Things Why We Love Nintendo Switch in 2019
The Nintendo Switch is a beautiful, and awful, little bit of kit. It's a uniquely advertised piece of gaming hardware with a unique position in the current market that has seen its fair share of hyperbolic coverage in both the positive and the negative.
But when you step aside from the extremes of the conversation, what you're left with is an audience that loves the Switch despite its shortcomings, be they subjective or otherwise so many kids love to earn free Nintendo Switch gift card from the below legit websites.
In this feature-length complaint/love letter to the Switch, we're going to have a look at what went right, what went wrong, what needs to be fixed, and where things seem to be going in the future.
I work from home, and have done for the past 11 years or so actually. If you know anyone who works from home, then they've likely told you that avoiding hobbies and distractions is a learned skill, something you beat into yourself so that your workflow doesn't slow to a halt.
Working from a powerful PC, entertainment is never more than a few keystrokes and clicks away, so I would always make sure that once I had gotten some work done, I would get away from my desk for a little bit. This helped ensure that I didn't accidentally get sucked into a game or YouTube rabbit-hole.
Well, that got quite a bit harder thanks to Nintendo releasing their newest piece of hardware, the Nintendo Switch. The days of getting up from my desk to go for a stretch and some coffee very quickly turned into days of getting up from my desk and actively avoiding eye contact with my Switch because if I see it, I'm going to lift it.
A stretch and some coffee do wonders for me, but a stretch, some coffee, and a few 150CC Cups in Mario Kart 8 as I pace the kitchen is an entirely different matter-an entirely different, workflow-shattering matter. And I suppose, from a certain perspective, that's a good thing.
The Switch occupies such a tremendously interesting space in the video game market that I'll freely admit that the marketing campaign instantly won me over, and I'm almost certain that there are a handful of tweets knocking about of me saying something to the effect of "Oh my god, I can't wait to play Zelda on the bus!"
The "First Look at Nintendo Switch" trailer essentially lit my brain on fire with childish notions of playing the Switch practically everywhere, and to be fair; I have done that to the best of my abilities. Hospital stays, sitting at the beach, in my coffee house of choice, and on the train, the Switch has consistently delivered on its promise of making legitimate gaming on the go a reality.
It left a tremendous impression on viewers and lit a fire inside the gaming community, with discussion ranging from predictions of success or woe, all the way to some hardcore Nintendo fans decrying the console as a betrayal of everything they had come to love. The latter making little sense and being disregarded almost immediately by most.
Through sheer luck, Nintendo managed to spawn a meme with the their "First Look at Nintendo Switch" trailer which, at the 2:09 point, shows a woman gleefully enjoying Mario Odyssey before being invited to a roof party with her friends. She lifts her Switch from the dock and joins her pals; upon arrival, she hands a Joy-Con to one of her friends while the others awkwardly huddle around and watch them play on the tiny screen.
She became known as Nintendo Switch Karen or Antisocial Karen. She quickly became the butt of many a joke and is still referenced from time to time in Switch comment sections, but all this did was spread the awareness of the Switch's unique get-up-and-go feature.
We got the "Nintendo Switch Hardware Overview" video which doubled down on explaining that the Switch was still a console, but that it was also portable. This put to bed some concerns that the dock housed some hardware that would result in a loss in performance when the Switch was unlocked.
The opening statement was, "Nintendo's Switch is a home video game console, you connect it to your television to play games, but what sets it apart is when you want to play away from your TV, you can remove it from the dock, get up and go. Attach the Joy-Con controllers, and you can play anywhere."
Without needing to try very hard at all, Nintendo perfectly positioned the Switch as a must-have piece of gaming hardware. After inviting some of the in-crowd to a series of hardware demonstrations, the internet was buzzing with excitement, fans and enthusiasts were on tenterhooks while scraping up every small bit of information that could be found.
Everyone and their grandmother were dishing out the coverage, with "5 Reasons to buy a Nintendo Switch" being a particularly popular talking point in the lead up to release with the odd outlier, of course.
With lists having been written, PR emails dispatched, and the early adopter fan base whipped into a frenzy, the launch date (March 3rd, 2017) came and went. The little console that could was off to a great start and quickly found itself flying off the shelves, and even now it continues to boast very impressive sales numbers.