Is It OK To Be Disappointed With The Nintendo Switch? — Pug Hoof Gaming

As we see the twilight moments of the previous console generation, dissipate and give way to the bright shining future of the now-current gen, one can only look back on how weird the Eighth Console Generation was. Theoretically, it started in 2012 with Nintendo‘s Wii U system, but the typical console cycle has deviated into a muddied ocean of multiple SKUs and upgrade paths. It doesn’t help that Nintendo themselves essentially abandoned their Eighth-Gen roadmap halfway through and releasing an entirely new first pillar system, the Nintendo Switch.

Now, that multi-purpose handheld-slash-home console approaches its fourth birthday, and upon reflection, I feel at odds with the system. Look, I make no bones about it — I do love me some Nintendo. I’ve owned every system of theirs since the NES and I the majority of my top list of video games would either reside on one of their systems or developed by Nintendo themselves.

It’s just, I look at the last four years and I can’t help but feel disappointed with the Nintendo Switch. My own system remains mostly unplayed and has been for the last year — During a time where I’ve barely left my house for the past year (I work from home, now full-time due to the pandemic). At what point did I become so despondent about a system that I was so excited for?