Do You Have Nintndo Derangement Syndrome? The Nintendo Misinformation Thread

[Wman1996]

curl-6 said:

Perhaps it's just a sign of the times we live in, but I've never seen anything like the relentless campaign of hate and misinformation thrown at Switch 2 over the last two months at any previous console launch. Not even Wii U, Xbox One, or PS3 got bashed this viciously.

It got to the point where people were being attacked and mocked online just for buying one or even being excited for it.

Very gratifying to see all the hate fail miserably.

Some people just have an axe to grind with Nintendo, and I see two main camps. The people tend to say...

1. Nintendo makes weak hardware and stuff I've never really been interested in. Their prices are outrageous and they're so greedy and I want them to fail.

2. Nintendo has made a lot of systems I love but lost a lot of their magic with Switch and has gotten greedier than ever with Switch and Switch 2. I want to buy their hardware and some of the games but not until the content and price changes.

Number 2 seems to be less common because I cannot fathom viewing even 3DS+Wii U combined as a better generation than Switch. Of course, Switch isn't perfect and has perhaps even more Anti-consumer choices than 3DS+Wii U but the staggering number of games to play on Switch is evident. And the hardware itself is more appealing than Wii U and it's a hybrid. 3DS does still have some advantages as a pure handheld even when compared to Switch Lite.

Nintendo apparently treats their employees very well in terms of pay, work-life balance, etc. Admittedly they go nuclear on fan mods, IP protection and the like.

I don't see Nintendo as one of the evilest corporations in gaming or the world as a whole, but they have done plenty of immoral things.