Biggest pleasant surprise of the Switch era

[Wman1996]

curl-6 said:

Valdney said:

First let me congratulate the OP: Great, great topic for a thread. It was quite nice going through the comments.

Thank you. :) I've really enjoyed seeing everyone's responses too.

I think the thing I like most about the Switch era compared to the preceding Wii U gen is how much more positivity there is now, not just because it's doing better in sales, but because its generally doing a better job of satisfying its players.

In 2015 I nearly quit VGChartz because the discourse surrounding Nintendo was just so overwhelmingly negative that it just wasn't fun anymore. Now, things are so much more upbeat and exciting.

2015 and 2016 were probably the darkest days of Nintendo as a video game company. Yes, there were some titles to play on Wii U and 3DS those years. But not enough, and a lot of disappointments. 

I've had my issues with the Switch, but I still enjoy tons of its software. It tentatively is in my top 3-4 platforms of all-time, and we'll see where it ranks once its successor is out. 

I'll add crossplay in as another pleasant surprise I didn't mention before. Who would've thought that Sony would be more against it than Nintendo?