Comment by bayindirh

2 days ago

I personally like the new color scheme. It says "I'm mature now, but still playful". Also, all black is less distracting when you're trying to concentrate on a bigger screen which needs you to move your eyeballs.

Also, the new controllers look more "freedom friendly", if you pardon the pun. IOW, they iterated them so that they're more useful when they are detached.

I prefer just "playful" to "mature but still playful". Something about the straightforwardness of "this is a toy for people of all ages, but it is still a toy" speaks to me.

  • Your taste/view is as valid and correct as mine.

    If these things could be standardized, we would have only one design for every category of item, possibly from different brands.

    Since it can't, we have this thing called design and art, which is a good thing :)

    • De gustibus et coloribus… :)

      I am personally not a fan of the toy-like aesthetic of the colourful switch. But having a choice between both styles is ideal.

Definitely marketed towards middle age “gamers” with their mario toys on their shelves.

Do young people even play on switch any more? Pretty sure it is xbox, mobile and pc.

> Also, the new controllers look more "freedom friendly", if you pardon the pun. IOW, they iterated them so that they're more useful when they are detached.

I am a little concerned about that connector for the controls. I hope they have designed it to be sturdy. After working on broken Switch 1s a lot of USB C ports were abused by users.