Switch third party price, value and perception

[GhaudePhaede010]

Jumpin said:

GhaudePhaede010 said:

The main reason Switch has not replaced my Wii U is because the multiplayer is so much better on Wii U than on Switch. Funny you should say that as your opening sentence.

But it doesn't. First off, the Wii U restricts the user to the home with only one proper controller. Local multiplayer is limited to 4 player split screen and confined to home use unless you want to lug it around with all the controllers, hook it up to some TV, load it up, and 15 minutes later have a game.  Unless you're playing with your kids, you're probably not doing much in the way of local multiplayer at home. For the most part, Wii U wasn't a quality multiplayer platform.

On the other hand, the portability factor of the Switch allows me to play up to 8-player local wireless multiplayer Mario Kart 8 at the office every lunch hour. It takes only a few seconds to get it started, very low hassle. It's one of the best local multiplayer experiences of all time.

Less than two months into the Switch's lifecycle, it had eclipsed the Wii U as a local multiplayer console. It's only been getting better since (although I don't see us being done with Mario Kart for a very long time yet), and the future holds Pokemon. I've never really played a Pokemon game (Aside from Pokemon Go), but I'm not oblivious to the fact that it will probably outstrip the entire Wii U userbase in popularity. Not to mention, when Monster Hunter arrives on the Switch, it will finally be able to mix the quality of a home console with the play style that made the series as big as it has become - local multiplayer.

But your opinion does not make for fact. Check it out:

 

1) I own Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed and it is 5 players. Not to mention NintendoLand is up to 5 players as well. So, limited to 4 players is... untrue.

2) You kind of left out the main reason why I like multiplayer more on Wi U than Switch. Off-TV play.

 

Now, I am not saying it is not a step up from 3DS because it is. But a step up from Wii U? Nope. I cannot play Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper with my daughter the same way as before. We each had our own screen. Now, it feels like a step backward. You know my neighbors actually enjoyed playing 1v1 CoD on Wii U the most because... NO SCREEN CHEATING. That actually made the game more enjoyable than playing split-screen where we can see each other's respawn point. So, while you think it is a step over Wii U, I do not. And it is OK for you to have your reasons for believing so because, they are legitimate to you. But that does not mean I have to agree with your opinion because your opinion is not fact.