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Reggie: Switch matchmaking and lobbies handled through phone app
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Wow.
I'm hoping so that would make sense I don't care about voice chat at all while docked I don't want to use a phone thats silly. Waiting for more news before I actually freak out.
There is no browser, so... yes, it would indeed be impossible.
Nah I'm sorry there's no excuse for not including something that has been the standard for more than 15 years, specially not with excuses as flimsy as this.
HoodWinked
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i think the phone stuff could work really well if done right but to execute that would require so much thoughtfulness, and forethought and a magical crystal ball (the one they used while designing the wii and the DS lite) that i'd consider it a longshot.
They aren't. We know from an investor's meeting that they had enough money when they were constantly losing money to keep losing money at that rate for the next 50 years.
no the best course of action is to burn it all down right now!
For better or worse I will revisit this thread once its announced to see who was right, who grossly overreacted and who was just hopping on the troll train.
Game by game matchmaking i'm sure will work as it does in every other game since forever. He's talking bout OS level stuff that happens outside of games.
Skittzo0413
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The only things I've seen them say about the app is it's used for voice chat with friends and lobbies and matchmaking with friends. I don't recall seeing anything about friends lists relegated to the app.
Affeinvasion
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Let's not forget this thing won't be fully ready until Fall. What they hell have they been doing?
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Reggie is as much the president of anything as Dmitry Medvedev was.
I dunno man, just look at different japanese data, data and voice and flip phone plan prices and then tell me.
I've only ever met either old people or people who don't care for anything technological and think that flip phones are cute using them im the last 2~3 years.
I'm not saying its an excuse, this is their mindset to it. That's all I am saying.
The App will be out in the summah though
styl3s
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I am starting to think the Switch itself won't have many if any apps and you will be required to download them to your phone and cast them to the device.
It would make too much sense to have the app on the Switch instead of an external device.
Similar to some TV's that use android remotes that have all the streaming apps, settings etc. on it. I wouldn't be shocked at all if this is how it turns out.
Dash_Riprock
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They correctly guessed that the diehard fans will buy an incomplete console with barely any content. Far as I'm concerned the Switch doesn't truly launch until this Fall.
So no multiplayer until then?
black_vegeta
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Man, I don't want to LOL before I get to this in action but loooooool
You know how you're supposed to voice chat on the switch? That's how you'll access the browser as well.
This is depressing.
Incorrect. No voice chat and lobby creation.
Rebel Leader
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the nintendo website says:
Free trial period starts in March
so there will be multiplayer
Affeinvasion
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Is the Switch launching in the summer?
No? Software will handle its own matchmaking with its own servers.
This is about lobbies in the OS, outside of game matchmaking with friends. You're not going to pipe software matchmaking to an app to then pipe that over your wifi to matchmake to then pipe back to the app and then back to the system to get into a game. This is pretty much impossible to keep synced.
Reminds me of how the 3DS didn't get the eShop or the browser until an update three months after launch.
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I'd venture a guess you're in the minority there.
Everything about the app and services makes it sound like the only reason it's free is that it's the open beta period during the summer to nail out all the bugs, before becoming a paid product in the fall.
Skittzo0413
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This app enables OS level party chat/matchmaking/lobbies. Online multiplayer is handled independently by each game so you will not need this app for general online multiplayer. Nintendo's website says this much.
Art Teitlebaum
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There's a smartphone missing in there.
Just with random players.
Want to play with a friend or talk to them? Use the app bro
I know I am, I still love what I saw though.
Rebel Leader
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it was used to take the picture
just about everyone who's actually picked on up says opposite. so they are actually in the minority.
UnemployedVillain
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This makes it even stranger, if this is entirely how the system handles these features. They'r not seriously just going to bar crucial features from entire regions, especially in Nintendo's own home region, are they?
I really wish this had been elaborated on during the event. I feel like we're missing a LOT of crucial details
Well it sounds like the app will be free in their subscription service. So it'll never be a "paid" app, but to use it's functionality, you'll probably need a paid account
7DollarHagane
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I'll post it again because people seem to ignore it in favor of more lol nintendo posts.
Matchmaking is not something your game console does. It is something that game software and servers does. It is set up on a per game basis. The online service itself can tell what players status is but it does not actually control what games you get matched into. That's why matchmaking works differently in different games.
Something like Xbox live or PSN handles the voice chat and invites/friend lists but it does not control what game you get out in when you select quick play in overwatch. Overwatch and the overwatch servers do that.
It would be totally insane to think that Splatoon 2 doesn't have its own servers and in-software matchmaking that is unique to itself.
Matchmaking is not something your game console does. It is something that game software and servers does. It is set up on a per game basis. The online service itself can tell what players status is but it does not actually control what games you get matched into. That's why matchmaking works differently in different games.
Something like Xbox live or PSN handles the voice chat and invites/friend lists but it does not control what game you get out in when you select quick play in overwatch. Overwatch and the overwatch servers do that.
It would be totally insane to think that Splatoon 2 doesn't have its own servers and in-software matchmaking that is unique to itself.
That's not even it. Online gameplay is the only thing you're getting until the fall.
Dark Cloud
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I think some people are confused by "lobbies" and what lobbies he's talking about.
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I was talking about the necessity of yet another motion-control gimmick.
Chezzymann
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You got one on your phone tho
Hell why do you need Netflix on the switch its on your phone too
Hell why do you need GAMES on the switch? Just play smartphone games!
So can or can't you party with friends?
March 3rd.
Well to party with friends, that is, arrange for you and your friends to join a party and play together, you're gonna need the app.
I just checked, managing friends does NOT require the subscription, so it must be handled in the console itself.
Though why you'd want to add friends if you can't play online or chat with them is beyond me.
Why couldn't you? Can you play with friends in Mario Kart? Mario Kart handles this stuff on its own, it doesn't need OS level integration.
7DollarHagane
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Somehow people will miss this point and instead get even more upset about misunderstanding things that should be common sense by now.
That's the great thing about it, nobody knows!
Skittzo0413
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Without the app? It's not clear. It may be possible on a game by game basis just like the Wii U.
Nintendo is preparing us for when they go mobile...
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