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[OverBlood 3]

Number one.

Yes.

Oh.

 

[Kintaro]

They don't make Nintendo consoles like they used to. =P

 

[SinCityAssassin]

My case is a travel case, not protective armor for dropping while playing. Does that exist? It will probably be too bulky if it does.

Officially licensed ones exist yes.

 

[| Praxis |]

Dropped my Super Nintendo down an entire flight of stairs once, it hit nearly every step before bouncing away and free falling the last 3 or 4 feet and landed on a stone floor. It worked perfectly fine for years after.

If this thing can't take one drop it sounds like it's a flimsy piece of shit.

Spoiler

I'm joking, I'm joking

 

[serenewarfare]

This was never used as criticism by them. It doesn't make the other joycon issues go away sorry

Who said it did? What does that have to do with the topic of the thread?

 

[Rebel Leader]

how do we know them forcing the joy cons out also didn't help with this?

 

[Haunted]

Big Jeffrey pls

 

[Ghgghggh]

I was tipsy on wine once and skype video chatting. I ended up dropping my 4 day old I phone 6 on a stone/concrete phone. I had a battery harder case and screen protector and the screen still broke.

I didn't blame Apple, the case or the screen cover.
Cost $100 for a new screen.
Only blamed myself for being clumsy.


However, if this happens with the Nintendo Switch I will return it, renounce Nintendo and I will never buy their product again. Maybe I should just cancel my preorder and be done with it.

 

[gregor7777]

This was never used as criticism by them. It doesn't make the other joycon issues go away sorry

Who said it did? This is insanity lol

 

[sixteen-bit]

did they pull a switcheroonie?

 

[Crazyorloco]

lmao. Love the thread title change.

 

[Circle Jerk]

BRB gonna drop my iPad on concrete and blame it on poor construction.

you wanna quote where anyone from giant bomb blamed anything on poor construction

 

[Symbiotx]

lol maybe this was a case of mishandled hardware, but some of you would make excellent politicans. The spin that you guys are able to sling whenever any possible fault comes up is crazy. You'd think this problem could be fixed by day1 firmware

 

[serenewarfare]

you wanna quote where anyone from giant bomb blamed anything on poor construction

Giant Bomb never did. The thread that UPF spawned is a whole different story.

 

[LordOcidax]

lololol. That thread title

 

[gregor7777]

lol maybe this was a case of mishandled hardware, but some of you would make excellent politicans. The spin that you guys are able to sling whenever any possible fault comes up is crazy. You'd think this problem could be fixed by day1 firmware

Agenda detected

 

[kvothe]

No. There's no story here. Other than don't drop your electronics on concrete floors.

Or don't buy a Switch if you plan on literally playing baseball with.

Wow, great advice!! So I should not drop my handheld device? Man, first thing I was planning on doing is opening up my Switch and dropping it on the ground.

It was an accident. And for a handheld device, it could happen to even the most careful person.

 

[DAREALGUMMY]

The number of people I still see walking around with shattered phone screens makes me a little less confident that people are careful and responsible with their hardware.

I have a sub $100 prepaid phone that had taken so many spills but since it has a case around it, not even a scratch is on it. I see FB and Twitter posts of people saying they cracked their new iphone or latest Galaxy phone days after getting it. It really is odd.

 

[Kouriozan]

That thread title change.

 

[LordOcidax]

That thread title change.

lololol. Please stop. lol

 

[Sword Of Doom]

Is that why Jeff was not too hot on Zelda? Because his Switch broke?

He's gonna get so much hate if he ends up not liking it as much as the rest of the reviewers. History will repeat itself....


Respect to GB for not immediately creating some click bait BS and making sure people know exactly what happened.

 

[Effigenius]

Officially licensed ones exist yes.

Licensed armor exists? To cover the system and joycons while playing? I did a quick amazon search and dont see it. Can you link me please? I have ordered a screen proector and a case, but I cant play mine while its in the case.

 

[Huge Succeeded]

This was never used as criticism by them. It doesn't make the other joycon issues go away sorry

Did anyone even say that?
Don't worry, that's a rhetorical question, I know your MO
Switch has you salty as hell, lmao
almost like you're gunning to get that junior status back

 

[mjc]

you wanna quote where anyone from giant bomb blamed anything on poor construction

Easy does it, I was joking.

 

[Rodin]

He's gonna get so much hate if he ends up not liking it as much as the rest of the reviewers. History will repeat itself....

Dan is reviewing the game and he's playing it 12-16 hours per day, i think he's enjoying it

Btw i never knew it was jeff to give TP that 8.8 lol, so he worked for gamespot?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

so um what exactly did they do wrong?
I may need to read the man-well

 

[LordKano]

.

 

[bemusedchunk]

so um what exactly did they do wrong?
I may need to read the man-well

don't drop anything on concrete.

 

[e_i]

Things break if they are broken.

 

[Air]

Did the title change? If so, even better lol

 

[Scoops]

Reviewers testing the Switch like

 

[Dinjoralo]

Yeah, those latches should be made of sturdier stuff. But it at least confirms that, by default, the joycons aren't having problems staying on.

 

[asagami_]

That thread title change.

Damn you, I was going to post this:

 

[K' Dash]

At last people are realizing how shit is Giant Bomb.

 

[Fireblend]

so um what exactly did they do wrong?
I may need to read the man-well

They dropped the Switch on concrete
Then noticed the joycons latch was a bit loose
Couldn't remember if they were like that before the drop, casually commented on it

Internet went up in flames for some reason.

 

[Sword Of Doom]

Dan is reviewing the game and he's playing it 12-16 hours per day, i think he's enjoying it

Btw i never knew it was jeff to give TP that 8.8 lol, so he worked for gamespot?

That's right, I forgot about how giddy Dan was the other day

 

[mjc]

Damn you, I was going to post this:

Is that a young Donald J. Drumpf?

 

[Audioboxer]

They dropped the Switch on concrete
Then noticed the joycons latch was a bit loose
Couldn't remember if they were like that before the drop, casually commented on it

Internet went up in flames for some reason.

I mean... yeah. Drop most consumer products on concrete and they are going to break in some way, if not completely fail.

lol :/

 

[RecRoulette]

Big Jeffrey pls

Please, don't legitimize him, call him 8.8

That thread title change though, lol

 

[AuthenticM]

I am genuinely confused here. What is going on? I can't even tell who's on who's side, or even what the sides are.

 

[TenCentCoast]

Dan is reviewing the game and he's playing it 12-16 hours per day, i think he's enjoying it

Btw i never knew it was jeff to give TP that 8.8 lol, so he worked for gamespot?

Oh, you sweet summer child.

 

[serenewarfare]

Damn you, I was going to post this:

Hey man, at least you can kind of justify that one.

 

[asagami_]

Is that a young Donald J. Drumpf?

Shirou may be a idiot, but not that kind of idiot.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

They dropped the Switch on concrete
Then noticed the joycons latch was a bit loose
Couldn't remember if they were like that before the drop, casually commented on it

Internet went up in flames for some reason.

Wait what?

 

[McStickenstein]

I can't take this title change. Please GAF, I'm trying not to laugh too hard in public.

 

[Venfayth]

The original video was a piece of premium content (not available to people who aren't paying the subscription) where they were mostly messing around and hanging out, it wasn't a piece of journalistic content intentionally sculpted to point out a flaw in the device.

The problem is people who take this stuff out of context, craft gifs and posts trying to imply a meaning that was never there.

That being said it's good that Jeff took the time to add clarity, since ultimately it was content they produced, and which demonstrably caused a murmur to go through a few communities.

Wait what?

It was accidentally dropped on concrete.

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

Pre-order cancelled

Spoiler

by Amazon

Good thing I'm buying this to be portable only

 

[Sesuadra]

Wait what?

Yes. And after the drop joy-cons and switch still worked, but the lock mechanism became a little loose.

 

[Fireblend]

Wait what?

They didn't do it intentionally obviously, they were carrying it along with some other stuff to one of their streaming studios and it fell.

 

[hampig]

Great journalism, Giant Bomb. US press is proud of you.

Good job LordKano, we're all proud of you.