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Kai_Mao on 04 January 2017
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Ventura said:
zorg1000 said:

Do you even know what a gimmick is? It's a special feature for the sake of a special feature, that does not describe Switch because the concept has an actual purpose, just like Wii.

Wait, so PS4 & XBO aren't consoles with the same games yet again? Call of Duty, Battlefield, Madden, FIFA, NBA 2K, Grand Theft Auto, Assassin's Creed, Fallout, Halo, Gears, Uncharted, Far Cry, Rainbow Six, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, Star Wars Battlefront, The Witcher, Skyrim, Souls, Batman Arkham, Need for Speed, Mortal Kombat, Just Cause, Mafia, Elder Scrolls, Wolfenstein, Ratchet & Clank, Doom, Tomb Raider, Thief, Dead Rising, Forza, etc.

Dont get me wrong, PS4/XBO do have a handful of big, new IP like Destiny, Watch Dogs, The Division, Titanfall, Overwatch, etc. but lets not pretend like Nintendo platforms dont have any quality, new IP like Splatoon, Tomodachi, Yokai Watch, Fantasy Life, Captain Toad, etc.

You did yourself no favours when you just named a huge portion of different franchises whilst at the same time only mentioning a fraction of them.

PS4 and Xbox One will continue to have worthwhile new games also. The Switch will not, maybe at first but that's all.

It will without a doubt crash and burn, some kiddy game like Captain Road will not save it.

The Wii was a special exception because of its gimmick and it being popular with everyone even those who don't care about games. That will not be true for the Switch.

It's going to be another WiiU where it'll be an inferior console with drastically inferior games and the exact same kind of games that Nintendo only ever seems to put out.

that awkward moment when you realize that a game like Super Mario Galaxy (on Wii) was able to gain critical acclaim (overthrown OoT in GameRankings as the highest acclaimed game ever) and win GoTY awards even over games like Halo 3, CoD MW, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Prime 3, The Orange Box, etc. in one of the greatest years in gaming.

Hardware means ass when it comes to making great games. The PS1 and PS2 had inferior specs compared to N64 and GameCube respectively and were able to garner their own set of great games (and yes the N64 and GameCube had great games as well). It's not how much power or whatnot that makes the game, it's how you utilize them and express your creativity through the gameplay and surrounding elements that go all by with the gameplay (story, characters, level design, etc.). Games like No Mans Sky may have great ambition due to utilizing the power of the PS4 and/or Xbone, but it doesn't automatically make them great games.