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Re: Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]

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Post by Raphmedia »

tvanantwerp wrote: post #35

Of the featured use cases, gaming on a plane is the only one that made a ton of sense to me. (Binging on Stardew Valley on a laptop during my last trip to China actually helped a lot with jet lag recovery.) The other featured cases, I'm not so sure. I definitely miss the days of my youth when my friends and I huddled around a TV split four ways. But I also don't see us returning to gaming together in person either. T…

> But I also don't see us returning to gaming together in person either.

Really? I gather with friends to play Smash on a gamecube every two weeks or so. Bring a few beers, play some good music, pass the controllers around and it's lots of fun. I also co-op a lot with my girlfriend.

Re: Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]

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Post by mratzloff »

If there's a "switch" here, it's Nintendo finally taking feedback from customers and third parties seriously.

Console with graphical power that rivals Xbox One and PS4. Check.

Industry-standard architecture and tooling (Unity), allowing third parties to flood in. Check.

Blends their successful portable division with their console division (this has been a common refrain for awhile now). Check.

They already addressed multiplayer, although they could go further with that.

This is going to be a major windfall for them.

Re: Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]

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Post by mcphage »

qwertyuiop924 wrote: post #25
pimeys wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I still have fond memories when we gathered together after school with friends to play some Mario Kart or Smash Bros. It's still damn fun!

Oh yeah. Dropping LMP isn't just dumb from a "fun" perspective, it's also a stupid business decision: LMP is the one place where Consoles are inarguably superior to PCs. By tossing it out, you're tossing away a major selling point for your system.

> Dropping LMP isn't just dumb from a "fun" perspective, it's also a stupid business decision [...] By tossing it out, you're tossing away a major selling point for your system.

It seems to have worked out pretty well for Sony and Microsoft—and the manufacturer that does still focus on LMP (Nintendo) is struggling. So I don't think it's actually a major selling point.

I mean, I wish it were; that's one of the things that I love best about Nintendo hardware. But it really doesn't seem like it is.

Re: Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]

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Post by pimeys »

theDoug wrote: post #50
pimeys wrote: post #3

Their stock price also went up over one billion today. http://www.polygon.com/2016/10/20/13344202/nintendo-nx-share...

Close concept, but it's important to know that market cap is different than stock price!

Some day I learn how to write a comment before submitting :) Nice catch.

Re: Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]

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Post by scrabble »

wmeredith wrote: post #16
6stringmerc wrote: post #5

Very clever. Anchor for home, and again trying for the mobile area where their creativity really worked (3DS). I'll be curious in the system specs and the decisions they made - such as having that apparent card slot. Hooray for the headphone jack. I'll never understand the marketing motivation to show a bunch of people getting together for a social gathering and togetherness, then cram together to watch / play on som…

Yeah, the two people playing Mario Kart split screen on that thing was laughable.

It's brilliant. I have kids, and I could definitely see it coming places like the car where the kids are able to play together, or where I am able to play with the kids.

Re: Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]

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Post by eropple »

norea-armozel wrote: post #39
eropple wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> the fact they got Skyrim in the trailer is a great promise of its graphical prowess Skyrim is a five-year-old game at this point. It's not exactly an indication of graphical horsepower.

It's likely the Special Edition Skyrim release which uses Fallout 4's engine.

It could be, sure. Which has minimum specs well south of even the PS4, release date merely three years ago. I'm not saying it's a bad game. (Skyrim is the last Bethesda game I enjoyed--man, FO4 was bad.) But it is not really a benchmark in 2016.

This is a higher-end Tegra. It's impressive-for-a-mobile-chip, but mobile chips still aren't really impressive. Maybe the base has additional GPU muscle or something, who knows. But the existence of a video-rendered Skyrim on-screen isn't really indicative of "graphical prowess" in the first place.

Re: Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]

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Post by slantyyz »

zelias wrote: post #23

Nintendo has been trying to blend mobile and console gaming since the Gamecube (anyone else remember the GBA link??). I think they've finally succeeded in a way that can make the transition between the two seamless. In a space currently dominated by two nearly-identical competitors (XBONE and PS4), I think Nintendo has the opportunity to capture a large portion of the market.

I'm very intrigued by this console. I switched to Steam after the PS3 and thought I'd never get a TV based console again.

I really love the slide-in controllers.

A few things I hope for would be:

* Open specs for the slide-in controllers so that third parties can satisfy various niches (like the fighting game community)

* A standard USB-C or micro-USB charging port so that people can use their existing power banks/chargers

* A well implemented eStore (with purchases that aren't bound to a single device) with a huge back catalog of games from their older consoles

* Compatibility with Nintendo's older wireless controllers

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