They say 3, stop trying to make the number tinier, is the same when everybody voluntarily forgets they said 2.5h - 6.5h instead of 6,  is the same battery life as Vita or better and I have seen literally no one complaining about that one, 3 hours is already more than what a mobile lasts when you are gaming to anything slitghly demanding and guess what, they are the most popular gaming device and frequently way more expensive.

Paywall to multiplayer, expensive replacement parts or new joycons. Lack of any compelling Switch only games at launch, cheaper alternatives with consoles their friends probably have. Wii U only had half the problems.

I never count Nintendo out, but It couldn't be a tougher sell if they tried.

Hardware designs don't really stop a game from "breaking out" ... case in point, the Game Boy was almost 2 feet in its grave before Pokemon came out nowhere to reignite the platform.

Same thing with Monster Hunter on PSP, it looked like the DS was going to trouce it, but in Japan MH gave the PSP life. Even the DS, before Brain Training things were not going well at all.

The issue with Switch I'm not really seeing the game idea here that's going to drive hardware sales to a monumental level. There's no Wii Sports kind of *new* idea that looks like it could draw millions of new people. 1,2 Switch is the same tired mini-game Wario Ware mini-games idea. In 10 years Nintendo has not really evolved the idea of "casual gaming" beyond the same "wave your arms around for 2 minutes, it's hillarious!" mini-game concept.

Splatoon is great for Japan, but in North America or Europe, Splatoon really did not boost Wii U hardware sales.

Super Mario Odyessy looks cool, that said it's returning to a more open-world Mario style, which is nice, but Mario Sunshine I remember had a ton of pressure on it to sell GameCubes and it couldn't get the job done.

ARMS looks neat, maybe that can break out, but I'm not sure, I was actually surprised that Game Xplain said that the game actually has a fairly steep learning curve. Mario Kart 8 is a port of a 2 year old game that millions of people have already played.

Like saying you're going to "break out" and capture this new audience is all fine and dandy, it's like a person saying they're going to become a big-time model ... without the looks to go with it. That's kind of a problem.

From what Nintendo showed, I saw a lot of great Nintendo games, but the GameCube and Wii U also had a lot of great Nintendo games, in Wii U's case it had a lot of these same or similar games.

No. I see nothing about it that seems any different than what the Vita or Wii U was offering. its severely limiting in audience offerings.

True, for every plus for Switch there's a minus. That isn't good.

yeah, It suffers from the same issues that both platforms had. It has pluses when it comes to tech, but so did the Wii U and Vita....but it comes down to the delivery, market and offerings. 

It had all of the core games, but paled in the shadow of the main  offerings the primary platforms of Sony and Nintendo. The Vita was in the PS3's shadow and the Wii U was in the 3DS shadow. Whats alarming is how few games are actually ready for it. It just shows how Nintendo pushed the console out too early. We got few third party views on finished products. No bueno.

No, not really, it isnt doing anything that different. Motion controls, been there. Ninty games been there. the hybrid concept hasnt been done that much but that doesnt really change the way you play GAMES. If anything this will appeal to true game freaks

I read in some german news-site, that the support of DeNA results in something for the online-experience of the Switch. Whatever that means. Could it bring in the mobile gamers?