Patter Song posted:

Yeah, "cartridge" is rather misleading. They'd be glorified flashcards like the 3DS uses.

As for improvements in storage, just last week Samsung announced these babies:



A Blu-Ray can hold 50 GB.

sarmhan posted:

If the rumors about the final version using the 2X are true, this could be a really good device, as long as the price point isn't outrageous. If it's the 1X i'm not super optimistic about its future.

Boten Anna posted:

The touch screen is going to be that you connect any iPhone or Android device to it to use as a second screen and any features that require touch, calling it now.

Trent posted:

Stupid from what perspective? Amiibos make bank for Nintendo. You know it's a business right, and also not designed to please you personally?

Also, I will defend the N64 controller until the end of time. The analog stick is trash, but that's an engineering problem that was mostly caused by Mario party and solved in the next gen. The three prong approach was obviously not adopted moving forward, but it was innovative in many ways that mattered. It was a great advancement for its time, though obviously far from perfect.

I really don't even think the wiiu controller needs defending, it's so good. If anything it shows Nintendo is naïve about third party effort, but Splatoon and Mario maker proved it's worth. Heck, even WWHD and pikmin3 made excellent use of it, and NSMBU boost mode is fun as hell

InFlames235 posted:

Oh man the thought of Zelda with PC graphics is mind boggling.

Kashuno posted:

so much tech these days is like "Here is this new product, it's available tomorrow morning go hog wild" maybe nintendo is the first game company to do that

s.i.r.e. posted:

They're great... for casuals. heh.

Zonekeeper posted:

Looks like no touch capability, so 3DS backwards compatibility seems to be out of the question. Still, it looks great.

whaley posted:

cartridges are cheaper to produce than blu-rays. it's funny seeing people try to argue from a position of us living in 1995

sinking belle posted:

lol I wonder how many months EA will spend supporting this thing

Maple Leaf posted:

So I'm not seeing a disc drive on the tablet or the home dock. I wonder if backwards compatibility is a thing?

Pureauthor posted:

Does this thing have a touchscreen?

I hope it has a touchscreen.

ArmyOfMidgets posted:

The TINIEST D-pad ever made

Saoshyant posted:

Phimosissy posted:

There sure are a lot of stupid posts in here today

Midnightghoul posted:

Imagine how much thinner the Switch would be if it used the industry standard Lightning port rather than the antique 3.5mm

Alucard Nacirema posted:

Not only is that not confirmed. Bethesda has even come out and said Skyrim may not even be coming to the NX and that Skyrim is just being used as a demo and an example of how Bethesda will be supporting the system in the future.

quote:

Update 2: While Bethesda's much beloved Skyrim was clearly shown during Nintendo's Switch reveal video, the publisher told us today that it's not officially confirming the game just yet. "We're happy to have had the opportunity to collaborate with Nintendo on the video. While we are not confirming any specific titles at this time, we are pleased to announce our partnership with Nintendo and support of the Switch. We look forward to revealing specific games and details in the future," a spokesperson said.

Philip Rivers posted:

It had poor framerate because the dev kits run on a Tegra X1 whereas the release unit might have an X2 or at least an upgraded custom chip.

Philip Rivers posted:

The chipset thing is true though

Super No Vacancy posted:

why are people buying this thing

8-bit Miniboss posted:

Have some clock speeds I guess:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-nintendo-switch-spec-analysis

Sakurazuka posted:

What were people expecting?

It's a portable console pretending to be a home one so Nintendo can say they're not dropping home consoles.

codenameFANGIO posted:

It is a million times better than Xbox hate thread wieners trying to snicker over hardware specs.

Fhate posted:

My friends and I are all in our thirties and our parties sometimes involve video games. We're not a bunch of sad, unemployed basement dwellers either.

Real hurthling! posted:

new rumors from laura saying that the battery life is longer than she first heard. 3 hours was for dev kits running in docked mode while not docked lol.

also says initial vc selection will be disappointing in scope and there are a few unannounced games that will be revealed on the 12th.

Takoluka posted:

Mighty No. 9 is good.

Stan Taylor posted:

Related: the Retronauts podcast recently did an episode about the VC on account of the ten year anniversary of it's debut and man it really is nuts how not great it's been in retrospect. The worst part of consoles is having to rebuy digital games every five years. Be like steam and I will buy so many more games from you Nintendo!

Jimmy Hats posted:

previously released amiibo will not be compatible with switch unless you pay a $2 upgrade fee

Guy Goodbody posted:

The Switch doesn't care about politics, it just wants everyone not have to sacrifice triple A graphics for gameplay innovation(or vice versa), both at home and on the go.

XyrlocShammypants posted:

300, they fuckd up

ImpAtom posted:

$300 is insane. How can they think anyone is going to pay more for it than a PS4?

twistedmentat posted:

So I'm confused, they said North America 299.99, does that mean that it will be 300bux Canadian and TrumpCoin? So that means Canadians aren't going to get screwed by price?