Nintendo Switch Discussion

[strongbad]

>tfw nintendo implies they'll have any game that will be a crow drawing esport

>tfw the closest they'll get are smelly college boys playing melee (sry gingadave)

lol i feel the exact same way
funny too because they didnt even want melee to be an esport (and actively opposed it for a while)

wow they just announced melee heich dee are you serious right now nintendo

hype

are you fucking with me

edit: fuck u rdx

[C.Mongler]

does it have touch screen or touchpad functionality though

dunno, been a big question if that and motion/accelerometer controls are in this thing too. one would imagine yes since it's 2016, but at the same time i feel like nintendo is trying to cut costs on this thing as much as they reasonably can to appeal to moms and children alike, so it mighta got cut since i feel like you would have seen someone touch the screen at least once in the demo video. we'll seeeee!

My biggest personal concern with Switch is storage space, since I like digital games now.

I actually hadn't considered this, that's a good point. Hopefully they'll allow storage on at least 128 GB solid state media, buuuut who knows. Given the specs thus far I don't think games are going to exceed the 10-15 GB range at the extreme end, but i'm just speculating.

I still can't tell which version of Zelda BotW will be better for exclusively TV use.

I wouldn't be shocked if a Wii U has the slight edge on this thing in terms of fidelity. But too soon to tell for sure.

[C.Mongler]

RUMOUR MILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL:

http://letsplayvideogames.com/2016/10/a-deep-dive-on-lpvgs-nintendo-switch-reports-and-info/

summary:
-multitouch screen is very likely, but more intended for menus, drawing, and a mario maker port, than anything else since every game needs to be playable without touch once it's in the dock
-at least a few seconds of transition time between docking and undocking the Switch
-dock most likely does increase processing power (though I've heard otherwise from another source???), though whether it's simply allowing for OC the existing hardware via more power/cooling or actually adds additional processing power (akin to the PSVR thingy) is not clear
-battery life rumored to be THREE MOTHA FUCKIN HOURS so don't stay too long at your neighbor's hip rooftop party. if this is true i hope to god there's at least an external charging cable that doesn't require you to dock the switch, ninty can't be that dumb right

[C.Mongler]

also i hoped u liked that trailer because that's all we're getting this year lol

https://twitter.com/mochi_wsj/status/789289178684981248

[rdl]

there will be third party battery packs. battery life doesnt even matter

[squirrelfriend]

um it does actually because it would not be able to compete in the home console market without the portability gimmick

[C.Mongler]

yeah three hours is pretty disappointing but not unexpected imo; i think if you played civ 5 on a mid range laptop non-stop you'd probably be about out of juice after 4 hours or so. GPUs be hungry

[squirrelfriend]

rip long standing nintendo gimmicks like decent battery life, dual screens
good riddance 3D. forced bulky gamepad

[squirrelfriend]

I hope they sell that car mount depicted in the trailer

[Daddy]

there will be third party battery packs. battery life doesnt even matter

#batterylivesmatter

[squirrelfriend]

From reading boyah over the past 24 hours, it is my perception that boyagers think a lot of things don't matter lol

[C.Mongler]

nothing matters tbh

[Kalahari Inkantation]

so nintendo seriously believes that attractive, well-adjusted young adults are going to pay $400 to play video games ~in public~ on their giant, unwieldy tablets

boy are they in for an unpleasant surprise

i don't even really see people using general purpose tablets in public anymore, their oversized phones are more than adequate for day-to-day tasks

[squirrelfriend]

Pokemon Go was the stress test to see if neets would go outside

[Kalahari Inkantation]

i mean you would actually need to carry a satchel with you at all times to make this thing even remotely portable

the switch is exactly what i feared a """hybrid""" console would be, a jack of all trades, master of none

it's simply too big to portable in any practical sense, too underpowered to be competitive as a home console, and it's virtually guaranteed to be overpriced for what it offers as a result of having to be two devices in one