Nintendo has already dug the Switch into deep hole with that awful conference presentation and paltry lineup of launch games for Switch -if you can even call that a lineup of games- and this news of them offering a "free" SNES/NES game for a month then taking it back is like whoa, wtf are the thinking. Did the big wigs over at Nintendo literally google "opposite of being successful plan" and decide to follow that?
The lack of SD card support, the paltry 32GB of memory onboard the Switch itself, the pricey accessories really feels like an insult, at least to me. The way the presentation started with games that do not appeal to me with 1,2 Switch and Arms tells me that Nintendo doesn't care about the hardcore gamer and stopped caring along time ago.
They did not talk one iota about VC and how the "online configuration" is going to work. Granted they said they would post something on their webpage regarding online but they totally kicked the bucket down the road.
Having said all that, I believe that when it's all said and done that Switch will be a success and a major one at that. It has all the ingredients to be a commercial hit and it has one thing the competition just does not have -Sony maybe can challenge Nintendo in terms of interesting IP for me- and that is those Nintendo properties and the fact that these studios can focus on just one platform, the Switch.
Imagine 2018, 2019 when they're -hopefully-firing on all cylinders imagine all the Nintendo games that are gonna come to this thing? It has an uphill battle, especially at the $299.99 price point but if they get there online infrastructure and VC sorted out by bringing GameCube, Wii, Wii U, SNES/NES and in addition new IP as well as awesome games from known properties then Nintendo Switch will be a success.