheld

In Nintendo's eyes, it's a home console that has portability as a gimmick. It's not meant to replace their handheld line and they likely have an actual handheld in the works that will be everything the Switch is not, like having a good battery life, be pocket sized, and be decently priced.

I'm a bit sad, I won't say PiiPoo as often once it's released

Not enough porn.

It IS a handheld. The console is not the dock, its the tablet.

As a handheld, its quite adequate and by far the most capable portable gaming system Nintendo has put out.

However when you market it as a home console, people start comparing it to other home consoles and then theres just no winning there.

Every other fucking sentence.

Yes. To piss on it and then refund it.

still don't know what it is supposed to do

>paid online
>ludicrously priced peripherals
>no games at launch
>no seriously, everything announced so far should've been day 1

WiiU port.

>The console is not the dock, its the tablet.
I understand this but it doesn't make it a handheld. It's far less convenient, less portable and less affordable than a handheld should be. The Switch is a portable console. I would argue that this is distinct from a handheld console.

The Switch is basically a doubling down on the Wii U's concept. It's what the Wii U was supposed to be

I mean, Nintendo is calling it a home console and saying it's not replacing the 3DS so why is there any mistaking this? Reggie said games are still in the pipes for 3DS and I would bet tons of money they have a real handheld coming, probably revealing it sometime this year or next

same console as wii u
want le casual gamer audience of the wii
3 gen late, price (controller pro )
line up is weak
paid online

You're dumb. If Nintendo did anything right, it is painstakingly elaborate on the Switch's features as a console. It's the opposite of the WiiU - they almost spent too much time telling us what the Switch was.

so it is a console or a handheld

Nobody knows, not even Nintendo. They're pushing it as a home console you take on the go when emphasizing its portability is its selling point. The problem being it doesn't have the battery life nor software to back that up. Who fucking knows, I don't.

Semantics, considering that a handheld is effectuvely a portable console. By Nintendo's word though, it is a home console that can take on a handheld form. Buy it or no, that's the angle they're spinning and they were quite transparent about that.

It's Wii U 2.0 with a 3 hour tether instead of a 30 foot tether

When they call it a home console they mean it. It won't be getting handheld games

it being made to be a wii u replacement instead of a 3ds replacement that can be used as a console forcing devs to make current gen AAA trash it can't handle as well as shovelware noone wants while the still supported 3DS gets all the mobile games it really needs but doesn't get.

All the places in my area running out of pre-orders in less than 72 hours.

they refused to get out of the hardware business

>It's far less convenient, less portable and less affordable than a handheld should be
That doesn't mean it's not a handheld, it just means its a bad one.

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