Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

^^^ It kind of seems like they are forcing it, but they should have had a forced button latch do detach the joycons by having to press an unlock. That is just more shitty design for the world's first "Early Access Console".

Sumdain x said:

Anyone have one of these reserved they want to sale? i dont feel like waiting in line on Thursday.

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Don't wait in line. Head over to your local store on Saturday. There will be plenty.

I seriously advise holding off this thing until the fall/winter at the earliest. Unless you do not have a Wii U and really want to play Zelda.

There will not be a shortage of these unless Nintendo creates one themselves.

This is an alpha launch of a very shitty and under powered console with features that are either missing or quite ridiculous in nature (For example, online matchmaking requiring a tablet or a phone to use) but we have been through that list before.

I can't even believe Nintendo is launching this tub of crap in the state it is in right now.

etchazz said:

Maybe video games in general just aren't for you anymore, Ut. I've never seen someone complain about every single aspect of an entire industry before like you do. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the Switch the way it is right now. It is not an underpowered console, it is a very solid handheld that can also be used on your television. It's actually a fucking brilliant design, and the fact that it works effortlessly between the two is a technological breakthrough that other companies are going to want to emulate. If they had tried to push the limits on graphics and power, the system would've run well over $500, which would've made you complain even more. There's a really simple solution to your bitching: don't buy one!

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Oh give me a break kid.

The features and applications inside the switch bring it back to the fucking stone ages. No app support, No Virtual Console on launch with zero date given to append it back in, shoddy hardware as we have seen with Joycon's losing connection input lag past 7 feet into the 200-300 ms range, no force click to attach the joycons to the portable tablet (Of which they make a very good point in that those will get worn down and without a force click, it will not be long before people are taping those things on there. It isn't hyperbole either. It's degradation of Hardware over time), a half baked online service which REQUIRES the use of a completely separate device to use, an online premium service of which no one knows what the subscription cost is yet but we already know you won't get to keep that one NES/SNES multiplayer game after the month is up (Again, against the current standard) along with completely inflated pricing on accessories.

There is nothing "Video games aren't for you" about it. It's God Damn common sense.

This is the most ass backward alpha release of a console we have ever seen to date. So, here is what Nintendo needs to do.

They need to either revert charging for multiplayer, or add standard value in today's world to keep NES/SNES games they get after the first month. I mean Christ, this should have been a no brainer to bring value to the customer. They need to quickly address the glaring hardware issues as it stands. They need to quickly adopt the virtual console market. Now, I wouldn't even mind paying $50-60 a year for their service if they just included their back library while you are subscribed (NES and SNES titles they port over, over time.) Can you imagine the people that would buy that? Including me?

There are so many things wrong with this launch. Sorry you are getting ass hurt over someone telling you what you do not want to hear as you gear up to play Zelda and wish for pie in the sky while this entire launch with hardware down to consumer ethics to customer value reverts us back to 1999.

Palum said:

But... ZELDA!

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I finally will get some use out of my Wii U and Wii U Pro Controller.

Hekotat said:

I'm just holding off until I get Ut drunk enough that he buys us both one. He might even get a reach around out of it.

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I could be fed an entire bottle of B&B (Large one) and down the thing within 3 hours, and would still think in my drunken stupor "I cannot subject this guy to this piece of garbage"

But... you would be subjected to me singing this:

^^ Agreed. The ONE thing that will sell it though are people who do not have a Wii U and want to play the new Zelda.

Ritley said:

I doubt that will be the case at least for the first week or two. After that I have no idea

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Hard to say. Word has it that Best Buy's in popular areas have over 50 non preorders per store to sell. Least in inventory was an additional 10 in rural areas. That obviously isn't including Target, Walmart, Gamestop, etc.

Lol yeah that CNet thing was pretty weak.

However, Giant Bomb, the latency issues, the complaints about online and the value added service, no VC at launch, and the other things listed - those are all valid complaints.

Obviously if I ever want to play VC NES/SNES games, my 3DS XL does just fine with all of those today.