I have a feeling that indie gamers originally playing indie games on their PS4 all got a Switch for their future indie gaming. Am I wrong?

Also, this reminded me to preorder the game.

Nah, I was thinking more like something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfiS_PV3V-4

What makes you think 2D games are inferior to 3D games? Undertale sold over 3 million copies on Steam alone for example. Stardew Valley did even better with over 3.6 million copies sold on Steam. Hollow Knight already sold over 800K copies.

Hellblade only sold 300K copies on Steam.

Also that footage is old, they have improved on the art-style since then (just read their blog and look at the screenshots).

Indies sell better on Switch than any other platform because they're often just as good as the other versions, but with the added benefit of portability. Nintendo also heavily pushes indie games with their "Nindie" brand. They often promote indie games in the News section of the Nintendo Switch, they feature indie games like Rocket League and Undertale at E3 or Nintendo directs and they hold Nindie Showdown livestreams which focuses exclusively on the promising indie games coming to the Switch.

Stop trying to turn this into console wars and act like the PS4 is better because it sells more "big boy" games. It's condescending and far from the truth.

For a gaming community that has no clue what's in their console's online store unless its made by a AAA publisher, there sure was a massive backlash when Sony allowed ★★★★★ 1000 Top Rated into their storefront.

By the way, I game on multiple consoles as well as PC, and I still play and appreciate indie games as well as the big name releases.  If someone can't enjoy a game on the sole basis that it isn't a $60 big budget "Triple A" release, then I feel bad for them as a person.

This thread's title inherently invokes a console war. A dime-a-dozen 2-d platformer has 10 times more preorders on the Switch than the PS4. I mean, the obviously reaction is a "Duh!" That's the Switch's bread-and-butter. It's hardly thread-worthy particularly since the game looks so bad. Make it about Owlboy as that's an actually good 2-d platformer. I'll be curious to see how it does on PS4 in a few months.

The game isn't even out yet and you already claim it's bad? Lol.

I really fail to see what looks so bad about this: 

The animations are completely stiff. You have to look at the actual gameplay, not still images.

Beautiful art styles have a stronger resonance with people strong imaginations.  Those who don't will automatically reject anything that "doesn't look real" to them.

And I quote the developer here: 

"Ultimately we ended up with a style that we believe is timeless just as the classic games. For now, please enjoy 6 of our Gamescom 2017 screenshots, updated with the new graphics. Our latest change was a big one: All of Monster Boys transformations are getting hand-drawn animations and it adds a lot of detail and character to the game. A very unique look for all generations of players"

Date: 18 January, 2018

In other words: the footage you showed is old, out-dated and not representative of the final game.

Use the 'quote' button.