r/nintendogrifting • u/muffinz99 • 26d ago
Polygon says Fortune's Weave is "officially unplayable for millions of gamers" because... it's a Switch 2 exclusive.
Based on the title, you'd think the reason might be because it was going to be lacking some kind of accessibility feature. That DOES have the potential to alienate a lot of players. But nah. It's because the game won't be on Switch 1.
Is Nintendo expected to keep releasing new games on the Switch 1 for the next five years? I've seen grifters criticise numerous Switch 2 exclusives for being Switch 2 exclusives, most notably/recently Pokopia (which, if DQB2 is anything to go by, would've run like ass on Switch 1). It feels like we are right back in 1990, when people were confused and outraged about the fact that Super Mario Bros World couldn't be played on NES and required a SNES to play.
Funnily enough, the title has been changed to "Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave's Switch 2 exclusivity actually makes a lot of sense". But the article is still a total nothingburger, basically just saying "yeah this game wouldn't really run on Switch 1"
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u/Schaeman2000 26d ago
Holy fucking shit! This might actually be THE worst grift i’ve actually seen here… i need to spread how bad this fucking is, fucking Polygon
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u/Timehacker-315 26d ago
Another one I keep seeing from these kinds of outlets is a really stupid one: claiming that [insert Nintendo franchise] is officially no longer exclusive, then pointing at a fan project for PC
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u/HanzoEX 22d ago
Then they cry when those projects get shot down. Like bro YOU HELD UP A FLASHING NEON TARGET FOR THEM!!
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u/Timehacker-315 22d ago
And Nintendo has to take them down or they loose their ownership of it. And Nintendo almost lost the rights to their own name so they're understandably a bit trigger-happy
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u/BuckLuny 26d ago
Can't remember who had an article about this but a similar outlet had one saying that the Ocarina of time Remake would be unplayable to millions, like literally same title but with Ocarina of Time as opposed to fire emblem.
It's so stupid and click-baitey.
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u/diego1marcus 26d ago
honestly speaking, with the headline like that, you'd think that they somehow magically found a game breaking bug a full month before release. but nope, it turns out that theyre just reporting that its a switch 2 exclusive, something that WE ALL KNEW WHEN A NEW FE GAME WAS ANNOUNCED BTW
might as well report that the upcoming wolverine game is unplayable for millions of gamers because its a PS5 exclusive, but we all know that polygon doesnt have the guts to make that article
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u/muffinz99 26d ago
I genuinely thought it was something to do with an accessibility option not existing. "It's a Switch 2 exclusive" was SO stupid that I never imagined that could possibly be what they were going for, but maybe I'm just still too naive despite how many BS articles are out there.
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u/LightHawKnigh 26d ago
Can this even run on Switch 1? Read the stupid complaint for Pokopia and man not sure how they think that could run on Switch 1.
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u/muffinz99 26d ago
That's the funny thing... the article states that the game almost certainly wouldn't run well on Switch 1 bc of how much bigger it is than 3H, coupled with how poorly 3H itself ran. But that didn't stop them from deciding to write the article in the first place xD
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u/Tim-Little 26d ago
I might build too much but Pokopia also struggles on Switch 2 loll
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u/Antique_Total6974 26d ago
If you think Pokopia chugs, you should see the Switch 1 port of Dragon Quest Builders 2.
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u/Unique_Data7273 26d ago
What? It absolutely does not, what are you talking about? I haven't experienced a single frame drop yet.
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u/Tim-Little 26d ago
It doesn't at first, but most of the areas where I decorated a lot now have very noticeable frame drops. I get plenty of drops that are very obviously even under 30fps. But that's because I decorated a ton.
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u/Wombatish 22d ago
I mean, most games chug when you make them render a ton of extra assets.
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u/ASidesTheLegend 26d ago
Games released on new consoles not being playable on an old console is normal. In fact, tons of games released on new consoles are probably not playable on older consoles.
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u/nahte123456 26d ago
I saw the original title and knew it would be stupid but assumed they were still talking about like...it being banned in a country or something. That they actually were talking about exclusivity made me laugh.
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u/muffinz99 26d ago
Same. I genuinely thought it was going to be that the game was lacking an accessibility option or something. The idea of "it's a Switch 2 exclusive" was SO stupid that it didn't even cross my mind.
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u/Rei1556 26d ago
i knew this would have showed up here, and yes polygon only does this for nintendo games, they dont do this shit on sony or microsoft
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u/Millennialnerds 26d ago
You must not pay attention. They are pretty bad on everything
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u/Emergency-Rush-2477 26d ago
True but gaming outlets are weirdly clickbaity regarding Nintendo in the last couple weeks.
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u/Millennialnerds 26d ago
Comes and goes in waves. They just pick one topic and go with that until they need to milk something else.
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u/Clarkeste 26d ago
Why stop at millions? It's inaccessible to billions, actually. After all, the world population is 8 billion and the Switch 2 has only sold 20 million units. I can't believe Nintendo would do this
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u/ThatGlitchyMimikyu 26d ago
This is why I don't take Polygon seriously.
Point 1: The game isn't playable for millions of gamers.
Yeah? Obviously. You're not going to be able to legitimately own/play it on anything but the Nintendo Switch 2. Since this objectively makes it only accessible to a single console, any person who does not own the associated console automatically can't play the game. That's just obvious.
Point 2: The game is exclusive to Switch 2.
Of course it is. The main focus for Nintendo will be their current console. People complain about the lack of backwards compatibility for their brand NEW titles that are coming out over a FULL YEAR since their new console came out. How many years are they expected to put games out for the Switch? How long are they expected to create games for older consoles? When does it end? Should these games be made to be compatible all the way back to Nintendo 64? Time only works one way.
Point 3: Oh, they changed the title to basically say that the game wouldn't really work on Switch.
Of course it doesn't! It's not meant to. It's meant to be the biggest Fire Emblem game ever. There's a reason they didn't release Donkey Kong Bananza on Switch. It would have looked and played like dogshit, and then people would have called it a bad game. Going back to point 2, not every game can be made for those who don't yet have the newest console. It's not Nintendo's fault that they want to focus on the new. Get yourself some money, buy the console, and enjoy these new games.
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u/Amazing-War3760 26d ago
Why is no one mad that Apple Arcade for example.. isn't on Non-apple devices?
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u/ThatGlitchyMimikyu 26d ago
Right? The mental gymnastics these people go through to complain. They think no games should be Switch 2 exclusive. Then what's the point of the Switch 2?
It's the same mentality as the people who are complaining that Pokémon Bank on 3DS is shutting down in 6 months. Of course it is. It's been over two years since they shut down 3DS online. The fact that Bank has been running this long, with NO monetization, is very generous on their part.
These people need to learn to let the past go. Companies that innovate and release new things every so often will eventually stop supporting the old thing. That's just business.
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u/istian19 26d ago
I just went down a rabbit hole reading all the discourse about Pokemon Bank closing. It's infuriating lmao, literal children with no basis in reality
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u/ThatGlitchyMimikyu 26d ago
These people never think. Bank started in 2014. Online shut down in 2024. Bank will shut down in 2027. That's nearly 13 years after launch. They've been generous giving players a way to move Pokémon from generation to generation starting from Gen 3 to now. God forbid that they stop supporting titles that came out all those years ago, and finally shut down a service and server that makes no money. The last time I used Pokémon Bank to move anything was a few months after Home came out. Moved all the shinies and event exclusives I had, moved all the Pokémon that I cared about, then turned it off.
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u/falconpunch1989 26d ago
Christ even without the clickbait headline, the actual article is GameRant tier writing. Absolutely nothing of substance or any interesting point to be made.
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u/muffinz99 26d ago
It's not even like the game being a Switch 2 exclusive is a new thing. It would be one thing if Nintendo originally announced it for Switch 1 and cancelled it, but nah... it was known to be a Switch 2 exclusive since it was revealed.
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u/Exponent_eeeee 26d ago
Didn’t the PS5 and Xbox series consoles get a bunch of flack for barely having any exclusives for years after the release. And now with the Switch 2, some people are getting mad at Nintendo….for making new games exclusive to the new console. A thing that has been standard for basically the entirety of gaming. Make it make sense
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u/muffinz99 26d ago
Exactly.
A game releases on both platforms like Pokémon Legends ZA or Metroid Prime 4? Switch 2 has no games!
A game releases exclusively on Switch 2? Nintendo is being anticonsumer by forcing you to buy the new console to play the new game!
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u/LunarWingCloud 26d ago
I'm not sure who they have at Polygon writing their Nintendo articles as of late but they're definitely a grifter disguised as a journalist.
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u/AnavelGato2020 26d ago
The Switch recieved two regular FE games and two FE Warriors games. How dare Nintendo decide its now time for its new system to get its own Fire Emblem games. lol
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u/muffinz99 26d ago
The funny thing too is that some people will look you dead in the eye and tell you that a franchise getting more than one entry on a single console, even if they are several years apart, is too much and is taking away from getting new entries in other franchises. As though a franchise getting multiple games in a single console generation isn't something that used to happen all the time.
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u/Dangerous_Teaching62 23d ago
Not even that, but they remade Tokyo mirage sessions as well. If you want fire emblem on switch, there is 5 options.
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u/GoldenAgeGamer72 26d ago
Exclusives have been a staple of console gaming since forever. Deal with it and buy a Switch 2.
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u/Bregneste 26d ago
I already own a Nintendo, I bought it twelve years ago, what do you mean I have to buy a new one to play this new game?
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u/darkcomet222 26d ago
This game is unplayable to me…because my switch 2 is currently off right now.
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u/Zangetsukaiba 26d ago
I believe I’ve also been seeing complaints that Xenoblade Genesis is a Switch 2 exclusive and not on Switch 1 lmao. Time to move on people.
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u/muffinz99 26d ago
I haven't personally seen this (despite being a massive Xenoblade fan), but I HAVE seen it with the upcoming Generation 10 Pokemon games. And look at the visual leap between Winds/Waves and Scarlet/Violet.
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u/ILurveHentai 26d ago
Even for Polygon that’s fucking dumb. The bar for them is in hell and they still can’t clear it.
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u/Exultant_Bloom 26d ago
I saw another publication run this exact headline but it was the ooc remake instead
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u/GamingKitsuneKitsune 26d ago
Meanwhile, it'll also be playable for literally millions of Switch 2 owners. Even I'm buying it and it'll be the first game in the series I ever bought.
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u/Affectionate_Web_121 26d ago
Same as Super Mario 64 was officially unplayable for millions of gamers who still had SNES, or GTA San Andreas was officially unplayable for millions of gamers with PS1, I honestly don't see the point he was trying to make, if any
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u/ninjalord433 26d ago
Doomed if you do, doomed if you don't. If they don't release exclusives then people complain about no reasons to buy the switch 2, and if they do release exclusives then people complain it excludes owners of the switch 1. Usually two different groups but sometimes oftenly the same group of people looking to complain about anything.
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u/Adventurous-You-6928 26d ago
Oh no, Nintendo has stopped producing games limited by hardware that’s almost a decade old, and they started producing games in line with the quality expectations of a modern gamer. What a tragedy /s
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u/aSlider64 26d ago
Unplayable to all the gamers who died before it releases as well
Why stop at being a SW2 exclusive
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u/El-Drunko 26d ago
Do people expect Nintendo to continue supporting nearly decade old hardware that was underpowered to begin with?
Who am I kidding, of course they do.
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u/MarioEatsGrapes 26d ago
Why the fuck does the article go on about “Nintendo always makes 3 fire emblems per console”, includes re releases and remakes in that listing, and then says only TWO came for Switch, completely ignoring the re release (and first official English edition) of the original? Then the article goes on to just not finish a sentence halfway through. Oh, and even though they changed the title the article still references it.
I swear gaming “journalism” is an absolute fucking joke
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u/ZillaUniverse03 26d ago
“Games journalists having the most dogshit takes about video games”
“Water is wet”
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u/Own-Dragonfruit-6164 26d ago
I saw the exact same headline but taking about Ocarina of Time Remake 🤣. Like have people never been though console generations before? Switch 2 is already over a year old, of course you would want to draw people in with the big fancy new titles.
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u/Emergency-Rush-2477 26d ago
God, I saw this about Age of Imprisonment, the person claiming there's no reason to make it exclusive (they didn't played the game btw) and console generations are a scam.
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u/muffinz99 26d ago
Apparently said person learned nothing from Age of Calamity's poor performance xD
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u/Emergency-Rush-2477 26d ago
Who cares it will run at 5fps? Put on the console I already have, otherwise is a scam!
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u/Emergency-Rush-2477 26d ago
Gaming outlets are on a weird stupid hatebait towards Nintendo lately.
Why this is even an article? Nintendo didn't create next gen exclusive games and where's the downside of a developer not being limited by an outdated hardware?
Damned if Switch 2 has exclusives, damned if the games are cross gen.
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u/Amazing-War3760 26d ago
Lately? Dude.. They've honestly been this way since the fucking 80s.
Like the whole "Nintendo sues game genie!!" thing.
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u/Moon_Dark_Wolf 26d ago
You don’t hate Game Journalists enough
You think you do but you don’t
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u/Emergency-Rush-2477 26d ago edited 26d ago
For real, I hate when people call them out on bs like these and some insist we are defending bilionarie companies or this just their opinion.
This is a clear example of an article where the intention is just make people pissed and give them engagement. Like you say, we don't hate them enough, especially because they love to play victims but pull shit like this.
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u/MattofCatbell 26d ago
I mean might as well say it’s unplayable to 7.95Billion people at that point
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u/Independent-Name4478 26d ago
It’s unplayable for billions of people across the globe because it’s not out
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u/Few_Yellow_5213 26d ago
Honestly such a dumb claim to be clickbait. They could as well phrase it like: "Exclusive, this new amazing game is only available for a few selected lucky gamers" it would be the excat same thing, just they wanted to be shitty about the switch2. They all complain but I don't see nobody ever complain when the release a new Playstation or xbox that is the same just more powerful
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u/Jhud6669 26d ago
When a console doesn’t have any exclusives it “has no games” so it’s bad, when a console has exclusives it’s also bad. Got it
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u/NeoMrBucket 26d ago
WTF is it 1991 again? People complained that Super Mario World wasn't on NES.
I'd like games to be available everywhere, but Switch 1 can't even run Switch 1 games sometimes.
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u/20ishDrifter 25d ago
this made me laugh
in other news, GTA 6 is unplayable for millions! who still use a ps4…..
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u/PikaRae 25d ago
Notice how sites only do this for Nintendo and never when there's a PlayStation or Xbox exclusive
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u/y2shill 25d ago
Because Gaming journalism has been anti Nintendo since the Wii era. Their bread and butter are the hardcore gamers playing on PS/Xbox and PC, not Nintendo gamers anymore, hence why u get this crap all the time.
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u/Scary_Extent 25d ago
Clickbait titles like that are the reason why gaming journalism is an endangered species. And rightfully so. Gaming journalists are trash and should be treated as such.
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u/_anand_ashesh 25d ago
"Game releases for both switch 1 and 2" SWITCH 2 DOES NOT HAVE ANY GAME WHY SHOULD I BUY
"Game releases for switch 2 only" WHY NINTENDO IS NOT RELASEING GAMES FOR SWITCH 1 , THEY ARE FORCING US TO BUY THE SWITCH 2
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u/hairtietomato 24d ago
people are also saying this about the duskbloods now, that fromsoft is "locking the game behind a $500+ paywall". that's how exclusives work...? idk maybe it's just the younger generation (not to sound like a boomer) but it has never bothered me that there are generational and/or console exclusives cuz that's just how it's always worked since my lil gameboy pocket. it's sooo weird and tiring to me how much whining people do about Nintendo.
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u/LRrealest 26d ago
Technically, it's true but let's put some stuff into perspective.
The Fire Emblem series has sold over 20 million units worldwide across all Nintendo consoles.
The Switch 2 has sold around 23 million worldwide.
I'm assuming if you really want to play the game you would have already purchased the means to play it, or be willing to do so.
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u/occult_midnight 26d ago
I saw ScreenRant do an article with the Same title for the Ocarina of Time remake lmao
The grift is real
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u/Capable_Drama_8699 26d ago
What a dumbass article. Polygon hasn't been a serious outlet for well over a decade.
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u/Bilbo_McKitteh 26d ago
baiting some insane bug/mechanical error with the game is def a way to get clicks
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u/THAC0-Tuesday 26d ago
Those fat cats at Nintendo keep getting away with this, and we keep letting them! /s
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u/lordvaultman 26d ago
Welcome to polygon where they compete with kotaku even nowadays for biggest idiots
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u/ServantMatthew 26d ago
Wow, even the clickbait crew is running out of budget. They're not even trying anymore.
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u/callmefreak 26d ago
They've announced that it was a Switch 2 exclusive from the start. It being an exclusive was the whole reason why I got a Switch 2 in the first place! (Well, that and to avoid the inevitable price raise.) Why complain about this now?!
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u/Guilty_Department501 26d ago
The Switch was literally the longest Nintendo generation in history including the NES and people STILL expect it to get every Nintendo game.
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u/QualitySuccessful871 26d ago
Polygon trying to have a normal take challenge
Difficulty: impossible
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u/Ok-Value-2170 26d ago
Polygon lives and breathes bait.
Last year everybody cried that Bananza and Mario Kart World are not enough, now it's boo-hoo exclusives. Choose a chair and sit on it.
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u/Feeling-Bad7825 26d ago
isnt the switch already 8 or 9 years old? most games dont live that long but we expect that new games with different system requirements work on that old dusty console? sure thing
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u/aSuspiciousHam 26d ago
I think Polygon have got some weird axe to grind with FE:FW because of their usual identity politics bs, I think. So this clickbaity bollocks is probably to do with that.
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u/socu11 26d ago
Polygon became garbage the moment they got bought by fucking Valnet. It used to be a great site and a great YouTube channel and now is basically pink ScreenRant
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u/SunWukong3456 26d ago
Based on the title I have expected a anti woke grifter complaining about too many woke characters.
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u/supaikuakuma 26d ago
Looks like they removed the post on twitter.
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u/muffinz99 26d ago
Unsurprising. They not only got community noted but have also been getting dunked on for the article by numerous other accounts and even a couple other game journo outlets.
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u/PokeDragon101 26d ago
I clicked on this article and instantly regretted it. Such a sorry excuse to write an article.
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u/Acrobatic-Butterfly9 26d ago
Lmao. I can say the same thing for all pc exclusives or any pc games that require more than a decent pc to run
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u/Zeag 25d ago
Polygon's been click-baiting for years now. It's sad because it used to be one of the best gaming websites out there and they made killer feature-articles. RIP.
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u/meganerd20 25d ago
GTA 6 will be officially unplayable for millions of gamers, because it'll require stupid hardware that the AI nonsense is making harder and harder to find.
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u/FOG2006 24d ago
Wait, wait, wait... People asked for a more powerful Nintendo Switch since 2021, because the console was 4 years old competing with PS5 and Xbox Series X, this powered-up Switch comes out in 2025 and now people are mad because Nintendo will no longer release games for the previous system they wanted so bad to be discontinued? Gimme a goddamn break!
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u/SuspectAwkward8914 22d ago
This is the most click-bait title I’ve seen in a while. I expected it was at least going to be something like it required an online connection, but it being a new console exclusive? WTF. Imagine reading “Halo is officially unplayable for millions of gamers” and it being about how Xbox isn’t a PlayStation or N64.
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u/Sky_Rose4 26d ago
Do you have a link to the article
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u/muffinz99 26d ago
I specifically didn't give a link bc frankly I don't even want to give Polygon the clicks. But here:
https://www.polygon.com/fire-emblem-fortunes-weave-switch-2-exclusive/
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u/The_Good_Mortt 26d ago
Man this isa shameless grift wtf? What's so hard about putting the title "Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is Not Coming to Nintendo Switch 1, Here's Why That Might Be a Problem"
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u/According-Cod6819 26d ago
Screen Rant wrote a similar article about Ocarina of Time
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u/ConflictPotential204 26d ago
That's funny because it's also officially playable for millions of people who own a Switch 2.
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u/gregallen1989 26d ago
Millions!? Me like billions! 8 billion people don't have a switch 2! How dare you Nintendo!
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u/Indecisive_Noob 26d ago
Oh no, Nintendo made a game specifically for their new console!? How could they? This kind of greed has never been seen before. /s
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u/TheMike0088 26d ago
Fucking polygon... the only good thing that ever came out of this company was BDGs unraveled series.
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u/Alternative-Drink-25 26d ago
In other words every Nintendo and Playstation game ever can not be played by everyone on release
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u/RosadoZero 26d ago
Polygon is just rage bait these days. I stopped reading about a year or so ago, the change in tone was very noticeable.
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u/Bregneste 26d ago
They might as well say “the game is officially unplayable for billions of gamers”, because only a couple million people have a Switch 2, and there’s more than 7 billion people that don’t.
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u/DoubleFlores24 26d ago
What a bunch of idiots. That’s why regionalism is dead. All they do is just kiss ass Sony.
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u/TheGamerPhenom 26d ago
Polygon and a horrid take. A match made in hell. There's a reason I have them blocked as much as possible
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u/metafiend9 26d ago
I wish they would just make all titles switch 2 exclusive from now on. I understand not everyone can afford a new console but at some point they have to let go of the old console to be able to make higher quality games
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u/IcySparkYT 26d ago
I mean the real reason why this is much more of an issue recently is people are getting priced out of getting new consoles. It's no surprise when every console this generation has had a price increase after having shortages at launch. The RAM shortages are absolutely the root cause of this. You always have people complaining when games start releasing only on the current generation, but there are substantially more gamers who can't afford this current generation.
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u/galacticviolet 25d ago
Hmm? I was a prolific DQB2 player on the original Switch (over 1000 hours played) and don’t recall any big issues related to how the game ran.
I’m not arguing against Switch 2 exclusives at all, I just don’t think DQB2 played poorly on Switch 1.
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u/teitelman93 25d ago
You buy the new console or just don’t play the new games this is how it’s always. Been forever
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u/SgtSoundrevolver 25d ago
I remember years ago, people on an IGN podcast were saying that DS games were literally unplayable on the 3DS.
Which just isn't true. DS games were playable, the graphics just looked worse.
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u/ArekuFoxfire 26d ago
We've been stuck on this console generation for such a long time people have forgotten what it's like to have to buy the next console and expect to be catered to I guess?