I Don’t Agree With Shuhei Yoshida’s Comments About the Nintendo Switch 2

Former PlayStation Executive Shuhei Yoshida had some harsh words regarding the Nintendo Switch 2 and worried that Nintendo was losing its identity, and I'm not so sure that he's correct in his assessment. Or fair.

[Games_People_Play]

It’s exactly what people, including myself wanted. Maybe he’s a hater because Sony never had the same success with handhelds like Nintendo.

P.S. You’re StreamStation Portal sucks.
🤣

[OtterX]

I agree that I like it and am getting one day 1, however I fully disagree with you about the PS Portal. I find it fantastic, great controller, great screen & it's gotten even better after they began adding streamable games straight from the network, without a need to turn on your console. It only sucks if you have terrible, unstable internet.

[gold_drake]

your*

[repsahj]

I love my PS portal, my only problem with it is the increasing premium subscription price. And I plan to get also the switch 2 on day 1, just hoping the Mario kart world physical price will change to $60.

[z2g]

I don’t think executives think like fanboys. I agree with him. Nintendo used to make proper game consoles with huge libraries of AAA games. It was the place to play. Now all of that has turned into low powered portable gaming. And up until recently, only a handful of multi platform major game releases would hit switch. The exact opposite of what Nintendo used to be.

The switch 2 is now still a portable, trying to be a console even harder. With the graphical power of 2013 and a price for 2025. Seems like an identity crisis to me. Trying to be too many things to too many ppl. Aka “jack of all trades, master of none.

I absolutely agree with him and I don’t think it’s personal. I think he feels how I feel - what do you want to be and pick a lane. I gave up on Nintendo a long time ago.

[originaljohn]

Maybe he's salty Nintendo have 2 systems that have sold more than 150 million units and PlayStation will only manage 1. It also released 25 years ago

[QuantumMechanic]

Identities certainly can evolve.

[Npugz7]

I also don’t agree with his comments about how Sony should follow Nintendo with weaker hardware and and do handhelds. I’m glad this guy isn’t running the company anymore

[TiredGamer]

To each their own. The validity of opinions will be proven in due time.

[KonaSquid]

He's right.

[CrimsonWing69]

I mean, I get what he’s saying about innovation, but at some point you hit the ceiling. This is the successor to their best selling Nintendo console, why throw that away for a gimmick at this point? Nobody makes comments about Xbox and PlayStation doing iterative upgrades without much innovation.

Aside from gimmicks lacking thereof, they’re pretty much the same Nintendo I remember, hell they’re even going back to their N64 days of game prices.

[Good-Smurf]

I just watched that section on EZA and there's nothing harsh about it.
He just said that they seemed to no longer cares about making their console feel special and unique anymore it's about getting on with the times more than anything and ended up on boring safe route of just making a more powerful Switch.
Even their mouse control got beaten by Lenovo Legion Go by over a year so even their gimmick sucks and unoriginal now.
But adding in a button that you can't use without subscribe to NSO is a step too far though.

[gold_drake]

opinions are opinions are opinions

in the end, he doesnt run the show anymore and maybe for the best.

nintendos identity, as far as i have seen it over the many years, is kidfriendly.

i dont think their consoles is what Made Nintendo.

[Hedstrom]

Well he is right that it didnt felt like a Nintendo reveal. But that doesnt mean its bad. Its just that Nintendo did it more in a PS and Xbox kinda fashion.

[OlderGamer17]

I dont give a f*ck what you think.. Nintendo screwed Sony over with the cd add-on and went with Phillips. Paybacktime has been served long ago. Sony HH did good in the market, thats the truth.

[repsahj]

Fix your rising subscription prices first before you speak badly about your competition.

[derek]

Shuhei doesn't work for Sony anymore

[Miraak82]

The Switch 2 is exactly on brand for Nintendo and what I was hoping for as someone who never owned the original . Nintendo consoles basically always get a upgraded equivalent even though it's not always apparent . Nes>Snes , N64>GC ( both had wacky controllers) , Wii>Wii U , GB>GBA , DS>3DS and now Switch > S2

[derek]

Nintendo has succeeding in updating their tech from being very outdated to just outdated, lol.

[Destiny1080]

it was a crazy statement to begin with, nintendo are doing exactly what they should be doing, ripping off nintendo fans left right and center

[originaljohn]

It's pretty clear PlayStation system sales peaked in the PS2 days. While for many people the PS4 & 5 are fun systems they have major problems reaching new audiences. Yoshida demonstrates he doesn't understand Nintendo system cycles either, Reggie explained it years ago during the Wii days in interviews how Nintendo operate hardware cycles.