{"id":1098830,"date":"2026-01-26T18:48:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=510594"},"modified":"2026-01-26T18:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:48:47","slug":"the-switch-2-reveal-used-the-iphone-playbook-lets-hope-the-hardware-doesnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-switch-2-reveal-used-the-iphone-playbook-lets-hope-the-hardware-doesnt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Switch 2 reveal used the iPhone playbook. Let\u2019s hope the hardware doesn\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-switch-2-reveal-used-the-iphone-playbook-lets-hope-the-hardware-doesnt.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\">It\u2019s hard not to feel a little disappointed by Nintendo\u2019s announcement on Thursday of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/nintendo\/449283\/switch-2-announced-2025-release-date-price\">the Switch 2<\/a>. The fact that the company seems to be playing it safe with its most conservative new console in years isn\u2019t much of a surprise. What was surprising is just how lackluster the reveal itself was. But perhaps that\u2019s because, for any tech-obsessive, the video Nintendo released looked eerily familiar. The brief three-minute trailer didn\u2019t look like other game console reveals; instead it looked almost exactly like the sizzle reels Apple trots out for each year\u2019s new iPhone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Nintendo adopting Apple\u2019s strategy makes natural sense. While most tech industry giants have pivoted to software and subscriptions as their primary business model, with a de-emphasis on hardware that borders on complacency, Apple is the last massive company to remain steadfastly committed to a hardware-first approach. The things it wants to sell you aren\u2019t services, they\u2019re laptops, tablets, and, most importantly, phones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">A quick glance at the gaming industry will tell you that Nintendo is in a pretty similar position. While Sony is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/24067436\/helldivers-2-biggest-playstation-launch-steam-pc\">throwing as many<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/reviews\/22878555\/god-of-war-pc-steam-epic-review-ragnarok-playstation-kratos\">first-party games<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/playstation\/452732\/horizon-zero-dawn-remaster-ps5-pc\">as it can<\/a> on PC, and Microsoft is telling everyone that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/xbox\/481234\/this-is-an-xbox-hands-on-cloud-gaming\">anything they own can be an Xbox<\/a> with Game Pass, Nintendo is still all in on exclusive games and selling consoles. So, it seems, the Apple of console manufacturers gets an Apple-style commercial.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nintendo Switch 2 \u2013 First-look trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/itpcsQQvgAQ?rel=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The Switch 2\u2019s trailer hits all the hallmarks: It\u2019s gorgeously photographed, with slick transitions that show off all the little changes between the original Switch and the new machine, complete with elegantly enlarging the device itself and toning back the bezel around the screen. The console\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/nintendo-switch-2\/509935\/switch-2-clap-switch-snap-nintendo-sound-effect\">new magnetic Joy-Cons<\/a> even appear to have a bit of Apple\u2019s MagSafe DNA at first glance. But while all of this works perfectly for a phone that receives a new version every year, it ignores the fact that the Switch 2 can\u2019t simply be an iPhone upgrade. What the video implies is something that\u2019s strictly iterative, in the way a phone model is. Nintendo\u2019s video literally takes the old device and morphs it into the new one. It\u2019s no surprise, then, that some viewers felt they weren\u2019t exactly seeing the reveal of Nintendo\u2019s next generation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"iPhone 14 &amp; 14 Plus Reveal (4K)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8fx347jObC4?rel=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">For all the ways that Apple is invested in people buying new iPhones, it has the luxury of taking those purchases as a given. It knows that not every person will upgrade their phone every year, but that eventually nearly every iPhone user in the world will pick up a newer phone; it\u2019s the model the whole business is built on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In a world where upgrades are inevitable, iteration is enough. But I still want Nintendo to sell me something. It\u2019s been eight years since the Switch came out, and while some of its open-world offerings have started to chug, the absolute need for an upgrade isn\u2019t exactly apparent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">A video that\u2019s sleek, vague, pretty, enticing, and a little hollow is perfect for the hour-plus of technical discussion from Apple execs that normally comes after an iPhone reveal. But Nintendo\u2019s version of that isn\u2019t coming until a Nintendo Direct on April 2, where we\u2019ll have to hope the company reveals why it actually thinks we\u2019ll want to buy this new console \u2014 aside from the reveal of an anodyne-looking Mario Kart that could simply be another iteration of <em>Mario Kart 8<\/em> for all we know.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-switch-2-reveal-used-the-iphone-playbook-lets-hope-the-hardware-doesnt.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Like Apple, Nintendo is historically not a stupid company. In fact, it usually tends to be a very successful and clever company. Nintendo higher-ups presumably know the company needs innovation and ingenuity more than iteration, and more than another Mario Kart, to successfully follow up the third-best-selling console of all time. And evidence of that innovation is buried within this Switch 2 trailer. There\u2019s compelling evidence that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/nintendo-switch-2\/509821\/nintendo-switch-2-joy-con-mouse-rumor-confirmed\">Joy-Cons can transform into a mouse<\/a>, and there\u2019s slim potential for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/nintendo-switch-2\/509164\/nintendo-switch-2-games-reveal\">24-player multiplayer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/nintendo\/509745\/nintendo-switch-2-c-button-image\">voice chat<\/a>, which would suggest a vastly upgraded online experience. On top of all that, there\u2019s still plenty of time for Nintendo\u2019s publishing arm, as well as other game developers, to reveal games that players can pick up on launch day for the new console.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The problem is that Nintendo\u2019s teaser left us to work all that out for ourselves rather than giving us something concrete to get excited about. And while Nintendo was right in thinking that fans, and websites like Polygon, would scrape the trailer clean of every detail we could, it\u2019s hard not to feel like the company took our anticipation for granted just a little bit. It\u2019s possible, and even likely, that all of this frustration will magically abate when we see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/18128959\/metroid-prime-4-release-date-trailer-nintendo-switch\"><em>Metroid Prime 4: Beyond<\/em><\/a>, or some magical new Mario game, or even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jmuSDRhq7Vs\"><em>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A<\/em> running at playable frame rate<\/a> during Nintendo\u2019s April 2 Direct. But until then, Nintendo has left us to make up our own reasons why the Switch 2 is a more than a marginal upgrade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Maybe my old phone is just fine for now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/opinion\/510594\/nintendo-switch-2-reveal-apple-iphone-comparison\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard not to feel a little disappointed by Nintendo\u2019s announcement on Thursday of the Switch 2. The fact that the company seems to be playing it safe with its most conservative new console in years isn\u2019t much of a surprise. What was surprising is just how lackluster the reveal itself was. But perhaps that\u2019s because, for any tech-obsessive, the video Nintendo released looked eerily familiar. The brief three-minute trailer didn\u2019t look like other game console reveals; instead it looked almost exactly like the sizzle reels Apple trots out for each year\u2019s new iPhone.\u00a0 Nintendo adopting Apple\u2019s strategy makes natural sense. 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