in the worst case, we get a 3DS that have all Nintendo home console games, and also lots of vita games.
If just a sequel of 3DS would be amazing, a machine like this would be even more amazing.
And given the specs, seem that batery life would be longer than 3DS's.

i have so much hype for pokemon games... and i bought it day 1 for myself... both sun and moon....
and another sun and moon each one for my two nephew to play!!!!! i ammmm soooo hyped!!! then they told me it is a kid's game... they are 8 and 9

:(

Very well said. 

Falling for hype usually happens because you weren't informed enough and/or you purposely ignored information/negative possibilitys. Wont lie, this has happened to me a few times, but in my defense it's because some games can be more enjoyable when you go into them blind. Okay, fine, it's also because I was a fanboy that I brushed off the bits of negative info I did hear about lel. But anyway, you'll never have this problem as long as you inform yourself. Despite saying that, I still plan on going into BotW blind!

It feels nice to be positive even when it doesnt go your way 

It will fail to get decent 3rd party support for any meaningful multiplats. We'll see 'just dance' kind of stuff at best.

I don't believe that there is enough of a market for a relatively bulky, not particularly fast 'master-of-none' device such as this. Incredible first party could make it compelling, but the biggest likely release is Zelda, which presents something of a no-win. Big Nintendo fans already have WiiUs. Zelda was promised for the WiiU. If they cancel Zelda for WiiU, it's going to REALLY dirty their reputation. If they don't, it could cripple sales potential for the Switch.

My idea is that they should absolutely not cancel Zelda switch, but go strong with aggressive tactics right out of the gate.

Keep supply tightly coiled to demand, to nearly but not quite keep them in stock. Instead of having enough stock for 110% of demand, try to hit more like 95% of demand so that they're not impossible to find, but get that extra hype that comes from something that seems to be popular by association.

Also, price it NO MORE than $199 with Zelda packed in. If they can't meet the release date, then pack in whatever the best game they can instead. Give the full controller in that package as well.

Nintendo makes HUGE margins on their 1st party game sales, as they own the IPs, they don't have to pay external devs, etc. Ditto accessory packs, extra controllers, etc. If they have to lose money to get this thing in a lot of hands quickly, that's the right path.

If this weak device with basically zero chance of decent multiplat support, major online infrastructure, etc, launches for $249 and no pack-in system seller? I think the odds are decent it's the last Nintendo console released. They will make the occassional 'SNES Mini' kind of device every few years as stocking stuffers, but go fully third party. Because if the Switch sells as poorly or worse than the WiiU, which is looking more likely all the time, then I can't see them bothering to try again.

Because people like to fool themselves and expect to much even if only to end up in despair

Still waiting for the "gamecube 2"
A simple console that gets the job done, cheap, without gimmicks, and with great first and third party support for gamers.



The Switch has almost all of that. But the problem is that it is alone in its own segment. Yes the console will have multiplatform games, but a publisher won t be able to port ALL their games on it. And if they want to bring more games, they ll have to make exclusive ones.

Best case scenario we end up with a Wii2, the system is a success, lots of exclusives from third parties, lots a of crappy ports heavily downgraded.
Worst case scenario its a WiiU2, and we are screwed.And so is Nintendo.

Let just hope its a success, and that Nintendo will pave the way for a more diversified library of games. We need games like metroid, f zero, rogue leader, perfect dark, eternal darkness, 1080, wave race. More deals like the one with capcom on the GC.

Nintendo needs to get their teeth out, they need to stop coasting and start acting again like this is a competition. And they need to win some battles.
Regardless of the power of that system, if the game of the year is Overwatch for example, then Nintendo have to get it on their system.
Next year might be amdromeda, but well, no way it runs on switch lol

The Gamecube was a failure for Nintendo though.