Nintendo Switch is perfectly viable as a primary or even only gaming device...

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AngryLittleAlchemist said:

This thread IS really poor because it's essentially baiting for replies that you knew would suck. Either that or you just didn't think this through at all. However considering how this thread is set up, it doesn't seem that way. I'm not saying you have bad intentions, but I think subconsciously you were looking for an outlet to defend Nintendo against a criticism that honestly is pretty rare. 

For example, your OP states: 

"Instead of just making a long list of points to counter what is most commonly argued for the contrary, lets play a game."

then in your first and only reply to another person: 

"Replies like this make it evident that you have no real counter to the various points that have been made."

What points? You said it yourself, you didn't make any points in the OP! You expected other people to do the work for you by either reading every reply in the thread or starting the discussion in the first place (because a referee shooting a gun in the air doesn't start a race until the people actually begin to run), so that they can argue against a position you hold that they can't reasonably argue against because you didn't explain the position at all. Your OP doesn't state any valuable arguments, so it's impossible for people to argue with it, because no points were made.

Not only that, but you had to know that the people who would counter this would be irrational, because you yourself state:

"Also note, that I am speaking of the Switch in general.  Everyone is different and will need different criteria to meet their gaming needs.  So arguments like, "I do not care about portability" are null and void, because this is about why the Switch is just as viable as any other console as a primary, not why it does not meet your personal needs."

If someone who is a rational person, is going to argue against a subjective claim ("the Switch is a viable primary console"), how would they do so without at least recognizing that their counter-claim would be subjective? They can't. So you're essentially closing discussion to only fit people who are irrational. Is that really that different from baiting someone by using their personal bias against them? Rational commentators do not go on to write in every Nintendo thread about how Switch is not a viable main platform. In fact, most irrational posters don't either. I've only seen this type of comment made like 9 times since joining this site, which is in the span of almost 2 years, and 3 of them are in this thread (and they're not even outright saying it, so it's debatable it's more like 6). 

Again, I don't think you're doing it on purpose, I just think you didn't think through the implications. 

Ok quick reply to your two main points.  When I replied to the guy, he straight up called me annoying.  Ok cool, I am thick skinned, NP.  But what this implied was that maybe he was annoyed with my responses and failed to add anything contructive to the discussion.  Admittedly however, I was working when I made that reply and maybe I jumped the gun.  If so, my bad.

 

To the next point, I was simply trying to nip in the butt the bias arguments of only looking at their own point of view.  The point of the thread is to illustrate how the Switch is just as viable as a primary platform as any of the others based on the needs of the gamer.  What it is NOT about is trying to discredit any of the other platforms, but highlight that many gamers have different needs.  You have to admit, there is an abundance of people who would dismiss the viability of a platform to "real gamers" because of their own bias.  As you can tell by the replies however, it did not work (to be fair, it should have been obvious it wouldn't lol).