Nintendo Switch Discussion

[mestevo]

Re: Nintendo Switch Announced, Scheduled to Release March 2017

Serves them right not paying for it LOL


If true can something like this be solved with a system update?


Or is it considered hardware failure?

'review system'

Hard to say if it's firmware fixable or an actual hardware flaw.

[Tomba]

Re: Nintendo Switch Announced, Scheduled to Release March 2017

This has to be one of the worst system launches in the history of consoles. I can't remember some of the other launches, but it's hard to imagine a worse launch.

Launching with Zelda, but literally nothing else is ready including their online systems and a proper digital DRM implementation. It's like they don't even have a clue.

I actually like it.


I have MLB the Show on March 28th.


A backlog of Yakuza 0 and Torment tides of Numera.

[sbauer318]

Re: Nintendo Switch Announced, Scheduled to Release March 2017

I actually like it.


I have MLB the Show on March 28th.


A backlog of Yakuza 0 and Torment tides of Numera.

I mean, that's fine, but people aren't typically okay with that. It's a lot of money to spend to play one game and then take a break from because the lineup is spread out so much. They're not saying we're giving you a shallow launch lineup so you can play with your other consoles. Although that wouldn't surprise me at this point if they did say that.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Nintendo Switch Announced, Scheduled to Release March 2017

Also, it seems that digital purchases will be locked to the Switch they are purchased on.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/02/switch-game-downloads-cant-be-shared-across-multiple-systems/

If that translation is true, I get the whole 'lol, digital, buy physical' mantra some around here have... but it would apply to VC games too then in theory, which is probably one of the larger selling points of buying a Nintendo console.

No signing in to another console and playing your purchase there. Probably just speaks to the lack of sophistication of their online network.

The 'pre-reviews' popping up now aren't able to use much of the online service because 'the Switch’s online components, including account registration and retrieval, online play, wireless networking for protected hotspots and even the online store are not currently functional' - there will be a patch day one that will (hopefully) enable all of this without any additional surprises.

This is absolutely horrible. Nintendo sucks big time. You should be able to buy a VC game once and own it forever, even if you move to different systems. I mean they release special versions of consoles all the time ("Zelda" colors, etc), so how do they expect the hardcore to buy them?

Not getting one anytime soon anyways, but this really hurts them IMO.

While this setup doesn't allow you to play across multiple Switch systems with the same account logged in, if your Switch dies we should be able to redownload the games tied to our account. If this option was missing, I'd be even more pissed here in 2017. It can be a PITA to get Nintendo to transfer licenses over to begin with when on the phone. I think that this article and Mestevo's message is a little bit misleading since purchases are not locked down to a system anymore as they get locked down to your account that can only be used to 1 system at a time, unless I am missing something.

[ricky24]

Re: Nintendo Switch Announced, Scheduled to Release March 2017

so much hate here

What's not to hate about having to buy the same game multiple times because Nintendo can't put together a good VC system?

[ricky24]

Re: Nintendo Switch Announced, Scheduled to Release March 2017

While this setup doesn't allow you to play across multiple Switch systems with the same account logged in, if your Switch dies we should be able to redownload the games tied to our account. If this option was missing, I'd be even more pissed here in 2017. It can be a PITA to get Nintendo to transfer licenses over to begin with when on the phone. I think that this article and Mestevo's message is a little bit misleading since purchases are not locked down to a system anymore as they get locked down to your account that can only be used to 1 system at a time, unless I am missing something.

This is the other thing that pisses me off. If my Wii U dies I'm just SOL with all my VC purchases? It's absurd.

[Swamp Swagger]

Nintendo Switch Announced, Scheduled to Release March 2017

I'm still excited but I'd be lying saying this launch isn't looking worse and worse

No VC, No media, very limited amount of games, connection issues, battery life being 2 hours, Nintendo literally keeping specs a secret until a week before launch

It's basically a glorified Zelda player for 2 months. We can only pray it lives up to the hype until help arrives. If it doesn't this could collect dust for many after the new wears off

I honestly think it needed a few more months to get ready


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[Tomba]

Re: Nintendo Switch Announced, Scheduled to Release March 2017

I'm still excited but I'd be lying saying this launch isn't looking worse and worse

No VC, No media, very limited amount of games, connection issues, battery life being 2 hours, Nintendo literally keeping specs a secret until a week before launch

It's basically a glorified Zelda player for 2 months. We can only pray it lives up to the hype until help arrives. If it doesn't this could collect dust for many after the new wears off

I honestly think it needed a few more months to get ready


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I'll go on record here and say that if Zelda wasn't coming out I wouldn't be getting a Switch.


If Mario Odyssey came out at launch I wouldn't get a switch.


Im a BIG supporter of Zelda,Fzero and Metroid. Those at launch would get me to buy their systems always...


I bought a PS4 and a Xbox so that I could play sports games on them if those sports games weren't at launch I wouldn't pick up a sony or Microsoft syste,


case in point. If scorpio say we have Forza 7. Guess what im down. every company needs to have that day one seller.


Nintendo has it with Zelda. For me at least....

[XtremeDunkz]

Re: Nintendo Switch Announced, Scheduled to Release March 2017

Perfect Dark Zero
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
Kameo: Elements of Power
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Quake 4

To be fair, these were the Xbox 360 launch titles. Along with Madden 25 I believe. Perfect Dark was way worse than expected and Condemned was actually a really good game out of nowhere. But my point is Zelda is way better than any of those games. Launch lineups are never anything special.

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Nintendo Switch Announced, Scheduled to Release March 2017

Perfect Dark Zero
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
Kameo: Elements of Power
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Quake 4

To be fair, these were the Xbox 360 launch titles. Along with Madden 25 I believe. Perfect Dark was way worse than expected and Condemned was actually a really good game out of nowhere. But my point is Zelda is way better than any of those games. Launch lineups are never anything special.

There were more than that. Madden 06, Live 06, NBA 2K6, NHL 2K6, College Hoops 2K6, and Gun.

Switch has 5 games. And Zelda is the only must own. Then Long dry spells.


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[ExtremeGamer]

Nintendo Switch Announced, Scheduled to Release March 2017

This is really not good. Not sure if this can be patched.

Edit- definitely a hardware issue. I'm out. This system needs to go back in the oven for 6 months.

https://youtu.be/SbG3F9RwlcY

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[XtremeDunkz]

Re: Nintendo Switch Announced, Scheduled to Release March 2017

There were more than that. Madden 06, Live 06, NBA 2K6, NHL 2K6, College Hoops 2K6, and Gun.

Switch has 5 games. And Zelda is the only must own. Then Long dry spells.


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Well yeah I didn't count sports games. They were all bad.

[longranger]

Re: Nintendo Switch Announced, Scheduled to Release March 2017

I am kind of surprised that they didn't have a sports game available for launch just to tie us sports gamers in with the Zelda lovers
surprised they r still not popping up on ebay from people trying to profit off of an early release system

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Nintendo Switch Announced, Scheduled to Release March 2017

The JoyCon issue was happening at events back in January. This is bad.

Go to 4:45 of the video

https://youtu.be/WAT0B1OyoXA

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[Swamp Swagger]

Re: Nintendo Switch Announced, Scheduled to Release March 2017

I'm starting to question if even wanna spend the near $500 now

All these issues is not a good sign at all.


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