Nintendo Switch, what did you like, and what did you dislike?

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zorg1000 said:

Volterra_90 said:
So can somebody tell me what's the definition of gimmick? What's gimmicky about portability? What's gimmicky about having detachable controls which allow you to play outside easily, in a trip with your friends or something? Also, it's very Nintendo-like, trying to have a focus in social gaming. Kind of refreshing after all this VR hype lately.

gimmick is typically defined as a special feature for the sake of a special feature, something that really doesnt have a meaningful purpose and is just there to be different.

based on that, i wouldnt really consider Switch to be gimmicky since the concept of consolidating their two product lines into one serves an actual purpose.

I think the detachable controllers are a bit of a gimmick. They're not even symmetical. The two different halves will feel different in your hand depending on which side you get. Furthermore, you're literally halving your control options by splitting a controller in half. How good is it going to be trying to control a game with one thumbstick instead of two? With 1-2 shoulder buttons instead of 4?

Using those mini controllers in two player mode is probably going to suck pretty bad.