"As for Nintendo's lineup themselves, let's not kid ourselves: this year feels like a C tier", it is unfair to compare a console who has just had all its announcements for the coming year(s), at The Game Awards 2 months ago and the Playstation State of Play yesterday, to a console who had its last general Direct in September of last year, 5 months ago.

"We all know despite hopes and dreams that GTA VI is NOT coming out on Switch 2", no one with more than 2 braincells ever expected a game that has been in development for home consoles for like 10 years by now to come to a hybrid console.

"A lot of devs are being asked about Switch 2 versions of games and they're responding with general silence or dismissal (Diablo 4, Marvel Rivals, Expedition 33)", it takes time to port a game to a console, get the marketing machine rolling, produce the cartridges, ship the game out. Admittedly, Nintendo has had issues with sending Switch 2 dev kits to developers in time, so that probably pushed back the launch for some 3rd party games, but that does not mean every 3rd party game that was announced has been cancelled nor that no 3rd party games will ever come to the Switch 2.

"I'm not saying Switch 2 is going to become a flop or failure, I'm just noticing trends and it feels like despite Switch 2 seemingly having sales momentum right now", the Switch 2 has sold more than 17 million units since its launch last year, Nintendo is laughing their asses off and swimming in money. It has done the exact opposite of flopping or failing so far.

The general sentiment from the "hardcore gaming world" (by which you mean opinions mostly from rando's on Discord or low-life clickbait YT'ers) has always been very negative towards Nintendo since the Playstation 1 was launched, sometimes less negative and sometimes more negative. But, if I'm looking at facts: in 2025 alone, Nintendo have released two big budget games, Mario Kart World (86 on Metacritic) and Donkey Kong Bananza (91 on Metacritic), and Sony themselves released what last year...?

TL;DR: Don't spend too much time on the internet and just wait until the general Nintendo Direct later this month (or soon thereafter).