Forget the next Xbox, I want a Nintendo Switch 2 instead

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It has beenquite the weekfor those of us into gaming, what with Xbox announcing that it intends to go cross-platform with four (as-yet-unnamed) exclusives coming toPlayStation 5andNintendo Switchin the future. I’m assuming there will be even more titles thereafter – and a T3 colleague has already dreamt up5 Xbox exclusives he’d love to play on his PS5– although that’s somethingMicrosoftneeds to address directly.

Personally, I don’t feel great about this. That’s because during last year’sBlack Friday salesI went all-out asMicrosoft lured me away from my beloved PlayStation 5with aBethesda exclusive in the shape of Starfieldand I bought anXbox Series X(which I’mstillpaying off in instalments, thanksAmazon).

If that game was to come toSony’s console in the future then, well, why did I bother dropping my cash on Microsoft? It’s ultimately made me think: forgetthe next Xbox. Sure, I know, it promises to be “the largest technical leap ever seen” and all that jazz, but, y’know what? Now I’m not sure I care, because the not-exclusiveexclusivescould end up on any platform anyway.

So I’ve diverted my attention away with another sideline dream: the rumour mill chit-chat has been churning hard about the possibility of aNintendo Switch 2launching in the not-too-distant future! Will it? Won’t it? I honsetly don’t know, but I do know that I’m super excited for Nintendo’s next console, more so than Microsoft’s – and have already penned5 features that would make the Switch 2 an instabuy.

Think about it: the Nintendo Switch hasn’t been a success because you can play less graphically appealing and late-delivered ports of AAA games. It’s a success because, one, its handheld format reinvigorated the gaming console world and, two, because it has some of the most valuable and downright entertaining franchises in the world.

Having already explored3 Switch 2 games we’d love to see, I’m only more excited for more Mario, more Link, more Yoshi, more everything Nintendo that’ll no doubt come to the Switch 2 as and when it’s revealed. And I’m 99.9% sure that Nintendo will never ever push its intellectual property into the hands of the competition. That kind of trust and the near guarantee of every first-party Nintendo title being a stellar 5-star smash hit keeps gamers like me coming back for a lifetime.

Not that I’m rubbishing my Xbox Series X just yet, of course. It looks very neat under my telly (one ofthe best OLED TVs, I hasten to add). And given thatXbox Game Pass won’t be coming to other platforms, i.e. PS5 or Switch, you’re safe in the knowledge that a subscription to that service is always going to net you the best new games on Microsoft’s platform first.

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Being the first to play is a really important factor for many; being able to dig deep into a game while the hype is hot and others are non-stop talking about a game is a great place to be – that kind of hype I can’t imagine on a port some years later. But I can think of more Nintendo classics than I can Xbox ones, which only adds more enthusiasm for my ‘team next Switch’ over ‘team next Xbox’ stance. I’ve no doubt that both will be great though – so we’re all winners in the end.

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