Nintendo Switch loses shine as killer product for new gaming era

With few attractive titles for the holiday shopping season and shipments on track to fall short of the company’s targets, doubts are growing whether Nintendo Co.’s Switch can ever become a mass-market product.

[michellelynn0976]

Yeah because PS4 and Xbox for the holidays have...............
Also, the Switch is selling a ton now (thanks to Pokemon and Smash coming up), I don't think you're gonna be correct.
Patcher? Well, that means the Switch will hit it's target. He is almost always wrong.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Why bring up ps4 and Xbox when their both mass market products especially PS4 that just had its biggest October ever and has had reports of the Spider-Man ps4 bundle selling like hot cakes?

[michellelynn0976]

Because they act like the Switch had nothing, which is wrong and the Switch is selling out again like when it first came out. This article is really dumb. PS4 is doing very well, but so is the Switch. This article is acting like it's doomed. Which is simply not true.

[JaguarEvolved]

“All great consoles need a great second year, and Nintendo hasn’t delivered one for the Switch,” said Cornelio Ash, an analyst at William O’Neil & Co. in Los Angeles. “Investors thought over five years they could sell maybe 90 million units. But after this year, that’s looking pretty much impossible.”

This year has been rubbish for the switch and there can be no denying it. If you own the switch and isn't a fanboy then you'd understand. Nintendo acts as if the first eleven months of this year doesn't matter to release games and the only thing they released this year so far that is mediocre and worth any interest is octopath traveller. Next year will be worse for them to sell switch and I think the system has already peaked last year and it'll be all downhill from here. The switch will never sell close to 90 million especially with nintendo barely releasing any games. Maybe whatever new plans they have for the switch revision next year might do something but the Nintendo switch lacks games.

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[TekoIie]

@JaguarEvolved

"Next year will be worse for them"

Going to have to stop you there. Bayonetta 3, animal Crossing, Luigis mansion, Core series Pokemon, Daemon X Machina, No More Heroes, Town, Yoshi, Metroid Prime 4 and a few more is not under any measurable sense worse than this year. 2018 was just average right up until the end. You're just trolling at this point.

"The switch will never sell close to 90 million"

So? Sales interest me when it comes to seeing the market and what does and doesn't sell. However, in terms of what's good and bad it plays next to no influence. If you disagree though please tell me how Fortnites sales make the games quality increase. Because its popularity must indicate that its the best game of the generation/s.

[mikeslemonade]

The switch is still a last gen system. That’s why I call it the WiiU 1.3

[Profchaos]

Red dead redemption 2 there I finished your sentence for you

Also, Spyro, tomb raider, AC odessy for starters

The switch has some awesome stuff to but it's not like it's the only console that does

[michellelynn0976]

Red Dead is not PS4 only. Lol

[TiredandRetired]

Michelle: Well you need a PS4 or an XBox One to play it. Take your pick for your other console to own with the Switch. *cough, PS4* Switch makes a great secondary console, but I wouldn't have owned a Switch by itself. Now was the time for me to jump on it though and I'm happy with it for different kind of games. Especially good for my wife and kid, but there's plenty I'm enjoying on my own too.

[XbladeTeddy]

"Also, the Switch is selling a ton now (thanks to Pokemon and Smash coming up)"

And what if you hate Pokemon and don't like Smash? Like me.

[Dissidia]

Then those games aren’t for you. Moving on.

[XbladeTeddy]

@Dissidia: Then the Switch clearly isn't for me if two of their biggest titles coming up are not what I like. Maybe I should move on and not buy one, you're right.

[bluefox755]

That's always been my issue with Nintendo products since SNES. If you're not into Nintendo games, it really brings nothing to the table. Even this time around, very few AAA third party titles are coming to the switch because it's just not powerful enough, and the ones that are really had to be gimped to make them run.

[trooper_]

Yet another Pokemon and Smash. Like really?

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Newegg had Switches for $259 on eBay with a 10% coupon and they didn’t need sell out. I don’t think the Switch is as hot as you think it is.

I nearly bought one then realized how expensive the games are (even older 1st parties), need a screen protector, lack of 3rd party support, etc et

[michellelynn0976]

Oops
https://nintendoeverything....

[nighthawk3729]

Honestly, the way that @Michelle is responding is just rude. I bought the switch up front, I want it to be good.

It. Is. Not. Good.

I just blazed through Let's go Pokemon with my wife and just picked up minute and a ps4 game I'd received through PS+ last year, Letter Quest Remastered. I picked up Minit the other night and have already finished it, it was okay. In the past week I have spent $112 dollars for the Pokemon bundle and Minit. Was it worth it? Well, Pokemon was my wife's birthday present, so yeah, but ouch. Minit? As one of the "Must play hidden gems!" that I have struggled to find, no, not really.

There are few games like that where the touch screen is a better way to play, This is the Police, Darkest Dungeon to name a few. Most games come off better on the PS4 and Xbox. There are too many games on the Switch that belong on a phone, too many.

I don't care if they sold a lot of units. Nintendo fans have to stop kissing the ground Nintendo walk on. There is not a large number of good games, there are a handful, and they are not worth the cost. I know too many people that play Breath of the Wild and then SELL THE SWITCH. That's it, done. It's a great game, where are we going though?

Come on guys, hold Nintendo to a higher standard. I've wanted them to meet my expectations since the Wii, they have let me down for over ten years, this is just silly. Sony and Microsoft have at least justified their decisions in my mind a lot more.

TLDR: Come the hell on Nintendo! I give you money, now do good things! Nintendo fans, get it together! You're making gamers look silly.

[VariantAEC]

@michellelynn0976
The source Adobe Digital Insights has predicted these sales figures based only on surveys of online retailers...
This isn't official yet despite Nintendo's statements which didn't include unit sales numbers. This has the potential to boost their stock but little else. When this was announced you'd buy their stock before the abrupt rise and sell the stock the same day or a few days later. This might be a nice boon for them bug ultimately we'll know more in the coming days or by next week.

[lellkay]

Both PS4 and Xbone have strong mass appeal third party games this holidays. Not to mention Playstation is still selling mad Spiderman bundles and God of War sales are super strong still.

Although most of these not personally not to my liking, you can't deny the mass appeal and variety of AC, Fifa, Battlefield, Call of Duty, Fallout (regardless of ratings) Darksiders 3, Hitman 2, Soul Caliber, Tomb Raider and many others all fresh out recently(none of which are available on Switch, minus a botched Fifa port)

The fact the Switch has barley had anything good in terms of console discount/sales doesn't help either. We all know Nintendo hate discounts, but there are literally PS4 bundles with RDR2 and Doom for £249 and sometimes less!

Nintendo are feeling the third party burn this year, as mentioned above they have missed out all them hitters, and many more throughout the year. add in the fact they haven't had a proper game of the year contender either (last year they had two!) hasn't helped!

Sure they got a pokemon port which is a good game, and smash will always be good, but thoose two cant be supplement to all the missing third fire power (plus Sony's heavy first party combo)

[Mr_Writer85]

"Yeah because PS4 and Xbox for the holidays have..............."

"Red Dead is not PS4 only."

No one said it was, but its a game that X1 and PS4 do have and Switch doesn't.

There are a lot more popular games on PS4 and X1 and NOT on Switch, then on Switch and not on PS4 and X1.

Edit:

The Switch could sell more in the holidays than PS4.

But the year isn't just 2 months it's 12, and hasn't the PS4 outsold the Switch every other month around the world?

I'm confident it's WW sales are indeed higher.

[michellelynn0976]

Hmmm not really. Pokemon and Smash can rival COD and RDR. Pokemon was the best selling game over the weekend.

[nighthawk3729]

Ah yes, Let's Go Pokemon, the game with the same forumula that has been used for the past 25 years. Smash, the game design that has been used for the past... 25 years...

Fine, COD has been around for 15, and I hate it, so points to you. But Red Dead? There is something new coming out, not the same tired stuff over and over. These are two names on a list of new things.

[gedden7]

THE VERY NEXT STORY!!! https://nintendoeverything....

[Realms]

So you are just going to pretend it's not an underpowered console? it's an awesome portable but if that isn't what you are looking for it's lacking in many areas. Unless you absolutely can't do without Nintendo games, I hate to break to you but the Switch is fast becoming the PS vita 2.0 or should we say Indy station.

[michellelynn0976]

Yeah, that's why it has DBZ, DS, Civilization VI, Diablo, DQ11, FF12, RE games, etc.

[Realms]

The Switch is getting inferior versions of current generation games and that's even if it get's them because many games are skipping it, it's an underpowered console no matter how you dice it. Like I said cool portable not so good as a console considering what the competition is offering.

[Kumakai]

switch sucks. xbox and ps4 both have way better games that also look and perform better. switch has a fraction of the multiplatform support and most of the exclusives are cartoony kid games. im adult. why do i care about pokemon? i don't. i do care about red dead redemption, black ops 4, etc... you can't even play most AAA games on switch and when you can, they are inferior experiences. i just got rid of my switch cuz it just sat there for like literally almost 8 months.

[michellelynn0976]

That's your opinion. I love the Switch and it has a lot of great games. No one made you the final word. AAA what a joke of a saying. I would much rather play Hollowknight than RDR2 or GOW.

[babadivad]

I tried, and wasn't impressed with the Switch. My cousin loves hers. Collecting dust.

[Razuel]

It has 1 game, Mario. It's not enough man.

[michellelynn0976]

Nope, it has more.

[King_Noctis]

I thought to myself before reading the article “Michael Pachter must be behind this”.

Lo and behold I was right.

[Nyxus]

Not just Pachter:

"The Switch is on track to reach 35 million unit shipments by March, according to the average of eight analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg, short of Nintendo’s target of 38 million."

Edit: why the disagrees? Just pointing out that it's not just Pachter, but the average of 8 analysts, as the article says. Or does Pachter consist of 8 people?

[TiredandRetired]

That may be short of their target, but 38 million is already really close, just under the total sales of the XBox One to date. A 2017 system vs a late 2013 system. Still great numbers, they're just projecting really high based on the Switch's fantastic first year. Scaling their expectations is necessary of course.

[Neonridr]

35 million in 2 years is still a very solid showing so far. Considering that's nearly triple what the Wii U did in 5 years on the market. Still plenty of life in this machine and I can't wait to see how 2019 does considering there are a heck of a lot more top tier first party titles releasing.

[Razzer]

So you just skipped down to the part where you saw the word "Pachter" and then responded? You missed a lot.

[TiredandRetired]

This is silly. What you're seeing is not the system losing relevance, it's that the first year was such a blowout year of sales and things are normalizing. It was the fastest selling system in history for many countries, it has already beat the XBox One in lifetime sales in some. It outpaced the sales of the Wii in that 1st year.

It hasn't sold as fast in this second year, but that doesn't mean it's not selling well. It just has stabilized more during the non-holiday months. Most sales data is only including sales up until September of this year. The big holiday rush and deep discounts have started and have already had reports of being the 2nd highest system in sales during this time, behind the PS4.

I just picked mine up at the beginning of this month. A secondary system to my PS4 I've had since launch. I got the Switch on an early Black Friday deal, "Black Weekend" they called it. €249.99; and they were selling like crazy.

[TiredandRetired]

Don't believe me? Here. This just in:

"REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 28, 2018 – Nintendo Switch set two new records from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday: It became the best-selling Nintendo console in U.S. history for that five-day period, surpassing even Wii system sales. Nintendo Switch also had its best-selling week ever in the United States. In fact, according to Adobe Analytics, Nintendo Switch was among the most-purchased items online on Thanksgiving Day and the overall top-selling video game product online for the Black Friday-Cyber Monday time period."

*PS4 & Nintendo are both on fire! Together with my gaming laptop, all of my gaming needs are covered.

https://nintendoeverything....

[Dom_Estos]

"doubts are growing whether Nintendo Co.’s Switch can ever become a mass-market product."

Is this a piss take of some sort?

Modern industry thinking in a nutshell there. If it isn't selling a hundred zillion bizziion units and making ALL the money in the world, then it's a failure to these jokers. Absolute clown shoes article. Some people are stealing a living, and these idiots certainly prove that.

[Zeldafan64]

This was put here for the cultist fanboys (mainly sony fanboys) to have a hate-fest circle-jerk.

[chris235]

i don’t even recognize this subpar gadget as a thing, so, whatever floats your boats *shrugs*

[Fishy Fingers]

Ever the ray of sunshine

[Sgt_Slaughter]

That's pretty sad.

[DarXyde]

Sounds like your recognition isn't worth the cereal box it comes in.

[Razzer]

Then you don't understand what the word "thing" means.

[King_Noctis]

I should make the following a habit:

Come to Switch’s artcle
See Chris235’s comment
Ignore and move on

[Segata]

Owe the edge.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

This article is immediately made silly by the fact that the Switch was the best selling console on Cyber Monday, Smash Ultimate pre-orders are through the roof, Pokemon Let's Go! has already sold 3M+ and counting already plus was ahead of God of War on Black Friday, and the Switch was the top selling product on Thanksgiving Day (not even just gaming, it beat out Beats and Hot Wheels).

The Switch is only going up from here with Smash coming in about two weeks, and the 2019 line up looks to beat 2018 (Luigi's Mansion 3, Bayonetta 3, Metroid Prime 4, Pokemon, Yoshi's Crafted World, further updates to Mario Tennis Aces, potential new Zelda game, DAEMON X MACHINA, Animal Crossing, Travis Strikes Again, Town, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, and whatever else get's announced, etc.) How does any of that mean it lost its "shine"?

PS4 and Switch only have room to grow, and I love to see each go head to head.

[starsi360]

Nintendo, you are doing well but for the love of sweet jesus get your back catalogue of games on switch. I'm talking Galaxy 1&2, MK Double Dash and others. Not used mine much but Galaxy HD (as already seen on Chinese Nvidia Shield) would be a day one for me. Happy to pay £50+ for a HD collection containing both games.

[TiredandRetired]

I'd love to see a Galaxy 1&2 collection also. Day 1 purchase for sure.

As for Double Dash, I loved it back on the Gamecube and it's still a great game, but I think I'd like to see them do a Double Dash 2 at this point. If it's not in their plans though, I'd gladly take the remaster.

One that I really want also is the Wind Waker remaster from the Wii U. I never owned a Wii U, as is the case with many of the new Switch owners. I do think there's a high chance of that one coming as Nintendo seems to be wanting to capitalize on the (great) games they made for the Wii U that just didn't see the sales bc of the system's failure.

I'm glad to see Nintendo back in their A game. I enjoy the Switch more than the Wii. Best Nintendo system since the Gamecube for me.

[trooper_]

Exactly, they have some amazing franchises to revive.

[AlexFili]

Too early to tell, it's very strong already with some killer apps on the way. Ask again in 2 years.

[CrimsonWing69]

Oh ya think!?

[CorndogBurglar]

What makes something a "mass market" product?

I mean, its sold just under 35 million units in 2 years....

[Cobra951]

Yeah, what a joke. How can anything be more "mass market" than the leading dedicated portable game system on the planet. What else isn't "mass market", the latest iPhone? It hasn't sold enough yet?

[Sirk7x]

Didn't I just read the other day that Nintendo was the highest selling gaming publisher of 2018 so far? If anything, the Switch is doing better than most predicted initially. There was no shortage of people saying it would be another Wii U before it launched.

[EddieNX]

Wow the Switch has sold like 22 million in a year and a half. That is AMAZING which ever way you look at it.

The Switch is a Smash hit, fact. Deal with it.

[Protagonist]

"The Wii U will not be fine" it was a massive failure Deal with it.

[Artemidorus]

Nintendo won't leave the Mario Zelda Pokemon bubble.

They just go off the rails with random ideas In hope of a new trend.

[King_Noctis]

You contradict yourself there. You said they won't leave the big three franchises, but then say they go off the rail with random ideas.

Those “random” ideas however resulted in games like Splatoon (which sold much higher than Mario in Japan), Xenoblade, and Arms. So yeah, I would happily take those “random” ideas along side that big 3 franchises.

[Artemidorus]

Zero contradiction, they provide the same type of games software wise but hardware ideas are always random in hope of people buying it.

They either start making premium consoles with better looking Mario Zelda Pokemon games with others or just keep being what they are.

[SegaSaturn669]

The switch got wrecked by piracy.

[iofhua]

lmao an article written by a nintendo hater.

We're going to be laughing when the holiday season is over and we can parade the sales figures around.

[Artemidorus]

Parade the sales figures? You're a gamer for God sakes get a grip.

[iofhua]

Nintendo took the #1 spot over Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. Breaking all previous USA sales figures for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Get ready for Nintendo breaking Christmas. It's going to happen.

[thesoftware730]

This article is nonsense and has no mass appeal.

[eagle21]

As if shipping over 35 million versus the 38 million THEY hoped for is suddenly taking away anything? This is after it took Wii U to sell 13 million in 4 years. Pachter please shut your mouth. Who knows what Nintendo is planning in early 2019. I remember LABO dropping out of nowhere in early 2018 with absolutely no mention of it in 2017. December will be huge for Switch worldwide regardless. Next week we will hear about Switch being sold out in Japan. We know it's gonna happen.

[Zeldafan64]

Yes but that causes physical pain to the trolls. Come on man, think of the trolls.

[Cobra951]

It *is* a mass-market product. How can I take the rest of the article seriously when it leads off with that bit of misinformation?

[Casepb]

Wasn't there just an article saying the Switch sold the most out of all the consoles during black friday? Now the Switch is doomed? Will they make up their minds?

[Moonman]

The Switch is breaking records worldwide as we speak. Pachter and his gossip gaming won't change that.

[AK91]

It can’t lose something it never had in the first place, it’s like the Wii the gimmick was cool at first but got boring fast and people moved on.

[Fist4achin]

There will be a floor of titles coming. I think developers kind of tested the waters and once they saw the success, they elected to start developing titles.

[Skankinruby]

Sounds like a Phil Spencer sales pitch

[Fist4achin]

Maybe a little Phil there, but the switch is already killing it with only pokemon, mario, and zelda. They will start killing it soon when other major titles start flowing.

[Codewow]

This entire article sounds like a popup you get in Game Dev Tycoon, “industry analysts seem unsure whether the ninvento CNES will be popular with the current market”

The Switch will pick up sales. They just need that third party support and those first party block busters.

[JLynn943]

Meanwhile there's all these other articles on here talking about the huge volume of sales the Switch is having this holiday season. The Nintendo gloom-and-doom people are always out here though.

[kevnb]

Oh Bloomberg, always trying to be controversial.

[Iloveherliezz]

The switch has 22m units out that's more than GameCube. Its been out since March of last year. I think they're doing fine. I'd say 40-50m units is a reasonable goal.

[Zeldafan64]

How do you think the Switch is only going to sell 28 million over the next 4 or 5 years. It could literally only get first party titles from this point on and still sell more than that.

[Iloveherliezz]

I did a bit of math. I took the 22m and divided it by the months the switch has been out. Then Times that number by the remaining months left in the 5 year cycle. Then adjusted my predictions lower limit and high based off of the way peoples attentions change. So the number at 1.15m a month would be another 46m over 40 months. But I have know way of knowing if it will keep pace, slowdown or over perform so I say 40-50m.

The estimate is over 40 months not 4-5 years. So 3 years 4 months.

Which could still be wrong but a reasonable guess id say.

[ChasingTheSun]

They were the best selling hardware for 5 days.

[gedden7]

“I don’t see sales growing unless the price is reduced to below US$200,” Pachter said, indicating a 33 per cent cut from the Switch’s current price..... Same guy who said Nintendo was doomed, they should go 3rd party and they suck.... Literally said they sucked.... they will do just well and may grow because of Smash and Pokemon and Pokemon Next Year.. They Crazy?????? lol

[Segata]

It just broke sales records. Are you retarded? Oh, wait it's Patcher so the answer is yes.

[Skankinruby]

Which sales records are those? Because ps4 has been outselling it by 100k plus every week for awhile now

[Segata]

Are you blind? It's right there on the FP what sales that people and I are talking about.

[rainslacker]

I'm curious where Nintendo got it's numbers though. Nintendo announcing that its the best selling is about as valid as Sony or MS doing it without some sort of source to verify what the competition sold.

Unless they have some data to support their case, the only thing we can take from their statement is that its the best selling week for the Switch so far. Maybe they have NPD data though, but they don't usually release that data so soon after the time it covers....probably because they don't have all the data in yet.

[gamer7804]

sure its old now, but rumor new hardware revision of the switch in 2019. Its good timing for them to come back strong before Sony and MS have a chance to.

[Homushi]

Not sure where this article gets its info from. but the title is complete wrong. Nintendo Switch is continuing to sell like hot cakes and surpassing expectations. The console has proved to be very appealing, especially with PC gamers, and Nintendo fans. Great games like Pokemon Let's GO, and Mario Party came out recently, and next month is super smash bros which will sell even more switches like never before.

[gedden7]

Loses its killer shine.... - REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 28, 2018 – Nintendo Switch set two new records from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday: It became the best-selling Nintendo console in U.S. history for that five-day period, surpassing even Wii system sales. Nintendo Switch also had its best-selling week ever in the United States. In fact, according to Adobe Analytics, Nintendo Switch was among the most-purchased items online on Thanksgiving Day and the overall top-selling video game product online for the Black Friday-Cyber Monday time period. - https://nintendoeverything....

[_LarZen_]

My Switch is the coolest console I play the least on.... Nintendo is failing with delivering games sadly.

[Zeldafan64]

I have about 35 games on the Switch so I'm going to have to disagree with you on this.

[_LarZen_]

My "problem" is I have a PC,PS4Pro and XboxOneX in addition to my Switch. Most games I play on those instead.

[quenomamen]

Its a toy passing as a console, if you look closely it says Little Tykes on the side

[Fraggle1987]

I honestly don't know why time and again nintendo don't put out more software. They know they don't get great 3rd party support so their exclusive games are everything to the success of a platform. I mean what do they have for the first half of next year... nothing of note! The massive gaps between quality exclusives bite nintendo again.

[Tross]

The novelty of the Switch has worn off by its second holiday season, but I'm sure it will do alright. It's definitely performing much better than Nintendo's Wii U did, and although it has a long road ahead of it to catch the PS4 and may not even outsell it in December, it should still do well in its own right and I think it will at least beat the XB1.

[Kyizen]

This os common place for Nintendo they release killer games and then nothing but at the same time they dont make a system powerful enough to run the big 3rd party games so you get a long drought before the next 1st party Nintendo release

[RizBiz]

"Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch became the best-selling console in US history for the five-day period from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday, even surpassing sales of the ridiculously-popular Wii console which dominated the retail space around a decade ago. On top of that, the large number of sales also means that the Switch has just experienced its best ever week on sale in the US, too."
...
"...total [Switch] hardware sales in the region saw an increase of 45% during the Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday period of 2018 compared to the same dates in 2017."

Yeah, sure is losing shine.... These gaming writer hacks need a new hobby, they're f*cking terrible at what they're doing now.

[frostypants]

Nintendo hasn't gotten software support right since the Gamecube.

[michellelynn0976]

@nighthawk3729 countering your opinion isn't rude. Again, you don't think it's good, fine, that's your opinion, but millions disagree. You don't get the final say. Deal with it.
Also, BOTW won game of the year, so did Mario Odyssey, Xenoblade and Mario and Rabbids. It's a great system regardless of what you think.
Funny how some in here think video games should only be for them. That's not life, just because it's not for you doesn't mean it's not good. Your opinion doesn't make something a fact.
You forgot Sushi Striker, Splatoon, Daemon X Machina, Arms and Golf Story.
What new IPs does Sony have? GOW? LOU? Spiderman? They got a few, and RDR2 isn't new. It uses the same tired Rockstar formula for bad controls and sluggish gameplay.

[michellelynn0976]

@OtterX that's you, but it is my only console and it's the only one I need. I think some in here need to stop acting like their opinion is the final word. It isn't. I don't have a PS4 and I really don't one myself. Not enough games for me that I think are great games. Everyone is different and just because you think something is ok or bad, doesn't make it so.

[Eien]

I still don't understand why people keep comparing the Switch to consoles. It's not a console, it's a portable device you can dock to a TV. By that logic, my phone is a console, tablets are consoles. Nintendo and its fans never make sense to me.

[Platformgamer]

nintendo got lucky with "7/10" BotW and super mario odyseey was actually very good tho, but the bubble is starting to burst;
pokemon is not that massive like in the past (exept pokemon GO for some reason) and interests only nintenfanatics and SSBU can be appealing for the FGC and, again, nintenfanatics, but that's it.
let's not count the pletora of mediocre/meh games released on it (arms, splatoon 2, labo, xenoblade 2, and so on), and you can guess why the switch lose some of the initial charm.

[Einhander1971]

Ah the switch haters have been let out to play bless.

[dunnyone]

Well that's sad. I love my Switch.