Don't buy the Switch 2

[@NintyPrime]

So Matt asks "when is the last time Nintendo introduced a new IP": Not only did Austin guess wrong (it's not Splatoon), he's using it as a point to argue all Nintendo does is release the same games. And sure, they have a lot of long running IP that get semi regular releases. ARMS was a new IP dropped in 2017, Ring Fit Adventure was a new IP dropped in 2019. Clubhouse Games 51 in 2020, Good Job! in 2020, Astral Chain in 2019, Sushi Striker in 2018, Ever Oasis in 2017... Buddy Mission Bond... No, not all of those games took off of course. But some absolutely did. Ring Fit Adventure has sold over 15m copies, Clubhouse Games 51 has been a resounding success, Astral Chain might be in line for a sequel... Nintendo actually typically publishes at least one new IP every year. Some years, multiple. Nintendo never stopped making new IP and new games, they just don't all have the staying power or blow up, like Nintendo's long running IP. Sometimes, they do - see Splatoon, now on its third succesful game in a row. But Nintendo is not the company to rag on for never trying new things when they do, indeed do. All the time. Yes, they reky on their big money makers (like everyone else does), but they don't only put those games out. Their last release was Pikmin 4, a series that's never cracked 3m in sales. Just saying, we need to respect that output a bit more than Matt is trying to do. He obviously is unaware of most of this and they aren't a Nintendo specific channel, but your lack of awareness doesn't change the facts. Anyways, as for Matt's arguments on why he won't buy a Switch 2: "They haven't done anything to make me want one" Matt my guy, they haven't done anything for ANYONE to make them buy one. They haven't announced it yet. It's far too premature to be like "I won't buy a switch 2 and Nintendo hasn't convinced me" for a platform that hasn't been announced/unveiled and all we actually know are a few scant rumors that don't even really give you a feeling one way or another on the complaints at hand. "graphics that look modern, power" - okay, well we don't even know any of these details yet. Just seems premature to even have a stance like this on a currently unannounced system. I look forward to the episode next year after it's unveiled and shows off something like Elden Ring to see how he feels.

[@NeoArashi]

I always loved Matt, but this video makes him sound like a huge asshat and a Nintendo Hater. Not to say he was 100% wrong. But he keeps comparing the switch to systems that are significantly more powerful... but omit the fact that they are also signifocantly more pricy as well.

[@jefurihartono1630]

I would love to see Matt defend sony with that tlou 1 remake lol

[@NintyPrime]

@@destructodisk9074 Nintendo’s output is unmatched in the industry. The sheer volume of games dropped yearly and at a very consistent quality level. Look I game in all platforms but I try my best to not have ignorant takes when I dive into lesser known stuff for me. Not a bad video, just bad takes throughout over something we factually know nothing about. It was just a way to talk on a trending topic without a deep enough knowledge to get into the weeds properly. That being said, I look forward to what they think after it’s finally unveiled and then later once it’s in their hands.

[@MarouaneTF]

We dont even know if its even goonna be a switch line of console or something brand new They are literally complaining about something that for all we know doesnt exist yet

[@cubicintellect1271]

Finally. Someone in the comments that isn't so unaware of Nintendo and hasn't been living under a rock. Almost everyone is bashing Nintendo and disregarding the good things and why people love these consoles while ALSO understanding Nintendo's faults.

[@Bluestar1079]

I'm going to remember this episode next year when Austin and the other KZbinrs are complaining that the switch 2 is just a $400 updated switch just with better graphics

[@jefurihartono1630]

Oh pliz. If it is suddenly somethign totally unique with loads of gimmick. You guys will also be complaining lol. There is literally no winning against hater.

[@sybsygstgstsgysg5330]

If you think the switch 2 is coming next year you’re crazy, they’re gonna milk it for 2 more years minimum

[@koukkoufos2000]

@@sybsygstgstsgysg5330hopefully, I like my switch lite and I don’t wanna buy a new console yet 😂 Also, I feel like the next Pikmin, fire emblem and Pokémon will be for the switch 2 lol I loved fire emblem engage, three houses, Pikmin 4 and Pokémon scarlet and Violet and sword and shield lol

[@TheDaidai05]

@@sybsygstgstsgysg5330 if anything they might announce it next year/officially say its coming, but yeah I doubt it will actually be on shelves in 2024

[@paulcarmi8130]

@@jefurihartono1630us haters WANT to be proven wrong. I’ve played like 4 games on my switch. It’s fine, but it’s not GREAT. And it needs to be GREAT for me to spend money on titles that rarely go on sale and it isn’t GREAT. it’s just FINE.

[@garpgarp7244]

Matt’s comparison is kinda flawed in a sense that using his logic ps3 to ps4 didn’t have a big upgrade cause fifa 12 and fifa 15 doesnt look that different. Is matt seriously saying a mario galaxy and mario odyssey looks the same? Nintendo pushes the envelop by introducing creative ways to game, yes less powerful but nintendo perfected the world of motion controls, hybrid gaming, etc. Power does not equate to innovation

[@Granolora]

Yup, nintendo: Invented the A and B buttons Invented the X and Y buttons and created the standard 4 button layout that every console uses. Pioneered Motion Controls (which microsoft and sony then tried to copy) Pioneered the use of MicroSD cards for expandable storage up to 1TB on the switch Pioneered the use of touchscreen controls for gaming on the DS Introduced ARM chips to gaming with the GBA LITERALLY INVENTED THE HANDHELD GAME CONSOLE with the Game & Watch Invented the D-Pad with the NES Attempted (albiet unsuccessfully, although the point is that they tried) to create the first VR HEADSET with the virtual boy decades before Oculus Introduced controllers with screens with the Wii U Introduced dual screens and touchscreens to home consoles with the Wii U Created customisable avatars for the Wii with Miis

[@justinwearn620]

Im with Matt, Nintendo plays it too safe. They stick to what they know and are afraid to take risks w/ new franchises or break their family themed persona. They need to break the mold and try to make an M rated game, an original concept and not a rerelease

[@almightysamwhich4203]

I do understand why they don't take risks anymore however it's disappointing because when they took those risks they made some of the best gaming hardware/software they ever made. Like mario kart double dash was not terribly well received but I think it's a hilariously fun and chaotic game that actually takes skill to get to know and master. It's just that all the game reviewers and 5 year olds who don't know how to play games said it sucked.

[@dada82net]

Meanwhile.... Playstation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and half of them used the same controller 😂!

[@jefurihartono1630]

Yeah Nintendo is sooo safe that.... We go from GC to Wii Remote, To Wii U gamepad to Split controller hybrid console. PS sure take so much risk there with PS1,2,3,4,5 and will probably keep going till 10 with same old dualsense that has progress 0 stuff on gaming outside more power lol. Nintendo wii remote is sooo safe that it make Sony make a dildo controller that copy wii remote lol.

[@jefurihartono1630]

The level of stupidity from many of the commenters is making me laugh lol.@@dada82net

[@frostbite3820]

They did pick up Bayonetta which is phenomenal but that's the exception.

[@Gaius4]

I can see what Matt means, but I cant agree. Nintendo is a family company. I'm positive Nintendo is just milking the cow while it can. I dont disagree with them honestly. In terms of graphics, yes they are behind, or theyre purposely upgrading slowly. They are still a competitor while still releasing graphically low games. The formulas been winning so far in my opinion. Matt is focused on graphical/power improvements, Austin on Sales/Success and Nintendo Exclusives. They are both correct on their stances, but I have to side with Austin.

[@TREEKO978]

"Nintendo has done 0 to entice me to buy a new console" yeah, they didn't announce anything yet :|

[@TREEKO978]

seriopusly tho, as much as I have criticism for nintendo, most of those arguments were brain dead.

[@austinfallen]

Old man Austin here. I could not care even the tiniest bit about high level graphics and frames. All the game needs is a story that grabs you and leaves you wondering where your day went. Flash with no substance just feels hollow. The last PS I had was the 2 and the last Xbox was the 360. Same reason first person shooters do absolutely nothing for me. I could just be old though lol

[@Goldman_Bernstein]

Who cares about having state-of-the-art tech, if the games are boring... Nintendo is about fun games for friends and family.

[@dncjapan]

30fps is the perfect rate. Any more and it's vom-town. The Switch is honestly above what anybody needs for gaming. Graphics are the least of my concerns when looking at games. The Switch can play PC games, PS5, PS4 and anything else over streaming as well as having great media performance in movies and music. It's runs thousands and thousands of retro games and has a fantastic form factor. I'm eagerly awaiting the new one to see how they can improve something that performs so well.

[@kilbymorgan8626]

I buy Nintendo for the exclusives and the gimmick and Nintendo treats their products like it's crack. Gives you a taste of the good stuff every 5 years to keep you there then sells you the stuff cut with fiberglass the rest of the time. By all rights, Metroid should be on its 16th game. Mother 3 should've been out years ago, and Starfox should have every spinoff imaginable. Currently there are original Nintendo characters on the Smash roster that adults don't know because their last game came out 4 years before they were born. Nintendo is a juggernaut, they should be flooding us with content and they don't.

[@SMG.Trill.92]

I can agree with you on this. They have wasted away the "prime-time" of their IP's. Lets just hope they make up for it, and stop leaving us looking like fiends. Lmao

[@zak8292]

After I heard what Nintendo did to the man that made the fan-moded Pokémon game, I swore off Nintendo permanently. They absolutely destroyed the life of someone who did no harm to them or their product. He made no money on, he released the mod for free. It was just a rom-mod, and Nintendo utterly ended any chance this innocent man could have had, forever. Nintendo is a disgusting company.

[@nicklugo5070]

I'm with matt, the only reason I even have a switch is for nostalgia franchises and my kids can play it

[@Gregorioux]

Matt’s argument: Nintendo consoles don’t dramatically improve generationally Austin: but they improved! Matt: facepalms

[@grandmoffporkins]

I feel like the Switch was one of the biggest comebacks in gaming history, alongside the Wii. That said, since those first few shiny, happy years... Nintendo seems to have increased the number of unforced errors, bad calls, lazy choices, anti-consumer behavior, and causing grief amongst their longest-time fans. That, THAT said... maybe it was always like this and we just never knew it til now.

[@JohnnyMagick]

Matt nailed it here. Especially when he said RD is full price. That's a PS3 era game which was definitely $50 (maybe less) when it released. Nintendo is riding their own coattails 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@IceYetiWins]

That literally has nothing to do with Nintendo besides it being released on their platform

[@JohnnyMagick]

@@IceYetiWins I was agreeing with two separate points

[@IceYetiWins]

@@JohnnyMagick Ah

[@Colorado-Coyote]

They make a product I consume it and a story. Ultimately they can make whatever they want

[@farzadjahanfard]

His point are very valid switch sucks how ever i am pc / ps5 player but you have to play Nintendo games to understand switch games they are pure joy and fun to play i will buy switch 2 not because of Nintendo or the console because if fun games and joy it bring

[@Adam-ww8zd]

100% with Matt.

[@XRKGX]

Matt is 100% correct Nintendo is a complete rip off they do it with Zelda. They do it with Mario and they keep selling you the same thing over and over again and I guarantee you probably the next Nintendo switch too. They’re gonna make you buy all the same games you already own by not letting you play them which is ridiculous. That’s usually what they do but I really hope the switch to is fully backwards compatible to the switch. That would be the best not only that I really hope Nintendo decides to do some new franchises because they never do that anymore and it’s kind of sad. But another thing I don’t really like about Nintendo is they always think their games are valued at full price other video games from other systems go down in price after time Nintendo usually only drop by 20 bucks when they’re on sale and they’re always usually full price

[@samwalker8893]

People, yourselves included, are always comparing the wrong things…. The switch was never a home console to beat xbox etc.. it was a handheld to beat gameboy or ds. Compare it to them and you have exactly what you were looking for. Those huge leaps of innovation. Comparing an ice cream van to a pony doesnt make either do the job bad but compared to each other theres a pretty good clear winner for selling ice cream from.

[@ovojdabanks210]

he does realize that the new pokemon games aren't 2d right?

[@integer0verload948]

Where's the LTT comment video. Gotta piggyback on this stuff. The boats leaving the harbor. 😂

[@filthyklownzssb4589]

isn't ARMS there last introduced IP? I mean it flopped... but it was new and had potential. Also, the only way nintendo is going to compete with the power of the steam deck is if they are willing to sell their console at a loss, which they simply won't do. The gameboy was vastly underpowered in it's time and that thing lived a successful life for what? 10 years? Also, I don't think it is fair to blame nintendo this much for the travesty that is the current state of Pokemon games.

[@jimmymyers]

The Switch uses a mobile chip from 2015. It was outdated when it launched. Nintendo hasn't made a premium console since the Gamecube.

[@jullemasa2182]

Even Nintendo is almost only console that makes sense to buy because of good exclusives. Sony has some of it left bbut not that much and Xbox is just same as PC.

[@nathanjustice4253]

Nintendo mostly sells gimmicks since the Wii. Now that they found a format that works they could increase power and graphics. However, they could create something different altogether. We won't know until an official, not the VGC report, by Nintendo.

[@Raid3r_G4ming]

I get where matt is coming from, I feel like Nintendo hasn't done really anything different since the game cube/wii era. For a hand held console, steam deck blows it out of the water. The only thing Nintendo has going for them is there literal brand name franchises but most of those sequels to this day could be just DLC. For graphical comparison the switch is just getting PlayStation 3 era games ported to it. That don't run fantastic if that's not a sign how behind Nintendo is in the horsepower department idk what is. It feels like when the Nintendo "upgrades" they're just catching up to last generation of gaming and that's being nice.

[@ArthasProVEVO]

PS Vita could do almost everything what switch could do during it's release time , i still play my Vita More than my Switch to be honest and Vita still holds up

[@acdcsg1]

I would get a switch but i refuse buy one if i need to buy a subscription service just to save MY GAME on MY CONSOLE

[@RudolfRelease]

"we'd still be playing on the Nes" 😂 Sega made them sweat back in the day. Nintendo does the bare minimum - so true

[@80s_Gamr]

What those of us that like Nintendo and their franchises want is better hardware and better battery life. I travel a lot at this point in my life and those things would be great. As far as we'd still be playing the NES if they could make it so... um, duh. If you made a product wouldn't you want to get a much life out of it as possible? That's kind of the point of business.

[@Drstrange3000]

The Switch OLED has fantastic battery life.

[@sugarhieroglyph]

I really want like at least 7-8 hours battery life AT LEAST.

[@housebywill1715]

Splatoon was not their most recent ip, arms, snipperclips, ring fit adventure. While not as sucessful new ip are still attempting to be worked on. The same thing can be said about the competion. Where are sony new ip past the launch of the ps5. What ip do microsoft have but halo that they havent bought?. Switch players are the casual audiance, they dont mind the 30fps, it works for most people which is why people turn a blind eye to it. PC gaming that barely gets 30fps on hardware 4x more powerful is shamed upon because pc gamers are the power users and not the casual audiance, they spend way more to play and subsequently expect way more. Complaining about too many mario games is just being a silly sausage, People like them, with mario behind them you know its going to be a quality experiance with characters people like, its a no brainer. Splatoon nearly was launched with mario characters instead of inklings. Mario is so big, massive and easy to market that for less serious party games like mariocart and marioparty it just makes sense because it tells people that they are going to have a good time. I think if you are a switch power user and a lover for nintendo you propabaly should buy a switch 2 but for the casuals who dont need the extra power, sticking with their current model is more than enough for most people. Complaining about graphics to me is like compaining about the stylalised look of across the spiderverse, saying that if a movie isnt hyperealistic then you cant enjoy it. Not evrething needs to look like real life, games can still have an artstyle. If you are really desprate for lifelike graphics you definetly own a pc play on their. Saying that nintendo abandon their last gen consoles when a new one is released is just wrong. Watch some of the 2017, 2018 directs. You will see new 3DS games announced anlongside new switch games. Or better yet when announcing new DS games also relasing new GBA games. I will take the hit on the backwards compatability but how was nintendo going to make you put a WIIU disk in the switch. It will become just an utter mess. The DS lite can play all the ds games and GBA games. Futher GBA can play og game boy games. This just seems like a low hanning fruit. People that want to play the wiiu games on their switch, defo own a wiiu and the games without a doupt. The poeple most likely rebuying the games are people who have never played them before. I can kind of get behind the less than 1080p is unnaceptable, but in all honsetly people peopabally wownt know a difference if its 1080p if it has good AA. People who will see the diffenece is who the switch isnt for, people who demand that much quality are the pc power users who refuse to play anything that isnt 4k 144fps, which is rediculous for a console for young kids, they dont need that much to have a good time. "I dont think the switch will be able to play games like the steam deck, because it hasnt happened yet - matt" do you hear yourself ofc it hasnt happened yet because the new console isnt out yet ??? what ?? the steam deck is still very recent, the switch is nearly 7 years old, no shot it hasnt happened yet because it hasnt been released. That is literally what you are discussing, how did you mess up that bad. ong your switch online take is a W take, real asf, for 20 bones a year it can defo do more. I hope the switch 2 has more personality to it like the 3ds and wii and wiiu. Compaining that the jump to the ds to 3ds wasnt significant and didnt need to happen. Bro what. Look at super mario 3d land and super mario 64 ds and tell me that an upgrade didnt happen. You were arguing about needing a graphics upgrade for the switch 5 mins ago saying that nintendo dont upgrade. Then when they have upgraded in the past you argue that it wasnt neccecary. -3ds power user (sarcastic, complete bait to be in slop live!, less goo). Now im going back to playing animal crossing new leaf on my nintendo 3DS.

[@game_master_rukia]

nintendo can't fix the joycon drift problem because they don't make the analog sticks in them. the manufacturer of the analog sticks can solve the problem but they won't and there's only one good stick on the market but nintendo doesn't use it in the joycons

[@seanwhitman4365]

Hey Matt. The switch is targeted mostly at kids. My 10 year old doesnt care that a game is running at 26fps instead of 30. Nintendo knows what theyre doing. U want power then buy the other consoles

[@Enzo575]

Donkey Kong 64 was awesome. IDK why there's no sequel or something

[@masonlynch94]

The issue is not that Nintendo is locked, it's that they are the sole proprietor of many titles but don't push the limits of technology. Make the best switch possible not the one that makes the most money.

[@sidewinder2057]

They push the limits of gamedesign and creativity in games which is the most important thing, not power

[@hazuki413]

⁠@@sidewinder2057that’s cool and all. But they’re not really the only ones. They have the money to at least make it much closer to this gen. I don’t mean they need 4k 60. Just make it so that graphical it looks good and not GameCube and wii graphic on majority of their own games. The number one most selling game is pkm. It should look waaaay better than what it does. It’s damn near looking like Coliseum and XD. That’s just my opinion though.

[@Granolora]

​@@user-kr2gq9gv9iexactly, i dont want a bloody 4K console, im fine with just going up to 1080p in handheld and 1440p in docked mode. Thats what my smartphone can do. Nintendo focuses on good gameplay, not overly sharp graphics.

[@yeudylove2820]

all the companies want money, but when nintendo want it they are the bad guys.

[@kennethterrell1167]

@tuukkanen2dios664 Nintendo doesn't make games since they contract through developers such as Next Level Games, so I don't think Nintendo has a focus on gameplay.

[@imby]

Nintendo intentionally invests in current or previous gen components to keep the costs of their consoles as low as possible, for two reasons: they always make money on their hardware (which is a rarity in gaming) and so more users can buy into their ecosystem. That's it. And that's why even though Nintendo does not have bleeding edge technology in the Switch, it's still selling more than any other console right now. Gamers may not compromise, but moms of casual gamers definitely do.

[@PrimeTF]

And another thing, Nintendo stopped competing against the other major console brands a while ago. Their whole pitch with the Wii is "we don't care about the graphical fidelity of our games, as long as we can express our design philosophy in the games themselves, that's all that matters." They don't need to rely on hardware specs to sell units, because they have a whole backlog of first-party exclusives of the upmost high quality (depending on which games you look at), and THAT's the reason you buy a Switch. There are some duds like what Pokemon is apparently doing, but there isn't anything else to compare it to, typical RPGs don't have you collecting a thousand party members with singular gimmicks with the idea of getting all of them. And even if they're glitchy to all hell, it's usually less often than offerings on other consoles (god forbid we talk about Cyberpunk 2077), and it only sticks out badly because it's being compared to Nintendo's other games that aren't nearly as broken. So comparing Nintendo to any other console manufacturer is basically like trying to compare a mainline Hasbro Transformers CHUG figure to a Masterpiece figure.

[@lemoncurdd2296]

Their sales have literally nothing to do with affordability. If their games weren't exclusive, they wouldn't sell a single one.

[@andreysegura2510]

And people, KZbinrs and 'gamers' can't seem to understand that. I really don't know if it's just an issue of some pc/xb/ps5 owners wanting to play mario, zelda or Pokemon in photorealistic 120fps, but I really don't hear Nintendo users complaining about graphics

[@Jeno_Sinatra]

@@lemoncurdd2296So kind of like... why people buy PlayStations, too...

[@TwentyOneBrians]

Yeah, that would make sense if an Xbox Series S wasn't the same price as the base switch.

[@samfarabee2963]

I think what Matt is getting at is that each generation of Nintendo consoles is JUST BARELY better enough to justify a new console. Where Sony, and Microsoft have significant, and noticeable, graphical leaps from gen to gen. The one Nintendo console that is arguable a pretty big jump in graphics is from the N64 to the Gamecube. The Wii was still 480p and the Wii U was a little more than bumping the Wii to 1080p.

[@IceYetiWins]

Snes -> n64 is a pretty big jump lol

[@hairpunut]

​@@IceYetiWinsbarley because not all games utilized the GPU and CPU bump. Then the next game to camecube was only slightly better, then Wii looked almost the same, Wii u was barley better, then came the switch which again didn't improve much. But the do add alot of unique stuff to their consoles etc.

[@samfarabee2963]

@@IceYetiWins ... Oops yeah ya got me there. Excluding the console jump from 2D to 3D. Cause 3D on SNES was ... Basic

[@IceYetiWins]

@@hairpunut "not all games used the cpu and gpu bump" okay so some games didn't need to be as powerful so therefore the console is not much more powerful than the snes? And the wii u is definitely a lot more powerful than the wii. There's no way a game like breath of the wild could run on a wii.

[@gtothem1850]

I think a lot of people on this comment section are looking at Nintendo from a power perspective rather than from a developing perspective. Ask a Nintendo fan, Nintendo *DOES NOT CARE* about the graphics. The few times they did, Nintendo 64 and Gamecube, those consoles FLOPPED because they focused too hard on flexing muscles and NOT on making the consoles accesibles and easy to develop games for, a history that repeated with Wii U. This is why ever since the Wii they've been mostly focused on making gimmicky games or consoles, especially since they're an old fashioned game developer company that likes to make games or hardware based on a simple gimmick and exploiting it to its limit; The thing that Nintendo has *KIND OF* going on their field is that by being (somewhat) of a software-based developer company is that they deliver quality games. Sure they can give you 300+ Marios, but if out of all of those games 158-ish? of those Mario games are either quality titles or part of the hall of some of the most innovative and subjectively beloved games ever made, then that goes to show why they're still around and why people are both so defensive, and so forgiving about Nintendo. Thing is that Nintendo WON'T prioritize power or graphics because for them, even though the graphics look phenomenal and groundbreaking, that on itself doesn't equal to ensure constant quality games. I get you, I too would want to get the same experiences that Sony or Microsoft have because gamers shouldn't be blindfolding themselves to think that Scarlet and Violet just because it introduces a few gimmicks to the Pokemon formula, it might be better than Elder Ring; But there is an argument to be said in which Nintendo's approach is objectively the most focused one, is just that their execution more than not does not live up the the expectation of their fans and rightfully so, they might have the right approach but that has made them closed-minded to newer IPs, bigger stories, and more demanding presentation, which if that was that case like Sony's or Xbox's THEN they'd put power as priority for their games and consoles, but they know from history that focusing on that it can end on the opposite ground of backfiring. Is sad because is a pick your poison situation, you either have a company that focuses on good games at the expense of losing third parties due to their hardware not meeting the standard; Or a company that only focuses on power alone to sustain their longevity at the market, at the expense of their games meeting half the expectations hardcore gamers want, and disappointing the fandom they already have by giving them stuff they didn't ask for. Gamecube specifically taught Nintendo this lesson on a harsh way so much so it scarred them for life, according to Miyamoto. Would I want a Nintendo console on par to the PS5? *ABSOLUTELY*. But Nintendo has a track record of only delivering in halves, either you get a lot of good games and okay graphics, or good graphics and a few games, specially being basically a toy company at heart, which is why for them is so difficult to compete in power; They're the clickbait guys, the guys that use that something to draw new audiences and unless they can find a balance on both horse power AND novelty-based soft ware, much like the Switch, that might not seem like a viable approach for them. I hope to be proven wrong, however.

[@JustMills]

I'm with Matt. Nintendo does less than the bare minimum and gets praised for it.

[@mikehunt40]

You obviously haven't seen metroid prime remaster. Nintendo does nothing at a minimum. That would b Sony by far. Just look at last of us remaster I mean really. It really needed a remaster.

[@warthunder1969]

Same. The Switch was my final straw and I have to be honest - even the newer pokemon games couldn't save it. The games run and look like crap, and minimal effort from Nintendo to eve care about this. Plus the whole Switch online thing just made me mad. Just run the emulators right on the switch its more than powerful enough. There are people like me who's internet sucks so Switch online is terrible to work with. Also Pokemon games have had less and less story or content for years. Sword and Sheild was a total dissapointment and its going to take many years for Nintendo to repair that relationship.

[@justjordan2478]

@@mikehunt40Nobody said nintendo doesn’t make good games but they definitely don’t innovate. That was the argument made today. Nobody is talking about remasters. We’re talking about giving the fan base new games, and giving us tech up to date, online services that WORK. There’s no reason switch shouldn’t have an OLED screen. Don’t get me wrong love Nintendo games, just wish I didn’t have to play them on my switch 😂

[@JustMills]

Pokemon S/V, all of the Mario sports games, their online services, the fact that a port of a 9yr old game that came out 6yrs ago is still full price. The switch was an underpowered system at launch. Are there a few hits for the switch sure but that doesn't clear them of everything else.

[@SolidPython2099]

​@@justjordan2478 >Nintendo doesn't innovate >Literally everybody copies Nintendo Why do you think Valve got the idea to make a Steam Deck? Or Asus with ROG-Ally? Or why everybody copies Breath of the Wild?(Genshin, Immortals Fenyx Rising). What you mean by "innovation" is "I want better graphics". You don't care about actual innovation my guy.

[@victoresarey4036]

Matt is correct in his mindset. Corporations do the minimum to make money

[@AnthonyBlamthony]

True, but some companies do it far more than others. Looking at how Nintendo and its Fanbase works from an outside perspective is just crazy. It’s like watching some simp religiously pay an arm and a leg for their OF queen’s subpar soft core porn.

[@victoresarey4036]

@@eagleleft capitalism has ruined everything it touches humans are a greedy selfish species...look at ea

[@CallMeVidd]

You’re telling me a corporation isn’t my best friend? 🤯

[@Silverhazey_]

Jesus, Matt must have taken something strong before shooting this video, the bias was being let loose. Did he actually just say that “Nintendo has the absolute worst track record when it comes to backwards compatibility”? In what parallel universe is that true? Cause whether it was the Wii with a GameCube basically built inside of it, the Wii U with Wii games and accessories. The GBA with GB games, the DS with GBA AND GB games. The SNES having the Super Game Boy, the GameCube having the GameBoy player…like that is just blind hate unless he doesn’t know his gaming stuff. Cause some other companies haven’t tried nearly as hard here. Not sure, but I’m with Austin on this one boss. Multiple time just asked “what even is the point of the argument you’re making. I don’t see a point either g.

[@insane5125]

I do agree that Nintendo needs to be more consumer friendly/focused but I would like to point out that thier backwards compatablility has been semi decent in the past. GC -> Wii , Wii -> Wii U , GB -> GBC -> GBA , GBA -> DS , DS -> 3DS.

[@NeoArashi]

Since the begining of the century, in which they released 7 systems, not counting revisions, only 2 were not BC: the GameCube and the Switch. And both had the excuse of using completely different medium for their games compared to their predecesor.

[@trevorflake7854]

I will purchase the switch 2 the second it's released! I want the LCD so it's not as expensive!!

[@ummidk757]

Exactly plus they probably arent gonna use the same lcd screen as the current switch

[@baxterfam5465]

@@ummidk757they were using a standard LCD screen from 2014. So most likely yes

[@Dudewitbow]

Nintendo introduces new IPs all the time, it's just a matter if people actually play the game or not. on the 3DS, Arms and Ever Oasis was released in '17, Sushi Striker was 3ds/Switch in '18, Astral Chain (made by Platinum, but Nintendo owns the IP rights) was '19. The problem is the average mainstream gamer doesn't touch anything new, similar to how most people won't touch any JRPG that's NOT named Final Fantasy.

[@OtakuAnime01]

Nintendo said they never focus on the latest and greatest tech for a new console. They focus on making good games. Games meant for anyone to play, not just teens and adults. If you are solely about the graphics and latest tech, then you are limiting yourself

[@BassGato]

i understand Matt perfectly. the "upgrades" nintendo makes is just enough to say hey it's an upgrade. gameboy OG and gameboy pocket. its an upgrade cause its skinnier. OG switch and oled Switch its an upgrade becuase the screen is slightly bigger and clearer. OG gameboy and gameboy color, hey there's color now...but no backlight. which the gameboy light had before that.

[@MattBoehm87]

I would say those comparisons are similar too a ps3 and a ps3 slim. They weren’t a new generation. PS3/4 slim were just smaller versions of the same console as well.

[@warthunder1969]

and I garuntee that the Switch 2 will not be backwards compatible with the Switch games... that's a typical Nintendo thing to do. Think about if your Switch could play Wii games? In the past alot of consule manufacturers would do at least 1 gen back compatability.

[@Elchinodawn]

​@@warthunder1969interesting, now tell me how are you gonna fit a disc drive into the switch? Pls elaborate on it and make sure it makes sense..

[@warthunder1969]

@@Elchinodawn Just making a point in backwards compatability I know the physical limitations of the CD... I also know if Nintendo much like the 3ds sold the virtual console and for a low price had those run local on the switch people like me would have bought them rather than a monthly subscription.

[@jefurihartono1630]

​@@warthunder1969and yet 3ds can play ds. Or wii u can play wii. So this no BC is just stupid talk

[@mikehunt40]

I had rose colored glasses for Sony. Then I bought a switch, and after that I bought a new Xbox s series. Then I got an x series. I do not plan on buying a ps5. Sony is what your talking about when it comes to bare minimum.

[@ask343]

To be honest I don't see the Xbox Series consoles doing anything new other than quick resume, so what makes the Xbox Series X better than the PS5?

[@mikehunt40]

@@ask343 game pass, and yeah Sony has something like it but not even close no comparison to gamepass

[@ask343]

oh yeah@@mikehunt40 although I do believe the PS5 innovated with its controller, the console itself doesn't have many new features

[@mikehunt40]

@@ask343 can't speak on ps5, but my ps4 controller was crap, and my ps3 controller was also crap. Had 2 recharge them after 5 hours of use. So how long does the ps5 controllers last.

[@mikehunt40]

@@ask343 and I know my switch pro controller lasts a week on 1 charge for a fact.

[@yukeyyashiro4806]

1000% siding with Matt, Nintendo really has not done much to really entice me back to buy one of their consoles since the wii

[@The86Ripper]

I have been saying that since the release of the switch. Everyone went nuts because there was no competition whatsoever. And no the steam deck and other similar handhelds are *not* direct competition for the switch.

[@LoveTheGiantDos]

That's fine but Switch is 3rd best selling console of all time. So they could care less about someone who clearly isn't interested in their franchises.

[@krzysiekp.9555]

Hi guys! Proud owner of a PS5 and Switch here. I love PlayStation 5 and how insane graphics look on it. Many games run in 60 FPS which is great. However I also love the Switch. It's hardware is old, games run in 30 FPS, and graphics are well below other platfoms. But there is one thing that a Switch can do - give me fun. I bought it not for amazing hardware but for the original games (Nintendo has the best exclusives library in my opinion) that give me fun. That's the only thing that matters. "Nintendo does the bare minimum" who cares? Their bare minimum is more fun than a lot of stuff their competition does. If you don't want a new Switch don't buy it. But please keep those pointless and unhelpful rants to yourself.

[@beersandbacon]

Totally agree with Matt about Pokemon. I LOVE the franchise and got Pokemon Red on release along with a Gameboy Pocket. I'll agree, Pokemon games on switch look absolutely terrible. Imagine how good it could look if they put the same amount of love into it as they do Mario which looks great despite the lackluster hardware.

[@sylvy16]

as always the reason is the tv show and cards need to come out on time so the games don’t get enough development time

[@d4ngerd4d]

Pokemon games aren't developed by Nintendo. It's Game Freak/The Pokemon Company that's in charge of them. They're Nintendo exclusives, so we tend to lump them into the category of other IPs that are owned by Nintendo, but Pokemon is a different thing altogether. If the Pokemon games were developed by Nintendo, they would probably be much better.

[@Jansenbaker]

Look at the price of the steam deck... That's 1 reason why the Switch's power isn't higher. Nintendo's systems are always lower than each generation's counterparts. They aim to be more affordable than the competition, but also improve to be where the others were. Playing on a DS and then playing on a 3DS, there was a big jump to me as a kid. Textures were nicer, models were smoother, gameplay was more complex on some games. The amazing Spider-Man game (apart from being limited in places) felt like I had a console game in my hands. They doubled the power from the SNES to the 64, and again to the Gamecube (and the Gamecube, by the way, was technically actually _more_ capable than PS2) The "gimmick" of having games fit in your pocket lived from Gameboy to DS to Switch, and all of them sold massively. The WiiU failed because they misread things. The console truly was gimmicky. The pad made no difference. So they made what people were expecting from the WiiU; something that could go from home to travel. And the execution was genius. So of course they let the wave of sales flow in rather than step in prematurely with some other thing, only adding a couple of slight refreshes, and providing a version for kids to have pure portability. But I hope they are reading the room, and see they are reaching the end of their sales road. They literally won't have anyone left to sell to, if they wait too long, and people _are_ wanting something better now. The Switch came out in the time of PS4. So give an upgraded version to be competitive, but below the $500 of PS5. The rumor of going back to LCD makes sense to compensate the price for upping the performance. You have to compromise on some things when it comes to this business. And Pokémon is a _terrible_ example to keep bringing up about Nintendo's quality. That's on Game Freak, not Nintendo.

[@byeetch]

I really hate bringing up piracy because it's still a taboo for most people but the sheer amount of games you can emulate on the Steam Deck/ROG Ally alongside the already gigantic library Steam has makes the argument just boiling down to Nintendo having their own IPs. The point Matt was saying in the video was that they're doing the absolute bare minimum to keep the majority of consumers happy, even if it means making the hardware 3 generations behind current options. The Steam Deck costs twice the amount of a Switch sure, but you get MORE than 2x the performance, compatibility and library of games.

[@Camino377]

I find it funny how Matt is saying Nintendo does nothing to push the envelope yet they're the only developer that actually has tried to innovate in the last 20 years and like others have said, Nintendo has never tried to be on the bleeding edge of graphics. You had the Wii, first mainstream console with motion control, I would argue the grandfather of modern VR, backwards compatible with the Gamecube, WILDLY successful. Nintendo DS, backwards compatible with Gameboy, dual screen, again WILDLY successful. Wii U, easily Nintendo's biggest flop, but introduced the Gamepad, really the first iteration of a hand held home console. 3DS, more powerful, native 3D support, led to the 2DS which I would say is the only incremental console Nintendo released, but it's what the market wanted, still WILDLY successful. And finally the Switch, the first mainstream portable home console. And I think paved the way for the Steam Deck/ROG Ally. He said they abandon their generational 'gimmicks', but realistically, what have they abandoned in the last 20 years? The Switch has motion control, and it's handheld, probably the two biggest 'gimmicks' of their last two consoles. Then the Nintendo DS family was supported for 16 years, 2004 - 2020. The only thing Nintendo really abandoned was the 3D effect from the 3DS. Meanwhile Microsoft and Sony ever only try incremental updates to their consoles, and copy Nintendo 'gimmicks' a few years later, i.e. Kinect and PS Move, and Project Q, which are subsequently abandoned. And just for the record, I'm not a Nintendo fanboy (PCMR). The newest Nintendo console I have is a GameCube, and Nintendo definitely has issues, but Matt is flat out wrong lol.

[@mrZanZibar777]

Yeah Nintendo has a lot of problems but hardware is not it. The Switch did not age well but there weren't many better options hardware wise for them to use in 2017 that would get the performance people want. Now there's a lot more powerful options, and combined with the possibility of DLSS 3 I think the Switch 2 will be as powerful as it needs to be, no more no less.

[@ElVatoLoco645]

i completely agree. mainly play my pc for games. but i also love nintendo at the end of the day. got into splatoon 3 about a month ago and i think it's one of the most creative shooters i've ever played. i've put almost 40 hours into it already.

[@untitledpoptart2264]

bruh the first 2 weeks of tears of the kingdom i put in 110 hours

[@FaintAcrobat]

Matt is crazy. The Switch is a very old console at this point. Expecting it to have graphics that would wow people today is actually crazy. On top of that, it's a handheld. And it's still selling very well. Nintendo has pushed gaming tech more than Sony or Microsoft. Those two just put the best chip possible in a console and then they're done. Nintendo did that for three generations and the company was slowly dying because of it. Nintendo shifted their focus to games. They werent going to spend millions on R&D to compete in a losing battle against two of the biggest tech companies in the world, they simply can't. What matters to Nintendo when making a console is if it'll be fun to play games on. And the Wii and Switch have been big success because of it. They make games ppl want to play. Until Starfield, I had pretty much played Switch exclusively for 1-2 years. The Switch is probably my favourite console since the 360. I've been playing games since the C64/NES. At some point, graphics don't do it form me like it used to. With the arrival of HD games, the differences in graphics aren't that big of a deal any more. Does Starfield, for example, look good? Yes, it looks great. But at the same time, in my memory, it doesn't look that different quality wise to what I remember Skyrim or Fallout 4 from looking when i played them for the first time. If you put them side by side, you'll clearly see a big difference. But that's my point. Unless you specifically go into games caring about graphics, thers very little difference. What stands out to me is the styleof the game, the story, the gameplay and whatnot. Put an upscaled Skyrim Infront of me and I'd be completely fine with it. And that's a 12yr old game. The Switch still looks fine to me. And the games Nintendo are releasing are fun as hell to play. I honestly think it's kinda sad to be so obsessed with the quality of the graphics that you cant enjoy the game underneath. You would have thought this graphics obsessed mindset would have died off with the rise of indy games where gameplay has been front and center. If the Switch 2 is less powerful then it could be, i wouldn't really care as long as the price reflects that. I'd still buy it because I like Nintendo's games. Just like I buy the new Xbox, because I like Microsofts games. I actually held off a bit to buy the new Xbox because i felt it wasn't worth the money at first since everything was still coming out on the One X. It wasn't until games started to really suffer being on the One X that I upgraded.

[@Hexaroot785]

Arms was a new ip lol

[@tinnin123]

Matt is 100% correct. My man told no lies and said what eveyrone else is really thinking

[@jefurihartono1630]

Matt is talking 100% bullshit. The level of ignorance is absurd lol.

[@RonaldBradycptgmpy]

He's not wrong, he just gets emotional when he argues and loses rhe thread. Austin also wasn't wrong when he said they're just doing what everyone else is doing; and from a busness standpoint, they do it more efficiently because it requires less effort. I am unimpressed by most this generation

[@420316777666]

Excluding fanboys because they can never see wrong in Nintendo no matter what they do

[@Gilgalad1111]

Well he mentioned pokemon of being bad with not updating graphics or animations, but then we have tears of the kingdom. An almost perfect game. So they definitely can do great graphics, but choose to release pokemon games every year instead of putting the time and effort into them like with Zelda.

[@jefurihartono1630]

@@Gilgalad1111 pokemon is not under nintendo hand. It is all by game freak and the pokemon company.

[@anova_inc]

Bros forgot about ARMS.

[@carltonleboss]

So did Nintendo.

[@Thundervolt888]

Didn’t Nintendo release other new ip like goob job or something like that? 🤔

[@SolidPython2099]

@@Thundervolt888 Astral Chain as well.

[@Thundervolt888]

@@SolidPython2099 Yeah Matt is just wrong that’s like saying Sony and Microsoft don’t give us new IP they do they just always don’t stick cause not all of them do well.

[@ChemyNoSurfea]

Matt is uninformed about Pokémon, blaming Nintendo for what Game freak and TPC do. And sure, Nintendo re uses IP but they innovate all the time... They're not the literal same game all the time...

[@julius89chunggat]

100% with Matt, Nintendo does the barest minimum.

[@Callieforniiaa]

Yeah… they’ve always done that. It’s apart of their business model. They’ve said it millions of times. They take “withering tech” and make a console out of it to be the most affordable which usually is more palatable and eye catching to consumers especially with kids. Y’all all need to sit down and just accept the fact Nintendo will most likely never be the power house they once tried to be with the most “powerful” tech at the time of the consoles manufacturing. I keep telling everyone stop talking about a 4K switch. They’re not gonna do it. They stopped trying to be the most powerful basically around N64/GameCube. The Wii on and afterwards they stayed with the lower powered business model. They even did the same with their handhelds.

[@mikehunt40]

Yeah, these ppl obviously haven't seen metroid prime remaster. A 20 yr old game would of been game of the yr if tears of the kingdom didn't come out this yr. That's going above and beyond minimum. Look at Sony remaster of the last of us. Everything Matt said about Nintendo is everything Sony stands for.

[@ovojdabanks210]

"Nintendo doesn't push the envelope" when the switch was literally them pushing the envelope that caused stuff like the steam deck to exist

[@jeremiahisrael360]

How, when the switch only plays Nintendo games? It’s just a bigger Gameboy Advance.

[@TwilightWolf032]

Nintendo popularized the standard 4 face buttons layout with the SNES, Nintendo popularized analog sticks with the N64, Nintendo popularized motion controls with the Wii, and Nintendo popularized the hybrid system with the Switch. Nintendo is always pushing the industry forward in some way or another and taking the big risks before Sony and Microsoft feel comfortable enough to make their own version of whatever it is Nintendo is doing. That guy is just dismissing Nintendo for no valid reason.

[@osakeleto]

the switch was nothing new. handheld consoles are old.

[@FaithFallRepentGraceRepeat]

@@TwilightWolf032they also tried with the Virtual Boy (🤭). They have done their fare share of stepping out on the ledge & seeing what works. A better argument is that they keep rehashing old games that they know will sell.

[@TwilightWolf032]

@@FaithFallRepentGraceRepeat That I will agree with. Instead of making their old titles accessible to everyone, like Xbox does with Game Pass, they insist on the Virtual Console style of slowly rereleasing content they have already rereleased on the Wii and Wii U, progressively worse and refuse to do anything about their GCN library! THAT is a point they absolutely deserve criticism for!

[@milkmanchannel1]

Matt is right with that Nintendo does the bare minimum. But honestly Sony and Microsoft would do the same thing if they didn't have each other to compete with. Nintendo doesn't have any direct competition and they have so many exclusive titles that'll sell like gangbusters so they don't feel the need to do anything crazy too often. Sony and Microsoft are always pushing the boundaries because if one of them doesn't do that, the other one will

[@deathstrike]

That wasn't always the case. For a time in the early 2000s, Sony put a LOT of pressure on Nintendo with the PSP. Still considered a great handheld, and it did push Nintendo to do better. But now? Sony blew it with the Vita, mostly because of those special overpriced memory storage cards and a poor lineup of titles to name a few. Now, whose left? Sure you got Steam Deck/ROG Ally and the upcoming Lenovo Legion gaming deck. But Nintendo still beats them from a price for quality point. The Switch Light is still $199.00 and is the best bang for the buck in the handheld marker. Coupled with the cheap (if lacking) NSO, and nobody even comes close to competing.

[@ruinoushavoc256]

Nintendo focused on having the most cutting edge consoles with the SNES as well as the N64, the Game Cube and it ended that strategy with the Wii U. Funny how their most successful hardware never focused on cutting edge or bleeding edge graphics... Gameboy, Wii and Switch dominated and with good reasons for each that aren't purely Mario games. I don't think there would be the landscape of gamers being by far the norm without them actually. Using older, less expensive components in ways that they were never intended with thorough understanding and implementation of everything the hardware can do is what makes them wizards. This is what sells their tech, hands down. The Wii was not cutting edge, but they utilized the hardware of an overclocked GameCube and some IR sensors and instantly created a generationally inclusive device that even my 6 year old actively loves to play today. Graphics are second to the experience. And you only get that chance once. I wish the REST of the gaming industry would accept that.

[@jimmy3951]

Me too but when i saw the comments i was really sad, man a lot of people put graphics before the gameplay experience and that’s so so sad i hope TOTK wins GOTY to show to the industry that again, graphics are not the only main factor in the quality of a game.

[@TwilightWolf032]

"When was the last time Nintendo introduced a new IP." "Nintendo keeps selling the same games over and over." And yet the PS5 and Xbox are just the same popular franchises being sold over and over, and even more egregious, as Fifa and CoD keep being sold on an yearly basis without any actual improvement. And don't get me started on SKyrim! On the other hand, it takes Nintendo 5 years or more between each major Zelda or Mario release, god knows how many years it'll take for Metroid Prime 4, Pikimin 3 came out 9 years after 2 and 4 came out 10 years later, etc. Yes, it's the same IPs over and over, but aside from Pokemon, Nintendo allows the time they need for each game to be developed. And they do introduce different IPs, but the market doesn't show much interest in them. There's only so many people they can hire and they have to focus on where the demand is, so they're not going to keep introducing new IPs every year and diverge the development teams' manpower to franchises nobody asked for (like Gamefreak did with Pokemon Sw&Sh and Little Town Hero). This guy is holding Nintendo to a different standard than the rest of the industry, where Nintendo needs to be better than everyone else while giving the pass for the rest to be bellow average.

[@TechDove]

No matt is right. Nintendo has done bare minimum forever. Wii -480p PS3/360-720p/1080 Switch -720/1080 Xbox one X/PS4 pro -1080/4k

[@MattBoehm87]

I don’t why people keep saying Nintendo has a bad track record with backwards compatibility. Wii was backwards compatible with GameCube. Wii U was backwards compatible with Wii. DS was compatible with advance and 3Ds was compatible with DS.

[@NeoArashi]

It'e because they only look in recent history. The Switch is literally one of only two non-Backward compatible system they have made in the century, the other being the GameCube.

[@Granolora]

​@@NeoArashione of only 2? You mean the only.

[@NeoArashi]

@@Granolora I wasn’t aware that the GameCube was BC

[@jamiesmccormick]

Switch 2 will sell better than any console on the market today, yall need to behave yourselfs 😂. People have a cheek to moan about anyone usig dated hardware when they are actively celebrating bethesda releasing Starfield which is a seemingly next generation game but is running on 20 year old software. Hilarious. It's a bad day in the gaming industry when you can skydive from the skyislands all the way down to the depths in zelda totk but in order to fas travel to inside a building in starfield you have to sit through 2 cut scenes 2 loading screens and a button prompt 😂. Switch 2 will whipe the floor in terms of sales compared to the competition.

[@pietstokman6610]

**The Switch 2 sells 130M.+ units.** These guys: 'Don't buy the Switch 3' The salt is so tasty.

[@NeoArashi]

It’s not “these guys” it’s literally just Matt. Most of argument are either valid or at least understandable, but the argument that aren’t valid are so false, it makes me think he just wanted to rage on Nintendo for whatever reasons.

[@PoofyisDead]

I like my switch for one thing and one thing only, portability. While yes other handhelds exist, none are as portable and easy to carry as the switch or as easy to use as the switch, it’s just the perfect form factor! I just want 2 things from nintendo, keep the oled, hit 60fps.

[@bushidobrown9857]

I have issues with nintento too, but damn who hurt matt

[@cubicintellect1271]

I swear. Its almost like this generation of gamers care way too much about graphics and can't just have fun playing a game. I don't defend Nintendo for their wrongdoings because it frustrates me too and I want to see them do better but I feel like people tend to view the switch so negatively not know wtf they're talking about. Nothing but bad takes.

[@rafaelluciano5596]

"don't buy non-existent product". You got it 👍

[@bigmantech2671]

Matt isn't happy with Nintendo because they don't have better games? I mean to a point yes, I can agree but that is also on the game studios and Devs. I don't follow about the periodic upgrades. Every console does that every few years. Not sure what his point is there.

[@JadedJester739]

Ive had a switch for like 4 years and I've never had a drift problem with the same controller I bought the day I got my switch. I play my switch more than my PS5. More than any of my 16 consoles that span 40 years, other than the nes.

[@stpr16]

the controller is fine the joycons arent

[@Kbyte27]

The games aren't good. It's as simple as that. Matt is trying to be very cordial with his explanations. Sure, we got tears of kingdom, but that's so unstable.

[@Videogamer80]

What is Matt talking about with Nintendo consoles not also coming with spec bumps with each iteration? The 3DS came with a higher resolution screen and more powerful chip over the DS. The DS needed a larger spec bump to be able to support 3D games and two screens at once over the GBA. The Wii U ran games at 1080p over the Wii's 480p, which is noticable to anyone who tried to play a Wii on a non-CRT screen. The only one mentioned here that has merit is Gameboy to Gameboy color, as it wasn't that much more powerful to support those colors, but every other example mentioned has quite a bit. All the other points make sense, about Nintendo always having a gimmick with their consoles that usually stifles their graphical performance, but it's not like they used the same chip for any of the transitions that were mentioned in this video.

[@jefurihartono1630]

Matt is idiot

[@pallus1b]

Spec bump from DS to 3DS is totaly nothing and just a trick to sell old games. Cool you have more power in that chip but if you dont do anything with it, then its just a money grap. There was not that many games that used that 3D thing and you can even look it up that almost every DS game sold more than 3DS games. So people were playing the old games with the new system so the power in those system was just a get money. You did nothing with that power.

[@pallus1b]

its same if I would go and buy the best pc that money can buy and then only games that it could play would be something like solitaire. Yeah its cool that I have more power but its wasted and stupid from me to spend that money if I cant even show the power.

[@LambdaMiscellaneous]

@@pallus1b Uh, buddy. Seems like you've nhever touched a 3ds. The graphics on every game is insanely better than the DS.

[@rafaelluciano5596]

​@@pallus1bfundamentaly, I don't the the DS could run Kid Icarus, SF4, or Monster Hunter.

[@otisfreeth96]

I agree with Matt they haven’t done anything ground breaking for a long time now I like my switch but only pick it every now and then just to play Pokémon scarlet but apart from that I play on my ps5 every day and my Xbox series s definitely gets more use than my switch all I want from nintendo is a game that looks good and 60fps because atm we ain’t getting anything from them I also want better online and for them to add some kind of trophy and achievement system also when I put my switch in dock mode on my tv it looks like I’ve gone back 10years in quality it.personally it feels like Nintendo came up with the switch in like 2days & called it a day

[@LoveTheGiantDos]

Switch literally changed the gaming business. Now we have Steam and other PC companies trying to get into handheld market. Nintendo is by far the most innovative gaming company. And the Switch came out 7 years so yes..it's been awhile. Which is why we're getting a new version next year.

[@Harune_dot_exe0]

DS to the 3DS had some differences, I did enjoy Xenoblade on the 3DS. Also yes PS, Xbox and the PC has better graphics and such, but the handheld market is a bit different and only now have they made the more powerful handheld more accessible. Technology gets better with time, Nintendo did have a habit of sticking in the old ways as they have spent a lot of time to improve on it. I understand Matt on a lot of his points as well like the selling of old games again which other consoles also do just not to the extent that Nintendo does, which is optional. I do believe that Nintendo should make more IP, hardware improvement as well but the price will be a bit harder to swallow especially in third world countries like us.

[@jefurihartono1630]

Why do you think that people like Matt cares about poor people on third world countries like us lol? They are the most pompous previlege arse that don't give a crap if the console is only purchaseable for them as long as it satisfy their wet dream of super strong platform. While the rest of the can just go away and don't play any games because we are not as rich as them lol.

[@jamman_rl9604]

i don’t think ppl know that pokémon isn’t like zelda or mario where it’s not their team making the game it’s game freak so nintendo doesn’t get full control over pokémon games

[@SmuggPuppy]

You guys are confusing the bare minimum with not going all out I don’t see anyone complaining about the ps4 to ps5 being not much of an upgrade besides a slight power increase we all know everyone just loves to hate on Nintendo because they’re shitty practices they do outside of gaming

[@evilriiyone]

Nintendo does the bare minimum and calls it innovation when other companies do the same but hundreds of times better and without overcharging when they eventually port it to a new system. Outside of Totk, which I was not as impressed with as Botw, they don't do much in terms of wow factor. I loved metroid dread but I have not thought about that game since I beat it. It was good, that's about it. There are so many other franchises that stay glued into my mind because the devs poured their heart and soul into it. Many nintendo properties feel like they're just holding back any actual work because the fans will buy it for 60 and soon enough 70 dollars every few months. Any price above 40 seems really hard to justify with most nintendo titles for me.

[@LoveTheGiantDos]

Maybe people like the games they make...you ever think about that genius. Microsoft really innovated with Redfall and Sony sure changing the gaming landscape with spiderman 2😂

[@LambdaMiscellaneous]

Matt trying to say the ds and 3ds were the same is hilarious

[@MWKRider]

Matt is completely off the rockers on this take. It’s very biased lol

[@SaltiestSweat]

matt has the weirdest opinions 😆

[@trijaysantos]

I think what matt is trying to say is if it was Sony or Microsoft who made less of an effort on their next mainline console, it would be generally looked down upon and ultimately flop. I admire Nintendo for how they handle their business and they look to be very successful doing it but I do think that they should give more effort for their next mainline console it might even make their fanbase a lot broader too.

[@andreysegura2510]

'Nintendo should put more effort to broaden its audience'. That's what they did. Go back to the Wii. Focus on everyone can play. Wii U, they wanted to get to the hardcore gamers with HD graphics, 3rd party games, and failed. Switch, focus on everyone can play, huge success.

[@jefurihartono1630]

U mean the PS3 that is shit console with absurd price and very bad launch software that even get PSN hack scandal? That all gaming journalist try to forget and Sony fanboy still purchase 80 million of that console ensuring Sony learn nothing over their failure? That kind of flop u mean? The fandom that has literally 0 backbone? While nintendo fan that abandon Wii U because they hate their product? Is the one not punishing nintendo more?

[@jefurihartono1630]

Thats the thing. These so called complainers comes from those Booomers fans. They only want hardcore focused game. They don't count any new casual gamers that join Nintendo ecosystem lol.@@andreysegura2510

[@trijaysantos]

@@andreysegura2510 I didn't say the switch wasn't successful tho. Read my comment again slowly. I'm talking about their next mainline console.

[@andreysegura2510]

@@trijaysantos Do the same you recommend and go through my comment slowly. You'll see the point isn't the success of the switch, but that when Nintendo focuses on consoles that everyone can play, as in, a broader audience, they're successful. They already do what you're recommending they do. And when they limit their target audience, their consoles don't sell that well

[@vicctretamaj]

Matt took a fat L on this one. Agreed with the online being mid and pokemon having quality control issues, but aside from that, L.

[@byeetch]

okay nintendo shill lmfao

[@coreywagar3890]

I get where matts coming from. Ive had this stance for awhile myself. Nintendos issue is their a massively profitable company with beloved ips but when they decide to release a new console we the consumers are stuck using typically outdated and under spec'd tech. Where as sony and xbox release a new console with the soul ambition to be one of the most innovative and in demand pieces of tech that so happens to be a console. I have great memories with nintendos games but i honestly gave hoping for something actually cutting edge from them. Ive said it for years but a metroid game with modern graphics would sell consoles all by itself, the remake actually made me hyped to play it sometime. Also nintendo acting like its fanbase never grows up by dumbing down titles is fucking painful.

[@axlefoley6330]

I do see some of Matt's arguments and agree with some of them. The thing is, the Steam deck and the ROG Ally are not affordable for everyone. Nintendo have NEVER been the forerunners in terms of graphics (not even the NES) but I will tell you what Nintendo do better than most, fun, engaging and affordable gaming. Also Nintendo I feel needs to step up it's game with Backwards Compatibility. The practice of making someone pay for the same game every generation needs to stop. But in saying that, that proves that Nintendo are about fun content and games that people still want to play. The only reason why they still sell 40 y/o games is because they are still fun to play and because their fans wanted them. Is it in the way they wanted? Probably not, but hey, they have it none the less. To sum up Matt's not wrong but he is by no means right, Nintendo have always been about low barrier for entry, fun and affordable gaming.

[@LeoR2222]

Hahaha, loved this! Angry Matt is fun Matt! I will buy the Switch 2, for sure. (Though I understand Matt's point to some degree.)

[@kacperzimowski4626]

PS4 from 10 years ago has Twitch broadcast option in their games, which your Switch 2 in 2024 sadly won't even have. If somebody wants to have a good gaming handheld you just need to get GPD win

[@LeoR2222]

@@kacperzimowski4626 I play games on my consoles, nothing else. I happen to like my Switch very much!

[@dragon2knight]

I will buy the Switch 2 simply because all the first party titles are still as good as games get. And the "filler games" are getting better all the time....I'm sorry, they sell like hotcakes because the design simply WORKS.

[@Neo6364]

And let's hope the filler games/third party ones are even better because of a hopefully serious hardware upgrade.

[@michaeljaystaufferjoyce7235]

Nintendo nevere has gone for the most powerful system. They go for whats resonably priced, but everytime they reinvent the way we interact with the games. Now they are just able to do it with 1 system. You had NES/SNES/N64/GC/WIi/wii U merging with GB/GBC/GBA/DS/3DS/ mergin to become to Switch. What Matt is trying to say in When the NES was out, if Sega never released the 16bit Genesis, Nintendo would have never develposed the SNES. Nintendo does milk everyone with their games. How many times have I purchased Mario 2/3, DS, 3DS, Wii, Switch 5x or so. If they dont make the switch 2 backwards compatiple, I believe it will hurt sales as people will see it as Nintendo Abandoning them. Thats why PS5/XBOX is hard at work making all their oldergames backwards compatible in some form..

[@SMG.Trill.92]

IDC I am buying the switch 2.. Post Video Edit: Matt needs too calm down (You look like you might have an aneurism)! Nintendo will tell you to your face they don't focus on the bleeding edge of graphic capability, however we can read the waves of the ocean by reading up on the advancements in ARM computing in the tech news on google. Some of us, might even have a phone in our pocket with Ray Tracing capability... RIGHT NOW. Just stay calm Matt, and have faith in Nintendo!

[@SweetKingTanner]

What?! Yeah me too.

[@matthewa9911]

Same

[@mrblack9411]

No

[@22Pete]

You’re delusional

[@ask343]

uh as a Nintendo fan who's probably gonna get the Switch 2 on launch, I'm doubtful that they'll actually make it powerful enough to run any games in 4K or have Ray-Tracing, but I HOPE they prove me wrong

[@jedidoesstuff]

I haven't gone through any joy cons due to drift. I had one pair drift, but I sent them to Nintendo to get them repaired for free

[@MobikSaysStuff]

your personal experience is meaningless compared to the thousands of documented ones. It's a real problem that even Nintendo had to accept. Stop being an apologist for them.

[@dylonhart9435]

Matt is totally right. We shouldn’t be receiving scarlet and violet in 2023 with 780p and the render distance of 5 feet. Nintendo probably makes more money than call of duty ip but they are so fucking stingy with there money they don’t care about the fans. They do make the bare minimum and Austin saying that they print money so whats the problem is so wrong ☹️. They print money because we love the games they once were and there is no other way to play it other than spending $60 to receive a ps2 looking game. Playstation is nearly maxing out there graphics for nearly every original game they are putting out because they would get tons of backlash otherwise. But Nintendo sees “oh well i’m going to buy it anyways” 😤. We ain’t salty, we are mad cause we care

[@ask343]

I feel you but Pokémon is developed by GameFreak, not Nintendo Nintendo at least tries to make their games not look like uhhh.. diarrohea, like just look at Pikmin 4 and Super Mario Odyssey for example But yea here's hoping that the next Switch exceeds our expectations

[@dylonhart9435]

@@ask343 oh shit you’re right, thank you

[@cowbell2119]

I’m glad that Nintendo doesn’t compete directly with the other consoles because that makes them unique that doesn’t all ways means good but sometimes they take a risk that pay off like the switch

[@brianjimenez8205]

They dont have to try that hard, because nobody else where pushing them…

[@Granolora]

​​@@brianjimenez8205correction, the wii u sold only 13million units, and was nintendo's second biggest failure EVER, second only to the virtual boy. They then innovated with new technologies and designs to create the switch, which is on track to dethrone the PS2 as the 2nd most sold console ever.

[@LoveTheGiantDos]

Yep, I don't want another Xbox or PS5.

[@iqy92]

Bit of a waste of a video to not actually discuss about the switch 2. Austin made good points, why would they not make zelda and mario games if they continue to sell. But just labouring on this point rather than discussing the switch 2. Also why were they bringing up Pokemon, Nintendo doesnt develop Pokémon, gamefreak does and they they do everything Pokémon (anime, marketings, etc) in house. Don't you think if nintendo who have develpers who have mario Odyssey, zelda BOTW and TOTK, and xenoblades they can easily make Pokémon to look better. Nintendo just publish those games. Also i love Rog Ally and SD, but I love the simplicity of the Nintendo switch. Not having to tinker anything, and decent battery life.

[@SpinX522]

On the handheld side Nintendo actually has a good track record for backwards compatibility. The Switch is a handheld that you happen to be able to dock.

[@PGStudios-wt3fp]

They have a terrible record of backwards compatibility spin. Charging people money to stream games instead of letting them buy them and using those same games on future hardware is like the worst backwards compatibility I've ever heard of

[@SolidPython2099]

@@PGStudios-wt3fp you've no clue what you're talking about 1)Game Boy Color played GB games 2)SNES had the ability of playing Game Boy games 3)Game Boy Advance played GB and GBC games 4)Nintendo DS played GBA games 5)Nintendo 3DS played DS games 6)Wii played Gamecube games 7)Wii U played Wii games. If anyone's keeping count Nintendo has the best track record of providing backwards compatibility out of all 3 console manufacturers.

[@PGStudios-wt3fp]

@@destructodisk9074 incorrect their NES, SNES, and N64 games are all a streaming service

[@PGStudios-wt3fp]

@@SolidPython2099 you've rather missed the point. We are no longer in the cartridge era of gaming. There is no reason your online purchases don't carry over to future generations and there is no reason not to digitally sell the roms of cartridge based consoles and have those purchases carry forward as well. They just won't do any of those things

[@SolidPython2099]

@@PGStudios-wt3fp it's not a "streaming" service, all the classic games from the subscribtion service are played natively on the console itself. You've literally no idea what you're even talking about lmao

[@enriquepinero707]

IF it isn't backwards compatible, still a hybrid AND on par at least with a PS4/Pro; then I won't buy it. However; if it checks all those boxes (not just two out of three, but all these boxes); then I'm in for at least one more generation. However; if Nintendo is smart; they will make backwards compatibility the standard starting with the current Switch and for at least 2-3 more generations after. Also; while the negative points against Nintendo are 100% valid; compared to Microsoft and Sony (who never cared about the gaming industry, and whose presence in this industry 100% contributed to all the microtransaction, DRM and all Streaming future we are currently worried about); I trust Nintendo more than those two any day of the week. Microsoft is more interested in selling streaming subscriptions and will probably not make another console after this gen and Sony isn't to far behind. Yeah, Nintendo is bad with renting retro games on NSO and other practices; but at least they are passionate about making games as developers themselves and making money from gaming, unlike Sony and Microsoft that just throw the money from their other business endeavors to make money from gaming; and leaving customers with NO options to buy or own games. This is where I would rather have Nintendo NEVER give us all the modern bells and whistles of online gaming; if it means I get to keep my digital and physical purchases.

[@saulgoodman2930]

Pretty sure they've always had backwards compatibility apart from the switch which makes sense as it was the merger of the handheld and home console 3ds plays DS DS plays GBA GBA plays GBC and GB GBC plays GB Wiiu plays wii Wii plays GC N64 and gamecube weren't going to match up as one was cartridge the other was disc Not a bad record

[@brandonmurphy2418]

Nintendo has set itself up as the company for people who aren’t necessarily gamers but like playing games like myself. I think they are fine with their gimmicks.

[@LoveTheGiantDos]

Nintendo is leaps and bounds ahead of Microsoft/Sony with their 1st party titles. They're lineup of games is absolutely incredible even in down years. Calling people that love Nintendo franchises not necessarily gamers...is so so stupid.