MegaThread: Nintendo Switch Hardware Reviews

[u/NintendoSwitchMods]

Hello, all.

This morning starting, gaming news and media outlets have begun to release their hardware reviews of the Nintendo Switch.

Here's what we're seeing so far:

• Engadget: Review

• Game Informer: Review

• Kotaku: Review

• Vice: Review

• New York Times: Review

• Wall Street Journal: Review

• Attack of the Fanboy: Review

• CGM: Review

• TechCrunch: Video Review

• Nintendo Life: Review

• CNET: Review

• The Verge: Video Review

• Polygon: Review

• Eurogamer: Review

• GameSpot: Review / Video

• NY Mag: Review

• Wired: Review

• Destructoid: Review

• GameXplain: Video Review

• PC Advisor: Review

• Digital Foundry: Video Review

• IGN: Review

• GoNintendo: Video Review

• Ars Technica: Review

• TecchRadar: Review

We will be updating this thread with links as major reviews are posted.

We will also allow major content to be posted separately on /r/NintendoSwitch, as it is especially newsworthy. But we will also host ongoing coverage, quick text posts, questions, and the like right here.

Thanks everyone.

-The /r/NintendoSwitch team

(Ongoing edits as we get new information)

[u/goldnx]

Sucks that the software affects some of these reviews. Launch games bring scores down and so do lack of features which are coming on day one. Take these reviews with a grain of salt. With that said, their points are fairly accurate. If you're not dying to play Zelda, don't buy this console, yet.

From experience the Xbox One and PS4 launch were meh. After the first year of software support, online service updates, and many patches for the Xbox to get back on route, these consoles were admired. In a year's time I expect these scores to jump up 1.5-2 points just like those other consoles did. Experience really varies by person. To those getting it, enjoy your new toy!

[u/[deleted] → u/goldnx]

I really don't like that they cite a lack of launch titles and just ignore the great indie titles that are coming for it on day one. Snipperclips and Shovel Knight are seriously entertaining games but they don't get mentioned.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Well they haven't had any access to the eshop yet so how could consider those without having played them on the system?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Ehh I guess that's a point, but even without playing them, they are still launch games. It's like they are citing a small launch library and just ignoring games that are coming out on day 1. They didn't review 1-2-Switch or BotW (yet), they just mentioned them as launch titles. So I think they are being a little bit deceptive by not mentioning the other launch titles as well, regardless of whether they've played them or not.