"It's a fad blah blah blah"
"Nintendo is for babies lolz"
"Handhelds are dead. Doopty doo"
"It wont be great til we get a new Chibi Robo. Hurdy hurd"
"Nintendo should go full mobile. Yadda yadda"
"Everything would sell better if it were on PS4/Xbox. Derpty derp"

The problem is the form factor isn't so relevant, as this will likely also be the only home console produced by Nintendo. The hate is coming from people that want a home console experience.

For people who aren't really interested in handheld gaming the Switch is incredibly underpowered considering it is strongly outmatched by machines released 3 and a half years earlier.

Considering it's form factor, it's a great piece of hardware, but if you just want a console you plug into your TV it's pretty awful.

Yeah, because everybody that doesn't share your opinion is retarted. I'll refer you to my earlier post ^

Grow up.

I'm not demanding a powerful Nintendo system. I'd like to see a Nintendo system that is on par and can get 3rd party ports. They don't have to make a 6TF monster. Nintendo could have easily done this but instead decided to make a tablet that is a little more powerful than hardware they released 5 years ago.

And who is to say that there won't be a online service charge this time? According to surveys Nintendo was thinking about that too.

Anyway if you think the hate is bad now, wait until the Switch comes out.

You'll have months and months of threads about the Switch's sales being lackluster, and just you wait for the Switch vs PS4/XBO graphics comparison threads.

so what your saying is ninendo hatedom will go down after the switch is released.

mark the calendar boys.

Of course it won't go down. If the console turn out to be another Wii U or Gamecube, the Nintendo fans will hate it. If it turns out to be another NES of Wii, the rest of the gaming world will hate it.

So, the real question is, will people hate it and Nintendo makes money, or will people hate it and Nintendo does not make money.

Success brings even more hate no matter what action is taken, anyone expecting a positive shift in opinions from certain groups like the online mob is kidding themselves.

Maybe, I mean the Sony hate has decreased so much since the PS4 arrived. The PS3 deserved all the hate it got, I own one, it's a crappy console TBH.
I also own a WiiU and a 2DS, and well, nothing perfect here either, really really really really far from it.

My main problem with Nintendo today is not because I hate them, it's because I think they are doing the bare minimum, and that they could do so much better, and they should do so much better, also they really don't give any shit about their fans.

If they change that, of course I will cut them some slack, and so will a lot of people.

Like they say haters gonna hate, some people don't really care how nintendo does they just like to hate for no reason.