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Isn't this basically what they did with the Switch? It's very low on gimmicks that never get used (infrared? Touchscreen?), its games on the whole look pretty good (Most first party titles), and people still play it over 6 years later. Also Nintendo has nothing to do with the development of Pokémon - so while shit, they hardly deserve the blame for that.
It's a hand held console with detachable joycons
The “joycons” don’t bring me joy. They make my hands cramp and are only full of cons.
I think the joy cons make it great for party games, it's really convenient to get a 4 player game of Mario Cart going with just two pairs of joy cons.
Yeah until someone gets one with drift
You're supposed to drift in Mario Kart! /s
Third parties do it for me. Sadly, I wish Nintendo would release official ergonomic joy cons. Instead I must buy something Chinese with questionable QC, to get something fully featured compared to the feature-neutered but high-quality Hori licensed ones.
No offense, but I and all my friends enjoy the joycons a lot. It's been wonderful in college and out. I have a sneaking suspicion the people complaining about the switch are not the... target audience anyway.
Eh, really it's a cheap android tablet (sold at a markup) that has a built in slots for some gimmick Bluetooth controllers.
To those I've answered... I'm right though. Your switch isn't some magically engineered hardware from Nintendo. It's an underpowered android tablet. The only thing Nintendo brought was the joycons. And most games don't use the gimmicks of those controllers, because the pro controller exists and it's compatible with every non-gimmick game. And yes it's a cheap android tablet, it was criticized for being underpowered and using it of date hardware when it was new! Look at its hardware, look at the price. Look at say an Nvidia shield and look at its price.
Well, the switch actually has a touchscreen, so not sure what point you're trying to make. Also, the joycons aren't as study as everyone thinks they are including the drifting issue that Nintendo loves to ignore.
Nintendo, Gamefreak, and Creatures Inc. are all co-owners of Pokemon, but Nintendo is the largest shareholder of the three, so yeah if Nintendo looks at the train-wreck launch of the Pokemon games and says little, then they do get the blame for it.