Mister Wolf
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I would love for south park to make a episode about the switch showing Nintendo's boardroom meetings.
Reggie: Switch matchmaking and lobbies handled through phone app
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I would love for south park to make a episode about the switch showing Nintendo's boardroom meetings.
That one made me laugh the most i use high quality earbuds these days.
There is a perfect solution to this problem: Stop selling the system to kids! They're not your audience anymore anyway! They have long migrated to tablets, no way they're coming back and start paying 60 bucks a game. Gaming world belongs to twenty somethings today.
because they make bank on mobile?
Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
Charging solution:
https://www.anker.com/products/A213..._A2133121-20&gclid=CK_cwNySzdECFdBMDQode1gCrw
Also, their chat solution sounds like they are using a VOIP solution using data. Your phone calls should still be able to go through.
OG_Original Gamer
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Reggie....No..no..Reggie..Just no! Seriously, up need to stop!
well then the new problem is they have to develop new IPs since their current ones are all for kids/family friendly
7DollarHagane
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Don't jump to conclusions, buddy.
I'm sure they see the app/online service integration as a marketing talking point and that's why it's been the focus. Never has anyone from nintendo said that these things can't be managed on the switch console itself.
Once that's confirmed I'll join in the facepalms, because it would be a truly stupid move. But I don't think we have that as fact, yet.
Yeah I am reserving judgement until I know more as well, but at a glance (filled with assumptions) it seems like the OS features might be this console's Achilles Heel.
Hope I am wrong.
They might still be able to add it natively via a patch. But it would take time, and there's still no 3.5mm port on the controllers. It would be expensive and look really bad, but it's doable. Just like how they could feasible release a line of cheaper dumb Joy Cons when it turns out that nobody uses the bells and whistles. I think that's the most interesting thing about the Switch going forward, most of the console's biggest flaw are solvable if they want to solve them (but I'm not holding my breath).
Maybe they should do more than read, all it would take is single PR rep to post "Hey guys, we'll give you more details on the phone app in the future, but rest assured, you can do basic match-making and send messages to people on your friends list from within the console".
And the shitstorm would be over.
Movalpolos
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Seems to be tied to joining games as a party with friends. Unless I'm mistaken. Still backwards.
Joeshabadoo
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Again, NO. They wont have a way to create private lobbies with friends and probably custom rule sets and chat with them. Not until the fall or whenever this app debuts.
mark my words
Reggie just did not word things well. the man trips up a fair amount
Ninja Scooter
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Because the online service includes things like the e-shop access, parental controls and screenshot feature, which actually are accessible from the Switch itself. Read their own damn site:
http://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/
Look at the description under "Online Lobby and Voice Chat". Either everybody at Nintendo from Reggie to their website designers are completely incapable of including the most basic of information or....**mindblowing** they are committed to using a phone app for Online Lobbies and Voice chat?!?!? The writing is on the wall people.
I meant the games have matchmaking in them. That's why it doesn't make any sense. He had to mean setting up private lobbies with friends, not the only way to play online is through a phone app.
vasametropolis
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But what if I want to hear game audio and chat audio through my headset?
The app controlling everything is beyond complete stupidity, believe me I know, but at LEAST it's an equivalent feature set. It's absolutely terrible presentation of an expected feature set, it seemingly will only support iOS and Android, it exiles players without a phone (likely younger crowd)... but if you want to use a headset in a normal way, you now can't. Holy fuck.
The app controlling everything is beyond complete stupidity, believe me I know, but at LEAST it's an equivalent feature set. It's absolutely terrible presentation of an expected feature set, it seemingly will only support iOS and Android, it exiles players without a phone (likely younger crowd)... but if you want to use a headset in a normal way, you now can't. Holy fuck.
That's what I just said lol
He1nekenP1ss
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Next revelation is it will work both ways, so the switch can also be used for matchmaking, lobbies and chat for when you're playing games on your mobile.
King Gilga
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Lmao, what a fucking joke.
"Reggie said"
dreamer3kx
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This just has to be optional, has to be, if not....no words.
Why would Mario Kart need the Switch's OS to play with friends? Mario Kart handles it own matchmaking.
Pupperbabysassy
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Neogaf is not Nintendo's focus.
jwillenn
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-sA-NqMlvI
On a serious note, I'll continue waiting for the final details...
On a serious note, I'll continue waiting for the final details...
You got info no one else does?
Yeah, I've been taking Switch news in stride. There are some things I like and things I don't like, but this one deserves the most shit.
In no, way, shape, or form should I have to resort to using an app on my phone to match make on my console. It's 2016. This is pretty baffling.
In no, way, shape, or form should I have to resort to using an app on my phone to match make on my console. It's 2016. This is pretty baffling.
Skittzo0413
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This makes sense. I guess we'll have to wait until their inevitable pre-launch direct and see.
spazchicken
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That's the question, who is?
More realistic continuation to this:
What if... we build a console only Japanese people care about? You know, we're Japanese and Japan is the greatest country in the world and we have to make a console just for their needs. And rest of the world can go screw themselves if they don't like what Japan likes.
Oh, and reveal presentation will be all in Japanese because fuck gaijins.
Come on, you just don't get it... all you have to do is have two pairs of headphones and put one side of the individual headphones in each ear. And plug one set into the phone and the other into the switch. Easy peasy!
Calm down until we know for sure. Atm I have a feeling this is just bad communication, surely it can't be as bad as everyone is making it out to be.
That's the big question. With this new app who the fuck knows how playing with friends works
TheCongressman1
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It's not the first though.
Yeah that makes it clear I just dont get this.
CD'S BAR
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underappreciated post.
Locamotable
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I really don't understand the doom and gloom when you havnt even seen it or have any of the details. Sure criticise the messaging and the ambiguity but geez..
It seems pretty obvious to me that they wanted as much processing power for games as possible. Sorry if already discussed couldnt be bothered reading through the whole thread
It seems pretty obvious to me that they wanted as much processing power for games as possible. Sorry if already discussed couldnt be bothered reading through the whole thread
MegaSackman
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This have to be some Darth Kermit's idea.
NinjamicWZ
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I have a $25 flip phone.
Actually, now that I went and checked it, their plan was already pretty clear in their very own Online Service page:
This MOST LIKELY means random matchmaking (launched from within the game) will be available in March. AKA: yes, you will be able to play MK8 online before the paid service.
Notice how they don't say "from your smart device OR console". Custom lobbies and voice chat will MOST LIKELY be handled ONLY by the smartphone app.
This MOST LIKELY means random matchmaking (launched from within the game) will be available in March. AKA: yes, you will be able to play MK8 online before the paid service.
Notice how they don't say "from your smart device OR console". Custom lobbies and voice chat will MOST LIKELY be handled ONLY by the smartphone app.
Joeshabadoo
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you'll still be able to see if your friends are playing a game and hop in to whatever room theyre in, a la the original MK 8, so you;re still technically playing with friends.
yes it's quite unfortunate that this new account system and paid service was not ready at launch, and its still quite possible that it will be remarkably obtuse and a chore to ever use. that would suck ass.
but people are taking this to mean that if you ever want to play a switch game online EVER itll need to be through this eventual app
FALSE. That notion simply needs to be dispelled and the thread title works against that
Dee Dah Dave
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This is your supplemental computing device Ladies and Gentleman. Not a monster spec add on.
Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
Oh, don't get me wrong. I am not defending this BS way of doing things. I'm just saying that it seems the only way I can imagine it working. The phone does all the social app work and VOIP chat work through the app on the phone which also manages the lobbies, match-making and voice chat... then relays the sound and other data to the Switch for processing the sound to the headphones/chat headset along with game/system sound data processed from the onboard sound chipset.
There is no other logical way for game sound to get to the headphones/headset unless Switch told the phone what game sound to put out to the headphones/headset, but I doubt that.
I forgot about that one, yeah. I do find it hard to believe there won't be any friends list or online functionality on the system itself. We'll see.
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