Read the title and tell me: Is this an assertion to an objective circumstance, or is this a remark regarding one’s own personal taste? That is to say, is the remark stating that the line-up of [insert your favorite game dev studio] is objectively weak/strong, or that their offerings don’t/do cater to what they would pick up and play? And what are your thoughts on such comments?

For me, it is comments such as these that have always irked me. As a Nintendo gamer, though it hasn’t been as bad in recent times, there are many who will say something like “yeah Nintendo’s line up of Switch 2 exclusives has been very poor so far” while in the same breath claim that “Capcom has been on fire recently!”, despite the latter pumping out a fraction of what Nintendo (and even Sony) has done these past couple of years.

Nearly everything in life is subjective. Gaming is no different.

Everyone can only say what directly affects them.

Depends on the context of the converesation been had. If we talk about some parameter that can be measured then we can lead the conversation to a more objective direction. Like, if we talk sales, we can say a lineup is strong or weak regardless of personal taste, because its all about numbers. 

But generally id say people talk about this topic when it comes to the games they are interested in, so in that context it is subjective, and for that very reason it shouldnt irk you at all. Fans of Capcom feel theyve been knocking it out of the park for a number of years now, cause regardless of the number of games been released the quality has been great and the few times it hasnt it Capcom has course-corrected accordingly. Those are good consumer-friendly practices and we should take notice of that, but if Capcom games dont interest you then just move along. Similarly, If Nintendo's exclusives atm dont interest someone else, then yes, in their eyes the lineup might come off as weak, even if maybe to you its the best theyve had in 20 years. 

Not necessarily. I mean, I can tell you right now that the PS2 had the best library in the history of 3D gaming and at the same time also tell you that I enjoyed my Dreamcast more. Same with a lot of things.

But yes, very few people seem to even understand such a concept, let alone practice it. So I get what you're saying.

Yes. I'd elaborate, but it'd be somewhere along these lines anyway:

I try to blend both. Nintendo's first party in 2018 was one of its weaker line-ups on Switch to me, but it still had some games on offer. I suppose I look at both my own preferences and what others thought. And yeah, people aren't exactly glowing about the first-party line-up of Switch in 2018. Yeah, it had Super Smash Bros., but that carried it hard. I know it also had Let's Go, Super Mario Party and others like Torna for XC2.
I have been disappointed in Nintendo's 2026 output so far (I've only bought some Switch 2 Editions, not new games yet) but there are still things to play.

Well, the example you shared could never be objective. It's based on personal preferences and priorities, not on any demonstrable fact. You could say, objectively, that game A sold X copies and scored Y on Metacritic, but you cannot say, objectively, that game A is good or bad. The quality of a game, or a line-up of games, is informed by subjective opinions on what is important in a video game.

As a result, this sort of comment really shouldn't bother anyone, as long as it's delivered respectfully and backed up with some sort of rationale. This forum survives on differences of opinion, after all.

Also, Capcom HAS been on fire recently

I say Nintendo has had the strongest line up of games most of the time, not so much on the Wii U, among that system's other problems.

Splatoon at least was able to get sequels and a spin-off, Super Mario 3D World, Pikmin 3, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Mario Kart 8, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, New Super Mario Bros. U, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild were all ported to the Switch and were better off there. Don't expect a port of Nintendoland to Switch or Switch 2 anytime soon.

It's usually a subjective one based on personal tastes, except perhaps in the context of sales discussion, as you often see here on VGChartz.

In my experience, what people tend to mean by this in regards to Switch 2 is that they're accustomed to getting certain tentpole franchises like 3D Mario, Smash Bros, mainline Zelda, etc in the first 1-2 years of a Nintendo console's life, whereas with Switch 2 the big guns are so far mostly absent outside of Mario Kart, with most of its lineup consisting of smaller stuff.

While I personally have had a really good time with games like DK Bananza and Splatoon Raiders, I think a lot of folks are getting antsy for the next big megaton blockbuster from Nintendo, the kind of thing that sells 10m+ and sells consoles. 

Like a new 3D Mario?