The most important thing he said is that there is a price drop already built in. There was another dev on Radio Free Nintendo talking about how the Switch is going to drop price much faster than the wii u because it was built to be able to from a design perspective. Drew mentioned already how easily you can adjust the SKU to save money by taking out the dock and Nintendo will be able to start shaping that as early as this holiday. That is where the most momentum potential lies.

Switch is a very powerful handheld that connects to TV . It isn't like a PS or XB

they must not be very strong then...

$30 dollar accessory to charge controller
Voice chat over the phone
3 hours battery life
$70 for prop controller
Paid online service
Free games expire after one month
Once again need external hard drive for storage

Yes sure Nintendo didn't learn a thing from Wiiu and instead are chasing the casual gaming market which they attracted with wii

It's not hate on switch its the fact Nintendo refusing to learn from its mistakes

$400-440 for a Switch (including a memory card and game) is way too much, especially with the tiny amount of games releasing this year. It seems like the Switch will follow in the footsteps of the Wii U in many ways (less power and higher price than the competition, poor 3rd party support, missing features, etc.)

I disagree here a bit, as I believe Nintendo has, by INCLUDING all their old DNA/strengths into this one machine, they have, to a degree, ignored their greatest strength. IPs and gameplay. Lets face it, what made those other consoles great, were the games and how you played them in the VIRTUAL world, not so much the real world.

Mobility is good, so is a second screen, or motion control, but not at the cost of what consumers are buying it for, and that's the games.

I love how they innovate, or incorporate all kinds of non-traditional ideas in gaming. But I believe their commercial success and so, their console's success, hinges on making it affordable and making appealing, content-wise, to their consumers.

All those other DNA fragments boost the price up, I'm sure. And I'd prefer the mobility and great games over anything else, if that would bring the price to the magic 199.99. They would sell a billion. Bring game dev cost down if possible, base-price them at 39.99.

Have mine preordered. But lets face it, it won't end well for nintendo. Its an impossible mission with the switch. It's sad that the company just doesn't understand their own market.

This is no suprise, the guys over at ND are standup citizen's. They rarely say negative things about anyone and usually when they do say something its usually positive.

But, just like people above me have stated just because ND is showing praise that doesnt mean we should ignore that horrid presentation and all the negatives that came with it... Rather than chime in on ALL the negatives about the switch, it would be much easier to praise the positives.

1. Official launch date for switch
2. Official launch date for botw
3. The wiiu botw not cancelled
4. The switch is getting online network
5. Xenoblade 2
6. Mario Kart battle mode

Well, the Switch is a puzzle. Too large to carry around, not enough juice as a home console, too expensive, and,if You look at 1-2-Switch, aimed at 6 year olds while all the people in the trailer movies are in their 20s. No one I know would touch 1-2-Switch with a stick, and the fact its the laziest, most unoriginal "game" I have ever seen since flappy bird and it still isnt even bundled with the system makes me wonder...

You hear the fanboys and they are all like: This is Doomnendo!!!, but you hear the developers and they all kind of loved it!
You might say that's just good PR, but I remember when the Wii U launch tons of developers complaining about the platform...

People are barking about the price... $50 less isnt a game changer.. its a brand new system. It'll be 50 less in a year or or two.. nothing cost less than $200 these days until its 4 to 5 years later

I don't see this happening. The current dock costs $90. A 4K capable dock could easily cost $250 after you have already spent almost $500 on the Switch plus games. Plus there is not a good library to make use of 4k.

I totally doubt this.

Nintendo's greatest strength will always be software, it hasn't been hardware in a long time.

There is honestly no point in Nintendo building a high spec console that directly competes with sony/ms. The route that they have taken is the only route they could really go down! Ill always appreciate Nintendo because they were such a big part of my childhood, so for that reason alone i hope the switch does well.

£270 is a fair chunk of money, but like anything, if get long term enjoyment out of it im sure it will warrant the price.

I'll definitely buy on day one for $299, of course not at NZ price which I'll get my monies worth with a 1TB PS4 and two games for less then that.

Hitting all of their strength of not listening to their fans.

If the Switch is 50 bucks cheaper then its great. For now I don't see how it will be something other than a mario+zelda machine.

Maybe one day everyone will realize Nintendo isn't trying to shut down Sony,MS or anyone else for that matter. They are doing their own thing...If they really wanted to develop something really truly powerful they would have done so.

Crap in a box

too less memory. a supposed it infrastructure from the stone age. no ports (because we are oh so our own niche) of current and future games. no. there is no incentive for me as a gamer. and don't get me started with this zelda thing that is looking beyond dated. and the moronic decision to rely on a smartphone app for voice chat is beyond ridiculous. and how exactly did they solve the audio problem? one earplug from the smartphone and one earplug to hear the actual game sounds? kids, wish for something else.

Not to be rude but who cares if a Naughty Dog developer likes the Switch it's not like they are going to develop a game for it, if it was CD Project red or Rockstar saying they were brining Cyber Punk 2077 and Red Dead Redemption 2 then I would be paying attention but they are not so it is what it is. Nintendo gives no F's about delivering a competent console to compete with Sony and MS they are content with being a secondary console and feeding Nintendo fanboys the same IP's over and over again.

Regardless of its potential and I do think it has potential, it's still very underpowered and the launch lineup is the worst in history. Especially considering the fact that you can play breath of the wild on the wii u. Also the voice chat through a phone app is dumb and the online service is useless (you only get to keep the monthly nes and snes title for one month). Nintendo has learned nothing and I mean nothing from all their mistakes.

Yeah nintendos biggest strength is being complete fucking stubborn morons!!! They haven't given 2 shits what the fans have wanted for the past 20 yrs! Their gonna do what they want and not gonna give a FUCK what we want ever it's never gonna happen and that's why the Switch will fail like the Wii U and they'll be the next sega! Switch=Dreamcast

Not getting it. I'll seriously never buy a Nintendo product again after what happened with the Wii U. My biggest buyers remorse, EVER!!!

Can someone write a Chrome extension to block all Switch related articles… kinda sick of Switch news already.

I agree that the price is a little too high.

Glad they find it interesting. I hope they make something worthwhile for it eventually.

I honestly hope the switch falls flat on its face, and I used to be one of the biggest Nintendo defenders on the planet. Im just sick of them now. Not even a new Zelda or Mario is enough to sucker me back in this time. Their consoles are just too based in the past.

Having a docking station where you can detatch and play portably might sound good to some on the surface, but for me, I just view it as an excuse that Nintendo is using to have weak ass hardware. Why cant they do their gimmicky shit, and come out with a powerhouse of a console?.

Im sick of them always doing the bare minimum. I just dont take them seriously anymore.