Nintendo stock down 6% following Switch presentation

[Illusion]

Yeah, when I first saw the HD rumble feature I was super hyped because I thought that Nintendo might be making that the central innovation of the console. Depending on how advanced this feature is, Nintendo could have possibly created another fad like the Wii was and built games around the rumble feature like what Wii Sports did for motion controls. Unfortunately, I am getting the feeling now that the Switch is another Wii U rehash where Nintendo just doesn't know exactly what this console is supposed to be. Is it a console, is it a handheld? (2 - 6 hour battery life doesn't give me a lot of confidence) Is it going to use a traditional controller or are motion-controls the focus? Is the rumble feature going to define how games are made for the Switch, or will it be something that nobody bothers with utilizing? The Switch seems to want to be everything and Nintendo is just throwing a bunch features out there and not really pulling it together into one succinct message. This is what is driving up the price but without a clear message as to what the Switch's purpose is, I don't think that people have been given a good reason to pay this price.

I was not particularly a fan of the Wii, but I have to say that Nintendo was pin-point in their messaging of what that Wii was meant to do. When you bought a Wii, you were getting motion controls, simple as that. When I buy a Switch, I really don't know what I am getting right now. I know that there are not many games coming out at launch that interest me but that is about the only thing I am sure of right now.

This was not a great presentation. Nintendo needed to fork lightning with this event and showed how much they learned from their mistakes with the Wii U. Instead, I am seeing something that looks even more confused than what the Wii U was. Nintendo cannot afford another screw-up, the Switch needed to be better than just "OK" given Nintendo's current situation but I am not sure that it even meets that very low bar. I am just hoping that this was a weak presentation and that Nintendo will get their messaging figured out very soon.