How Nintendo Switch Won the Console Wars

[@lpfan4491]

There really haven't been any console wars since the Wii. Nintendo was always in their own lane and the other two are basically interchangable.

[@Dairunt1]

Kinda true; but I do think the PS3/360/Wii was the last generation where there was any console wars. PS3 and 360 had so many great exclusives you'd miss out on 20% of the greatest games of that generation if you only had one or the other. PS4 vs. One wasn't even a race; and now most exclusives are for a limited time, and then ported to anything else.

[@DongKEKong]

The war is philosophical. Nintendo won because they model won.

[@britishguy54dx]

They do say the way to win the game is not to play the game.

[@timn6484]

Imo Nintendo#1. PlayStation#2. And Xbox# irrelevant/distant 3rd. I have never played or ever wanted to play any Xbox exclusives, and nowadays Xbox has 0. Xbox is basically a windows PC with limitations.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

Idk Nintendo might've been chilling on their own but it feels like any Xbox or PlayStation fan on the internet is ready to virtually uppercut the other at a moment's notice even now

[@staraptorflock3661]

As someone who suffered through the Wii U era and was rooting for the underdog at the time this console generation has been extremely satisfying

[@Wormhole_content]

WillU was actually goof

[@1GmO2]

I enjoyed the WiiU

[@EpicPaul64]

In my eyes, Nintendo was always winning the console wars, even during the Wii U era, because they had their IPs and their general idea of "Gameplay first." It's also just so much more convenient to own a Nintendo system, due to the more compact nature, the easier structure of their menus.... ...But being a Nintendo owner also means we have to accept that we live in a timeline where Amiibo Festival existed. Yaaaaayyyyy.....

[@Randombystanderhere]

Agreed, Nintendo has always been winning in my eyes because of its IPs and exclusives, but I understand why people dipped during the Wii U era. Gameplay first matters so much, and something I don’t think Sony or Microsoft will ever understand

[@itsemistro]

its kinda crazy how nintendo has literally done the bare minimum in terms of designing a console. The parts in the Switch are weaker than most modern phones. They keep the value of the console down to drive more sales, but in reality even their top games barely run on the system.

[@davidaitken8503]

@@itsemistro Nope. Nintendo just understood where all of this technology was heading. The cost of developing big games on stuff like the PS5 and X Box Series have become so astronomical with the expectation for insanely high fidelity graphics and production values that it is forcing developers to dumb down their games for the absolute lowest common denominator consumer in hopes of trying to garner enough sales to even break even. It is unsustainable which is why so many studios are being shut down. You can't find a PS5 or X Box Series game even half as ambitious in game design as Zelda TotK despite the fact that it is running on an underpowered tablet device.

[@FelixHelixihare]

I think the root of the companies are evident in how they are different from one another. Nintendo is foremost an entertainment company, primarily producing toys and games and that can be seen in how they design their console. Sony and Microsoft are tech companies, and it is very clear with how they boast with their technology. Nintendo is different because in a fundamental way, they are different. Nintendo is an entertainment company; Microsoft and Sony are tech companies.

[@isuck6049]

​@davidaitken8503 even nintendo's current president has said that games will take longer and more expensive, it's just they've been using underpowered components and used it to it's fullest on why games are somewhat playable and fun for the system.

[@davidaitken8503]

Sony WAS NOT betrayed by Nintendo despite that popular belief. The Playstation was originally conceived as a Sony CD player that also played SNES games. Nintendo came to realize that Sony could cut them completely out of their own business by signing separate licensing deals with 3rd parties to develop games just for CD. Once Nintendo realized this, they signed a deal with Phillips to get out of the Sony deal. Nintendo had good reason to be worried about what Sony was planning as they had already got a reputation for cutting companies out of their own business and then buying them out. Sony later approached Sega to collaborate and Sega flat out turned them down. Coincidence? Once the Phillips deal fell through, Nintendo had no choice but to stick with cartridges for their next system, the N64, until they could develop their own proprietary mini-dvd for the GameCube. Nintendo got screwed by Sony and nearly lost their autonomy.

[@jeremyporter6677]

isn't that where the zelda cd games came from? Nintendo hasn't let people mess with their copyrights since

[@SMOFan-eh5fr]

Nintendo Dodge a huge bullet from Sony if Nintendo agree make a CD addon for SNES by sony they would get consume by sony like other companies in the 90.

[@GoeTeeks]

@@jeremyporter6677 It is. Although those games probably weren't the main contributor to Nintendo not wanting to let others get a hold of their IP nearly as much as the Super Mario Bros movie that released in the mid-90s.

[@irrespondible]

@@jeremyporter6677 Yes, and yes. Also, the original Super Mario Bros. Movie.

[@thesergalladaf6902]

So instead of Sony being betrayed by Nintendo, it’s the other way around. Sony betrayed Nintendo.

[@corey2232]

Don't tell Playstation fans that... They will deny Nintendo even counts.

[@RawPower867]

Sony barely counts at this point. Their State of Play was terrible.

[@conniek7185]

They have photorealistic comic book games, who doesn't want that?

[@elconquistador9667]

@@conniek7185 Only normies want that

[@TheRealNintendoKid]

so do the xbox fans. I get it, I used to feel the same way, but Nintendo really got it right this generation. I thought we almost lost them completely with the Wii and DS era, they REALLY tried to pull in people who didn't normally play videogames.

[@patriknordin2274]

@@TheRealNintendoKid & now the other two tries pull in people who doesnt play videogames, crazy times 🤣

[@marcopelle9478]

"Graphic don't make games, gameplay does" is something to base a gamers' creed on.

[@threeswordssama]

Getting back into gaming with the Switch has been incredible. Fantastic console with great games.

[@madnessarcade7447]

By daring to be different and doing their own thing even if it’s a bit traditional Nintendo uses limitations to push creativity

[@GoeTeeks]

It does seem like limitations breeds imagination and creativity. When you can make a realistic looking game, you tend to lose out on imaginative characters. When you try to ground your game in realism, you lose out on fun platforming options.

[@1000shadowmario]

I'm going to be completely honest. I only use my PS5 to watch youtube videos on TV. I pretty much play most of my games on the Switch.

[@danytalksmusic]

At least you've got ray tracing in your KZbin videos 😂

[@SMOFan-eh5fr]

Nice one 😂

[@jk_mizu]

The switch has KZbin app too. So you could sell your PS5 and buy more switch games ❤

[@SMOFan-eh5fr]

@@jk_mizu I know switch got one too , but for real ps5 doesn't even have a reason to own one especially if you own a mid range PC you can just play ps5 exclusive (missing maybe 2 games) and own a switch is enough to play anything and no emulator cause that's illegal since the console is still alive and selling pretty well. PC and switch is enough for me since I got to play both Xbox,Sony and PC games The switch is for playing Nintendo games.

[@sebatheepik]

get out of here

[@Cashmoneez]

A lot of people say Sony and Microsoft shot themselves in the foot but Nintendo really stepped their shit up with the switch. Even tho the wii was a massive success I remember years where stuff like wii music was the big release. The switch on the other hand has dropped amazing 1st party games year after year and have leveraged the insane success of the console to get even more third party developers on their system too

[@madnessarcade7447]

4:00 the Wii U is a genuinely good console and others would know that if they had actually given it a chance instead of just making ignorant assumptions about it from a distance

[@whooh05]

Yeah, Random actually has a Wii U and even did a video on Splatoon. He's a big fan of the console from what I can gather. That doesn't stop it from being grossly misrepresented as a whole

[@mactep1]

I like the Wii U, i own one and really like playing it, but it really isn't a "good console", they wanted it to be something new but but failed to let go of even a bit of the past, making it way over-complicated when it comes to controllers/accessories, naming, and most importantly, system architecture. Things like the slow menus, downright horrible WiFi and astonishingly low amounts of storage, *for a digital era console* did not help either.

[@cedrikthibert7033]

The Switch beats it at what it was trying to do. The WII U was semi-handheld/home hybrid that couldn't be played too far from the TV. The fact the Switch is completely hybrid and can be played anywhere makes the WII U pointless especialy considering a lot of the best WII U games were ported on Switch .

[@sooubic]

True

[@TheRealNintendoKid]

I don't doubt that it is. I thought it was a good idea when I first saw it, but it was too expensive for me, and the Switch is just a better version of it honestly. Controllers aren't as complicated and expensive because the console itself is portable. And most of the Wii-U games have been ported. It can be a good idea but still be a commercial failure. It all depends on what the market wants at the time.

[@Puni_Master]

POV: Xbox or PlayStation person “Switch graphics are trash!” (Sees Metroid Prime 4) “What?!?!?!?!?!??”

[@lightdarksoul2097]

Yeah maybed it's not hype realistic but it looks great and more it normally wouldn't take five years to make

[@Iliveinuratticandatethepizza]

The Switch beating PS5 is like Batman Outsmarting the Joker who has Loki's mask

[@M64bros]

I've also heard Nintendo takes really good care of their developers and employees, I really don't understand why PlayStation and Xbox and the rest of the other studios would do the exact same thing. It would give them huge improvements and definitely help out their brand easily for other studios to join them! Unfortunately that's the way it goes for them. But hey, I'm really glad Nintendo's doing successful. I hope PlayStation and Xbox do the exact same thing cuz they can easily do it if they follow Nintendo steps which isn't really that hard from my point of view.

[@triple3507]

Agreed, as an Xbox fan I wish Xbox took care of heir employees like Nintendo did but, what can ya do?

[@M64bros]

@@triple3507 As an Xbox fan of my own as well, I agree with you!

[@SMOFan-eh5fr]

​@@M64brosNintendo even bought shiver entertainment too for help making their game and for porting game to their console too, also shiver entertainment almost got shut down right?

[@M64bros]

@@SMOFan-eh5frfascinating! I never knew that

[@SMOFan-eh5fr]

@@M64bros Only one problem Pokemon company are the exact opposite they refused to hire more developer to game freak since right now they only have 200 employee's develop game every consistently while Totk have over 500 and need 5 years to develop

[@VivioSaf]

I actually say that Nintendo simply stopped fighting after the GameCube. At that point, they already defeated their long last rival, and the battle to come wasn't even about games anymore. They just sat in their "Fun First" throne, while watching the other two go at each other's throats. You can say that Nindendo didn't win, it was the other two that succeeded in bleeding each other out.

[@derekbalkman883]

The Nintendo Switch is currently the 2nd most sold console.

[@TheBoltMaster456]

3rd actually. The PS2 and DS still have it beat by just over 10 million sales.

[@IceSick90]

DS is a handheld. How ever...fact isnt lost on me that Nintendos DS sales made them so much money they could have operated at a loss for 100 years and been fine....that was before the Wii....😊​@TheBoltMaster456

[@SMOFan-eh5fr]

@@IceSick90Also the ps2 wouldn't sold well if it wasn't a cheap dvd player that can play games even most people agree that too.

[@Jay_Walker92]

​@@SMOFan-eh5frThat's a lie...in the beginning you might have a point but definitely not at the end.

[@MCharlesPainting]

@@SMOFan-eh5fr Of course, at the same time, we know that Switch sales were not insane until 2020 during lockdowns and a failure of PS5/Xbox X. There are always positives and negatives, gameplay reasons and other reasons, but the sales do speak volumes, though sales are not the most important factor in life. On top of this, I agree with the other comment that true console wars have not existed since Xbox 360 -- PS4 to lesser degrees. Why? Because very few games are exclusive, so they are all just personal choice machines, where the PC always win from an objective standpoint. The current gen is almost pointless, and the PS6 will be dead unless something radical happens. In this way, Nintendo is winning due to exclusive games and an active, endless player base. This was true for Wii, DS, Switch, and so on. It's only the Wii U that failed (not that Nintendo won every generation, though some people do prefer Nintendo consoles from each gen). PS3 sales are also slightly misleading, in this way, since it was a Blu-ray player and the first HDMI gaming system, and had free online (though the Xbox online was better in general, and I think the controller is far greater than PS, also). Indeed, the Xbox 360 sales were misleading, since most unit sales were purely for Call of Duty and Halo. This means, it wasn't so much a gaming machine as a sniper/Halo/pro gaming machine. Of course, the Wii sales are grossly misleading since it was a kind of 'non-gamer gaming machine', with many millions of sales being to non-gamers and hardly ever used (mostly Wii Sports). It would be interesting to try and adjust to 'sold to real gamers who played lots of different games on the system, and bought it purely or largely for games'. I think we'd see a different map. Wii would be crushed, PS3 would be worse, PS2 would be a bit worse, PS1 would be slightly worse (but still near the top), PS4 would be strong, Switch would be about the top. PS3, PS4, and PS5 are multimedia and Blu-ray machines along with gaming machines. All old console sales are fairly solid, as they were 100% gaming, with lots of popular titles (looking at game sales data). I think this is a better understanding of 'best consoles' or 'winner of the console wars'.

[@ultimate_pleb]

The PS5 is the best and most expensive way to play my PS4 collection

[@conniek7185]

PS4 Pro Plus

[@ultimate_pleb]

@@conniek7185 is less expensive than a ps5 lol

[@RhythmGrizz]

Lol

[@angelcamargo614]

Damn, why You have yo go so hard,

[@lobowolf1540]

That's what my brother said when he upgraded 😂 still better than me, I'm stuck in Xbox

[@madnessarcade7447]

10:00 the more detailed a game gets the less personality it has If I really wanna gawk at tree textures I can just go outside and do that in my yard 😂

[@luckyrockmore2796]

As "real" as a game looks it never looks like looking out your window into reality. Then there's sacrifices made like mechanics and interactivity, it's always limited. Then again in a few years it looks outdated compared to the current day's "realism chasers"

[@bubblehearthz]

Nintendo didn’t give up on graphics with the GameCube. It was more powerful than the PS2 and could even do some things better than Xbox (even though Xbox was overall more powerful). But I mean, your take is pretty normal, I hear people all the time push the narrative that Nintendo never cared about powerful systems.

[@ZachaRicO]

Nintendo's always had the right idea when it came to their consoles: it's not about how good the game looks, it's about how fun it is to play.

[@markvicferrer]

All three companies make mistakes, but Microsoft & Sony are making so many more that Nintendo ends up looking good. The recent Xbox presentation might be their best in a decade (?), but it doesn't excuse the stuff they've been doing recently.

[@luckyrockmore2796]

One good show in how long? Games coming out years in the future. It was the ONLY thing Microsoft had to do or they would have been toast

[@わかるマーン]

I actually don't think the Switch is even part of the console wars anymore. The return of cartridges, ignoring the focus on graphics, ignoring the focus on trying to be a multimedia system and/or cheap gaming PC. It's pretty clear that Nintendo doesn't see Sony and Microsoft as competition, and neither do Sony and Microsoft see Nintendo as competition, and the fans of any of the big 3 even subconsciously echo this. This puts Nintendo more in line with Value, which too doesn't see itself as a competitor in the console wars, and neither do any of its "competitors", even though they run Steam, and even have a Steam Deck.

[@Lowe-fx4nm]

I agree, comparing Nintendo against Xbox or PlayStation is like comparing favorite food and then mentioning a soft drink

[@DemonKing-oi4jd]

Your definition of console is contrived with pc doing all those things better

[@sebbysebbington]

you're telling me gamers prefer good games over powerful hardware?!

[@mercianthane2503]

Want to become a good indie game studio and thrive? Make games for Nintendo. You know you don't need to push your graphic power, just make fun games.

[@forgottenmoonlight]

Being perfectly honest, I haven't used a console except my Switch, and if it counts, my Steam Deck. I own a ps4, but I just used it to watch Twitch on my tv, and now mom uses it in her room for various video apps. I technically have PC games, but with the Deck I can play them on my couch. I refer to myself as being 'spoiled by handhelds' since I can just relax on the couch instead of sitting on a chair.

[@Randombystanderhere]

Honestly handhelds are thriving while consoles are declining, which is why the Switch (and Steam Deck) are so successful! I want to get a Steam Deck soon

[@forgottenmoonlight]

@@Randombystanderhere kinda feel like I'm watching the ps and xbox slowly exploding from a distance with opera glasses and a box of popcorn XD

[@BirdSpotter43]

Pretty much my set up. Haven't bought a console ever but a switch and that was because it was my brother's and only 100.00 bucks. Friend let's me borrow his ps4 and I grabbed a steamdeck

[@conniek7185]

​@@forgottenmoonlight They spend 300 million Dollars on cut scenes, all the rays (which people turn off) all the 8ks, millions of assets you can't interact with and DEI consultants for what amounts to glorified button masher beat em ups.

[@mariusamber3237]

You mentioned graphics - I personally think that we're reaching the era where pure power is starting to have diminishing returns. What do I mean? The Last of Us doesn't look 'that' much worse than Hellblade 2 at all, but if you look at PS1 vs PS3 graphics... yeah, the gap is 'significantly' bigger. So, when Nintendo releases Switch 2, it won't matter that it's more or less like PS4 Pro in terms of power (with some modern enhancements/custom solutions). As long as they can port big AAA titles like Cyberpunk and such, they'll be golden; can't wait to see what games Nintendo themselves cook up with more powerful hardware!

[@ZeldagigafanMatthew]

Gap from PS1 to PS2 was night and day, PS2 to PS3 was noticeable but not as much as it was previously. PS3 to PS4, looking at games that were released for both, such as MGS V, a pretty tiny difference. PS4 to PS5... it seems a side-by-side is necessary to notice any differences at all. Heck, looking back at the launch of Nvidia's Turing series of graphics card and demos like Quake 2 RTX, I don't see it as that impressive, results look only marginally better than what my 1080 Ti was able to produce at astonishing framerates in 4k in games like Wolfenstein 2: The New Colosssus and Doom 2016.

[@johnnobon]

I think by diminishing returns they mean that for each iteration the jump in power is less and less meaningful. Like PS1 to PS2 is a massive change. PS3 was a pretty big jump. PS4, decent jump. PS5, it's there but is it really that huge over the PS4? Not that it doesn't look better, of course it does. But the envelope is being pushed less each time

[@farfetchdideas695]

I think it's very telling that many new PS5 games are still releasing for PS4 as well despite how late we are into the PS5's lifespan.

[@DeBean970]

PS3 to PS4 is pretty noticeable. MGSV is an anamoly that looks surprisingly good on seventh gen hardware. Comparing Uncharted 3 to 4 shows a significant difference.

[@Iffondrel]

This is what has me most excited about their next console. It just has to have ps4 level specs and it'll be an absolute powerhouse. It's kinda ironic, but that's all it really needs. Next gen Zelda and Metroid are gonna be crazy (Mario's always so stylized it looks good no matter what)

[@goofusmaximus1482]

If any of us has a backlog of games to get to, a lull in new games isn't a bad thing. Gives you time to address that backlog.

[@cloudknight6128]

I absolutely agree on game budgets. Lots of games are getting too expensive to make. But Xbox offering options on where and how to play their games being a bad thing? That's strange to me. You mentioned that you picked up Xbox published games on Switch and PC. Having the ability to play those games on your preferred devices rather than being arbitrarily forced to buy a plastic box is nothing but a good thing

[@TheRealNintendoKid]

it's not bad, but it can be bad for xbox console sales because why buy the xbox console if you can play the game everywhere else too? And we kinda need competition to drive innovation, except it isn't really working for xbox and playstation, except in ways to milk more out of players. Nintendo is far from innocent, but I don't see all the microtransactions and loot boxes and other crap that's been plaguing gaming for far too long now in their games at least. They focus on gameplay instead of graphics. And they're always trying new things.

[@ghostbaleada]

I agree with this not being a bad business solution. But makes the Xbox more of service than a console maker. And well since Sony and Microsoft are both on the pushing graphics game, means that sony will end up the same way. Them releasing games on PC is the first step. In the end I see Nintendo and always have as my companion to my main gaming device which is my PC

[@TreyMcDonaldAnimator]

I have had fhis argument over and over again. Switch wins because its game first, nor graphics first. The amount of hours ive dedicated to Splatoon 3 and completing games like Odyssey, Wonder, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Breath of the Wild, and Miitopia are so satisfying. And I'm not even an RPG/Platformer gamer! No shade to PS5 nor Xbox, they have something going for it, that's why they're still around. But let's face it. Nintendo came back like a fireball, and they stand on top of the competition. Hopefully that streak continues into the next phase.

[@BigZ971]

You have an awesome speaking voice. Love the enthusiasm.

[@blazingtrs6348]

2:17 actually, the gamecube had graphics second to the og xbox, but the rest still stands true

[@MetaGamingDojo]

11:30 omg, that "OOPS" is perfect🤣

[@ToadToon]

Its 11:34

[@Siltprogramation]

Just one correction, the Game Cube did not come with a game originally. They did bundles later but not when it launched.

[@mushra50]

This is why the switch out sold that PlayStation 4 1. It was incredibly cheap to manufacture 2. It's easier to carry your room 3. It was incredibly easy to Port games to so therefore it had an amazing library of ports water down ports in old games on it 4. It has an amazing library of four player games so if you have friends or a family you're not going to regret buying one 5. It's the library is f****** huge it has so many diverse genres no matter what you're into they have it 6. I can keep going to naming amazing games but I lost count around 483 7. The fact that the concert was feeling good even to this day with outdated hardware from 2005 is amazing

[@jasonzervos]

We are praying too mutch the Iwata's "cut-in-half salary" saga. It was truly an amazing and heartwarming thing to do that few people would do, but in Japan it's legally really difficult to just fire someone and, I think, culturally is hard too. And if you can't just fire some people, cutting your salary was the next thing. In USA it's super easy to make those big layoffs, especially when you are a servante of money and you don't care about the lifes of the people who lost their jobs, and even in Europe it's starts to becoming the norm. But Japan and Nintendo are a different story

[@imatiu]

Nah, Nintendo is very much a pro worker company, even without taking country specific laws into consideration, their retention rate is insanely high and even the people that leave the company praise their work environment, with caveats of course, apparently Nintendo is paradise if you are a talented developer wanting to push the envelope, but if you are a by the numbers worker then the environment is not nearly as pleasant if some testimonies are to be believed.

[@SMOFan-eh5fr]

​@@imatiuIwata wasn't only a Nintendo CEO he was also a gamer and a game developer that's why he understands more than other companies CEO rest in peace legend😭

[@gavinattalahadiyan325]

@@imatiuthat’s surprising considering how abysmal japanese work culture is

[@WaterKirby1994]

Japanese work culture isn't any worse than what we have Stateside, both have their pros & cons & it depends on what you want. US workplaces are much more abusive on average & have less benefits. Japan is much more formal & has cultural traditions that typically trap employees & the bosses they work for. Iwata was wonderful & if only there were more like him in the industry.

[@imatiu]

@@WaterKirby1994 Japan literally has a word for people that died of overworking in office jobs. So yes it is bad, I will grant you that USA is not much better, but USA is crap in most things so that is a very low bar.

[@willbowden6897]

Great video! Keep grinding man, you’re gonna hit it big soon enough. These are quality videos you’re pumping out!

[@Randombystanderhere]

Thank you! I may lower the upload rate to once every two weeks, but plenty of videos are on the way!

[@Zero77.1]

My dad bought a PS5 and he is the only one that plays in that console and he just plays FIFA, my Xbox one doesn’t connect to internet no more so why fix it. Ever since I bought the Nintendo Switch I never wanted another console (except PC) and I had more fun with that now it just, wow new games with realistic graphics.

[@matthewosborne2549]

Ok, you are funny and this video seemed genuinely honest in your assessment. Subscribed!

[@mentlegen6326]

How does this channel don't have more views ?

[@Randombystanderhere]

What are your thoughts on the console wars?

[@meatballmoose]

Sega won because they haven't had a console fail in years

[@meatballmoose]

Nope it was odyssey

[@thesergalladaf6902]

So for Sega? Can’t lose the console wars without a console to begin with.

[@RomanJr316]

I was a Nintendo and Sega kid. Then I was a Nintendo, Sega, Sony, and Microsoft teen. Now I’m a Nintendo, Sony, and not too much Microsoft adult. I loved my Xbox and 360 but I thought the Xbox One sucked which was the o my console I didn’t get. I don’t have the series X either. Either way I think we gamers win when there is good competition. Now I have my son who is a Nintendo, Sony, and PC kid lol

[@michaelquintana2590]

Dude’s failing so hard at being funny that he makes Clayface look like an EGOT

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

One word. Exclusives.

[@Orangienblue]

the Gamecube was never packed with Luigi's Mansion or Smash Bros. didn't even launch with smash lol

[@turkeyman631]

Yeah, I have had an Xbox for a long time and there is just no reason to play it. Anything I can do on there, I can do on my PC better. Nintendo having the handheld option and actually have their own games makes it way more valuable than PS5 or Xbox.

[@Butterism]

Oh Breath of the Wild, the main reason I decided to pick up a Switch for my bday back in 2017 or 2018. I actually rarely had time to play, and since broke college kid was broke, I seriously considered selling it at the tail end of 2019. Animal Crossing is how I survived 2020. That's another reason why I think Nintendo 'won.' Animal Crossing really was the perfect quarantine game. Everyone either had it and wanted to have it. People just had to be there. You just had to have had a Switch. 😊

[@brothermajor]

My second and last xbox, was the 360. That was Xbox's golden era. Now, Nintendo is coming back with a vengance to settle the score once and for all. I have a switch and I love it. I WILL BUY A SWITCH2 when it comes out.

[@Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial]

Honestly, the Console Wars started in the 1980’s with the Atari 2600 vs. the Intellivision. Nintendo and Sega only picked up where that rivalry left off after the North American Video Game Crash. Comparing the 1980s Atari Intellivison War to Sega Nintendo one is like comparing World War I to World War II.

[@Grove0721]

You're not the first person I've seen that has this opinion and frankly, I agree. By sales alone, the Switch has sold ~63 million more units than the PS5 and Xbox series X/S COMBINED.

[@TLLGuy]

Tbf the switch had a head start and consoles weren't hard to get

[@Sly88Frye]

0:57 everybody seems to like to leave out that Sony also tried to collab with Sega on a new console but was basically laughed out of the building by them. That came after being betrayed by Nintendo. But nobody ever mentions that

[@Billthebullet]

I grew up a Nintendo and Xbox kid. The Wii and 360 were always interchangeable to me (I even enjoyed the Wii U despite owning significantly less games for it) Nowadays, I don't even see the point in upgrading from Xbox One while I eagerly await whatever comes after the Switch Edit: Scrolling through the comments made me realize I completely forgot about the DS. Uh, yeah, DS and 3DS were absolutely goated for my childhood (didn't see much point in the 2DS though)

[@amaikaminari8169]

Is there any advantage to having a PS5 or XBox, if you have access to a mobile phone, PC, Switch and Steam Deck?

[@madnessarcade7447]

Nintendo and even Pokemon too has the most sustainable business model. Going lower-tech and lower-spec was the smart play. Nintendo is one of the only companies that realizes they make video games... not "technology". GAMES. Sony has completely lost this perspective, and I'm not sure that Microsoft ever had this perspective. Nintendo is the last REAL game maker around that happens to also make consoles. I think Nintendo has seen this coming for a long time. With age comes experience, and this company has seen many adversaries rise and fall. Nintendo saw their competitors promising better and better production to the point where there is no return on investment and only their frail fundamental IP to justify hardware. Now the third parties are fleeing and afraid of partnering. Nintendo have been playing the long game and it has paid off in spades. Nintendo thrives in limitations it allows for more creativity Sometimes too much freedom means no direction But within a limitation you can challenge yourself how to be flexible within it like a fun puzzle you experiment with PEOPLE NEED TO STOP GIVING A DAMN ABOUT GRAPHICS IF YOU WANT GOOD GRAPHICS WITH REALISTIC TEXTURES GO OUTSIDE AND HUG A TREE NINTENDO WAS SMART AND REALIZED WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS TOO SLOW TO Nintendo realised long ago that competing in graphics is pointless. No matter how powerful your console is, in a couple of years it is going to be obsolete, and anybody who really cares about graphics is going to buy a PC, because that is where the best graphics are. Instead, Nintendo focuses on their strengths: * Nintendo likes hardware gimmicks, because it makes their console stand out. Nobody bought a Wii because it had the prettiest graphics, they bought a Wii because they wanted to play with the motion controls (An idea so good both the “superior” PS3 and Xbox 360 tried to copy it). The same thing is happening with the Switch: people are buying it because they can play their games anywhere, and can move between a handheld and a home console. They like to focus on giving customers something that they cannot get anywhere else. * When Nintendo did try to compete on power, they didn’t do very well. The N64 and Gamecube were the most powerful consoles of their generations, but were both massively outsold by the “inferior” PS1 and PS2. The Wii was the weakest of its generation, but outsold the PS3 and Xbox 360. This proves Nintendo’s approach to console design clearly has something going for it. * Performance is expensive. Performance is even more expensive when you are using it in niche applications. If Nintendo wanted to have something as powerful as an Xbox One or PS4, while still being portable, then it would probably cost twice as much. This means that Nintendo would have to charge more for the console (probably not something the market could sustain) and/or eat a hefty loss on each console sold. Instead, by not focusing on performance, Nintendo make a profit on each console, and keep it at a price point where more people can afford it. * One of Nintendo’s biggest strengths is their first party titles, all of which rely on stylised graphics and strong art-style. It doesn’t matter that the console is not very powerful when Pokémon, Zelda, Mario (and its millions of spin offs), Smash Bros, Metroid and Donkey Kong are incredibly popular and all don’t care about high end graphics. Why make your console more expensive to make and develop for when you don’t even need it? * The companies that tend to focus on graphics are third party developers, such as EA, Activision, and Rockstar. If the console sells well (like the Switch currently is), then those developers will find a way to bring their games to it or, failing that, make unique games that work best on the hardware. * By not competing with the other consoles, or PCs, in terms of power, while offering unique gaming experiences, Nintendo has comfortably found a niche as an optional second system. If you have a PC, PS4 or Xbox One you have very little reason to buy one of the others, because they are all basically the same. Nintendo’s consoles offer things that none of the others offer, and thus can easily tempt people with another gaming device into purchasing it. * Nintendo has also found a strong market in all ages These people don’t care about graphics, so why waste money on giving them something that they don’t want? An families don’t care that the Switch doesn’t have the best looking games, they’re just happy that they can have fun Ever since the Wii era Nintendo has. Been trying to train us that power doesn’t matter Whimsy and imagination and creativity and memorable experiences are more important to them And y’all still aren’t getting it Move on from Power it don’t matter Nintendo doesn’t want it They think it’s boring They don’t care Official quote from iwata: "Even when we were going to launch the Wii system, there were a lot of voice saying 'Nintendo should stop making hardware'," Iwata recalled, talking to Gamasutra. "The reasoning behind that was Nintendo would not have any chance against Microsoft and Sony. The fact of the matter was: I did not think Nintendo should compete against these companies with the same message and same entertainment options for people. "We have not changed our strategy," he added. "In other words, we just do not care what kind of 'more beef' console Microsoft and Sony might produce in 2013. Our focus is on how we can make our new console different than [others]." The switch is faithful to iwata’s legacy . .

[@nickjaxon1317]

My friend u make alot of good points. Especially the graphics, people put to much emphasis on it. Eventually, there is gonna be an epoch on the highest quality of graphics that the entire concept of looks inst going to matter. And with looks being ONE of the selling point PS and XB, they got nothing to sell their point

[@StarlingOrtega]

That intro tho, bro had me dying 😂

[@Trenell83]

Just wanna put it out there I don't know about console wars but in the handheld division Nintendo has been pretty much undefeated from the Gameboy to the hybrid Switch lol.

[@RhythmGrizz]

5:11 i dont think that's true. I dont believe GameCube launched with any included game bundles. And Melee wasnt even a launch title. I believe what you're thinking about were promotional bundles that came to retail later just like how Switch got Mario Kart 8 bundles later on in its lifespan.

[@elemomnialpha]

Personally I don't think things will change because it's to late, and I think it's officially over with the announcement of Lego Horizons for the Switch Nintendo has won Sony made a big mistake putting their games on PC Sony and Microsoft just aren't offering anything to combat the rising prevalence of PC, Nintendo is still at least doing things to at least somewhat justify 3rd party exclusives without having to spend extra to secure them Also Sony shouldn't have screwed over the Vita, and now they're repeating that issue for the PS5

[@faded3149]

This video proves that Secret Histories Mario is real, making other sabotage their companies, or face certain death, Mario is on top, he always has been

[@KenanVonKaiser]

18:38 Take Notes!

[@kakeroat]

Nes,snes,ps1,ps2,wii,ps4,switch are winners of their respective generations

[@brockthebananabruiser2819]

Xbox yet to get a win , will they pull through next gen or make a grand comeback?

[@Yarnooee]

As a Nintendo fan for decades, starting with Nintendo ds, the Switch was the first device to make me feel that just one Nintendo console is enough for me. as Nintendo fan myself, at least from Nintendo ds era, has always needed a pc or other real consoles to play variety of games that Nintendo couldn't offer. however the Switch's current game library is so large that it would actually provide most people to enough games to enjoy. I think their strategies to making variety of exclusive games with less budget than any others really gets shine in this bloated AAA gaming era of time. every shier franchises seems to gathering all kinds of different fanbases. Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, splatoon, fire emblem, xenoblades, pikmin, Kirby, animal crossing...list goes on. simply there is no other companies that can have this much of variety fanbase while kept everything so cohesive in the same time. If all those rumors about switch 2 is correct, I don't think Nintendo can't lose another console war ever again.

[@Nateiliand]

Not just that, nintendo is super indies friendly as well, even having nintendo directs just to showcase indie games, it feels like there is a ton to play.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

I was gonna say starting on the DS isn't anywhere near long enough to refer to the time that's passed since as "decades" but.... Reality hits hard...

[@oqo3310]

"I don't think Nintendo can't lose another console war ever again." Don't doubt nintendo's ability to do massivly stupid fuck ups. I say that as a man who owns a wii u.

[@Creepingevil]

​@@oqo3310 I appreciate their fuck-ups. They just love trying shit. You can tell they've wanted to do the Switch for some time; the Wii U was a few steps short of a Switch.

[@Infinitetimer74]

I honestly think the switch is very bad for on the go because unless you have a case, say goodbye to your last non-drift joy con. And for those of you who say “then use the pro controller” that thing has so many problems.

[@UDS-3DS]

You guys are lucky because at launch in Australia, games were $85 dollars or higher! And thats still the case now! (I'm talking in AUD)

[@emburrae1478]

CONSOLE WARS HAVE CONCLUDED WINNER IS NINTENDO SWITCH! No seriously the switch is EASILY one of my favorite consoles! It's truly epic and a well made one! Good video, Random! I enjoyed watching it!

[@Randombystanderhere]

I’m glad you liked it! Yeah Nintendo Switch is my favorite console, it’s just too good! PS5 and Xbox don’t come close

[@Richforce1]

Nintendo didn't win, Sony and Microsoft just lost because the improved graphics are giving diminishing returns along with certain boneheaded moves. The real winners are the PC master race becauce it looks like without Iwata Nintendo is starting to make similar decisions...

[@Tired_Tortilla]

@@Richforce1 a pc isnt a console because consoles are meant for a specialized thing like games or music while a pc is a generalist and can be used without games entirely

[@PeterSkaOi]

Nintendo Switch slapped Sony and Microsoft around.

[@WaterKirby1994]

Switch alone may have outsold 3 combined Xbox Generations & I'm confident that by 2026 it will outsell PS2. Nintendo has proven to be King of the Gaming Industry & having more than an entire century of experience in business (47 Years in Video Games) they knew how to succeed in the long term. 4 Decades of gaming went into Switch & it isn't slowing down after 7 Years.

[@silentbilly7971]

Imo the only time nintendo has lost was on wiiu only because people didnt know it was its own system like its all about the games and nintendo always has the best exclusives like the only real exclusives the competition has are gears of war and halo for xbox then on playstation they had sly cooper, jack&daxter, and ape escape all of which are discontinued because they're not big enough money makers

[@smudgey5000]

Wii dominated PS3 and 360. DS dominated PSP. 3DS dominated PS Vita. This ain't the first time Nintendo won since PS1 came out.

[@jdh9419]

Nintendo has won the console wars because Microsoft and Sony are arguing over who can get better graphics rather than realizing that graphics don’t matter if the games aren’t fun

[@endcaps1917]

That and graphics now really can't get much better at this point

[@crestofhonor2349]

Personally I don't even count the Switch as part of the 9th gen because it's a handheld with the ability to act like a home console and came out 3 years before the 9th gen consoles, giving it a massive advantage in time. I don't really see it as much of a console war win. It's just Nintendo doing their own thing

[@breezy3176]

And letting the pokemon company shit the bed when it comes to releasing mainline pokemon games

[@WaterKirby1994]

Dreamcast came out December 1998 yet was clearly 6th Gen Hardware while Xbox arrived 3 Years later. Time can be an advantage in some cases like PS1 vs N64, although even if you don't count Switch as a true 9th Gen Console, that 8 1/2 Gen System is crushing both its 8th & 9th Gen competitors in every profit metric from unit sales, system profits, game sales, & more. Nintendo has gotten their throne as King of the industry back by forging their own path.

[@crestofhonor2349]

@@WaterKirby1994 I do consider the Dreamcast 6th gen. The reason why I don't consider the Switch 9th gen is because it's not a home console in the same way the PS5 and Xbox Series consoles are. Still didn't "crush" the 8th gen consoles. Only the PS2, PS1, and Wii Crushed the competition by beating them by nearly 2:1 or more

[@ghostbaleada]

The thing is that Nintendo realize that it made way more sense to consolidate the handheld aspect (where they were the only option) and their home console market. As much as people hate to consider it it is both a handheld and home console

[@NeilHaskins]

It's even more apparent now, after that last Nintendo Direct. Switch is finishing out strong.

[@stephfahey1101]

I own the Switch and the Xbox X and refuse to buy PS5 after they erased people's digital libraries. Having said that I think the Xbox X will be the last Xbox console I buy. If consoles go fully digital then I'm out. Hopefully the Switch 2 sticks with those mini cartridges. If I'm going to pay $100 for a game then I want a physical copy too!

[@VOAN]

Nintendo said they will never abandon physical games ever. That won't apply to 3rd parties though but Nintendo's own games will still come in 2 forms: digital and physical release.

[@stephfahey1101]

@@VOAN Good to hear!

[@tomk.williams1186]

Bro didn't blink once

[@Vendetta162X]

Nintendo: "Cheap console with some new technology, very accessible and flexible with how you play, and lots of games with plenty of variety that are enjoyable by everyone to some degree" Xbox and Playstation: "POWER! GRAPHICS! FRAME RATE! EXPENSIVE TECH!" PC: "The prey just presents itself" ... Xbox and Playstation: "Our games are also available to PC..." Nintendo: "We gave mobile users their own small, unique games, but nothing that's on our actual platform" Want to focus on the console market? Know what a console is supposed to be. You want to focus on power and graphics? Sega can tell you how that goes in console market.

[@WARNING-1gv7ej2j]

Microsoft and Sony will never go on top of Nintendo due to their old nostalgic nest back in the late 80s Nintendo like the grand daddy with Sega consoles.

[@windygulch7916]

So many people get that opening bit wrong sonic didn't have a rough transition into 3d and the Dreamcast was a PS1 N64 era console but was also a failure for more reasons than the price tag thank you for your time

[@Chamillitary44]

Just because the Dreamcast's lifespan lasted more than a year doesn't mean it's part of the same era as its predecessor, the PS1, and the N64.

[@Monoliftsoft.ninja..]

Nope can’t disagree your right 😊

[@CrispBaker]

"I look forward to the angry comments" About the content, or about how my dude Bystander here looks like an undercooked egg shriveling in the hot sun I mean dang, there's a point where someone's gotta either invest in a vtuber rig or at least a hat

[@RetarnishedEvil]

I'm a diehard Nintendo fan i was a PlayStation Glazer and Xbox Glazer but after I got my Switch i have never glazed Nintendo this much in my life as a family-friendly person I Love the Switch

[@mactep1]

Honestly, a windows license is like 140$, which is mostly profit, since its digital product, while consoles tend to have low to negative margins, so ms is prob making more money with PC gaming anyways.

[@Jetstorm26]

Where do you live because I got a GameCube on launch day and it didn't come with a game.

[@FightingForSomethingOSC]

the only reason the wiiu genuinely did bad was because many people had a wii and just didnt want it but as a wiiu enjoyer myself its got some bangers

[@TheGamerGuy1981]

Been PC/Switch for awhile now. Don't miss my PS5 or XSX in the slightest bit.

[@dezheathen]

The PS3 launch price was crazy lmao

[@FullaEels]

every time im tempted to get a ps5 to play ps4 games i missed, they just get ported to pc. with the exception of bloodborne and shadow of the colossus

[@hellhell8508]

As someone with a Nintendo switch…No

[@codykirkland9002]

Nice input. I've actually been playing my switch a lot more recently while my ps4 gathers dust. Cheers!

[@Splatoonspyro]

I do think 1 2 switch should have been a pack in

[@mr.plasma.c3455]

I hope that id they do something similar to 1 2 switch on switch 2 , it should come in packed with the console

[@Sandy_do_wis]

My dad gave me the option to choose an Xbox series s or a switch before The Xbox increase The price, I chose the switch, I don't regret at all(⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠) The portable is the best thing I would want in a console that runs good stuff and mostly The Indie games

[@Raylansaur]

Ahhh yes 2018 the lightest year for the switch. Just smash bros pokemon let'go and mario party

[@benironside1264]

I’d argue the switch is the only true games console. It feels like the true evolution of what we know as a dedicated games console. Xbox and PS are soulless media centres that happen to play game (not that there are many worth playing)

[@GeneralGorillaSonicOC]

Even though some people say it doesn't count, but it does in a way. Let's not forget Google Stadia which was a cloud gaming platform that Google was trying to advertise as a "console." Google Stadia was heavily criticized since it was announced, and it launched without of its promised features. It was so bad, that Google shut down internal studios in 2021 before a AAA 1st party game came out. The man in charge, Phil Harrison blamed Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda as the reason why the development teams were closed down. In the middle of 2021, Google announced that Google announced that a search bar was finally being added to Stadia, and people started laughing because Google is a search engine company and launched Stadia without a search bar. In the beginning of 2022, it was speculated that Stadia was on its last limb, the Stadia official X account said Stadia wasn't shutting down which aged poorly, because in the fall of 2022, Google officially announced that Stadia would be shutting down in January of 2023 and people would be getting refunds for hardware and game purchases. Many Stadia fanboys raged and blamed Microsoft. Other things in between the beginning and end of Google Stadia, a developer demanded that people should pay devs to stream the games on KZbin, Google was facing a lawsuit for falsely advertised that all games will in 4K, Google charged people $60 to pretty much rent games, someone pointed out Phil Harrison's failures that he was and executive at Sony during the disastrous PlayStation 3 launch, was an executive at Atari when they filed bankruptcy, was an executive at Gaikai before the company was bought by Sony and was an executive at Microsoft during the disastrous launch Xbox One. During the Microsoft VS FTC court case, a former Stadia employee was pressured into admitting that Stadia didn't have the content to keep Stadia afloat.

[@EvelynUwUwastaken]

17:23 I miss that man :(

[@imprudentdev1503]

Gonna be honest, there's almost literally no point in owning the PS5 or XBox X, the only worth they have is exclusives, which will release on PC later. You just need a Switch and a PC to have access to 99% of games coming out

[@luckyrockmore2796]

And you get them pretty much patched and finished to boot

[@Mooskym]

19:11 "We may not even see consoles in the future" - You heard it here, y'all, all consoles in gen 10 or 11 would be made out of fully transparent materials! Anyway, is anyone even buying the Xbox Series? A quick Google search shows that the console(s) sold 27+ million units (which is nothing, really), but I've never met a single person, online or irl, who has one. Any gaming discussion I see everyone's talking about the Switch's great line-up of games, and anyone who wants more graphical fidelity would get a PS5 or a gaming pc. The only time I ever hear anyone mention Xbox, is in context of how bad the console is, and how Microsoft dropped the ball straight down, through the floor, and directly into the core of the Earth.

[@TheBoltMaster456]

One correction, Nintendo opted out of competing with Sony and Microsoft in console power starting with the Wii, not the Gamecube. The Gamecube was actually the MOST powerful of its generation, only being seemingly less capable than the Xbox due to its smaller disk sizes, which meant bigger games with better graphics couldn't even FIT on the damn thing. But for a lot of the games that released on Gamecube that were also released on PS2 and Xbox, for those games the Gamecube version often performed the best. And for first parties Gamecube had some of the best looking first parties of the era, just look at Metroid Prime. Infact the Gamecube was so powerful for its time, the Wii was basically more or less just a juiced up Gamecube, being only 2.5x as powerful as the Gamecube. Compare that to the leap in power from the Xbox to the Xbox 360, let alone the leap from the PS2 to the PS3(which was the biggest leap of that generation).

[@CDBookManGaming]

I gave up on Sony at PS4 because I was tired of their boring, easy wannabe movie games. I gave up on the XBox after the One because they really didn't have any games. I still won't give up on Nintendo because they actually make, you know, GAMES.

[@Night-ec7ef]

I remember when switch came out I bought all the games because there was barley any ending up playing some cool ones like binding of Isaac that I probably never would have touched otherwise. Now it seems I have a never ending list of games to play and about 100 already.

[@luishuerta2505]

I really wanted the Wii U as a kid

[@odnetnin4720]

As a family, we have 1 ps5, got it years after release. We have around 4 games for it, maybe a couple more. By contrast we have 4 switches, bought years after release and over time. And have 60 plus hard copy titles. So yeah, a little bias for the N, but I feel justifiably so, it’s a great system.

[@staticshocker69]

Console wars are dead and Steam put an end to it. Like Groudon and Kyogre fighting and Rayquaza coming in from the sky.