Nintendo Switch is perfectly viable as a primary or even only gaming device...

[WhatATimeToBeAlive]

Shiken said:

WhatATimeToBeAlive said:

But they are not equally viable. If you asked gamers what console they would choose as their primary/only console, I would bet my money that majority would choose PS4. Switch could be second, but if PS4 didn't exist, majority would most likely choose Xbox One.

And one of the main reason for this is that for example this year there have been at least 15 AAA games ranging from good to great that are not on Switch. How is it bias if you state this fact?

You could probably find some people whose primary/only console is Ouya (because they prefer its games, etc.) but what's the point? There are millions of people whose primary/only console is Switch, but it's not a valid argument to state that it's equally viable.

You have to look outside of your bubble man.  I will use myself as an example, and there are many many people in the same boat.  It is not rocket science, and it is sad that I have to keep bringing up the same points to counter the same arguments over and over.  It seems nay sayers are desperately trying to downplay the Switch because admitting that Nintendo has a viable primary console is taboo to them.

 

Like I have been saying, it is all about TIME.  The Switch has more than enough retail games to keep gamers entertained.  There are good titles that will not come to Switch, I have a PS4 Pro AS A SIDE CONSOLE for those games.  By getting the multiplat games that do come to Switch, I have double the time to actually play the games than my PS4 allows.  I own RDR2, but instead of starting it I finished Starlink, Wolfenstein 2, and invested a chunk of time into Warframe.  All of those games are good games and worth my time.  When I have the time to play RDR2  I will.  But right now, Switch is most viable.

 

It is due to this fact that I, and more people than some of you are willing to admit, buy and play more games on Switch rather than PS4 or X1.  The PS4 having the bigger library has no bearing on people with this situation.  So yes, depending on the needs of the gamer, the Switch is just as viable of a primary console than any of the other to the mainstream.  You do not equal the mainstream, hell the forums do not equal the mainstream.  Many of the people I speak of do not have the time to spend on forums, let alone be tied to a tv.

 

You can have the biggest library in the world, but without the time to play the games, it is pointless.  To those that do not like Nintendo games nor value portability, it is an easy decision.  There is nothing wrong woth going with the PS4 or X1.  But if you do like Nintendo games and that portability is important to you, like it is to many, then there is also nothing wrong with going with the Switch instead.  The fact that it is selling as well as it is in a slow year should be proof enough of this fact.

Yeah, like I said there are millions of people whose primary/only console is Switch. And for you it's your primary console because of time and Nintendo IPs. But if you are arguing that if gamers could choose, about as many would choose Switch as their primary/only console as PS4 (or Xbox), you are most likely wrong.

It's ultimately that harsh, that until Switch sales are close to PS4 or if you have comprehensive poll results of people's primary consoles, you can't say that Switch is equally viable as a primary/only console. Sorry.

It should be telling that this argument has to be even maid, that there is something "wrong". No one would make an argument like: "PS4 is equally viable as a primary/only console", because it would be pointless. Sorry if that sounded harsh.