My Problems with Nintendo Switch
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- Опубликовано: 25 дек 2024
- The Nintendo eShop is horrible...plus some other things!
Edited by Sam Essig and Scott Wozniak
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Switch never getting a web browser was probably a precaution against jailbreaking since web browser shenanigans were a very common method of getting homebrew on the DS/3DS/Wii/U.
Pretty much, because it quite literally does already have a browser(Used behind the scenes for stuff like the eShop) and the user just has no entry point without already having a modded console.
Building a secure web browser is too hard for nintendo
they need to accept that it wont stop us and only hinders itself in the process.
Oh yeah, only for there to be 3 different exploits already present to jailbreak it. We literally have names for it, a softmod and a hard mod.
Also the way the PS3 and old PS4 and 5 firmwares were exploited. Xbox 360 only has hardmodding options and the Xbox One gave most homebrew devs what they wanted so they wouldn't hack the console, a lesson Nintendo could take if they want to actually secure their console.
can't wait for when the switch 2 launches and the people who dislike the switch era now suddenly decide they love it now and want it back desperately
That's what happened with the Wii U. I've always loved that console since I got it in 2014
The classic cycle and circle of hatred
Guaranteed. Happens every time.
It's probably gonna be less annoying then because while the criticism was always present to some degree, the sales speak for themselves. The Wii U situation in the other hand...
If the successor fixes some, or at least the main problems, of the actual system, i totally believe that's gonna happen
1:34 Not based on a website. It is a website, and the reason it’s so slow is because the Switch’s built in web browser is just garbage.
ancient probably web kit and there's already exploits that haven't been developed for it and they are just terrified of opening that vulnerability to the piblic
is it possible to access the switch Eshop on a non-switch web browser?
@@Colind8yeah their e shop website on any device lol
@@Colind8Yes, on Nintendo’s website under Games.
@@Colind8 I don’t see why not (except maybe a ban if you do it wrong). You can do it for the Wii shop
Thank you for zooming out and showing the cat I do genuinely enjoy that
omg hai basil!!
The last home screen I have left without a single ad or popup on it.
That's a big plus.
I always see people complaining that the menu is too basic, and then I'm thinking, am I the only one that appreciates the lack of advertisements and convoluted pop ups everywhere? Do I really want a system to advertise Elden Ring for me when I'm playing Elden Ring?
@@Cheesehead302 I mean, fair, but also the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and basically every other console before also doesn't show any ADs at you, so it's not something Nintendo isn't capable of.
@apastelnerd you could argue that Miiverse was a glorified ad. I wouldn't, but one could make that argument.
@@Cheesehead302 yeah everyone that says the menu is too basic loves ads and popups and they want to show you elden ring ads while youre playing elden ring
5:30 The funny thing about that game is that because it was a penny, you would make 1 gold nintendo point on the purchase
So you would get the game for basically free, but the developer would still make a penny from the purchase
Wait is that true? I thought you got a gold point for every £? So for 1p you'd get nothing.
@@mrwho995 I thought it was 100p per dollar but I could be wrong.
I remember hearing the reason they got rid of the reviews because a lot of the shovelware games would give out free copies to their friends who would spam it would 5 stars because when you would sort by ratings, the most results would always be trash.
That sounds like an issue on Nintendo's part of quality control. If they tried harder with making quality over quantity and didn't just allow anyone to post a game, reviews could still be here.
@@VivianCanReadNintendo has lost at least two generations (N64 and GameCube) to poor third party support, so I have to imagine they have decided carefully monitoring game quality from third party devs is bad for business.
Joycon drift is my most hated thing about the Switch by a large margin. It's hard to believe that wasn't an intentional scam because joysticks were a solved problem for decades, so Nintendo basically just forces you to buy a $70 pro controller or a series of $70 joycons
It is truly amazing. My personal critisism of the 3DS and WiiU was that if your controls are broken, you cannot just replace them without expertise. The Switch makes it replacable, but then uses sticks that are somehow even more garbage than the 3DS circle pad(Which also has a big wear out-problem). It takes years to make the gamepad drift lightly, it takes a fraction of that to make the Switch drift heavily.
There's an option in the switch menu to recalibrate the sticks, fixed my drift many times
I really don't see how this couldn't be someone's biggest problem with the system. They fix this issue and give Joy Cons with larger buttons and higher quality sticks, essentially my biggest problem is fixed and we have a damn fine iteration on this system. It's one of the reasons I'm so glad they're just doing the same thing but improved, there's actually an opportunity to refine stuff like this rather than just go "hey, lets throw this all away to do something new that may have its own issues." If they do it right, it will be like we're getting the Switch but perfected.
@@Cheesehead302I totally agree. I think the concept of switch is already very good. It can become Nintendo's iPhone or PlayStation as long as it is iterated normally and improves the player's gaming experience.If Nintendo wants a new gimmick, it can build on this basis like labo/ring fit adventure etc instead of completely overturning the Switch concept, which is already very successful and seems to be sustainable, and betting on a concept that it is not sure whether it will work. In short, I think the biggest problem of switch is the rail and drift problems of joycon, then the eshop and switchonline are too crappy, then the network quality needs to be improved, and finally the theme and game classification of switch.
@@nicklafleur7620 I tried it, but it just made my case worse, so I set it back to default. Hardware issues have a very low chance to be able to be addressed in software.
I haven’t even finished the other video yet Scott chill 💀
Bro gifting us with his presence
scott is the diddy of gaming
This is the same feeling as being a Nickelodeon fan AND a Cartoon Network fan- having two shows on at once that you want to watch but have to pick between the two…
At least RUclips doesn’t force you to miss one video or the other.
@@EstradaDuran-sg6coelaborate??
I going to watch this first, to save it for when I am free from life
We need more cat appearances
We really do.
No offense Mr. Bozniak, but I'd take a feature length video of nothing but cat stroking.
My biggest gripe with the console is that it lags on most of the higher end titles SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED for the switch. I can understand a port not running stable frames (Witcher 3, etc) but even the new Zelda game echoes of wisdom feels like I’m dropping frame and lagging all the time. I never felt like that with the Wii or any of the older Nintendo consoles.
I had to overclock my switch's ram so far up (base is 1600, i run my unit at 2133 or 2400) to get rid of those drops, it's not fun. Even at 2133 it still has drops in many areas but a lot less than stock clock. No idea why the devs decided to make the game run at 60FPS and if it can't maintain that it drops back to 30FPS until it can sustain 60 again, instead of just letting it do 55FPS or whatever.
Yeah I think your point is justified. It was clear by the time I played Bayonetta 3 (I legit bought my switch for the series and platinum games) and it was becoming clear that the switch was not powerful for running the type of games creators wanted to make.
The problem with the Nintendo Switch is that it shipped with a processor that was considered outdated in the tech world when it released in 2017 and if not for the pandemic it would’ve got an upgraded chip.
That´s just a design choice Nintendo has been making that forever. Mario 64 had a eel running at like 14 fps. It doesn´t bother me much.
@@Adamtendo_player_1 tbf even PS4 was considered to be using "outdated" chips back in 2013, yet it's still more powerful than the Switch...
My biggest problem with the switchy shop is that you can't gift people games directly from the eShop or buy codes anywhere other than retailers.
9:34 This is the biggest yet most subtle flex I've ever seen
A new Scott the Woz AND Scott's Stash on the same day?! Wow!
on christmas!
It's a Christmas Miracle 🎄
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0:19 That's how I feel when I give an opinion about anything, especially music. I feel the need to ignore newer songs (more so just the biggest hits from an artist) and focus hard on deep cuts and older catalog.
lol. I understand that feeling though I personally don't share it, since I just genuinely feel like the mainstream music quality is just quite worse now
@@PrixtoTNT It is worse and that's an objective fact lol
Def how I feel if I praise something like The Dark Side of the Moon or anything by The Beatles. People have heard it a million times to the point of contrarianism.
It’s sort of sad to see Scott’s hype for the switch slowly die down throughout the 7 years it’s been on the market, cause despite the concept of the console being pretty cool and innovative, the cracks in its foundation began to show
That’s bound to happen with anything. The longer you have something the more its problems (no matter how small) feel larger and larger.
Also; literal cracks in the foundation of the shells haha.
Once the steam deck was released, it raised the standards for modern handhelds and Nintendo can only rely on branding over specs for so long.
@@beiwubsnsod7378that’s bullshit. Steam deck is far from being a hit and Switch sells thanks to its software.
@@beiwubsnsod7378 Hard disagree, their specs haven't been the selling point in decades. Even when the Switch released it was still very underpowered and it's sold >150million units.
The Wii U and 3DS eshops were _so much_ more fun to explore compared to the switch eshop.
Switch eShop in a nutshell: *image of crawling up a mountain* (You have to crawl down the chronological list of releases to find something randomly. Earlier shops did infact make it easy to find something you didn't know existed.)
I find it weird that the Wii u had the worst library but the best E shop, however the switch has the best library but the so called worst E shop.
@@mr_m4613 Simple. The Wii U sold like trash. Doesn't matter how great your store is set up and organized, if no one wants to put their products on your shelves.
@@SakuraAvalon yeah but the games that got ported from the wii u are selling like gangbusters on the switch. Mario kart 8 on the Wii u sold more than most games on the ps5 and Xbox series x right now.
@@mr_m4613 So, you're saying that if you have more than 10x the install base, you'll sell more copies?
Wowie.
Maybe I'm alone in this but I actually love the joycon. Not only is there something novel about it in handheld mode, I had so many calming and chill gaming sessions using them split. When I was playing BoTW, Mario Odyssey, Let's Go Pikachu, I remember so many times just sitting with my arms in various relaxed positions feeling really freed by not having to sit hunched over a connected controller. Honestly I would've done it more if I didn't move my gaming setup out of the family living room and if they didn't start to drift...
(I moved to the privacy of my room. It an already terribly claustrophobic setup, so using separate joycon there wouldnt exactly be as freeing as in a comfortable chair in a wide open living room.)
Scott the Woz and Scott’s Stash on the same day it’s a Christmas miracle
It's a Festivus miracle.
Personally I am seriously disappointed that their closed ecosystem of curated games... isn't actually curated that well. Should have never allowed low quality shovel ware on the system, or at most a low percentage like the GameCube had. Having standards would help the usability of their eshop & improve how people see the brand/platform.
Oh, and can I backup my game files to micro sd card at any time, hardware breaks, fails or gets stolen and even if you have a Nintendo online account, it won't be there forever.
Most GameCube games were bad
Thanks Nintendo for allowing shitshovelware (and cryptominers??) but say no to betas and alphas of indie titles...
@@Supercoolusername-f4s Lol no
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I literally only want 3 things from the next console:
1. An eshop that doesn't lag on loading every icon on every page.
2. Better quality joycons that don't inevitably break.
3. Something new and innovative to take the idea further so it isn't just another, slightly more powerful Switch.
I don't care about the stark UI options or graphics and performance as much as other people do, I just want something completely functional and not a pain in the ass to use. The limited specs are sort of a blessing in disguise because it ensures game development cycles aren't overly long with stupidly high budget games. It's way more sustainable and consistent than Sony's current approach.
Ridiculous prices, shitty eshop, no streaming apps, lack of menu customization/control, shitty joycons. Literally if it wasn't the handheld feature the switch would probably be one of the worst consoles of history.
The Wii U tablet controller is far more comfortable, the joycons are too small, the eShop is too slow, online gaming is out-of-date, and the graphical limitations have been very frustrating time-to-time.
But overall, it has been a great system because of the GAMES (Nintendo exclusives, and indie games), the portability, and the simplicity of use.
It doesn’t take as long to update the system (or the games), and having physical cards for games has been great. Ease of use and convenience is a huge factor, especially when competing against tablet gaming (which dominates with the youngsters these days).
How is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe digital still $60 on the eShop? That is the true Nintendo tax.
The nintendo voice chat app is worse than you described. Not everyone plays their switch at a computer desk. Therefore, Discord isn't readily available to them Some people play at their couch in the living room. Combine that with the fact that there's no audio jack for the pro controller. So you can't hook up a headset to mix game audio and voice audio in the same headset. It's a cluster fuck. Don't even get me started on the lack of party chat. These functions have been around since Xbox 360. Absolutely blows my mind how bad Nintendo's services can be.
scott is my favorite fictional person
We needed this. Switch gets too much glaze. No one talks about the awful UI and eshop etc.
I feel like people are constantly talking about the ways the switch fucked up? which is totally fair and valid especially when it comes to quality control on the hardware but. Scott isn't really saying anything too bold here.
@@audoodle9963 well i guess i just dont hear about it. Most of the switch opinions i hear are related to how much of a success it is and of course rumors. Hardly ever see constructive criticism other than that one time the whole joycon drift thing went viral.
What? Everyone talks about how bad the EShop and UI is. People just don’t care that much because the games are godly.
@@THEONETRUEOVERLORDtrue
@@RiqMoran Because (for me at least) it kinda pales in comparison to the releases of the Switch. Mario Odyssey, Breath of The Wild (Even though it originally released on the Wii U), Smash Bros Ultimate, Mario Wonder, Tears of The Kingdom, so many actual wonderful games that have come out on the Nintendo Switch. I acknowledge the flaws of the console, but it doesn't really bother me, because Nintendo releases genuinely good games, at least in my opinion. I just don't care, because I can still enjoy the games. I do agree with the fact that the eShop is definitely problematic though.
I used to think that the lack of media applications was a problem but then I had to admit that I have better ways of watching shows, this made the console way better for children, and people would be asking for dumb things like a DVD adapter.
1% of the users use the applications on the GUI.
nintendo has used the "we need ot protect the children" excuse for too long. "We can't have basic social features because we need to protect children! Also let's fill the eshop with porn!"
@@No_Life_AlexI find that even more annoying when you realize WHY they don’t have a basic share feature. Straight up they removed Twitter cause of the “Elon Tax” and never made an alternative!
Before I got a SD card the song and dance of clumsily sharing a 30 second video by pulling out my phone, scanning, doing a code or whatever else and THEN I only have access to download ONE ONE DAMN VIDEO- not the library just ONE.
@@D44RK_Iced_Yogs I wasn't referring to sharing to twitter, I was referring to the lack of party chat and clunky friends system. Honestly the less people use twitter the better imo.
@@D44RK_Iced_Yogs When I said social features I was referring to lack of party chat/miiverse. Honestly the less people using twitter the better.
The groups were worth it for that one video of Andre from Gamexplain getting ridiculously exited for them. Like dude, it’s FOLDERS.
i hate that the switch 2 (presumably) has nearly the exact same design with the same designed joycons. no ergonomics at all. people say "if it aint broke, dont fix it." but idk this kinda broken.
If the system is indeed called "Nintendo Switch 2" then it's expected that it would look similar to the Switch.
@ahmedhasan4966 Yeah, the PS2 and PS1 are indistinguishable from eachother.
Wana bet its gona be even worse. 3ds and new 3ds for example. They removed side button that let you turn off internet. 2 probaly wont even have a memory card slot.
Honestly yeah, especially as it will probably take some time for high quality third party hall effect joycons to come out
7 years after launch is the best time to complain about a console, really
Almost 8 years lol
4 years actually. It only took PS5 3 years because the Switch still had nothing by then
@knuclear200x If I had a nickel every time you say "The Switch has nothing," I would be a millionaire.
So by that logic, the Nintendo switch would be the worst console of all time. The world is so backwards.
@ahmedhasan4966if i got a PENNY for every time i hear negative things about Nintendo I'd be a billionaire.
The eshop point is a HUGE point. I don't ever play my switch because I simply don't have any good games for it. It's damn near impossible to find something for the console that I'd actually LIKE to play, and the few that I DO want to play are either impossible to find carts for, or are FULL PRICE AFTER 6 YEARS. I'm not paying $60 for a launch day title.
This is exactly why my Switch is collecting dust while the 3DS is 10x more enjoyable to play with
I thought I was going crazy when my shop was running so damn slow, glad it’s a universal experience
What I love about the Switch:
- Great library of exclusives
- You can play a lot of your games on the go
- Large screen means you don’t have to slouch or squint
- HD Rumble haptics
- It takes up very little space when docked
- Tons of controllers you can use
- Impressive console ports during the Switch’s early years
What I don’t love about the Switch:
- The dreaded joy-con drift, and it’s something Nintendo has neglected to fix
- It’s heavier than your average handheld
- First-party titles are still expensive, where’s Nintendo Selects/Player’s Choice?
- NSO being a half-assed subscription with classic games being drip-fed instead of being readily available for purchase on the eShop
- Sluggish eShop UX
- Later releases are being held back by the Switch’s aging hardware
- Later first-party releases that weren’t Splatoon, Smash Bros., or Mario Kart had minimal updates, they really wasted ACNH’s potential…
Carby pfp spotted!
also yeah NSO is still very weak
Honestly most Nintendo exclusives went down in quality compared to previous entries. Zelda, animal crossing etc
My least favorite part about the switch is the joy cons. I am also too cheap to buy a pro controller, so I just play my wii u because of how good that controller is.
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Sony abandoned the PS Vita because there was nothing they could do to get customers.
Nintendo abandoned the Switch because there is nothing they can do to lose customers.
That mentality will bite Nintendo in the ass if they made the next switch cost $400 or $500
@@staringcorgi6475399 will be fine considered the inflation and switch oled already 349,but 499 is too damn high it will repeat 3ds situation and make Nintendo want to suicide.
Yea I hate the complacency
@@staringcorgi6475 399 is fine since switch oled is already 349 and the inflation,but 499 is absurd and it will repeat 3ds situation.
@@Kevin-i2b the majority of switch users buy the $300 or $200 edition though since they just want a thing to play games
2:46 No, that's pretty typical. Docked mode tends to result in worse performance not just for the eshop but for (at least some) games, like Scarlet and Violet
Just please bring back the magical Wii, DSi, Wii U and 3DS UI style and first-party software OST for the Switch 2. That is all I ask for.
My problems:
*1)* No achievements system. I'm not an achievements hunter, but I enjoy having a history of all the games I've played & looking back on what I've done after beating them. Switch not having one incentivizes me to buy all multiplat games elsewhere.
*2)* The E-Shop. It's a slow, cumbersome & useless mess. There's no true new game discovery or individualized curation. The further you browse, the slower & less responsive the whole thing gets. It's filled with garbage that drowns out actual gems, and it's yet another thing that encourages me to buy games elsewhere.
*3)* NSO / Online / Features... May as well group them together, as they all affect my enjoyment (or lack thereof) of playing anything but single player games. Still using friend codes is absurd. No true, universal account system like PS & XB with system voice chat, leaderboards, party system, etc. across the board. Even cloud saves aren't universal.
And the fact Nintendo is still using Peer-to-Peer networking instead of dedicated servers in actually offensive. That's what they used when online was free, as it just uses the player's existing networks to link them together... meaning the slowest connection in the group is the speed everyone gets. It's why Smash online is unplayable.The Wii was using p2p nearly 2 decades ago because it costs nothing. Now that we're paying, put some effort in!
*4)* Lack of customization. This is an obvious, day-one issue that Nintendo has just ignored. Despite how much it would make fans happy & little effort it would take, they stubbornly refuse. It would be so simple to add themes, even more so to just add basic colors beyond black & white...
This is a simple thing that doesn't change how enjoyable the games are, but simple things add up & help users feel more attached & invested in their system. It's like allowing Netflix & other popular apps that have been standard everywhere for decades... They're not essential for gaming, but they'd encourage me to use my Switch as the go-to option & keep me tied to the hardware, rather than go to another console or pick up my phone.
*5)* Performance. This one's obvious. The hardware being under-powered is one thing, but even Nintendo has chosen to prioritize graphics over smooth gameplay many times, and it makes for a worse experience.
*6)* Lack of major 1st party AAA games. Nintendo has heavily relied on remasters, "remakes," ports & AA games for a huge portion of Switch's library. That's great & all, nobody is asking that they become Sony & just pump out the same Ubisoft-style AAA 3rd person games over & over.
But we used to be guaranteed at least one or two a year, but that's not been the case this gen. AAA games take longer to develop, but Nintendo has so many partners & 3rd party joint projects filling out the rest of their lineup, I'd like them to spend more time giving us unique, major games of substance.
*7)* Over reliance on the the same IPs while outright ignoring the others. Mario is popular. We all know this. But did we need 30 Mario/Mario-adjacent games on Switch? I've got Mario as my pfp, and even I'm burnt out!
And out of all the quick, lower effort "remasters" & "definitive edition" ports, you couldn't be bothered to touch F-Zero or Starfox this entire gen? And no, F-Zero 99 is a digital only, NSO "99" brand game. Out of all games fans would've been ecstatic to hear got a simple HD up-res, F-Zero GX would've been it. Throw in some online (like they've done for countless retro NSO games), and fans would've been over the moon.
That's not even touching on so many dormant IP like Eternal Darkness, Mother, Golden Sun, etc.
*8)* Price gouging. There's no argument for it aside from greed. We all know these remasters, ports & even remakes require nowhere near the same budget, time or resources to make as brand new games.
Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, DKCR HD, even Paper Mario TTYD... these are not $60 games. They should not launch at the same price as Mario Odyssey, Xenoblade 3, Fire Emblem Three Houses, Pikmin 4, Luigi's Mansion 3, Splatoon 3, etc. Those games took way more time, effort & money, yet you price these 1-2 year developed retreds for the same price.
Ok, that's it... Whew. Now that I typed this despite knowing nobody will read it, I feel better. 😅
One time I complained about achievements, and some 40 year old Nintendo fan came after me saying I was an idiot for preferring the inexperienced Sony and XBOX ideas over the MASTER NINTENDO!
i always figured Scott's only problem with it was that its not the Wii U...
“Baby’s first a giant calculator for like senior citizens by Fischer-Price for children and for the elderly” is a sentence I never imagined would be spoken by anyone ever.
I’m still waiting on console themes 😔
the 3ds ui was so much better than the switch
3DS is a goated console
get the moba pad M6 HD, it turns the switch into the most comfortable handheld you ever held. they cost less than the original joycons and have HAL magnetic Analogue sticks, no drift ever, and mechanical buttons.
HD rumble too!
They absolutely take advantage of the “own a game, get a discount on another” game. That’s why you see so much “special edition” shovelware games.
I will say objectively, as a fan of Nintendo's games, the Switch is a severely underpowered console with awful online that you still have to pay for, a terrible storefront and iffy at best controllers. I meant the portable thing is cool, but I think objectively it is not a very great console
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1) Poor Shovelware Control
2) Game Store Slow as Hell
3) Absolutely no reason why apps like RUclips need games closed to run
4) Wi-Fi quality is trash
5) Bluetooth Quality is Trash
6) Buttons are too small
Set the wifi MTU to 1500, may use more power but better speeds.
The Switch probably does need games closed for RUclips. Or at least RUclips will run slower then it already does
7) Repairability is questionable
the screws have odd patterns and are rather soft. You can never touch them with a screwdriver, and still get them completely worn out over the years
@ I didn’t even think of that but true. I work on medical equipment so I have better stuff than their repair guys probably have, but the average joe using a Walmart kit would probably destroy that thing
Didn't appreciate it at first but i've warmed up to it over the years. I was just hoping for more... fun, at the start. Now there's enough good games and the experience is smooth enough that overall i'm fine with it beeing a generic Plattform for Nintendo's games
Reviews: Why does this game cost full price or even more than what it cost on other consoles???
Nintendo: Removes the review option entirely.
The play time f*cked me. I HAD 1100 HOURS IN BOTW AND NOW THE PROOF IS GONE!
The Switch is the console that's given me the most amount of issues of any console I've ever owned.
-Joycon Drift
-Rail is worn down on the left side
-Dock stopped registering the Switch, until I unplugged it and then plugged it back in multiple times
-Stopped reading game cartridges
-Battery life has gotten pathetic in its old age
yeah same. joycon drift is just inexcusable and makes it a pain to use, especially in handheld mode. not to mention how the console is too big to be portable..
It’s kind of funny how Scott’s entire brand is bitching about stuff he loves. I’m all for it!
Two Scott videos in one night? It truly is a magical Christmas!
We need an episode of Scott the Woz about pet/animal games just so we can see the cats Scott has
19:37 this is my new favorite scott the woz quote and I don't care what yall say
+1 on that.
Nintendo Music is new, but their drip feeding strategy is apalling. They launched with 20 albums and drop about 1 per week. They have 1000 albums on standby btw.
I need E-Shop music on the new switch please!!
It would be nice to be able to take a screenshot and use it as a wallpaper. Why not? Merry Christmas .
i never used a switch but using steam for all my life i just took for granted that switch online shop will be decent. after watching ur vid kinda blown my mind how bad it is. and now owning steamdeck its kinda amazes me how opposite it is. its so optimized that u cant stop finding and buying new games faster that u can open the device
I was JUST complaining about navigating the e-shop. There are some absolute gems, sure. But oh my god do you have to scroll through 100 AI slop shovelware releases.
The lack of themes is egregious I remember thinking there's no way they won't add themes when they made a whole themes tab
Another bizarre problem with the eShop I've been having:
Looking for a game by its title, with "relevance" added as a modifier for results...and the actual game you're looking is buried by a billion other titles for a bunch of pages.
How? HOW???
Seeing this makes me want to see a "Switch 2 Wishlist" video from Scott. I believe Nintendo hit a gold mind with the Switch, they just gotta build upon it and improve it.
I think that video will come when the Switch 2 gets revealed or gets a presentation.
I feel when Nintendo is doing bad they lock in and give us what we want and they try hard, but as soon as they get successful again the ego kicks in and they don’t care idk just me yippieeeeee
A late but amazing Christmas miracle cuz TWO VIDEOS ON THE SAME DAY
Personally haven't used my Switch in a very long time because of not only just Nintendo's recent Disney-like lawfare shenanigans, but also because the Switch is genuinely uncomfortable for me to use. I have massive bearclaws for hands and the only comfortable gaming handheld for me at the moment is the Steam Deck.
The cat is adorable
*Scott puts up both a video on Scott's Stash and on his main channel around the same time on Christmas Day
Homer Simpson: "DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE!!!"
I genuinely missed when websites and apps just
Were snappy and responsive
Just installed linux for the first time on my personal laptop
And it just
Turns on. Quickly. And opens things quickly.
Meanwhile the smart lock app to my apartment takes actually 30 seconds to open
These corps and business seem to forget that responsiveness and like efficiency is a thing
Right??🤢🤢
scott's kitty shielding our eyes from the terrible ai art slop... so kind
Lots of Luigi Content .
I can definitely add to that list of Switch complaints, from the lack of a d-pad to the poor battery (in early units) to the lack of an Ethernet port (in base units) to the measly 32gb of built-in memory. If Sony or Microsoft's consoles had released with any of these flaws, they would have been brutally lambasted. But if Nintendo does it? People buy the system in droves.
That's also another issue they never bother to address nor improve. It surprises me that even today in 2024 almost 2025 Nintendo thinks that 32GB of internal memory is enough for their system. Sure, you can get a SD card for additional storage for your digital games but still, believing that such little space for your system is just fine for your console is just laughable, yet people seem to turn a blind eye because it's Nintendo.
Don't get me wrong i do love my Switch, but the fact that you as a company decide to be so minimalistic about it, even by today standards is just inexcusable.
@@pablodelgado7919the fact that it takes SD cards instead of $200 proprietary hard drives almost makes it not matter. You can more than quadruple your storage size for like $10. Wish my series s was like that
@@basedworldbillionaire- that's true, it baffles me that they didn't went that route like Sony did with the Vita, which is a shame because it had potential to be a PSP successor but the proprietary SD cards and lack of support and games outside of Japan killed it outright.
Named it the Switch and I can’t even turn on my lights with it 0/10 system
To be fair, if you throw hard and accurate enough you would certainly be able to turn them *off*. That’s Gotta at least be partial credit
@@averin5193 You can do that easily after spending 5 minutes on the eShop
I stopped playing with my Nintendo switch back in August and to be honest my life has kinda improved. I’ve been able to build models kits I’ve had sitting around for some time
It's not perfect but it gets more consistent use out of any console we own
This is all from a first-party perspective, but my biggest problem with the Switch is how abysmally slow Nintendo's game output was from 2020 to 2022, making the generation feel like it dragged on forever to me. It basically went down to one big game a year. Animal Crossing in 2020, Metroid Dread in 2021, and Xenoblade 3 in 2022. Hell, things were pretty slow even in 2018, and 2024. I'd say 2017, 2023, and, to an extent 2019 were really the only banger years of its 8-year life span.
Whereas the Wii U/3DS generation had four bangers with 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. It's just that you had to own 2 consoles to get the most out of it. Also, I feel there was a lot more originality in that gen too, with a lot of the Switch's heaviest hitters feeling more or less like enhanced versions of Wii U games i.e. Mario Maker 2, Splatoon 2, Smash Ultimate, Paper Mario, TotK etc. And it didn't even have its own Mario Kart.
I don't know, I just feel pretty let down with the Switch after the Wii U/3DS generation. It's not horrible or anything, I just expected more.
Probably doesn't help that Zelda is my go-to Nintendo franchise, with the Switch being dire on that front, only finally getting some actual new Zelda games in its 6th and 7th years on the market, and with honestly some of the most lackluster games in the franchise to boot, those being BotW's incredibly derivative sequel Tears of the Kingdom, and the incredibly bizarre Echoes of Wisdom.
What was the 4 a year banger games for the 3ds I want to see if I have them please name them. 😊
@@riccccccardo Oh sorry, I worded that weirdly. I meant that the Wii U and 3DS had 4 banger years as opposed to the Switch's 3 banger years. _But_ if I had to choose some banger games from those years, I'd say from 2012 to 2015 for 3DS it's-
Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, Kid Icarus Uprising, NSMB2, and Fire Emblem: Awakening for 2012.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, Pokémon X & Y, and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Betweeen Worlds for 2013.
Bravely Default, Yoshi's New Island, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Tomodatchi Life, Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo 3DS, and Fantasy Life, and Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Saphire for 2014
Box Boy!, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright/Conquest, The Legend of Zelda: Tri-Force Heroes, Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, and Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam for 2015
Also, looking at it now. 2015 was probably the 3DS's 2nd weakest year behind 2011, as 2016 and 2017 were surprisingly good for being so late in the generation.
2013 and 2014 was peak Nintendo imo. Both in Directs/E3s and actual game releases.
Honestly, I'm still pretty baffled by the reception BotW & TotK got.
At first, I was like: "Wow, Nintendo made this huge open world Zelda game with the same level of quality as the previous 3D Zeldas? Everyone is giving it 10/10? Incredible! Let's goooo!"
But, after a few hours, I realised… they didn't. They just filled the huge open world map with generic, repetitive 900 Korok seeds and 120 Shrines. Or maybe one of the generic 70 fetch quests if you're lucky.
Where's the charm? Where's the soul? Everything is soooo repetitive and bloated!
Sure, they have these fancy physics and stuff but a game like Half-life 2 also had cutting edge physics while also feeling like a full-fledged FPS at the same time. They didn't just tell us Gary's Mod was Half-life 2.
And they also went overboard with the "freedom." Freedom isn't free. Being able to do anything in any order you want means the game has an almost completely flat difficulty curve. It's not like Gothic 2, for example, where the game organically encourages you to explore certain areas before moving on to somewhere else. The flat difficulty curve in BotW & TotK only makes the games feel even more repetitive.
@@Mechadeuce Calling XY and Super Mystery Dungeon good games, I think I might vomit...
@@Mechadeuce thanks buddy I have majority of them games and only played a few of them not finished fire emblem awakening etc I was playing pokemon platinum all day yesterday.
The switch makes me so mad because it’s such a bad console yet it’s the only way to legally play masterpiece level games like breath of the wild or Mario Odyssey.
Nintendo’s first party exclusives are so good that it doesn’t matter if everything else about them is awful.
At this point Nintendo’s success is in spite of its hardware not because of it. At least in the Wii days their consoles actually brought something new and something you couldn’t get anywhere else.
The Nintendo switch is seven years old nearly 8 years old now I think complaining about the hardware at this point is pointless. Yes it’s on its last legs but the thing is everybody has been spoilt by PlayStation and how much more powerful it is.
I agree, I'm really hoping that the Switch 2 really updates and modernizes the system to the point that it doesn't feel significantly worse than a platform like steam. I don't have very much faith in that happening because this is Nintendo we're talking about, but then again the prospect of playing their 1st party games in 4k and with actually good performance is more than enough reason for me to buy it.
@@Adamtendo_player_1 the hardware was already outdated when it came out in 2017. The discrepancy between the switch and its competitors in 2024 is far worse now.
When the switch 2 comes out Nintendo will probably launch with 2018 level hardware but it will still sell like hotcakes because of the IPs.
However I do have the far fetched belief that Nintendo may actually be forced to go a bit harder on the hardware due to the steam deck existing.
A steam deck is better than the switch in every single way, and this is coming from someone that owns a switch and not a steam deck. The sole reason to own a switch and not a steam deck is Nintendo IPs.
@@silvergalaxia8538 yeah Nintendo 1st party games are the sole reason their consoles sell at all.
I do wonder if they’ll be forced to put out a better product due to the steam deck.
Objectively the steam deck is better than the switch in every way, only reason to buy a switch is if you like the IPs Nintendo has.
I just wish we lived in a world where the minds of Miyamoto were able to dream up games to their hearts content without being so limited by the company they work for.
Reading that title made me imagine Scott frantically writing a last minute essay after realizing the Switch 2 is about to be announced soon.
the groups and all app icons could just be on the left and it would be so much better
I think my problem with the Switch era is moreso on Nintendo with publishing. I think they had a lot of their good titles release between 2017-2019. 2020 onward, i felt there werent many bog games to get after that. My other issue is the cost of Nintendo games. So i found it easier to jump into third party titles since they are cheaper. I think in the last year i only bought Persona 5 Royal for Switch, 2021 i know i got Messenger and Metroid Dread. 2022 I can't recall, but i know 2023 i bought a handful of third party titles and then Yoshi was the only first party game
you can tell he really takes care of that cat because it looks so comfy and happy with him
To be honest... I cannot personally call the Switch a "good console". Some of the issues I had with it was mentioned in this video (Joycons being kinda uncomfortable, the lack of themes, the eShop), but the benefit of portability also failed me. I've had 2 base Switches, one used, one new, and I would keep it in my pocket (It was a large, loose pocket). Within a week or two both of them had issues with the SD card reader deciding the SD card was disconnected. Granted I had first noticed when the grip I had on my Switch, when I would remove it, sometimes caused the reader to stop reading the card.
Because of these issues, the Switch was demoted to just a home console. Granted, as far as games go a lot of the library simply doesn't interest me, but that aspect I'm not really holding against it. I got the Switch for Metroid Dread and got a number of other games on it, but it was never going to be my main console.
Also the last time I was on my Switch was months ago when I was playing Streets of Rage 4. Had a good survival run until I accidentally pulled the cord and sent the Switch and dock onto the floor. And due to the SD card reader issues, I just lost my progress.
Nintendo not using the USB-C port for putting more computational power onto the console was such a missed opportunity.
09:10 I don't get what's the problem with groups. I believe that are better that actual folders. For example, you can have groups of multi-player games and mario games. And Mario Kart 8/Mario Wonder/ Mario Party/3D Word belong to both of them. But with folders you can put it only in one place. For real, I believe that folders and just limiting your organization capabilities and I wish they won't bring them back with Switch 2
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imagine getting a switch for christmas and then this is the first video you see in your youtube recommended
I really wanted to like the Switch. The games on it seems cool, and the modding aftermarket could give even a heavily used console new life! I wanted one for nearly two years.
And then I actually held one for the first time last month, only to realize I absolutely hated the form factor and UI.
The lack of Miiverse and nintendo pretty much abandoning miis in games kinda made it lose personality imo. Also the lack of music on the Eshop also kills it for me lol
Joy con drfit is one of them
A problem I have with the switch is the fact that when I’m playing an online game at times, it doesn’t work. For example, I was playing Fortnite earlier and the other players in my squad teleported from one place to another; practically glitching. And the graphics on Fortnite is pretty bare bones. And the whole NSO service itself is dumb because I’d rather have a full price NES, SNES, Gameboy, GBA and N64 collections rather than paying for a subscription service just to play Mario.
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Personally, I want folders to tuck away things into one space and get rid of it from the home screen, like I don't need 5 NSO apps on my home screen
Here’s one reason, it’s underpowered as hell.
I mean, it’s seven years old. at the time it released, it wasn’t super underpowered: imagine a portable Xbox 360 releasing in 2013
For me aside of the lack of themes "which the 3DS did better" and the painfully slow Eshop and it's funky UI, the fact that most of their first games after the console debuted are still $60 is ludicrous to say the least. Sure, Nintendo doesn't see any problem with it since it sells like hotcakes on a Ihop but still it's ridiculous that the price hasn't seen any sort of drop since then and are still being sold at that price like they were brand new after all these years.
Nothing about the switch has made me get one yet, and I don't really plan to ever get one. Calling the switch the best console nintendo has made is like saying Mario Kart 8 is the best mario kart. Like sure in a general sense it's newer and all around good quality, but most of the other ones have way more character and more unique qualities that make them more fun. The Switch is just corporate nintendo with no character, which I'm just not into.
I borrowed one for a month and I gotta say playing BOTW in the bath certainly was an experience, but then I realized every Steam Deck and Windows handheld would give the exact same experience and had infinitely more than a dozen games I actually want to play. The one thing I liked the most was the joycons, splitting the controller in two was a actually a brilliant idea, especially since nintendo has borked every other of their controllers the previous two decades.
I'll probably pick up a used OLED some kid trades in for a Switch 2 and the dozen games I wanna play from my LGS after the S2 drops though.
I'm sorry, but I can't take that Mariokart take seriously. I am all for charm in consoles and games, but at some point, you gotta look at it and question if you play them because they're good or because they're charming. The only other Mariokarts I'm willing to play alongside 8 are DS and 7. I don't own Double Dash, but I have zero incentive to get it when Kirby Air Ride is better in every way. I own a GBA, Wii, and 3DS and will likely never get rid of them, but in no way do I consider them to be better than the Switch.
As a Splatoon player...their server quality is not worth the Online price lol.
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As premium as the OLED version feels, I cant help but feel scammed by Nintendo. I had to even buy third party joycon replacements (mobapad m6) for it to feel like a premium product in my hands. I will be waiting several years until the Switch 2 OLED comes out before buying a nintendo console again