I think it’s starting to dawn on some people that they bought the Switch 2 based on hype, without really understanding the usage cases that made it a good fit. Don’t get me wrong, there are a ton of people for whom the Switch 2 is a great choice, but it’s not a console for everyone … at least not yet.
If you already have a decent PC or a current Gen console, this year the Switch 2 is going to offer mostly games you already own with lower performance at higher prices, or the worst performance option for multiplatform games. I think that’s why a lot of people felt let down by this direct … but honestly, I don’t see how this caught anyone off guard. This is exactly what we should have been expecting, based on the marketing we’ve seen to date.
And if you’re the Switch 2’s actual core market, people who owned a Switch and nothing else, this was fine. More of the games you’ve wanted to play for years now coming to a system you actually own, and fewer and fewer multiplatform games you don’t have access to.
So it just comes down to why you bought a Switch 2. If, despite every bit of evidence to the contrary, you thought Nintendo would deliver tons of exclusives and exciting partner content, yeah, this was very disappointing. But that’s kinda on you …
If you bought it to finally have accuses to games you were locked out of because you didn’t own a console, this was … fine. Not amazing, but fine.
