At Ars Technica, Kyle Orland said the system “seems to pull portable gaming upward more than it drags home console gaming downward.”
Though Nintendo marketing seems intent on describing the Switch as a home console
that it just so happens you can take with you, I’ve found myself using the system as a portable much more often than on the TV.
Nintendo Switch Reviews: Here’s What the Critics Say -
By DANIEL VICTORMARCH 3, 2017
Early reviews of the Nintendo Switch were largely positive,
but most of the enthusiasm was tempered by reviewers’ inability to test key aspects of the gaming console, including online play and game downloading.
The staff at Polygon said it meets its basic promise “of a platform
that will move without fanfare or effort across the hand-held and home console spaces.”
There is something remarkable about seeing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild running in portable mode, followed by
that “wow” moment of docking the console and continuing on a television.
Vince Ingenito at IGN said the Switch was “an attractive and powerful but oversized portable gaming system
that struggles to be a convincing or reliable home console.”
As a hand-held, the Switch is a powerful piece of hardware with a gorgeous screen,
but it’s too large and power hungry to feel like you can really take it anywhere.
