Disappointed in the lack of polish in this title, although it was clear early on this was the case. Sad to hear it doesn't match the quality in other Nintendo games when X was easily the go to game on Wii U as well as XC on Wii.

Third parties are going to do what they are going to do, regardless of platform or hardware.  When a dev is cutting corners for a deadline, it doesn't matter how good the hardware is.  Did the specs of the Xbox One and PS4 prevent Ubisoft from dumping Assassin's Creed Unity onto the market in a horrible state?  Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was apparently pushed to make it out in time for Switch's first holiday season when it probably would have benefited from more time.  It's not a matter of 1st party vs 3rd party.  It's a matter of rushing to meet a deadline.

all that stuff about bad performance and i only noticed a framedip once in the village(not saying they don't happen) but threads like this remind me how good or badly a games performs is usually blown out of proportion by gamers on forums

Being in production for 3.5 years is no guarantee that it was fully ready at launch. The E3 build of XBC2 looked far from finished, more like something you'd expect from a game a year or more away. The first 3 years of production could have gone fine, but then the final 6 months or so could've been a mad rush that resulted in the game being pushed out the door before being fully polished in order to make it out in time for the holidays.

The PS4 version of Doom doesn't fluctuate much, and only slightly when it does (the exact quote from DF "it boasts a full 1080p output for the vast majority of the duration, with minor drops in resolution occurring in select circumstances"). It's not perfect, but the PS4 version is certainly a better example than a game with no secondary reference at all, and with issues not currently present in any other Nintendo title (despite being made by one of Nintendo's most technically competent studios).

My point (which was largely in agreement with yours, just with a different reference) is that Doom presented far more wiggle room for the Switch than most higher end PS4/X1 titles, which makes it a good reference for many less flexible ones. It doesn't predict the specific outcome (especially when compared to titles with very different technical balances), but it does give a baseline for what a flexible title can do, and by extension highlight the difficulties some less flexible titles will face. MHW could well be such an example. It runs at almost half Doom's performance profile, and has a much less focused design. If it pushes the PS4 anywhere near as much as Doom, then Doom would be a good reference for saying something like "porting MHW would be exceptionally difficult".

It's also worth noting that XCX spent 5+ years in development. 3.5 years might be a lot, but it doesn't grantee they were 100% done. Given the unique nature of XC2's issues, and the record of who made it, i'm still inclined to believe time restrains played a role.

(Just a side note: My future replies might be a bit slow, sorry. I'm currently not staying at home, and don't like posting on my phone. I popped back to get some washing done, so i wrote this comment while waiting for it to finish lol).

As customers, we have every right to object to being offered subpar products. If I opened a restaurant and started serving terrible food, should I be exempt from criticism?

Some ports are good, others are bad. The latter deserve to be called out.

Seems we're mostly in agreement then :) You're definitely right that XC2 is useful as an additional reference for comparable stuff like MHW (at least the docked version), though we'll need to wait until MHW is out before making firm comparisons.

I tried to get onto VGC on my phone yesterday, but it crashed when i tried to open a thread. I gave up pretty quickly