Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says Nintendo’s innovation has resulted in nice consoles like the Wii and Switch 2, as nicely as occasional duds (from a gross sales perspective, anyway) like the Wii U.
Pitchford has been a vocal fan of the Switch 2, however for causes that do not want explaining, he is been much less vocal about the Wii U, which is in my view Nintendo’s greatest console from purely a {hardware} perspective although it was an goal failure by way of gross sales.
Speaking to GamesRadar+ throughout Gamescom 2025, Pitchford briefly touched on the awkward middle child of the Nintendo console family, if only to single it out as an example of a misstep from Nintendo, as if it hasn’t been beaten up enough.
“The Nintendo Switch 2 is an awesome, awesome machine,” said Pitchford. “I’m so grateful for it. I remember when I was first briefed by Nintendo about this platform, and I was so excited, because what we’re always expecting is that Nintendo’s gonna do something really interesting, and sometimes there’s an incredible innovation, like the Wii, which just exploded.
“And other times,” Pitchford added, “the innovation, like I was saying sometimes, like the Wii U didn’t work as well as the Wii. The Switch 2 is just brilliant. It’s less about innovating and more about perfecting and giving us what we want and what works.”
During the same interview, Pitchford called the release of the Switch 2 “the most successful new console launch in the history of video game consoles,” which is true in terms of sales, and stated he naturally needs to “deliver extra video games to it.”
Talking of, the entire purpose Pitchford is speaking about the Switch 2 is as a result of it is getting Borderlands 4 on October 2.
In the meantime, listed below are the greatest Switch 2 video games you can play right this moment.
