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Nintendo Switch: March 3rd 2017 worldwide, MSRP $300
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pixelpatr0n
Banned
After seeing this horrible horrible horrible conference, weird mario, lack of anything at launch besides Zelda....It's been said a million times.....Nintendo is Doomed!!!! Well it's the first time I honestly think they are.
CecilRousso
Member
So, if I'm got everything right, the Switch will from Nintendo themselves have:
1. Zelda at launch in March.
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with new modes, characters and tracks in April.
2. Splatoon 2 in the summer.
4. Super Mario Odysee at the holidays
That's four of their biggest IP's within 6 months, with the more gimmicky 1-2 Switch and Arms at the launch also. Not that bad for a Nintendo console launch imho, but I'm not their biggest fan either.
1. Zelda at launch in March.
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with new modes, characters and tracks in April.
2. Splatoon 2 in the summer.
4. Super Mario Odysee at the holidays
That's four of their biggest IP's within 6 months, with the more gimmicky 1-2 Switch and Arms at the launch also. Not that bad for a Nintendo console launch imho, but I'm not their biggest fan either.
H3rTz DoNuT
Member
It's not that is expensive by itself, it just there is nothing to play other than Zelda, accessories are expensive, online cost money and hardware is very weak. None of the games looked really much better than WiiU games. And for some of us it will be only used as a home console. If I could get just the box that play the games and pro controller with no screeen and joy cons I would be extremely happy.
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
And it actually had an amazing launch lineup.
Meanwhile Nintendo doesn't seem to have a stacked release of first-party games for its launch window (only 1 2 Switch and Zelda has confirmed dates!), even with all of their developers supposedly in tow for this thing.
Smurfman256
Member
New Info from Nintendo's website:
- Touch Screen is 720p
- Internal Storage is 32GB
- Can Be Expanded using microSDXC Cards
- BotW's battery life estimated at 3 hours.
- Online service includes proper chat lobby
- Subscribers get one free NES/SNES VC title a month
Affeinvasion
Member
Considering I got an Xbox one s for like 215 with a pack in game, I'm gonna go with a big no thanks here.
killatopak
Gold Member
-weakest console
-abysmal launch line up
-expensive accesories
-Additional SD card
-No pack in game
-Online Paywall
-Online Infrastructure looks confusing and bad as hell.
SporeCrawler
Member
People were like : yeah its 250 and its pascal, lol
- its a handheld
- like for any console
- is this a bad thing? Do we now want the vita memory stick for switch?
- yeah I was hoping for 1,2 switch bundle
- sadly kow the standard (but there will be monthly VC games for free)
- we will have to see how it runs
- Wii U +
- Nothing but Zelda at launch
- $300 U.S
- Paid Online
- 32GB of storage......
FFS, Nintendo.
Wow, that's impressively shitty.
B1gg_Randall
Member
So no pack in game???
Suburban Thug
Member
It's being laughed at on an enthusiast forum, how do you think the masses will react? I highly doubt this sells without massive price drops a la 3ds.
TheOnlyMook
Member
Not sure I've done a harder 180 ever before. My hype was at dangerous levels and I may just pass on this entirely now.
ffejeromdiks
Banned
Motherfuckers are nuts if they were expecting Nintendo to release a brand new console for the price they still charge for 3DS XL's.
Moon Presence
Member
With a controller and Zelda this is easily 420 in Europe. Paid online where you can download for free a NES or SNES game and play it for a month(lmao), 32GB of memory.
3 hours battery for a Zelda like type of game. Not a single word on VC or a proper account system. Didn't showed the difference on a game in portable vs dock mode, which will obviously be a thing. The forced gimmicks, once again.
Not looking good.
3 hours battery for a Zelda like type of game. Not a single word on VC or a proper account system. Didn't showed the difference on a game in portable vs dock mode, which will obviously be a thing. The forced gimmicks, once again.
Not looking good.
M.W.
Member
Yep. Pass.
ColonelWalrus
Member
People opt to spend $300 on a Nintendo system instead of a more powerful, heavily 3rd-party supported system because of the first party Nintendo ecosystem. You can't have that without actual games (outside of Zelda) and you'll lose anyone on the fence. Japanese hubris.
The Emperor
Member
Surprised FFXV isn't getting the switch treatment
killatopak
Gold Member
nope.
Unknown Soldier
Member
They're not going to get a lot of third-party support if their maximum storage capacity is 32 GB internal + microSDXC and your average PS4/Bone game is 50 GB in size. That's enough storage for like 2 games on a 128 GB microSDXC, not to mention an SD card is way way slower than a SATA HDD/SSD and loading times would be biblical in duration.
Affeinvasion
Member
It probably couldn't run it very well.
chromatic9
Member
16 which is okay for the handheld side. It's from a leak though.
They have it barely running on xbox1.
EventHorizon
Member
Remember how Nintendo fans mocked 3rd party developers for releasing inferior games late on Nintendo platforms at a higher price than what is available on competing platforms. Well Nintendo just did the hardware equivalent of this to themselves.
LincolnSixEcho
Member
Higher than I expected, but I'm still hyped. I put in a pre-order with Best Buy.
This is going to be awesome.
This is going to be awesome.
Yup.
Payed online for not a main console is a big factor, you can't compare it to PSN or XBL, people are paying for enough shit on a monthly basis like Netflix, HBO, Spotify, Apple Music etc... they are willing to also put some money monthly for their gaming service as we've seen with both other consoles but not to the point of paying for ANOTHER gaming service, one is enough for most.
It can't run it unless you would downgrade it significantly to a point of the game losing its appeal.
Well, on the positive side....yeah. I got nothing. I don't really see anything revolutionary about this. The pricing is all wrong for the hardware that you get, the online will surely be shoddy, only this time people have to pay for it, the battery life kills the portable aspect, and the hardware itself is dated to say the least.
They barely got it to run on Xbox as it is.
H3rTz DoNuT
Member
You lucky you woke up to it, some of us have to go and sleep with it now lol
StereoVsn
Member
I don't believe things are that dire. They will be at 3DS situation with the OG price drop vs Wii-U. You can see all the Japanese companies are on board. You have Atlus, Capcom, NISA, SE, etc... have game reveals. So already that's better then first 18 months on the Wii-U even if it is ports to start (Disgaea, Setsuna, etc...).
So once Nintendo takes in revenue from early adapters at higher prices, they could drop the pricing to say $250 or offer say $220-230 handheld only unit (joycons yes, dock no) by Holidays 2017. We shall see.
Edit:
Kingdom Hearts ports though could easily come to the Switch. They have 1.5, 2.5 and 2.8 out on PS4 (and Xbone?) and it's old games so could be ported easily enough.
The_White_Rose
Member
Definitely out at that price and paid online. New PC build it is.
killatopak
Gold Member
Any word on BC?
Orakio Rob
Member
Price is too high, I'm only excited about Xeno 2 and the whole joy-thing looks pretty bad. I love Nintendo and I'm a very happy Wii U owner, but... Man, I don't know.
Milly Osworth
Member
It really should have been 249.
Suburban Thug
Member
Disappointing
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Uh oh, what is their launch line-up?
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