{"id":4664,"date":"2025-06-14T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=4664"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:39:25","slug":"the-5-worst-mistakes-of-the-nintendo-switch-2-launch-and-why-it-doesnt-matter-readers-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/14\/the-5-worst-mistakes-of-the-nintendo-switch-2-launch-and-why-it-doesnt-matter-readers-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 worst mistakes of the Nintendo Switch 2 launch (and why it doesn\u2019t matter) \u2013 Reader\u2019s Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Switch 2 has not had a flawless launch (Credits: AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A reader breaks down the Switch 2<\/a> launch line-up and lists the mistakes he feels Nintendo<\/a> has made, from the marketing to the prices.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure if anyone seriously thought the Nintendo Switch 2 would be a failure but to the absolute shock of no one sensible it hasn\u2019t been. It\u2019s the fastest-selling console ever<\/a>, according to what I\u2019ve read, and I\u2019m sure that it will go on to have a very long life and plenty of great games.<\/p>\n

I have one and a copy of Mario Kart World<\/a>, and I\u2019ve enjoyed it a lot, but despite what I imagined at the start of the year – and I think a lot of people were like this – Nintendo\u2019s roll out of the console hasn\u2019t been as slick as I expected.<\/p>\n

I feel they have made a number of strange mistakes and just generally were too secretive and unclear about things for no reason that can have helped them. Since the console is selling anyway maybe they\u2019ll think they made the right decisions. I guess I should just assume they know better, because what do I know, but here\u2019s what I think they got wrong.<\/p>\n

1. High prices<\/h2>\n
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    I\u2019m not going to come out and say Mario Kart World isn\u2019t worth \u00a375, but then I don\u2019t really know because I only paid \u00a335 for it, as part of the hardware bundle. And even if I had bought it separately, I would\u2019ve bought it digitally, which is considerably cheaper. So why did Nintendo let the games being expensive become the story? Mario Kart is the only one that\u2019s that much and yet people are still running around saying it\u2019s \u00a380. The launch report on the BBC news was all about how expensive it was, and I feel Nintendo just let all the bad press happen. If digital downloads are the majority now, why wasn\u2019t that figure the one that was being promoted, and the physical one was just an optional extra?<\/p>\n

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    2. No reviews<\/h2>\n
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      This is a more minor thing but I feel the hype of new reviews is all part of the fun of a new console launch, but we didn\u2019t get anything on launch day, just more previews and then a slow trickle over the coming days, that were obviously rushed or just ignored the smaller games entirely. Again, I don\u2019t feel that was a good look for Nintendo and because Mario Kart\u2019s reviews weren\u2019t completely ecstatic there\u2019s always going to be the question of whether they were purposefully trying to delay them until the last minute, which is not something I previously would\u2019ve thought Nintendo would do.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

      3. Free Roam<\/h2>\n
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        As a continuation of this, I don\u2019t think anyone would disagree that the way Mario Kart World uses its open world is weird, especially when it comes to the mostly empty Free Roam. It doesn\u2019t spoil the game, but it does remove the one thing that would\u2019ve made the game a 10\/10 all-timer and you really wouldn\u2019t have thought Nintendo would miss a trick like that. Also, it\u2019s kind of the fault of the marketing for hyping it up. If they\u2019d barely mention the open world people wouldn\u2019t have been expecting anything, so I do think the marketing for the Switch 2 as a whole has had problem.<\/p>\n

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