The amount of hate the Switch is getting is ridiculous. It's on par with the awful Kinect/Xbox one combo and price plus the sharing games aspect that microsoft got shitted on for.
Inflation wise it's the fourth cheapest console launch price ever. The other three cheaper ones being dreamcast,gamecube, and wii. Has the fifth best selection of launch titles for a console. The four best ones being N64,dreamcast,xbox and SNES
I know others will groan and roll their eyes at the motion controls being added but I'm hype for what the HD rumble might entail. See this vid of miraisen who has a joint patent with nintendo on this technology youtube.com/watch?v=1_6rMa9_UvQ Online is a sore point and I know PS4 got a lot of flak for paid online too but it is what it is. The industry standard now. At the very least it's free until Fall and who knows they might keep it free permanently if they decide to change their minds. The battery life of 2.5-6 hours is good for being a portable underpowered xbox one. It's gonna get a VR headset that will be inexpensive compared to xbox(when it comes for sicario) and ps4 with hundreds of dollars. Small portable gamecarts that balances out tiny 32 gb internal space. You're probably gonna be playing 2 to 3 games at a time and you can carry those in your pockets or pack easy. The cartridges makes the loading times faster for games compared to discs.
The shittiest part of this is the price of the accessories and controllers. Overall it's a good portable console and launch.
Aiden Ortiz
I can't wait to stick a joycon up my butthole
Gabriel Sanchez
Great thread.
Asher Turner
Milk the cow. Do it now.
James Wood
The Switch is a genius concept but the execution is terrible.
Nathan Sanders
Abloo bloo
Jordan Parker
yeah, sure, they made a patent for a VR accessory, plus the joycons also would be ideal for this kind of thing, but VR is still mostly a gimmick, it's barely been put to use in a way that is inferior to traditional gaming! that's at least my opinion.
Jeremiah Sanchez
superior*
Cooper Barnes
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Nicholas Hughes
DEDICATED GAMING TABLET
Logan Myers
Don't buy this, you fucking weebcucks!
John Martin
That price of 50 is terrible. I'd probably have fun with it one time with friends and then forget about it.
True but here it's at least something you don't have to invest a whole lotta cash into like for PC,xbox or PS. This kind of accessibility might get devs to try to develop decent VR with motion control games. Capcom might do something with the resident evil 7 VR if it gets ported to switch.
Anthony Ross
While I agree with OP in a some points, this thread is an invitation to shitpost
Kevin Perry
N O F Z E R O N O B U Y
Michael Cruz
I want to get excited for it but I'm way too jaded after how the Wii U ended up.
Nolan Cook
Nintendo Switch is getting too much shilling.
Out of how many consoles? 8? So its pricing is pretty average.
To be fair, I think Switch is already set to sell more than the Wii U ever did. Probably more than the 3DS, too, when you consider all of Nintendo's IPs, including Pokemon, will hit Switch. It is lackluster as a home console, but one of the most sophisticated portable devices Nintendo has ever put out there.
Ultimately, it will sell well (unless paid online turns out to be $15/month or something, resulting in last-second boycott?), but there's some big opportunity for those 'good sales' to turn sour with stuff like paid online, shitty NOA localization and censorship, etc…
Samuel Hughes
Is it really $50 to milk a virtual cow on a shitty console? God damn Nintendo is stupid.
Michael Sullivan
fuck off to neogaf, ninturd shill
Dylan Davis
Near-threadly reminder that you shouldn't preorder video game consoles. Even if it had a game where you can fuck all Nintendo's waifuable characters. Even if it was a literal switchdog that flops over your dick. Even if it can simulate cow milking so well that you solve world hunger. Every console is shit at launch, what matters is whether they can unshit themselves eventually. Wait for the first hardware revision. If you're that desperate for vidya buy a 3DS and hack it.
Also RIP MIIVERSE
Christopher Wright
It's more like you Nintendrones can't handle it when people start criticizing your shitty company regardless of the reasons for this criticism, now you are gonna say "sonyggers get out"
Brandon Campbell
sonyggers get out
Bentley Walker
Are these people on Miiverse real or troll accounts?
Isaac Clark
By the way. What was that thing in the presentation that looked kinda like an F-Zero?
I think they might be jew enough to release a different console as a handheld with pokemon and their other portable games.
Parker Kelly
The only place it's getting hate is from here on Holla Forumseddit, OP, don't worry.
Logan Bennett
Shit thread thriend. Who honestly cares if people don't like it.
Suits my needs perfectly and will have 6 games on it I want to play in it's first year, something I haven't seen from another console since the 6th gen, so yeah I'm buying one sometime this year.
Now that I'm going to miss.
Carter Cox
Where is the doggy porn?
Hunter Price
Fast Racing RMX you have to play the game twice with extreme rubberbanding and then you get the fun mode
Logan Rodriguez
I've seen people on 4cuck Holla Forums shit on it too looking at fireden.
Aaron Jones
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Mason Jackson
Expanding on the VR stuff I wonder if it's possible for Switch to have the same graphical docked power if a charger is hooked to the switch which could be a handy full powered switch for VR experiences..
I'm only preordering one with the zelda game as a late christmas/birthday present for my brother since he's big on that. Don't like elda myself but I understand it's big draw.
I'll probably wait until they work out the kinks that you just know launch units will have and for bomberman r+puyopuyo tetris to drop in price. Don't know why they're getting rid of miiverse. It was nice seeing people share their drawings and screenshots. Hell they have a share button now for fucks sake.
Julian Watson
Remember the Sonyggers shitstorm losing their exclusive games, good times.
Jeremiah Green
It's not confirmed yet but they do have patents for VR headsets to fit the switch into.
Jacob Davis
the numbers you posted are wrong, don't lie to be a fanboy
Jackson Ortiz
Why would anyone who is remotely informed about their options plunk down $400+ (Console/Accessories/Game/Online) WHEN they could go to Amazon and get either of these:
PlayStation 4 Slim 500GB Uncharted 4 Bundle + 12 Month PlayStation Plus Membership - $328USD
Xbox One S 500GB Console - Battlefield 1 Bundle + Xbox Live 12 Month Gold Membership - 349USD
And not have to worry about software droughts and underpowered hardware?
Bentley Roberts
It's not confirmed
It's not confirmed
ok
Ethan Hughes
So the Switch is a half-assed VR console with motion controls? I'm still having trouble even figuring out what it's supposed to be.
Eli Gray
The PSVR gets away with a 1080p resolution because it has three subpixels per pixel, unlike 2 for the Oculus and Vive. But it still needs to hit a fairly constant 90fps. They hit that by downgrading the graphics to PS3 era sometimes PS2 era levels. And even with that the PS4 sometimes struggles to hit 90fps. If Capcom manages to port RE7VR to the switch I'd be amazed. Add to that both the PS4 and PC versions run on x86 architecture while the Switch is ARM making the port even more difficult.
If Nintendo does make a VR attachment, it's going to be something like the GearVR. Utterly pointless, with tracking that makes the PSVRs look godly.
Jason Hill
It's a portable console that you can also hook up to your TV. Nintendo sucks at PR and decided to sell it as a home console you can also take with you on the go.
Aiden Gomez
I doubt Nintendo wants the headset tethered to anything though. Power isn't really an issue either, it's still a 60fps 720 screen, sloppy for VR but people play VR on their phones.
In Japon, because it's a handheld. In other situations people would already own a PS4 or Xbox One there's a definite overlap of people who own multiple consoles in gaming so they wouldn't look at the Xbox One and the PS4 as aternates they'd look at the Switch and look at the games and see that the big games on the Switch aren't the games they are buying the PS4/Xbox One for. Most major games for PS4/Xbox one are the third party titles, consumers don't buy the PS4 or Xbox One for exclusives in the same way the buy Nintendo systems for it, and it's all in the numbers, there is 1 PS3 exclusive in the top 10 selling PS3 games and 2 Xbox 360 exclusvies in the top selling Xbox 360 games, and it's very similar for the PS4 and Xbox One.
Caleb Bell
How about this? When the console is out and the games are out, all the hype people can give their opinions and all the anti-hype people will listen and see how it is.
All facts are against Nintendo and Switch in the current market.
Ryan Stewart
I'll add that all the people I know who are actually hyped for this play very little games. Games are an afterthought in their lives.
Evan Howard
Heh, joycons.
Jordan Perez
The only thing patents can accurately predict are lawsuits.
Bentley Russell
You typed a whole lot of shit that I didn't read. I haven't heard much hate for the Switch tbh
Leo Ramirez
kek
There is nothing BUT hate for it.
Brayden Perry
People will gripe about BoTW being the only good launch day title. But BoTW looks like it'll be Phantom Pain levels of fun screwing around. Which means I'll probably dump 150 hours in during the first month alone. Which will make the wait for Redout go by quickly.
Trips of Truth
Robert Lee
Learn to hate properly you faggot.
John Howard
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Caleb Gray
You've really got to work on masking your language if you want to shill here or it's never gonna work.
Samuel Powell
My main issue with it is the party and chat system. Having to use your phone for it (as opposed to within the system like on the xbone) is really fucking dumb. I get that Nintendo's trying to get themselves into the mobile market, but if I have to use my phone for party chat, then I might as well just use some other app like Discord. Or even better, just setup a conference call. I'm also a bit salty that I'm on a BlackBerry and Android apps tend to not work well on it.
Owen Lewis
OP you are defending a piece of plastic and metal as though it has feelings that can be hurt. It is a consumer device. What you are doing is called "brand loyalty shilling". This is what you have become. A shill. A nintendo shill. This is the path you chose.
Juan Reyes
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Brody Ortiz
How do you know this? Are you a time traveler?
Sebastian Nelson
Nintendo has been getting shittier and jewier. Their first party titles are starting to become more and more hit and miss, remakes out the ass, censorship everywhere, amiibos crammed forcefully into everything, the Wii U was a fucking mess and they have shown no signs of learning from it. Not to mention all the fucking DMCA's, not only of fan games but of youtube videos. Even in the cases where it's within their rights, they are shitting on their fans full force.
And now, they want you to pay to play their games online. Functionalities which only a few of their games have, and are usually pretty bare bones. Giving them money isn't going to magically fix this. They aren't asking for money because they want to provide a better experience, they are doing it because everyone else is.
Too much hate? Fuck them and fuck you. You're the definition of a "nintendrone".
Parker Wilson
But is it supposed to be their Wii U or 3DS successor? It sounds to me like its going to flop after a year or two once the gimmick wears out.
Isaiah Howard
I fucking love the Passport. It's a shame RIM abandoned BB10
Isaiah Collins
Oh, and the fact that they are giving out some fucking virtual console roms with their online subscription is fucking hilarious, and it's outright hysterical that they take them away when the month ends. They think their fucking shit is worth gold.
Lincoln Robinson
It deserves it.
Parker Hernandez
They're calling the WiiU dead, the 3DS still alive. Yet at the same time, they don't want it to be considered a successor to either. They're just not sending a clear message to people for stupid business reasons like "the 3DS is still selling, so why sell the Switch as the portable gaming console that it is?"
Juan Nguyen
Seems like the hate is pretty justified
Kayden Moore
new meme?
Luke Bell
No console has games on launch.
John Hughes
but how do you scalp something that has no games?
Carson Morgan
Weak bait. Move one.
Lincoln Collins
Same way you scalp amiibos.
Jack Cook
You scalp the games before they exist. Where do you think F-Zero NX went?
Nathan Roberts
I'll give you a hint. Which market does it overlap? That's your answer.
Jeremiah Morris
By this point they already own a PS4 or Xbox One. They'll get the switch for the portability feature and on the offchance there's a multiplatform title for it or exclusives. PS4 or Xbox One for all the third party multiplats not available for the Switch.
I really don't know what the hell Nintendo was thinking with that. You have to have your phone in speaker mode all the time and you know people will be using it for texting or calls while they're playing making it more cumbersome. It's paid online and they cna't have matchmaking through the console.
They're not really necessary at least. They're for cosmetic clothes and other dumb shit like wolf link in breath of the wild.
It might be another decade for them to get that stick out their ass over much copyright. Even fan animations got in trouble
Ryder Jackson
If the Switch is a Wii U successor, are they going to expect people to carry a Switch and a 3DS?
Austin Gray
I want to love the Switch problem is it's made by Nintendo which means every Nintendo game will be raped by Treehouse before its released. Great concept though. The low power consumption really tingles my unrealistic off-grid fantasies in a good way.
James Davis
I know what you're trying to say OP. But the fact its contemporaries are also shit is no reason to hold the Switch to a lower standard. On the other hand, we shouldn't be holding it to too high a standard that will never meet our expectations
Keep your Standards high, but keep your expectations low, and you will enjoy modern video games again
Justin Foster
There's still money to be made on 3DS. They'll release their next Pokemon on both Switch and 3DS to maximize profits. Poorfags who can't afford a Switch will buy and so will everyone who owns a Switch because "HD Mainline Pokemon that can be played on your TV" is a headline that'll sell that game(and probably a lot of Switch units) really hard.
Dylan Wright
I swear to god that we've attracted ten times the retarded console-war faggots than we used to have since the Switch was announced.
Evan Miller
The problem is "other dumb shit" does involve gameplay shit, and not just cosmetic stuff. I'm fine when it's like Kirby Robobot, where you can unlock the UFO ability either through amiibo or very late in-game, but the latter isn't always the option.
But I'll admit it's mostly a personal annoyance that when there's a new game announcement it's always followed by 10 minutes of them showing off these shitty overpriced plastic figurines and boasting about all the shit that's in the game you're buying but you can't unlock.
Caleb Hernandez
There doesn't need to be a patent for this, this is not even Nintendo's own idea, Oculus already made this. Google made this as Google Cardboard.
Even if they get awarded this patent, which they shouldn't, because it's not an original idea or even their own idea, they won't be able to act on it because no one is going to make a fucking headset where you slide a tablet down into it. That's all that they've patented. So instead of inserting it sideways or inserting it into a clip and clipping it into place, you slide it down. Big fucking deal.
Even IF they manage to implement some kind of VR, it's probably going to be 480i resolution. All the VR headsets on the market have 1440p resolution, but this thing couldn't possibly do 1080p, let alone 1440.
Dylan Adams
no nigger, the switch deserves all the shit it's getting. another under powered, gimmicky, mario/zelda box, but this time you need to pay for online. good bye spa2oon, i'll be on my computer