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Mr.GameCrazy on 01 January 2017
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maxleresistant said:
Mr.GameCrazy said:

What's complicated about the controls for the Nintendo Switch? They look like pretty much like traditional controls (besides the Joy Cons when they are used by themselves are very simple).

This is from the official website 

"Gaming springs into action by removing detachable Joy-Con controllers from either side of Nintendo Switch. One player can use a Joy-Con controller in each hand; two players can each take one; or multiple Joy-Con can be employed by numerous people for a variety of gameplay options. They can easily click back into place or be slipped into a Joy-Con Grip accessory, mirroring a more traditional controller. Or, if preferred, the gamer can select an optional Nintendo Switch Pro Controller to use instead of the Joy-Con controllers. Furthermore, it is possible for numerous people to bring their Nintendo Switch systems together to enjoy local multiplayer face-to-face competition."

If you think that most people aren t lost by all this, you are wrong. The wiiU was already a mess because it had 3 official controllers, people couldn t wrap their head around the fact that you could only have one gamepad per wiiU. 

I know we are all gamers here, but the market is not just us, it s mainly average consumers who likes simple and easy to use products.

I don t see the switch as a simple product, I see it as a product that tries to do too many thing and does nothing properly.

I own a WiiU, I remember when I bought Nintendoland, that game is a mess, you need the gamepad, wiimotes, wii motion plus, nunchucks, and you spend too much time changing the configurations. It had some nice mini games, but it was just a pain in the ass.


there is nothing wrong with a box and 4 normal controllers. Or a handheld that is just a handheld. The DS with its two screens was a great innovation, but that doesn t mean that every Nintendo console should try to reinvente the wheel

I'm sorry for not really responding to your points earlier. My break was almost over before returning to work at that point and I didn't really have time to really try to address the issues you mentioned.

I don't see how that is would be really confusing to general consumers when the reveal trailer for the Nintendo Switch makes it very clear how these control schemes would work (well at least from my point of view).

I don't really think having 3-4 options is really trying to do too many things while failing to do any of them properly.