While I agree that the PS and Xbox brand are sort of stuck in the mud when it comes to changing it up, I don't agree that the Switch is providing the right alternative. Chasing tablet customers and, once again, shitting on online aspects in favor of local multiplayer, is not terribly clever, nor is it what the vast majority of the market wants. And Nintendo are continuing their tradition of grossly overpaid peripherals and accessories (and will likely continue to charge crazy for their games for a long time, full price after two years on the market is unacceptable today), and their recent insistence of charging a high premium for relatively poor performance hardware, this is most certainly not where the industry should be in that regard.
With publishers fleecing us on DLC and microtransactions, ridiculous pre-order bonuses and other tosh, we certainly don't want crazy prices on all accessories and never ending hiked prices on base software in addition.
I'm all for doing things differently, both in hardware and software (I remember playing Zenoclash and being blown away by the atmosphere and feel of the thing), but being different doesn't always mean good news. Not simply chasing better graphics is fine (I actually wrote about my disappointment over this in the UNITY thread), but the Switch is not the antidote.
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