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[Good Guy Gone Bad]

[ l o l ] is really the only response to this app nonsense.

 

[Mashing]

Ugh, what a horrible idea and so so lazy. Did they fire their UI programmers or something?

 

[Boke1879]

What? Just like really? What the fuck?

Did they look at the competition and just say "how can we make this process painstaking the less user friendly?"

 

[Apathy]

lol 2017, matchmaking through an app. is it powered by gamespy too?

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Y I K E S

 

[fernoca]

The idea of it sounds good, but is the execution what I'm keeping an eye out.

 

[shingi70]

Shouldn't the app be in case your out and about, and not replacing system functions when your at home.

 

[MUnited83]

How the hell is this an elegant solution?

Reggie can't do a spin to save his life, jesus. Wording this shit like the only way you could use voice before was with "bulky gamer headphones". How the fuck is having to hold your goddamn phone in a reliable position while you use your two hands to play the Switch a "elegant solution"? This company is completely and utterly lost.

Yeah Reggie made this pretty clear in numerous interviews he had. The main argument he seemed to have was that they didn't want people carrying headsets with them if they wanted to chat on the go.

I mean I think it's fine to have this as a mobile option in addition to a solution on the console but as the only way to voice chat it's bullshit.

One of the dumbest "reasons" i ever heard, when you can get small earphones with mics for cheap today everywhere. And even a bulky headset would be a better more confortable way of chatting on the go than having to somehow hold your phone while playing.

 

[TheSpoiler]

I don't think Nintendo fans use online multiplayer. Honestly, I consider myself one and really only played Smash and Mario Kart online for a few hours at most. I generally prefer local couch co-op or playing bots/computers.

What is the hugely popular Splatoon series?

 

[Trident]

I don't understand. If you're at a hot spot, you're supposed to put your phone on speaker mode? How do you avoid using a headset?

 

[Jonneh3003]

I want to see it in action, I use the PlayStation app a lot but having options just makes sense.

 

[Fat4all]

No joke, the really need to have a Direct dedicated to how this fucking app is gonna work with the Switch.

Just a clear-cut video showing all the ins and outs.

 

[HeelPower]

Maybe that's one of the features of the app guys ,and not a requirement to do any of it ?

Spoiler

Watch it be a requirement

 

[Mediking]

Dumb as hell. They should be more concerned about making a Nintendo version of the PSN app.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

That's real fucking dumb. And not a good way to build an online service. Especially one you have to pay for.

 

[James Scott]

Sounds weird but could be alright. Likely easier to search through stuff on your phone but they really should have more concrete details to show off before saying stuff like "paid online"

 

[bryanee]

Why cant it be a phone app and on the Switch itself? For fucks sake Nintendo. How can you be this bad when it comes to online?

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

So what about Switch users without a smartphone?...

they can ask their parents

 

[crinale]

Teaming up with DeNA really wasn't a good idea IMHO..

 

[L Thammy]

wht

 

[LewieP]

I think the app is a great idea as an option.

But it's a terrible excuse for not supporting basic online functionality on the device itself.

 

[SOR5]

This takes all the portability aspects and slaps it in the face with how clumsy it is

Do I have to strap the phone to my face or have it remain in one spot or keep pulling my phone out whilst im trying to hold the Switch as well?

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Dunno how this can work with Splatoon, do we got Japan speaking about this?

 

[darkistheway]

This is great. All the processing power that would have been devoted to matchmaking and chatting will now be available for developers. That means better graphics, deeper physics amd smarter AI!

 

[giancarlo123x]

Dude what the fuck are you guys doing?!

 

[tmarg]

Is this the same interview that was already going around, or has he turned "bulky gamer headset" into some kind of meme?

 

[LiquidSolid]

It's a very compelling reason to not buy a Switch, sure.

I still can't believe they came up with this "brilliant" idea and then thought they could charge money for it. They're never going to learn or have an online service that even matches the PS3.

 

[ASIS]

Voice chat I can understand, I actually I don't but that's nothing compared to not have matchmaking in the system itself. That makes no sense whatsoever.

I think the app is a great idea as an option.

But it's a terrible excuse for not supporting basic online functionality on the device itself.

Basically this.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

if im on the go how am i gonna hold the switch and my phone at the same time

 

[JHoNNy1OoO]

Tone deaf every step of the way. Nobody wants to juggle a second device so they can do basic multiplayer activities.

 

[RoboPlato]

So basically the Switch is unplayable online for people without a smartphone.

This is insanity

 

[Phreakuency]

They simply haven't got a clue.

This could be the beginning of the end for them in the hardware business.

 

[Zekes!]

This whole design decision, while it makes some sort of sense, is baffling.

That said, I'm pretty interested in trying it out lmao

 

[isaacnukem]

So if you're on voice chat on your phone, what about the game's audio? Would the app be able to pick a game's audio up?

 

[D i Z]

Maybe if he keeps saying it, the reality of how godawful this "elegant solution" is will over power the fighting wall of fan denial. Chamber another interview, Reggie. Hit em again.

 

[Richie]

I don't think Nintendo fans use online multiplayer. Honestly, I consider myself one and really only played Smash and Mario Kart online for a few hours at most. I generally prefer local couch co-op or playing bots/computers.

Splatoon is pretty much built on online multiplayer.

Here's hoping the app is just one option and not the only one.

 

[axisofweevils]

I have to say the mobile phone aspect of the Switch seems to be by far the weirdest thing about it....
We need more info, stat.

 

[Fourth Storm]

So devs get access to all 4 GB of RAM then...right?!

I mean, there has to be a bright side to all of this.

 

[Roboculus]

How the hell is this an elegant solution?

It's a Nintendo-like solution so ya know....not actually that elegant.

 

[Thorakai]

ok nintendo pls stop making consoles

 

[Kouriozan]

"We suck so bad at online that we put everything on mobile"

-> me don't have a smartphone, I'm so f*cked up, guess I won't have to pay that monthly sub though.

 

[pswii60]

Yeah Reggie made this pretty clear in numerous interviews he had. The main argument he seemed to have was that they didn't want people carrying headsets with them if they wanted to chat on the go.

I mean I think it's fine to have this as a mobile option in addition to a solution on the console but as the only way to voice chat it's bullshit.

So how do you chat without any kind of headset or earphone/mic combo? Are you going to have to put your phone on handsfree!? And more to the point, WHY would you even want to do chatting during an online game when you're on the move? People are going to look at you strangely on the train.

 

[graywolf323]

That's what I'm sayin. If this app isn't gods gift to gaming then what in the fuck are you doing Nintendo

given it's Nintendo I'd say it's safe to assume that it won't be anywhere close to that

 

[Codeblue]

I'm not paying for online, so I don't care about any of this, but it's just so bizarre.

 

[Goldenmoney]

Gonna have to wait to see how things pan out, but it does not look like I'll be doing any online gaming on the Switch. It just seems like they really don't know what they're doing. How the hell are they going to justify forcing people to pay for online services?

 

[darscot]

The idea of a paid online service that all the online services run on your own personal device is laughable. Basically they don't have any services. All this shit should be running on the Switch.

 

[bryanee]

So what about Switch users without a smartphone?...

Well....they have a product for those guys, the Wii U...urgh. Jesus.

 

[Hoje0308]

Haha! Your solution is anything but elegant and you, Reggie, can absolutely go fuck yourself if you think this is acceptable for a modern online system, let alone a paid one.

 

[CHC]

Elegant solution:

The Switch
Plus the Joy Con attachments
Plus a dock
Plus a TV
Or a charger
Plus your phone
And its charger
And a headset
Via a paid online service

Elegant solution.

 

[paperspace]

We don't know what we want.