I'm betting on $199 but I could be eating that infamous black bird in a few days.
Nintendo: Switch dock only for charging and TV-out, Amiibo support, no commt on touch
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I'm betting on $199 but I could be eating that infamous black bird in a few days.
Inferno313
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To be fair: this doesn't really mean anything new. Of course the "Main Function" of the dock is to put your games on the TV. Whether or not the dock is supplying additional power, it wouldn't be considered the "main function".
chrisPjelly
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Honestly, if this thing is sub $250, I'd be interested in it even it was an underpowered console.
Bony Manifesto
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"If a Nintendo Switch game supports amiibo then the Nintendo Switch home gaming system will as well"
With sentences like this, I hope we're not going to have another Wii U situation when it comes to consumer confusion.
With sentences like this, I hope we're not going to have another Wii U situation when it comes to consumer confusion.
When the battery is full, the dock is providing power. By providing power, it charges the handheld.
Damn, GAF is on a roll with misinterpreting pretty basic statements today.
Jawbreaker
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That's just the marketing.
I guess now the discussion becomes around what "providing power" actually means
Yeah, it could still very well downclock when undocked to help conserve battery.
The rumors had it as a dumb dock for a while.
The NVidia Shield TV using an architure older than what's inside Switch is able to output at 1080p.
What's inside the tablet will be capable of output to 1080p and likely higher resolutions. What the system will likely do is downclock sharply when in tablet mode.
JetBlackPanda
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I know you guys are bummed but Nintendo to me is handheld and this seems super exciting to me.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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That's too bad.
thecouncil
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I better be able to play my games on anyone's TV as long as they have a dock attached. I really hope it's not a Wii U situation where I have to carry my whole system back and forth to my parents house when I visit. What a joke that is.
Also,
We're not getting any more information other than this trailer until next year, huh?
Also,
We're not getting any more information other than this trailer until next year, huh?
Vyse The Legend
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It's almost as if today's reveal was a teaser with more much details coming later. Strange.
The dock will NOT have any additional Nvidia hardware be it cpu, gpu or SOC.
The guts or brain is on the handheld unit as many thought it would be, and as Nintendo have just stated.
It's a pretty easy concept to grasp that any difference in power will come down to the hardware down clocking when portable to increase battery performance, as opposed to getting a boost due to an additional processor or gpu in the dock.
ElectricBlanketFire
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Joy-Con is a bad name.
EatinOlives
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No it wouldn't, you'd just use the same UI for both.
The vast majority of games last generation ran at 720p and their UIs were still perfectly fine when playing the PC versions at 1080p+
That works, I'm mostly worried about Nintendo trying to push a new 720p console at this day and age.
……forgetit
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Almost certainly $300 imo.
I would think providing additional processing power would be a significant enough feature to mention alongside charging. One of the most significant if anything.
Other way around. The tablet is the downclock mode.
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This doesn't rule out the device acting differently when placed in the dock (i.e. active cooling and upclocking). I suppose this just means it won't have a GPU or that having a GPU isn't the "main function." I'm kind of surprised it doesn't have a HDD or something, but that was a stretch.
I guess they wanted to keep it cheap. I wonder it's so big, though.
I guess they wanted to keep it cheap. I wonder it's so big, though.
FinaruDensetsu
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So that means 720p to 1080p or 4k tvs? Ugh...
Vital Tundra
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A pain in the ass to do what PC does for most games at many more resolutions?
Why not 1080p?
NinjaCoachZ
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The device will act differently. The likely thing is that the SOC will reduce frequencies when off the dock to promote better battery life.
As opposed to the notion that additional hardware on the dock itself would provide a boost.
Yep, this needs to be repeated again and again.
I'm pretty sure the Zelda footage we've seen in the promotional video is just footage of the Wii U version and the actual Switch version is not even close to being done.
I was hoping that the preview would end with "learn more at the main event at x date"
Oh well, at least we got something.
ElectricBlanketFire
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Like the Wii, they're hitting at the right time when most people don't have 4k tvs. And most people don't care as much unlike the jump from SD to HD.
You expected to be able to play your Wii U at your parents' house without bringing your Wii U? bruh
FinaruDensetsu
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Yeah actually what the heck does charging and providing power mean? Isn't that the same thing said twice unless they mean computational power?
I can't take 720p even on my 1080p screen anymore though. It looks so so bad.
I can't take 720p even on my 1080p screen anymore though. It looks so so bad.
This is interesting. So the "Zelda framerate was ass on portable" concerns are unfounded?
Don't expect a ton of information before holiday. Particularly specs (which we'll never fully get from Nintendo themselves) or full list of launch titles.
But there will be more information at the investor's conference, I'm sure.
Biggest blunder in the world will be a tablet like device with no touch screen.
Anyone who goes to use this device is going to expect it to have touch ability. It would be a bizarre break for a device also made to attract younger/casual players back to consoles.
Why would you also throw away the idea of getting mobile games easily ported to your ecosystem and detachable controls (screen only) with no touch ability.
For the added cost why skip that? Lol
The rest of this is kind of assumed. Maybe down the line as it gets cheaper you'll see a dock that adds more functionality, but not at launch.
Anyone who goes to use this device is going to expect it to have touch ability. It would be a bizarre break for a device also made to attract younger/casual players back to consoles.
Why would you also throw away the idea of getting mobile games easily ported to your ecosystem and detachable controls (screen only) with no touch ability.
For the added cost why skip that? Lol
The rest of this is kind of assumed. Maybe down the line as it gets cheaper you'll see a dock that adds more functionality, but not at launch.
Do we have any good idea of whether there is a touchscreen, beyond the insiders (who are surely reputable, I'm just curious)?
Also, any reason to think the games will render somehow at 1080 through the TV or is that impossible now?
In which case, will some games look worse than they did in 1080 native on Wii U?
Also, any reason to think the games will render somehow at 1080 through the TV or is that impossible now?
In which case, will some games look worse than they did in 1080 native on Wii U?
Seamlessly and on the go? Yeah, it's a pain in the ass to go to Advance Settings and switch particular apects a notch lower every time you undock, and then turning them back to their respective "high settings" once docked..
IrishNinja
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DrROBschiz
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The tablet will most definitely have a touchscreen
For sure. They are making mobile games fornpetes sake and even stated that NX would run them
For sure. They are making mobile games fornpetes sake and even stated that NX would run them
maquiladora
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There is nothing surprising about this. The Switch is essentially a gaming tablet. I don't know what people were expecting the dock to actually do when the Tegra chip is inside the tablet?