Funny thing is, had Yamauchi not laughed at Microsoft, I'd probably wouldn't be gaming much anymore. At least not on console.

Even leaving aside the question of whether Nintendo would've retained their brilliance in software under MS management, the thought of not getting to play games like Metroid Prime 3, Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, Skyward Sword, Sin & Punishment 2, Splatoon 1 & 2, BOTW, Doom 2016/Eternal, etc with motion/IR controls seems a terrible loss, not to mention just how much less interesting the industry would be to watch and discuss if it was just Xbox and Playstation and none of Nintendo's creative wildcards.

How would you rate the build quality of the Switch and Switch Lite as it concerns the joy-cons? It doesn't look particularly good.

Bayonetta never would have gotten a sequel. Xenoblade series would not exist. A lot of games they published never would have happened. I don't think BOTW would be what it is. MS likes their games samey. Gears have barely changed at all. Forza barely changed. Halo has but not for the better. What likely would have happened under MS. MS just has a history of poorly managing studios. They still manage them poorly.

a) The Switch Lite doesn't use joy-cons.

b) Why are you comparing this to the RROD?  The guy I replied to say the RROD was a "small issue".  I say it wasn't.  Now you seen to be equating an out of alignment analogue stick with an entire system that breaks down.  Severity does matter.  A broken console is a lot more severe than an out of alignment analogue stick.  Wouldn't you agree?

Fair points, i cant honestly relate as i have had no issues with my launch XB1 and i believe the issues have ironed out with the S/X and Series S/X. My sister also owns a day one OG Xbox which still works like new today. In saying that, you could probably find issues with all consoles weather its hardware or software issues similar to the power brick failures.

I own a Switch, i think its a great console, however the Joy Con issue is not a small issue either, its a wide spread manufacturing issue which shouldn't be ignored. Its a build quality issue so to say one company has build quality issues because one system had an issue that has never reoccurred again and than to claim that the Joy Cons is a small issue is basically picking and choosing. Its still an issue. Nintendo have never had analog stick problems before the Switch (From my knowledge) just like Xbox has never had overheating issues since the early 360 days.

Also I am not saying RROD is a small issue, if so let me re word it. Its small as in its only ever happened once with one console type in the history of the brand. To judge a brand based on "This one time" isn't a fair judgement as its been completely addressed not only with the 360 but also in all future Xbox systems. 

But i will agree RROD affected Xbox more than any other console brand as it cost MS $1.6b to fix. Which they did. If you can find issues with the S/X and Series Consoles, that would be more valuable information since the company has changed a lot since gen 7.

Your argument sounds like this: "Person A has killed 3 people.  Person B has 3 speeding tickets.  Since both have broken the law, they both deserve life in prison."  Severity matters.  You can't equate two things that have drastically different severity.

To be fair, I am annoyed by Joy-Con drift.  In spite of that, my experiences with Nintendo hardware have been better than my experiences with Sony software (but Sony is still really good), and I haven't owned an XBox yet, because I consider it much worse in quality than either Sony or Nintendo.  A console that breaks down after a couple of years is totally unacceptable.  An analogue stick that is out of alignment is kind of like a car that is out of alignment.  It's annoying, but I can live with it.  I can't live with a console that breaks down after a couple of years.  Those are not even remotely in the same category.

The criteria also fails to take into account the next gen started while the X360 was still in the lead, so people going by the "it sold more in the end" metric are not taking gens into account... or the fact the 360 went out of the spotlight earlier by MSFTs own deeds. 

I agreed that the difference in severity is night and day, however its still an issue which all platform holders have. RROD was a thing in the past. Its like you saying, you would never jump on a brand new Cruise Ship because it was made by the same brand who made the Titanic 100 years ago. 

Also keep in mind, Xbox create extremely powerful systems compared to modern Nintendo systems. Basically saying, Xbox build race cars while Nintendo build Eco friendly cars. Of course more things will go wrong when you have to push the limits of power. In saying that, RROD has been absent for over a decade, its none existent now. They have made 7 more consoles since the RROD machines and this issue has never occurred again, in saying that, Xboxes now have some of the best cooling methods in the industry today.

Imagine if i said, i would never buy a Nintendo console because SNES had CPU failures or i would never buy a PS because PS1s had disk tray problems. It was in the past and its not even close to the same company anymore. Like i said, i love Nintendo, i own everything they make and i agree, they are extremely reliable however they are not perfect and comparing Xboxes to Nintendo systems is comparing apples to oranges and are on different sides of the spectrum. 

a) Ah, yes, the Switch Lite doesn't use joy-cons. I know this. Don't know why I phrased things so poorly.

b) You said Nintendo has never made poor quality hardware. I made a point to bold it, and then ask you how you would rate the Switch's build quality. Why am I comparing it to RROD?  You were the one doing that. Where did you see me doing it?

- "The guy I replied to say the RROD was a "small issue".  I say it wasn't" - Yes RROD was bad, very bad, for the time it was a problem. So is the analog stick problem on the Switch. By this point in the 360's life cycle, RROD was solved. The sticks on the Switch? Nah.

 - "Now you seen to be equating an out of alignment analogue stick with an entire system that breaks down" - Why don't we do that then? When the analog sticks on the Switch Lite are not working, the system is not working. When the sticks on the joy-cons don't work, the Switch can't be used in portable mode until they are fixed or replaced. This eliminates....yes, let me check my calculations....fully one-half of it's functionality. And according to my research...*looks around*...the portable mode seems kinda popular on the Switch. Yes. Severity matters. Of course it does. You seemingly don't have any problems with the Switch or Switch Lite build quality, which is all I wanted to know. Thank you.