Nintendo removes all mentions of VRR Docked compatibility from their websites.

It's repairable. But they have done 0 damage control. That's a bad move in marketing. People feel disrespected and unacknowledged. You want your customers to trust you.

Nintendo completely lost the narrative and chance to change it.
Honestly, I think that was what the "pause in preorders" was for--to try and deflect the narrative. "Get 'em mad at the administration/president, just do SOMETHING to get the talk away from the cost of games."

I'm not sure it really worked. EDIT: ESPECIALLY after seeing accessories pricing increase.
 
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Honestly, I think that was what the "pause in preorders" was for--to try and deflect the narrative. "Get 'em mad a the administration/president, just do SOMETHING to get the talk away from the cost of games."

I'm not sure it really worked.
It didn't work at all. Because most people wouldn't have paid more anyway. They had to take the cut here or the narrative would've been even worse.
 
It's repairable. But they have done 0 damage control. That's a bad move in marketing. People feel disrespected and unacknowledged. You want your customers to trust you.

Nintendo completely lost the narrative and chance to change it. The narrative is now being controlled by us and the media.

Nintendo, since Reggie left, seem to have lost all communication skills as well.
People will forget in two seconds.
 
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Not happy about this. Did they fucking cheap out on the dock HDMI spec?
That is my first thought too. Save a buck, make a buck. Assholes
 
It's repairable. But they have done 0 damage control. That's a bad move in marketing. People feel disrespected and unacknowledged. You want your customers to trust you.

Nintendo completely lost the narrative and chance to change it. The narrative is now being controlled by us and the media.

Nintendo, since Reggie left, seem to have lost all communication skills as well.

My body is Reggie! - I miss him too.
 
I'll buy the Switch 2 someday, but not having VRR makes me want to wait more games.

I have an OLED LG C2 and love playing in the thing with all the features that HDMI 2.1 provides. Hopefully Nintendo figures out what's the deal with VRR and communicates it accordingly.

Maybe they cheaped out in the cable? And give you a regular ass 1.4 HDMI cable? Or something like that?

Weird they add the VRR comment and then remove it from official sources, this close to launch.
 
Nothing burger. And could easily be related to not wanting to promise support for all tvs.

I never used VRR on the pc. Granted mostly played online multiplayer games. And VRR would interfere with that (mess with input response iirc.) And I was already lowering settings to pump high frames which made VRR rather pointless.
 
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Nothing burger. And could easily be related to not wanting to promise support for all tvs.

I never used VRR on the pc. Granted mostly played online multiplayer games. And VRR would interfere with that (mess with input response iirc.) And I was already lowering settings to pump high frames which made VRR rather pointless.
VRR works on your TV or it doesn't. There are no issues with TV's.
 
VRR works on your TV or it doesn't. There are no issues with TV's.
Yeah and if it doesn't work who gets the support call? Nintendo! Maybe they don't want that.

Also even if a tv supports VRR doesn't mean there are automatically zero compatibility issues.
 
Yeah and if it doesn't work who gets the support call? Nintendo! Maybe they don't want that.

Also even if a tv supports VRR doesn't mean there are automatically zero compatibility issues.
It only works of you have a compatible TV. That's not their responsibility. It's the same as a WiiU or Switch. Either you have a 1080p TV or a CRT. Both are supported mate.
 
It only works of you have a compatible TV. That's not their responsibility. It's the same as a WiiU or Switch. Either you have a 1080p TV or a CRT. Both are supported mate.
The fact that is isn't their responsibility could be why they took it off. That's the point. ;)
 
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It only works of you have a compatible TV. That's not their responsibility. It's the same as a WiiU or Switch. Either you have a 1080p TV or a CRT. Both are supported mate.
That's some weird logic, what if I have a 1080p tv lol, if a game says 4K. Should Nintendo also get rid of 4k and 120hz for people that don't have tvs that support it?
 
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That's some weird logic, what if I have a 1080p tv lol, it's game says 4K. Should Nintendo also get rid of 4k and 120hz for people that don't have tvs that support it?
Thanks for making my point: there is no argument to remove VRR. Nothing on Nintendo's end could influence the outcome. Only the TV of the user.
 
They never removed functionality that depends on the TV.
Well how would you know for one? You don't. I mean Nintendo has been making consoles for 40+ years. ;)

And second, this is a secondary feature not a primary or must have feature.

Last, don't forget they removed mention of it. Not removed it.
 
Well how would you know for one? You don't. I mean Nintendo has been making consoles for 40+ years. ;)

And second, this is a secondary feature not a primary or must have feature.

Last, don't forget they removed mention of it. Not removed it.
Dude. You clearly have NO understanding of how VRR works. It either works on your TV or it doesn't.

End of story.

And it IS a must have feature if the S2 is going to run heavy AAA 3rd party games.
 
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Dude. You clearly have NO understanding of how VRR works. It either works on your TV or it doesn't.

End of story.

And it IS a must have feature if the S2 is going to run heavy AAA 3rd party games.
The problem for you is I do.

And I also know the Switch sold 150mn units without it.

End of story.
 
But why add a monitor resolution then (1440p)?

I think there is a fair chance we will get freesync over 2.0 with monitors.

As mentioned before VRR is standardized from 2.1 onwards which is tv only,

Monitors with HDMI 2.1 inputs do freesync, not VRR.

This might be copium but I think this is PR trickery to avoid backlash from the smart tv crowd
 
If they found compatibility problems that would be a reason to remove the wording as well.
There cannot be compatibility issues with TV'S. It either works on your TV or it doesn't. Maybe there are issues within the dock, but that's a totally different discussion.
 
This might be copium but I think this is PR trickery to avoid backlash from the smart tv crowd

Yea I think they don't want backlash to whatever it might not be compatible with until they figure out software side.

I didn't go back through the demo impressions, but surely someone would have seen that there's framedrops in the demo games, especially cyberpunk 2077, as games are still in development, and notice the tearing immediatly and call out that there's no VRR on TVs no??
 
Yea I think they don't want backlash to whatever it might not be compatible with until they figure out software side.

I didn't go back through the demo impressions, but surely someone would have seen that there's framedrops in the demo games, especially cyberpunk 2077, as games are still in development, and notice the tearing immediatly and call out that there's no VRR on TVs no??
Cyberpunk docked has a 40fps mode in the menu. So, unless that game runs perfectly.. it suggests VRR might be still active.
 
Shouldn't be any speculation about this. Nintendo should just come out and provide an explanation.
They don't know how to communicate. They had every chance the last week's to respond to negativity. They won't do anything.

They lost the narrative. We control that now.
 
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Nothing burger. And could easily be related to not wanting to promise support for all tvs.

I never used VRR on the pc. Granted mostly played online multiplayer games. And VRR would interfere with that (mess with input response iirc.) And I was already lowering settings to pump high frames which made VRR rather pointless.

You actually would have benefited from VRR here, your assumptions are horribly incorrect.
 
There cannot be compatibility issues with TV'S. It either works on your TV or it doesn't. Maybe there are issues within the dock, but that's a totally different discussion.

PS5 & Steam deck didn't get it right immediatly either by the way. I don't know why its complicated but I want to blame the shitshow of HDMI standards.
 
Nvidia told them they have to call it gsync 😂
I don't know why I didn't think about that but this could be the case. Of course anything that supports Gsync supports Freesync but I doubt Nvidia would like that as a partner. Wouldn't be surprised if they were supposed to say Gsync for TVs and not VRR.
 
Hdmi 2.0 would be a classic Nintendo move ffs. They've had months to prepare for this. If the messaging is wrong that is such a colossul fuck up. Ridiculous
 
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