The Nintendo Switch 7 Years Later - Is The Magic Gone?
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- 7 years ago to the day, the Nintendo Switch launched worldwide. Let's talk about the ups, the downs, and the current landscape of the Switch as we begin the 7th year.
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When the Switch was released, I was in high school. Now I only have to finish up my master’s thesis and I will graduate from uni (law school)! This passage of time has been insane😱
My backlog on switch is crazy
so far for me i got 12 games and im not done yet. i got my on xmas 2021
@@KrisTheBatSpider21 I got like 25 games to beat. From many Black Friday sales
My backlog is also at crazy level
I’m ready for a new Nintendo console, but I still use my switch every single day
Same here. I love my Switch, but I think a new platform would be exciting.
I'm in the same camp
I’m ready for a new console, but I’m playing it a ton still. Still have half a dozen games to play at least.
Nintendo Switch. Magic gone? Not at all. I'm still trying to finish Tears of the Kingdom. Plus I have a nice library of games to pick up and play whenever.
I bought mine early 2018 when the first big titles already came out and have been playing it daily to this day!
Your name is Edwin, of course you'd do that.
Same
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@@NecroBananasays the guy unironically using 4chan terms on youtube in 2024
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Hey, it’s Stevie Richards!
Ahh I miss that old intro now
I got into the switch a lot since we have the baby now. I got the itch for the switch! I recently tried Splatoon 3 and its a blast without micro transactions, good remakes like rpg was great and mario wonder was the most creative 2d mario yet. Switch is still good
time flies. the switch release was 3 jobs ago....doesn't even feel that long ago.
switch was released like 40 jobs ago.
As I sit here on my deck drinking coffee and playing Unicorn Overlord I say no the magic is not gone for me
Great demo.
i play batman on my and i still feel my magic.
I hated the switch for the first few years and though it was worthless since you could get a ps4 or xbox one for the same price often and a much better overall gaming experience. I though people where crazy for spending the same amount of money on less whether it was portable or not. Well come 2021 something in me flipped and I wanted to give the system a shot again and ever since then it has been nothing but love. I finally get what makes the switch so special and with that being said even ten years after its discontinued I could not see myself not loving it just as much. It is the consoles console and I can take it everywhere with me, the first party titles are incredible and I even find myself playing a lot of 3d party games on there over other platforms. I love how the switch is focused on gaming and while I wish more streaming apps where on the system and a web browser was usable at least for messaging sites like facebook or discord I love the experience so much that I get over it. I hope the switch 2 maintains what makes the switch so beautiful and maintains compatibility in the same way the series s play xbox one s games at higher resolution and framerates. I also think it is cool nintendo is delaying the launch of the consoles in order to create a huge back stock to prevent scalping and shortages.
I think 7 years is a great life for a console but new hardware is a must. As long as it can handle all the 3ed party games that an Xbox series S can then I'll be happy! I still use my switch everyday.
I still play mine daily. The visual improvements on newer hardware doesn't equate to more fun. My PC is used mainly for bills now. PS5 for exclusives. And Xbox for dust collecting. The best experience gaming is passing out some joy-cons to friends and kids then playing some Mario party or wario ware. Those gimmicky motion controls makes for some easy laughs. Snipper clips was fun to playthrough with my wife back during launch.
There's tons of great memories. Co-oping Hyrule warriors, Kirby, Pokemon Scarlett and Violet, Captain toad. Etc. had great time midnight launches like tears of kingdom. Nintendo seems to be the last bastion of in person group fun.
7 years later I still own my Switch and I’m probably gonna keep it for about 2 or 3 more years tbh. The older I’ve gotten the less time and money I have to spend on multiple consoles or games and well Nintendo games are my favorite, so I might actually not get another system in a while, and when I do it’s gonna be the next Nintendo system, because those are the games I love the most. I’m very happy with my Switch 7 years later, what an awesome little system.
And yet with all the eshop sales this might be the best time for someone to get a new oled version and play for the next year+ until the next release. I just got one and absolutely loving it. The oled feels very premium, much more than the regular version.
I love how for the "7 years ago you might have been in college" part, a picture of my very own alma matter, CUNY Lehman College 😂 right in front of the library :)
looks like a lovely school. my school was a commuter campus...it's only recently tried to become less, but offering more things to do on campus.
Lol, shoutout to all the cuny schools! BCC came through for me when I wasn't sure what I wanted to do
I'm 50. I was way done with College. Lol
@@thecunninlynguist Lehman colleges and all CUNYN campuses were commuter campusrs as well.
@@dijahmedi4882 Baruch?
The Switch definitely lost its magic thanks to recent competition, but it's still a beast of a console. To this day I'm amazed to play the DarkSiders games on this tiny thing, and play online games with friends and randoms like Zombie Army Trilogy and Zombie Army 4. I cannot wait to see how Battlefront runs on Switch, especially the online. HYPE!!
Despite the usual click bait title, no magic is gone whatsoever.
All the issues you hear about on Switch (why isn’t X game on Switch? Performance issues. Overpriced games. Late ports.) is solved with the Steam Deck. I’ve also converted all my Switch exclusives I own to the Steam Deck.
Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck seems like the ultimate hybrid combo right now.
Been gaming for a long time, since atari days. I would love nothing more than to play on my Xbox, but driving truck makes that all a little harder then the switch does. Driving truck, I am able to take this console with me and still enjoy my downtime on the go. And nobody makes the fun, fast and colorful games like Nintendo does; and those games have high replay value! So the switch is my go to system these days and I love it!
When I got my Switch in 2018, that was my indie game machine. I played so many classic and current (at the time) indie titles on it. But now even those games are starting to feel inferior on Switch.
I don’t think the magic is gone. I also believe that the people who went on to purchase other consoles would have purchased them regardless of whether there was a newer switch or not. Some people just like having various consoles.
Switch users complain about what it’s lacking, but best believe we’re still using our switch like we were when we got it.
Main reason I still play the Switch over ROG Alley is the battery life. I can play the Switch in handheld mode for four to six hours, while the Alley needs to be charged within an hour on performance mode.
perhaps that spark is gone, the novelty has worn off, but the system maintains its importance in my daily gaming routine with its versatility. but yeah time for the new new.
I still live that by nice apartment that looks like condo and I'm still here due to the living situation two years ago from that.
It still has the day one magic to me. I’m selling my series x and I rarely play my PS5. I choose my switch 95% of the time compared to the competition.
I got mine on day one and also upgraded to an OLED in 2021.
I remember at launch, Nintendo expected the system to last between 8-10 years! Virtually everyone derided them and yet it has come to pass.
In the meantime, they have become super-cash rich, with big hitting games in reserve for the next console launch.
Not getting in a pissing contest over power and graphics, seems to be like a wise move after all.
May seem and feel like an long time, but allot of people's are still buying the switch, and new games titles are being released (sure not big game titles) personally I don't see the current switch going away anytime soon. And Nintendo is being super careful on how they are going to release/publish the next gen console because of the massive success of the current switch.
Nintendo want to have the number 1 best-selling console of all time...and I believe the Switch will dethrone the PlayStation 2.
Our favorite Nintendo RUclipsr actually covering Nintendo. Yay.😂😂😂
7 years is long enough!!!
The Switch is still my main console, the portability and first party titles do it for me. More often then not I'll still end up buying games I already own on other platforms, just so I can play them on the go.
I play my Tears of the Kingdom OLED everyday. Right now i am working my way through the Assassins Creed anniversary bundle and Xenoblade 2.
I got my first Nintendo switch last November
Nah I'm still breaking in my RED OLED. Still feels VERY New. Please guys stop forgetting a consoles life now is 8 years. That's old 5-6 years. The first year wasn't the best. It was the year the lite and OLED CAME OUT + your 1st year. I feel you but I'm VERY MUCH playing mines every day. Yours can collect dust because you think it's old. But I got 11000 games! Take your time Nintendo I've gotten all my moments from you taking your time. Show them how it's done baby!
I definitely like Nintendo’s first party more than the other console manufacturers this generation. But I only do play 1st party and exclusives for the switch or really any other console. Third party is PC (connected to my TV like a console) and Steam Deck for the go.
The magic itself is not gone, but Nintendo is no longer making the magic. The peach game might be the last of the magic.
Nintendo Switch equals MAGICAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7 years ago I was childless and able to go to the midnight launch for the switch, now I have a 5 year old who loves gaming as much as I do!
I have been playing in my ps3 but I still have plenty of switch games that I haven't even try out...
The magic really only goes away once good games stop being made. They could keep the switch going as long as the gameboy and as long as they are dropping same quality games it’ll still be relevant.
The magic faded away a few years ago.
that’s your opinion
@@bodacious117 yes
If you can't find anything to do with your switch, I'll take it.
Big call to say people have moved on, I play my Switch every day and is my most used console. Still the best form factor, much better battery and great Nintendo games. My next gen consoles are sitting getting dusty.
Unpopular opinion perhaps. But if the content is still great. I don’t mind waiting until 2025 rather than them rushing something out that isn’t ready. However so far this year’s line up isn’t hugely impressive I’ll admit.
Yea my switch has been collecting dust since I beat Mario wonder
I play my oled daily still.
yea its a wrap especially since i got the steamdeck
I personally feel this way about the switch. I keep trying to play TOTK & Beyonetta but cant get pass these limitations on this outdated hardware.
Have people truly moved on from the freshness of the Switch’s hybrid design to the extent that Nintendo needs to totally reinvent the successor?🤔
That 7 year intro was funny 😆
The content of the this video is basically a testimonial to your status as a Nintendo RUclipsr lol =P
As an rpg fan, i’ll probably be playing my switch for a couple more decades.
yes
I bought a gaming pc since nintendo is never going to release a switch 2. I didnt touch my switch for a month after doing so. I picked it up yesterday to try to play something and the graphics are sooo bad it like physically hurt my eyes and head to look at the screen. Its completely unplayable now for me.
Gave my switch away to a friend after I got my series x been watching your videos since the og days 2018
Love my Switch. My go to console still to this day. Playing MHR and just started co-op Diablo 3 with my son. Love it!!
Dang buddy I’m depressed now thanks lol but RGT85 is 99.9% right and that some of the magic has been lost especially for me, my Xbox series X running at 120HZ 4K HDR etc etc with Ethernet cable at 17ms ping, it’s light years ahead in terms of graphics and quick smooth speeds which in turn makes it tougher to play the Switch on the same LG C2 65” OLED…. Handheld mode is only perk of the switch and Mario Kart…… ugh. Sad video man ☠️ 🫠
Say what you will about the Nintendo switch… but for me it’s been the most fun console to collect games on a console for as well as playing a variety of unique games as opposed to Xbox PlayStation or any past generation console. It may lose popularity and hype but at the same time there has nothing as unique as the Nintendo Switch
I got my switch on day one at Walmart. A Nintendo rep happened to be there talking with people. She saw me and walked up to me and said oh how nice if you to buy a switch for your grandkids. I gave her a Tim the toolman grunt😂 and said this is for Grandpa not the kids.
I'm still having plenty of fun with my Switch. Lots of great games are still coming out both modern and retro.
As someone with a useless degree that works as a forklifter in a warehouse I agree with the beginning though lol
I run excavators and such for a living, but use to run a computer repair shop, and then computers got stupid cheap..so yeah
@@michaelmay9728 Nothing wrong with that. Whatever pays the bills is how I look at it.
I actually don't mind my job. I make almost $30 an hour to put pallets up in the air all day but it's definitely not what I went to school for lol.
Back when people started talking about a successor I thought it was too soon but now I’m ready. I really just want Metroid Prime 2,3, and 4 on a handheld device.
I bought my Switch on release. That first year was stellar, but honestly, there was no other platform I wanted to play indie and retro games on. It felt like the correct system to be playing those games on. Sonic Mania, Shredder's Revenge, The Spyro and Crash trilogies even felt more correct to be playing on Switch than a PS5 and they came from PlayStation... I don't feel like the SONY and Microsoft offerings ever took off. I've never moved on. I PC game as well, with things like iRacing motorsports sim that you can only play on PC, but my 'console gaming' experience has been the Switch and the mini retro consoles for the last 7 years and I regret NOTHING. I don't mind the Switch being the platform for another year tbh. I still get the same level of happiness from playing games on it as I did in 2017...
Surprisingly still playing mines. It’s just so convenient. I be playing it laying down in my bed lol
Let's see I've gotten divorced, my dog died and my daughter turned 22 since the launch of the switch
But hey I still love my oled
I love “switching” from my tv to playing on the go so No it still has the magic it was Nintendo to do and I love playing Metroid vania games on it. There’s still a lot of great smaller titles games to play on it
The magic will always be there if there is always new quality games
Lose the quality, lose the magic
Magic is still there for us Dad's who can't ever use the TV to play our Playstation! I love my Switch! 🤘
Real parents omit authority around the house. The kid should be playing the switch and that's him being lucky, I'd tell the lil b*stard to go play outside
Liberal beta dad problems
PS Portal exists for this!
I recommend a Steam Deck
Amen
I am not tired of the Switch, but I do think it is showing its age. Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom were basically coded by wizards to work as well as they do for the Switch. Games like Pokemon Scarlet and Violet were coded by mere mortals and they are definitely having trouble making an open world game work on it.
I love my Switch and will continue to love it😁
Still some magic to come this year man... we have Peach Showtime, Endless Ocean Luminous, Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, Paper Mario TTYD, and potentially Metroid Prime 4... and that's just all we know about...
LOL, what's the deal with leaving out Fantasy Life I and other Level 5 titles?
Nope hard pass to all of those in my book!😊
Bro sorry but huge Metroid fan here and I know Prime 4 will not be released until the next Gen Nintendo console is released 2025 or later….. lol but a copy of MP4 on both the switch and new console would be released to maximize sales..
I know you said potentially but yeah, highly unlikely. We might hear more about it in the Fall time for a late 2025 release (Sept-Nov)
@@RMG791 i also feel a simultaneous launch of Prime 4 on base Switch & Switch 2 is the best strategy to maximize sales of the game, and NOT to have it release on Switch first and then Switch 2 later...
Switch has always been a secondary system to me but now I rarely use it unless I’m traveling.
Crazy to think. 7 years. I got my first gaming console the NES in ‘87. And then got my GameBoy 2 years later. And my Dad’s, my little brother and I’s SNES a year later. That’s 3 very different consoles in only 3 years. And those 3 years are definitely my most memorable gaming experience years hands down. As I was just a child and these consoles were like magic. Only thing that topped them was arcade games.
But Switch is probably my next favorite after my originals. And I had a bunch of consoles in between. But my Switch brings everything I love from my childhood in one console. And the new games I do pick up are retro style games for the most part.
Hate my job, love my wife, good seven years
This is absolutely not a video a Nintendo RUclipsr would make 🙃
Still play Switch plus my PS3 and it's fun.
Been playing PS3 a lot over the past 3 months .
It’s not a gimmick. I’ll never buy a system that needs to be tied to a television again. I feel there are a lot of people who feel the same way I do.
Magic gone? Nah, I’m still playing it almost daily. Unicorn Overlord is right around the corner baby.
You are one of the few feeling that way.
Not saying you ain’t playing it…it just ain’t special anymore
Cap
Me too…..it now rivals my steam catalog of games as I have over 800 digital steam games while I have over 500 switch digital games. Both the steam deck and switch oled I’m playing for life!……..I will get the steam deck 2 and switch 2 when they eventually come.
I got two Switches, and just bought the new Prince of Persia game... I'm bored of the limited number of games. I just bought ps5 and GTAV and Spider-Man and Last Of US 2
Nintendo is played out rn
Magic is definitely gone for me. I play PS5 and steam deck now.
I think that the big issue: Switch has big time competition for portable AAA games on portable hand held PCs and the Steam Deck. I've had the deck for about a year and it is great (average about $5 per game. I've been on Steam for more than a dozen years and have about 1K games. The family JUST gave me a Switch in February and I have A game on it: Tears of the Kingdom. It was $70!!!. My focus for it going forward will to do what others don't: allow 2 player experiences with the joy cons. Likely get a sports or party game next.
Switch is my primary console and my backlog could keep me busy for a couple years at this point so I'm not worried or anxiously awaiting the next Nintendo console at all.
I don't see it 😕 what game's are you playing? I swear I can only think of probably 3 decent games that don't run better on a emulator the game's seem slow and childish very basic
I still absolutely love the Switch and don't mind a new one not coming this year. I played the Contra demo and am excited for that, along with the Peach game
I think Nintendo unintentionally does a pretty good job proving that there's no "next gen" leap as everything is about higher resolutions and gimmicks like ray tracing. Good games that were built on scalable engines can get ported to the Switch with no issues (DOOM 2016 & Eternal, Crysis, Witcher 3). And while Sony & Microsoft take 5+ years to release a AAA game which doesn't meet sales expectations, Nintendo puts out something like Mario Wonder and showers in money.
I don't know, my feeling is that Sony has too many games that feel like movies and miss the entire point - that games should be fun. Nintendo still knows how to create fun experiences that don't feel bloated.
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Yes, compared to something like the Steam Deck the magic is gone.
It is still a sweet system but just wholey underpowered compared to most phones from even a few years ago.
Yep
As a multi console owner, the Switch is a supplemental system, its never my go to, my ps5 and Series X are.
The switch is blown out I sold mine & my brothers bc he wanted a ps5. Now only my little sister has one it’s damn near a decade time for something new
Previously I didn't touch it much but I got an OLED like a month ago and now I play almost daily
Nintendo needs a badass beefy home console with apps and backwards compatibility, massive virtual console library, voice chat groups
The magic died for me when I first played Doom (2016) on this thing. It was a blurry, ugly game. I lost my Nintendo-fanboyism forever.
Metroid Prime 4 is gonna be the final first-party game on Switch. Calling it now.
It’s gotta be! Either that or Legends A-Z
You never played Galaxy 2?! I kid you not, I am literally playing it right now 😂
Another upload from my favorite NINTENDO RUclipsR 😂
pls like this as it pisses him off being called a NINTENDO RUclipsR even though he is
I bought my first Switch in April 2017 and then bought the OLED Switch in October 2021. I love the Switch and still play it almost daily.
Magic gone? Bite your tongue, RGT! There are still games coming out that defy this narrative of “next-gen” tech.
So far, the other consoles feel like AEW, trying to overtake Nintendo but stepping on their own feet along the way. Meanwhile, Nintendo has been the current WWE before HHH took over.
I 100% thought the Switch would fail, if I’m being completely honest. The lead up to the launch wasn’t exactly great, the specs were crap, other than Zelda, there wasn’t much else. Can’t believe how wrong I was. By far the system I use the most, and I have a PS5 and Series X.
I feel like I still have a generation of Switch games in my backlog I never finished. Maybe a good problem. Too many games, man. lol. I have this problem where I tend to catch up on everything the following generation.
As soon as I got a check in 2018 I bought one, here’s 2024 I have a Nintendo gaming channel, and group channel with discord server I started in 2022 being an idea around 2018, plus playing other Nintendo franchises I never played before all thanks to Switch
"7 years is a long time" meanwhile i'm here with my Gameboy Color playing R-Type from the 90s and Castlevania from the 80s on my PS4 😂
Seriously, we need to leave this mindset where we need new hardware every {x} years, it's passé, it no longer makes sense.
Ironically I was in college 7 years ago, but now I'm in a job I love lol. I was also divorced 7 years ago and now I'm happily married. I'm like the opposite of your examples lol
Yes! I did that degree and had that realisation. Switch helped me escape during the pandemic especially w/ Zelda, Mario both Paper and Trilogy and a few gems from the eShop. I also missed a decade of gaming due to skateboarding in my 20s so ive gone from N64 to Switch. Now im falling back in love with Nintendo and have a lot of catching up to do. I think next year will be the sweet spot to start a new console, but thats me.
I was a hardcore gamer from ages 8 (1990) to 21 (2003ish) and then took nearly 20 years off before coming back in 2022. So I'm now playing catch-up of decades of games and as people complain about the online services like PS PLUS having nothing im absolutely LOVING playing all these games I missed that are BRAND NEW to me! I love it and I'll probably have plenty to play into my 60s and 70s before I finally catch up so the magic is still there for me!!!
But honestly for me, ever since the PS1 launched, my gaming has always been the same- Playstation is my primary. If it's available on a Sony system, that's where I'm playing it. Nintendo is strictly for exclusives. Every gen there are anywhere from 5 to 30 must play exclusive Nintendo games for me. And Nintendo is by FAR the best for couch multiplayer
Xbox doesn't exist for me. And never has. Especially since JRPGs are my primary genre.
I have no issues with my switch and expect for me being mainly a portable gamer and having a steamdeck for a year+ now, my switch is still an awesome console and as much as I think Nintendo needs more power, if it’s not 100% backwards compatibility, then I’m not thinking about any kind of purchase.
Oh my God! It's Stevie Richards!