xQc Reacts to 'Nintendo Switch painful launch' by Crowbcat

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[@samwoodley1653]

I've never bought a console at launch, specifically for this reason. They're usually the worst version of the console, with the fewest games, and lack of actually good games built for them. I've always just kept on with the previous gen until the pro, slim, or whatever version game out with an actually decently sized library of games and support. This does not excuse companies from selling faulty shit, but if you're aware it happens you can just avoid it.

[@harrybellingham98]

"console player" OMEGALUL

[@davidnodland4591]

doesn't matter that you don't buy it at launch. As long as people buy shit like this they will keep making it. Every single person that owns a switch is to blame for the next console being even worse.

[@Jimbo7]

@@harrybellingham98 are you 12?

[@Perfectard]

@@Jimbo7 would it surprise you? They’re here after all.

[@cuddr710]

@@davidnodland4591 my guy... what? are you saying no one should have bought the switch because of the bad launch? Of which nearly anything technical has issues with initial releases lol

[@axelsgf]

I remember when this vid dropped when the switch came out 😭 it was so bad i was so scared to get a switch at the time

[@undoubtedlyso4542]

proof?

[@KnightGunny]

Proof?

[@ADRIANSKA97]

Proof?

[@NewsofPE]

proof?

[@fearlesszark7445]

proof?

[@akatsukimi]

Bought the Switch at day one and luckily I’ve never had these issues,but the console is actually poorly made. The drift is still a huge problem for joycons , in fact I started to play only with separate controllers.

[@JXC98]

I had issues with the OLED on launch. Bought one from best buy launch day and it would not connect to wifi properly or even launch a game. After hours of internet search to try and fix it with a soft reset or something, I returned it luckily found one at a target and its been great ever since.

[@Iamjk1010]

Yeah I'm not buying electronics day 1 after I bought my last phone on release and after almost 1 year the battery started to swell, had issues with bluetooth and randomly froze and then shut down. The impatient can be beta testers so I get polished product

[@wlj]

@@Iamjk1010 or just dont buy from company with shit warranty

[@0xsergy]

@@wlj most companies will just tell you "user error". Wasnt it Samsungs catching fire in ppls pockets?

[@wlj]

@@0xsergy until they found out that it was actually their design and promptly recalled them

[@meggy1962]

Hello, i actually bought a brand new Nintendo switch oled and since I have never had a Nintendo before I don’t know if it’s the actual problem. I seem to have problem with internet connection and constantly being disconnected from the games due to some errors. Aside these problems happening on my switch, my wifi is really good, so I’m not quite sure if it’s the oled’s problem or is it universal thing?

[@rretsiembob]

Mine never did this and neither did any of the people I know who own one. And the only time the little black handle things get stuck on the individual controllers is if you put them on wrong, and even then they aren’t “cemented” on and are easily removable.

[@twistedimagev2]

I also put my joycon sliders in upside down accidentally when it was new. i didnt have any problem taking it off tho once I unlocked the lock.

[@markthemighty3]

Same, I didn't have any problems at all with my switch

[@lukeyyyyyy]

@@markthemighty3 me neither. other than the stick drift of my joycon which was fixed for free by sending it in i had no issues.

[@jaskajokunen3716]

@@lukeyyyyyy So you had problems

[@tylergarcia7002]

Even at that I don’t understand how brainless one has to be to put it on upside down. It just felt like common sense to not put it in that way. Ig it’s my ocd or smth, putting it on upside just felt wrong.

[@f0rgot]

@@tylergarcia7002 no matter how dumb you think it is, the fact that it's happened that many times just shows that products need to be designed to be foolproof. it's really not that difficult to have a slot or a rail on one side to prevent it from going in the wrong slot. really shouldn't have been overlooked

[@Rainkea-fr]

7:45 that is not an error. You can invert all colour in The settings for some reason

[@PrixtoTNT]

Lmfao man I forgot that was an option for like the whole last year goddamn it that really abandoned my mind

[@wenethmoon6587]

The kid with the dabbing pick made me lose it laughing 😂😂

[@Rayuza]

I loved the second part of the video where he reacted obviously to the very same video as in the title!

[@Adam-vx6to]

Literally bought my switch in Japan the day it came out and have had 0 issues with it apart from minor joycon drift.

[@LilShepherdBoy]

Love how it makes that same sound as when your pc freezes.

[@sumgoodchow615]

They fixed this pretty quick tho, i got mine in the second wave and have not had any problems with it, besides the dock wearing out a bit in connectivity and the drift issues, but those came years after i got it.

[@theeggthatsurvivedhowtobas778]

I got lucky as hell. Never once had these issues with the switch. Albiet i didint get my first switch until a year after the switch released but i heard people had problems with OLED switch aswell. Which when i bough one of those, i didint have any issues either. And yea we didint have the greatest first party catalogue at launch imo besides a couple games but "the painful launch of the switch" is heavily overdramatized imo The dock has never scratched my screen before. Not until a few years after having one. The joycon problems i did have however about 2 years after getting the thing. Im not denying that people didint issues tho. The oled switch aswell as the refined 2020 switch models are fefined a bit tho and have fixed most of these issues tho.

[@xatsun]

You’re right that the video was over dramatic, there’s clips where there’s not even problems like where the guy just has one joycon and lower battery or where the dude had the Joycons set up wrong

[@lukeyyyyyy]

@@xatsun the problem in that clip is that he’s stuck on the menu and the screen is bugging out behind

[@Myst97]

I got mine the month it came out, still works and im still playing on it.

[@undergroundplayground]

so glad i waited 4 more years

[@tylergarcia7002]

It’s funny cause I’ve had 5 switches, the first one on the week of release. None of them had issues, I just wasn’t sure which one I wanted.

[@koffinglolface1000]

are you a millionaire?

[@DonutTPOTer]

@@koffinglolface1000 likely has at least one of each type (og, lite and oled), as well as a special edition he ither wanted or found a deal for

[@RedLogicYT]

I only ever had a problem with joycon drift from the launch consoles

[@lushG678]

I bought a switch off launch and the only problem with it was that one of the joycons became a bit loose on the left because one of the clips broke, still worked perfectly just that, sold it a couple months back but honestly it never had any problems

[@WiF_Gaming]

i am happy to have waited on buying the switch at launch. got mine a year later or so, when the "2nd version" game out (before the Red box version), have not had a single problem, and i use the console daily, i have since updated to the OLED version, still not a single problem... i am sad to see people have any problems with the console, but the same happened to XBOX and Playstation launches (not all the consoles, but many of them)

[@TheSphinxEdits]

I had one since launch, never had a problem with the switch. Only had joycon drift

[@arksart2159]

I got my switch at LAUNCH like the day it released, and my switch is having problems at the current moment. The SD card reader isn’t saying the SD card is inside of the switch, when it is. I’ve tried like 3 different SD cards and the same problem. I don’t really care that its not working, because I can fix it anytime myself. It doesn’t have a warranty on it anymore since its been like what 5 or 6 years since I bought the console, so I don’t have to worry about losing out on it. However, some of the games on the switch use console save data which is… just outright bubonic, but yeah. I completely regret getting it at launch.

[@maramba32]

never had those problems. probs cuz i waited a year for the games i want to play.

[@user-fh7nl1ev1m]

The Console Sounded Like It Was Gonna Explode

[@AmplifydeGamer]

That was a Jewls Screwdriver. Its a fairly common tool.

[@franzvarona4104]

4:07 A wild Vergil appeared!

[@Grapejellyification]

People make fun of Nintendo for making their consoles for babies but you start to realise why they dumb things down when so many people can't figure out the way to lock/unlock the wrist strap attachment 💀

[@EminemLovesGrapes]

Their demographic *is* manchildren to be fair. Can't blame the demographic that only had to put the cartridge in the right way when they grew up and even that they did wring...

[@narwhalguy3829]

ive never understood why they slot in so well when its the wrong way tho. very forseeable and preventable problem, nintendo shouldve just added a lil piece of plastic to stop that from happening

[@JacqueBibblequip]

@@narwhalguy3829 because it doesn’t actually get stuck these people are just stupid

[@ornq8378]

bro i got my first elite controller used on ebay and it lasted 2 years, after that i went threw like 5 all with a range of similar problems all replaced for free cuz still under warranty sometimes within a month of each other before i gave up

[@ArtwellI]

6:30 Splatoon lore PogU.

[@Kingler03]

Bought mine at launch and still works today

[@-TheFacelessGamer-]

See. Being poor has a bad reputation. When you're poor, it can take a couple years to get the newest console but when you finally can get it, all, or most of the console-breaking bugs should be fixed.

[@simonditomasso9868]

Getting consoles halfway through their life cycle is underrated, you get a good library when you get the console and you know if it was a flop or not

[@ki7roy]

i got mine 1 month after it launched in early april 2020 and im glad i didn’t have any problems

[@d30n6]

Bro that was the OLED. The Nintendo Switch launched in 2016

[@TimelessWolf2077]

​@@d30n6 🤓👆 Switch launched in early 2017 first of all second of all switch oled came out late 2021 🤓👆

[@Misanthropicbas3rd]

I got an ad for the Nintendo switch while I watched this

[@FersPlaysGames]

What I did was loosen it and then hitting it on a table while holding the button

[@Earl4231]

Pulls out a dab tool lmao

[@dodo-ek6bu]

i changed 3 elite controllers in a span of 4 months now i dont use ic cuz im scared it will brake again :(

[@xsct878]

7:40 Won't play Splatoon 3 cause it's apparently similar to the second, plays NBA2K23 day of release, my strimmer FeelsGoodMan.

[@Illuminateus]

Rofl, that's a dab tool, that's a very popular item in everyone's home xD

[@orangreen1308]

This is why they made a revised model in 2019

[@rokuqp2112]

anyone with elite controller problems is a rare i’ve had 3 elite controllers and never had an issue with any of them until they been beat to hell

[@greylaw2546]

I think everyone was expecting the switch to crash and burn when this video came out lol

[@NCR_Sean]

6:00 ain't no way she used a dab pick 😭😭

[@jack3m988]

Thank god I never had any issues

[@LuvsicVI]

Seeing Zelda freeze and hearing the game make that noise was hilarious. The Switch had the same bugs from the days of the Gameboy lmao.

[@noahseider7237]

I feel bad bc some poor kid got that for its birthday and it comes like this

[@rokuqp2112]

best part is won’t even let you play free games without an account and or paid subscription

[@simonkalland6557]

I always kinda laugh looking at other people who bought the switch at launch at had dozens and dozens of problems, and my switch of 5 years having had none of them, not even a hint of joy-con drifting 😆

[@Applebomb8D]

All my friends and I got ours at launch and nobody has had any issues

[@rretsiembob]

@@Applebomb8D These people think that just because they’re watching a compilation dedicated to showing Switch problems that the Switch must have nothing but problems.

[@Applebomb8D]

@@rretsiembob yeah I never even heard of any issues aside from controller drift. If you only watch this video it makes it seem like the switch had a famously terrible launch, when the opposite is true.

[@rretsiembob]

@@Applebomb8D Exactly. I could find “RTX 3080 issues” and compile them all into a big compilation and then everyone would think the RTX 3080 had a bad launch. Lmao

[@DonutTPOTer]

have a pre-2018 red box switch and its probably the second best model purely for its hackability

[@rhampeige]

is it just me or have i not experience any problems, even the dock is not scratching my switch?

[@_Thred_]

His Elite controller is probably fine because he never uses it.

[@planetbusOG]

bro said whats a dab, only x

[@SkyTied]

xQc be going on a crowbcat marathon lately

[@xerlapis]

someone said: "xqc ur got a xenomorph body"

[@brockcullimore3190]

I feel like im one of the few day one switch owners that hasnt had any issues. My joycons never drifted cause I would always play with gamecube controllers, and I have been very rough on it and still have had no scratches or anything from the dock

[@DanteMayCry-qv5kf]

Proof

[@brockcullimore3190]

@@DanteMayCry-qv5kf there is some wear on the switch from me throwing it in my backpack but nothing from the dock, i think they had an issue earlier on that was causing a rub of some sort

[@CrackHead001]

Chatter at 0:40 says “BRO PLAYING DOOM💀”

[@acoluca]

still have my at-launch switch, never had any issues the only one being the thing was too fun ngl

[@mega_jonne1546]

Steamdeck prolly wont do that hz test sound

[@seanbrisson7928]

6:08 ACTUALLY XD This is for smoking weed i have one of those rods, 5$ at the Bong store.

[@kimchikin94minmin]

I feel bad..

[@staticwarrior]

not playing splatoon 3 Sadge

[@Pichu1232]

I find it amazing that these people bought the switch at launch and it was almost fucked up immediately which makes me believe they were just not taking care of it as soon as I got it

[@Korochi]

I remember watching that back in the days and being like "OMFG SWITCH IS SO BAD LMAOLMAOLMAO" and then 5 months after I bought mine and never had an issue with it. My Joycon though sometimes was disconnecting for no obvious reason but other than that, everything was great. Hacking scene is also really nice and, I barely had any problem. It's really case by case.

[@JohnDoe-vo4mu]

LEMAO! 😂🤙

[@viacomsspy5439]

I refuse to believe the switch is 5 years old already

[@Mia-ek1jp]

I bought my switch when it just released Every time I use online that drains my battery so fasttt one joycon died and the other drifts so I play with a separate controller and I spent so much money to fix it bc it literally died

[@AYAYA_JUICER]

Isn't it better just to display switch's screen over a monitor? You'd get more frames and less battery consumption as well

[@raincastmusic]

The clip at 2:04 makes me believe we’ve been trolled ngl

[@lucidwolfcombat3853]

My first elite series 1 controller had stick drift straight out of the box and after less than a day of use would not stay powered on, youd press and hold the home button it would light up but would fade after 1 second, unusable, had a free swap and the replacement worked perfectly for 2 to 3 years, only in the last week has the left analog began to not regester downpresses, overall very solid if its not borked out the gate. Planning on getting a S2 soon keeping my fingies crossed I get a solid one!

[@Wolf21973]

The stick drift on those cheap ass controllers was the worst and what they'd charge for new ones was ridiculous

[@dragtox]

words i learned from the wise TotalBiscuit befor he passed awey was dont buy console at release wait some months or 1 year

[@MADNESSwelshmaster]

The dentist tool is a dab tool 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 PotFriend

[@Corzappy]

Shoutout to the Xbox elite controllers, gotta order a new one in advance every time I wanna play a souls-like game because every moving part on the controller fucking dismembers itself from the inside out with every press.

[@NateTheGreat368]

Fr? I just use the regular Xbox controller and it's always been fine

[@johnsmith4982]

Never had a problem with xbox controllers but about a dozen 360's broke themselves thru no fault of my own and also lost an xbox one and have an xbox one x that no longer reads discs. Also have an xbox one s that needs to be taken in and fixed every year

[@darkseeker102]

@@johnsmith4982 i really like a xbox one controller for windows as its just plug and play now

[@michael_m38]

I watched this vid every day 4 years ago good times xD

[@DrawingwithMangaSoul]

Funny how he protects the xbox controller and laughs at the switch, when its the exact same situation. The switch didnt have major launch problems in fact it was the absolute minority that had those issues i had 4 switches in my past 4 years of living and none of them had ANY issue at all not even one of the ones in the video. And i bought 2 of my 4 switches on day 1 in my hometown. Its allways the case with electronic devices on launch they will be single individual cases that faces issues which is normal but the majority was happily pleased with the switch therefore its major succsess. Not saying the consol is perfect by any means but its obviously not as bad as the video try to portrait it.

[@classicmemer3435]

Imagine being a 9 yo kid getting this for Christmas or some thing like that and then it crashes after 1h of playing

[@drgaming2296]

This so funny because it never happened to my switch and had me dying.

[@Melindro]

Every console system has this videos after launch when millions buy them for the first time. The funny thing is that Switches had design problems in all of them PepeLaugh

[@justaweeb14688]

I'm glad I got it on release, my version didn't have any issues and since it was bought at release it is able to be jailbroken and I can pirate games

[@SylentViper]

"Aint nobody got that shit at home "what's a dab"" the millions of weed smoker with dab rigs at home.. nah homie YOU don't have that shit at home

[@Killua_Overwatch]

When you try to jailbreak your switch OMEGALUL

[@ThatOneGuy___]

I know nintendo should've made a way to make it easier to remove to joycon straps if u mess up but still, there's literally the plus and minus logos which tells u which joycon the strap is for, it makes sense for kids to get them mixed up but grown ass adults, come on bro. Other than that, it was quite messy, luckily I didn't experience anything bad with mine.

[@lacapone7551]

*WHATS A DAB*

[@ashkan834]

Wow actually good comments

[@theeater3573]

That never happened to me and I have the first version of the switch

[@MalayAmsel]

This is why you don’t buy on release.. i never had this issue.

[@tomatotom984]

its cheaper afterwards too

[@crowzet0]

True

[@KusogakiRenfir]

I bought mine the day it came out, and had none of these issues. Don't know if I was lucky, or these people just got screwed over that bad.

[@Kodaiva]

@@KusogakiRenfir youd be saying the same thing if you happened to get a broken one though

[@justaweeb14688]

I bought it on release and I'm glad because I can pirate stuff

[@chizdip8192]

Question. Has there been any console that’s had this bad of a launch? Cuz my god this is like, Battlefield levels of just brokenness

[@emmanuelmatchuca3871]

React to 50 ways to break a nintendo switch

[@deku812]

I was there for the launch, didn't hear any of these issues. It must have taken a huge effort scraping social media for it to put tohether into a video. It gave people the wrong impression and frankly, it's a huge misfire for them.

[@anonwalkerr]

the switch 2 will save us

[@Freckles.]

Compare this to steam deck launch

[@Chill_Tanuki]

Alot of ppl had problems with the battery dieing so quickly like 20 minutes

[@dyskilz]

7:28 and 9:40 what is happening LMAO

[@freedykruzo00]

I'm so glad xqc is finally reacting to crowbcat, it's been long overdue, yea I know he reacted to him before, but only like 3 vids

[@cyi2948]

You see what I did was just slam it and it fixed all my problems.

[@Bobdylan12121]

Literally bought the console and Zelda at launch. Never had a single issue or glitch. And trust me, as someone who loves to hate big companies, I'd wax poetic about the stupidest things just to deride a game I didn't like that was popular. But literally just never had a glitch with the game on the switch at all.

[@RDGridJanika]

I got it on release, had no problems like these at all, maybe im just prtotective about the hardware, my only issue is a joycon drift i have with the right joystick.

[@thegreatfitzgerald2660]

Same here, I have had 2 switches and none of them have had the issue with joycon drift or anything else. But maybe we were just lucky

[@Squidmoto3]

no it has nothing to do with "being protective". you saying that is really cringey too because you're implying other people are just throwing theirs around which obviously isn't true. it's literally just hardware RNG. it's very common but usually isn't even close to this bad

[@NateTheGreat368]

I doubt they're being careless with their stuff ngl, probably just you were lucky idk, also how tf do you stop drift on controllers shit piss me off 😡

[@jeffsanders5444]

@@Squidmoto3 how do you that they are not throwing them around? because obviously you would know.

[@barnacle3214]

@@jeffsanders5444 Because they are literally showing video evidence of the issues happening in real time LMAO. Argument doesn't even make sense. Like, what are you even trying to get at 😂?

[@gaypaladin]

2:00 R2D2 dreht durch^^

[@Dizpiz569]

elite controller honestly dogass for 150$, you might as well be spending 20 dollars on a bootleg xbox controller and youll get the same quality.

[@kaintkk]

its what i do i buy 3-4 controller at 20$ each, i know at least 1-2 will be shit and the other can go for 1 years, 2 if im lucky, buying controllers is just gambling, its crazy

[@NateTheGreat368]

I just use the regular controller I got with the Xbox series X console, granted I haven't had it for a crazy time, I got it in January this year, but I have 0 issues and personally have no issue with it being the regular version, but when I played ps4 those controllers were dogshit, I remember it having this crazy joystick drift where it would like shoot up and twitch and shit, was weird

[@d30n6]

He said dogass lmao

[@aulosrazr_7285]

it was rough at first but it paid off in the end

[@EminemLovesGrapes]

Sounds like modern game development all right...

[@aulosrazr_7285]

@@EminemLovesGrapes I agree

[@saftigerkeks5212]

I love how many new controllers I had to buy, because of their lifespan💀 I rarely play on the switch (because it's a shit experience every time) and I still had to buy new controllers 3 times... like dude, how low is the quality of that shit?

[@tracark2255]

bruh xqc didnt even finish the video he just quit it halfway through and watched something else related to it. bros turning into forsen

[@wavydane]

i dont understand how theres always rwords who keep buyin stuff the second its released

[@benschannel9065]

All the Nintendo shills in denial, but their consoles have constantly had crashing and memory issues. Remember when Nintendo fucking sold cardboard boxes, instead of the previous gen first-party products like plastic Wii remote wheels and Wii remote guns. The hardware capabilities of Nintendo are no where near other platforms because as a company they prioritise cost-effectiveness over user experience. Obviously the switch is nowhere near facing the amount of technical issues it was at launch but it still has stick drift for the joycons and the only reason Nintendo hasn't patented a new version is because they expect you to purchase a new set once you experience the problems. I'm not saying you can't enjoy first-party Nintendo games, they have some bangers. It's just people need to weigh the pros and cons before mindlessly defending billion dollar corporations because once they do it leads to management being more lenient and letting things like this slide.

[@slippyy4252]

you can send in your joycons to fix drift for free - but you do make a good argument

[@rretsiembob]

But it hasn’t. The majority of people have no issues at all.

[@barnacle3214]

Agreed. Ended up selling my switch. Wasn't worth the price, especially since next generation consoles have the same price while 100x more functional.

[@elk3407]

​@@barnacle3214 Or you could just get a PC

[@hardscope5317]

Well i baught mine like a year ago Still good

[@HASHBAR710]

I hope the Chinese got better at manufacturing Switches

[@KOKOW0RLD]

LOL I remember seeing this vid, it unironically made me not want to buy a switch for about 2 years