Thats why it will be a singleplayer console for me if the sub is anything higher then 25 bucks. If they think they can ask 50 like xbox or ps then lol i wish them goodluck with a dozen subs.
Reggie: Switch matchmaking and lobbies handled through phone app
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Thats why it will be a singleplayer console for me if the sub is anything higher then 25 bucks. If they think they can ask 50 like xbox or ps then lol i wish them goodluck with a dozen subs.
it maybe isnt the best solution, but a practical one for outdoors. Should ther be built in features? yeah absolutely, but we dont know the full detals.
MysticLeviathan
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The more I think about this, the more I feel like this has to be due to the portability factor and having all online functionality would absolutely destroy the battery.
But why does this have to be the case even when you're home? I really hope we're missing something and this is just an option at the very least for when you're at home, that this is a different way to do online for those who choose and that all the functionality can still be found on the console if you wish. I have nothing against this purely as an option, but forcing this on players is absolutely bonkers ridiculous.
But why does this have to be the case even when you're home? I really hope we're missing something and this is just an option at the very least for when you're at home, that this is a different way to do online for those who choose and that all the functionality can still be found on the console if you wish. I have nothing against this purely as an option, but forcing this on players is absolutely bonkers ridiculous.
Garrett Hawke
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You can't post on PC or mobile browsing tho
I wish there was an app, and it sent me a notification when I received a response.
Its so terrible thats hard to explain in words or even in thoughts.
Its so bad that they are afraid to show.
If they dont show their online before release, Im conviced this wont have online in a reasonable way. It will have a terrivle effect on sales.
This is trading to become even worse than Wii U.
Nintendo should stop thinking gamers are retards from 90s that dont understand technogy. They think they can PR spin anyone.
Its so bad that they are afraid to show.
If they dont show their online before release, Im conviced this wont have online in a reasonable way. It will have a terrivle effect on sales.
This is trading to become even worse than Wii U.
Nintendo should stop thinking gamers are retards from 90s that dont understand technogy. They think they can PR spin anyone.
Sgtpepper89
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I guess Nintendos plan is to make sure noone plays online so they can save money on server management?.. Every day that goes I get more shocked how this company manages to stay somewhat relevant..
Twenty7KVN
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Hmmm I wonder if Nintendo can get permission fromn google to use this feature because this is the only way this would work.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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i thought picking up Nvidia meant they were trying to modernize themselves up a bit but even as a nintendo pessimist they find a way to prove you wrong and disappoint you. what a god damn joke, what the fuck really.
Username1198
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Another reason not to buy sigh
Next up friend requests thru the mail?
Next up friend requests thru the mail?
I wasn't the one who brought up to begin with. It was a poor way to talk down about the idea. Its ok to mot like something, but make the criticism relavent.
How do you spin this in a positive way? It's a mind blowing decision, and I'd hate to be him. We all know this was Nintendo of Japan's decision.
Vital Tundra
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They really needed to go into more detail about their app and what it does. THe info we have is terrible.
Fantastical
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Reggie knows the bulky headset thing is bullshit. He's just trying to sell the shit Nintendo gives him.
I didn't affect battery life on the 3DS.
Rebel Leader
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a direct would be nice.
Conrad Link
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This sounds more complicated than it needs to be. :\
What the heck is going on? I don't even really understand, it's that odd.
I don't want to use a phone for shit Nintendo, stop it.
What the heck is going on? I don't even really understand, it's that odd.
I don't want to use a phone for shit Nintendo, stop it.
Ugh this sucks I don"t want to drain my phone battery for this crap and pay for it too. So dumb.
Imagine being a kid who is given a Switch but is not given a smart phone and a lot of things just aren't able to be used, like I know that's increasingly more common to give kids phones but I didn't get a phone until I was 15.
Imagine being a kid who is given a Switch but is not given a smart phone and a lot of things just aren't able to be used, like I know that's increasingly more common to give kids phones but I didn't get a phone until I was 15.
Garrett Hawke
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Can a journo at one of these events pls just grab Reggie and say "EXPLAIN THIS, NONE OF IT IS CLEAR"
Instead of asking "so what do u think makes this different from the Wii u?
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Instead of asking "so what do u think makes this different from the Wii u?
"Moon Presence
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At this point I just pity them. How dare they?..
UnemployedVillain
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Hmm, so thinking about how smart watches work, maybe the app is just handling all this, but you're only actually interacting with the Switch itself? So the Switch acts like the watch and sends commands to the device app...
It's not on the console, it's on a separate device that you may or may not have.
What else could you possibly need to know to confirm that it's a shit idea?
CrazedProfessional
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I will have to see. I still think it's mostly to save battery in portable mode. The OS needs an overview but there are probably such features when docked.
The console launches in less than 2 months. People have a right to be upset about all of this vague shit. ALL of this should have been clarified and explained during the presentation or the day after.
Yet we still have more questions than answers.
Audioboxer
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Can a journo at one of these events pls just grab Reggie and say "EXPLAIN THIS, NONE OF IT IS CLEAR"
Instead of asking "so what do u think makes this different from the Wii u?
More likely curated questions because they won't answer anything specific on purpose lol.
Can somebody explain the "bulky headset" thing to me... So instead of carrying the headset, you hold your phone to your ear to voice chat? Burning up your battery? Or is he saying you put it on speaker? This makes no fucking sense. Couldn't they just build a mic into the handheld?
I don't know how making a cell phone intergral to your console can have any benefits. Should be nothing more than a companion.
Nintendo can't save themselves but they've sure managed to give the USB battery pack industry a handy leg up lately.
Replace "their app" with basically any aspect of the device and that's where we've been at since the presentation :\
Nintendo have systematically destroyed people's ability to give them the benefit of the doubt over the last 15 years. The reaction is fair.
Shpeshal Nick
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fucking hell.
How? How does their online become WORSE?
How? How does their online become WORSE?
DeadlyParasite
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Probably a major reason why Activision and EA have yet to commit any kind of important multiplayer titles to the Switch because of dumb backwards shit like this that makes it a nightmare for devs to figure out how to make it work in their games.
its like they are doing everything they can to ruin the console so they can focus on making bank on mobile.
Joeshabadoo
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You'll clearly be able to join random Internet matches through the software and system itself, probably even see what your registered friends are playing and hop in. This app seems to be specifically tailored to creating private lobbies with friends and chatting in and out of game
LordRaptor
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Or shit on the thing we know is there, which is a paywall for online gaming which is and has always has been buuuuuuuuuuullshhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
Garrett Hawke
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No you have to carry your bulky headset and a small headset, plug the small headset into the phone for voice chat then the bulky headset into the switch and put your small earphones in then cover them with your bulky headphones to make sure you get chat + game sounds
Affeinvasion
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Doesn't this hugely hurt the children demographic that they have always favored in their previous online decisions?
UnemployedVillain
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How would you propose spinning this? We all give Reggie shit, but forget he's not the one making these decisions. We're shooting the messenger
I mean, let's not start treating Iwata like MLK Jr lol
Agreed 100%
Schnozberry
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I'm pretty sure 3DS battery life was quite a bit better with wifi off.
How would having all the online functionality destroy the battery? The thing still has to send data constantly through your phone for a multiplayer game to work so some extra packets for voice here and there isn't going to do much.
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