6 Reasons The Nintendo Switch Will Fail Like The Wii U

Everyone loves a spec war. In the months (sometimes years) leading up to the launch of a new console, online discussion and speculation about raw performance is rife. Cast your mind back four years or so and you might remember large swathes of online gaming communities being convinced that the Xbox One would slaughter the PS4 in terms of computing power. Reality proved to be very different.

The Nintendo Switch was never expected to be a performance juggernaut, but many people were hoping for a system than catapulted Nintendo software into the modern age, visually speaking. Once again, pre-launch talk proved to be nonsense. The Switch is an improvement on the Wii U, but not a massive leap, and certainly not up to par with the market leading PlayStation 4 - a system that will have been on sale for almost three and a half years come Switch release day on March 3, 2017.

Part of Switch’s problem comes from the fact that Nintendo is pitching the machine as a handheld and a home console. As a machine to play plugged into your lovely 4K TV, Switch is simply way behind the tech curve, but think of it as a handheld and Nintendo has actually created a lovely, well-specced gadget. A hybrid machine has many benefits, but when compared to other home consoles Switch loses big time.