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Ljink96 on 16 January 2017
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Great video. I love Nintendo and want them to succeed just like Jim does but there's so much bullshit surrounding the Switch it isn't even funny.

However, I have toned back on my issue with pricing after hearing that Wii U didn't make Nintendo any money since it released. They're looking to make a profit and they'll achieve that with Switch and software on the Switch. Even if they don't sell as many as they'd like, at least it'll be recouping R&D costs and adding profit in the process.

Nintendo's online structure is so far a joke. They want you to use your phone for voice chat...that's the worst idea I've ever heard. I thought since NVIDIA was co-developing the Switch, it'd have some basic functions already built into it so Nintendo wouldn't have to worry about it...I guess not.

The eShop and Virtual Console. Why they wouldn't talk about this is insane. Especially with the catalog that they have. As Jim said, Nintendo has the abilitiy to crush anything PS+ and Xbox Live have to offer in terms of retro content but they refuse to do so. The Switch should be more than capable of making a slew of games avaialable for Switch launch. There's no reason why every single Nes and Snes game shouldn't be available on day 1. Is that too much to ask...maybe, but its the principle that matters. It's a simple matter of making a universal emulator available on your platform.

We have hackers making Gameboy Advance and Snes emulators on the Wii that run near perfectly. A universal emulator for each console should be achievable on Switch. Nintendo acted like Yoshi's Island couldn't be put on Wii Virtual console because of the special chip, I've played it on Snes9xgx perfectly. Are they really that incompetent? NES, Snes, Gameboy/Color/Advance, 64 and Gamecube games should be ready to go day 1.

I just wonder sometimes what's going through their minds. Do they even remotely pay attention to the other console makers that are simply destroying them in market share? They used to care back then about things like that. When Sega came out with Genesis, they didn't spare any time getting to work on the Snes. They cared about what the competition was doing and they at least tried to match them, along with their own hardware quirks that put them over the top.

Nintendo needs new leadership, end of story.