@Kid_Sickarus "the console on the box art."

They did do a good job of showing off what they wanted people to think it was, a home console that you could take with you, and that's what the box shows. It doesn't show the tabelt witht he JOycon attached - whcih is how most peopel think fo Switch. Go ahead, try it, ask peopel to close their eyes adn describe a Switch, they'll likely say "tablet with Joycon controllers attached at each end". Almost nobody is going to close their eyes and say "a tablet in a dock". So, as nice as the box is at showing a home console that you can take with you, which is what they want people to think it is, most people probably see the tablet and Joycon in their head.

But I'm ok with the box, ti works. It works at showing a home console you can take with you. But some people here are arguing it's a portable console, but that's not how it's marketed. A portable console is easy to market, don't show the TV. Don't' show the dock. Sell the console tablet and Joycon connected on the front of the box, on the back of the box write - "dock sold separelty". Simple, done.

I don't have a problem with that box art, nor Nintneod marketing it as a home console, as long as their willing to back that up. Actually I think Ntineod is sticking to it's guns on that better than their fans.

@kobashi100 "wondering why visually it doesn't look as nice as Xbox one or PS4."

No, it's a hybrid, there are trade-offs, it shouldn't look "as nice". But should a $60 game look and play like this? It isn't just black or white, yes or no, it looks the same or it doesn't. PS3 and Xbox360 games never looked exactly the same, but for most people they were "close enough" and functional. And when they weren't, like the original Bayonetta on PS3, people rightly complained about it.

https://kotaku.com/5946442/turns-out-bayonetta-on-ps3-was-a-massive-failure

So while people are willing to accept differences between difference consoles, there is such a thing as levels of difference. And I suspect for most people they do expect the Switch games to look similar to, but not exactly the same as games on X1 and PS4. And when they don't, people should complain. If people weren't expecting the same level of graphics on each system then you could argue this version is ok. Are you willing to argue this is expected and acceptable? Or like the tragedy that was Aliens:CM?

https://kotaku.com/5984024/the-aliens-colonial-marines-demo-looked-great-the-actual-game-not-so-much

@MrBlacky "hence as a hybrid console"

Hybrid? As in 2 in1? Well 1 of those is portable, what's the other? Home you say? Well then it should act as a $300 home console. Well OK it shouldn't function as a $300 home console bc/ it's also a hybrid, but at least as a $200 home console, which is what the 4 eyar old Xbox 1 is, a $200 home console. Not the $500 X1X, and again, if that's what they are comparing Switch to the in thevideo it really should say so, b/c nobody should expect a $300 hybrid to perform as well as a $500 home console. Or even a $400 PS4 Pro console. Both of those are newer more expensive consoles and perform better than their $200 counterparts, as they should. And I'll argue Switch shouldn't be compared to those newer more expensive consoles, but it should be compared to the older models.

If you want to argue it's only a portable that's fine. Take the dock out of the box, call Switch a portable with a lot of optional accessories, one of those accessories being a dock that allows that portable system to output it's portable system graphics to the tv. That's fine. Nobody would expect a portable system with TV out to output dedicated home console graphics. But if you want to argue it's a hybrid, well part of that being a hybrid is the home console part. And if every game ran like WWE, well how much would you be willing to pay for "that" home console?

Nintendo can't have it both ways - they can't market it as a home console - "look how good those graphics are on Zelda and Mario KArt 8 Deluxe" - when it suits them, but then when the graphics suck say - "oh well it isn't a home console." They have to pick one, either it is or it isn't. And if the dock is a mandatory purchase part of the $300 system, then they are saying it's a home console, and it should perform as one. All the time, not just when it suits them.

Again, I'm not blaming this WWE train wreck on Nintendo, this isn't their fault, Doom, Skyrim, Splatoon2, Zelda, ARMS, the Switch does have some great looking home console quality games. My issue isn't with the Switch's performance. My disagreement is with this article saying you can't compare Switch to other home consoles, in this case the Xbox 1, whichever model they choose, b/c the Switch isn't a home console. B/c you know the same people saying you can't compare the Switch to a home console in this article are the same people saying how great of a home console the Switch is when it performs well. I just can't stand hypocrisy and people trying to have ti both ways.

I aslo really dont' liek people saying "Oh, peopel shodl knw better before buying one that it isn't going to compare to other home cosnoles" when Nintedo has clearly been marketing it since day 1 as a home console experience you can take with you. They've never once said or claimed - it's a portable console you can plug into your Tv if you want, just dont' go expecting home quality level graphics, it isn't a home console, it's a portable with TV out.

And no, that isn't just semantics. Promoting a cheap portable with TV out is nto the same as promoting a home console you can take with you. One obviously sounds like a big deal, one obviously sounds like old news. Nintneod knows what they are doing, and I'm fine with that as long as they are consistent, adn their fans are consistent, and don't try to have it both ways, home when it can keep up, portable when it can't. That's dishonest.