Why the Nintendo Switch may be the best console ever – Reader’s Feature

metro.co.uk:

A reader offers a rebuttal to the idea that the Nintendo Switch is overrated and argues that it’s supposed faults are actually very minor.

I wanted to give my opinion about the points made by reader matc7884 in their feature Four reasons why the Nintendo Switch is overrated.

I’ll preface by saying that this is not some fanboy’s defensive reaction or an argument that their points aren’t valid, just my perspective.

I’d also welcome any different opinions to mine, because this is one of the only places on the internet for polite, grown-up discourse about video games, isn’t it?

The lack of third party support

My main gripe is the glossing over of the indie releases on Switch, which has been huge for them. When a game like My Friend Pedro or Carrion releases across multiple formats, it is a no-brainer to get it on Switch, to have the option to play on the telly, on the bog or on the train. It’s the Switch’s unique selling point and absolutely one of the reasons it has been so successful. I imagine some indie games’ sales figures on Switch are reflective of that.

I’d also question when Nintendo has ever had good third party support, especially their home consoles; Capcom released two games on the N64, and they were both ports.

The lack of power/graphical capability

This was always going to be the sacrifice with an affordable hybrid Nintendo console, wasn’t it? Surely we couldn’t have expected everything from the ‘big’ consoles and PC – your Red Dead Redemptions, etc. – to run on the dinky Switch? Meanwhile, Nintendo’s in-house teams have churned out stunners like Metroid Dread and Luigi’s Mansion 3 (although I will concede that a bump in frame rate and/or resolution would be lovely).

The reader did mention the cloud versions of certain