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Re: Nintendo Switch

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Post by joesb »

rubyn00bie wrote: post #38

I admire Nintendo's effort but I think they need to make a phone to really compete and they need something graphically powerful. That is to say, they need to raise prices at launch of a new device to ensure the hardware has enough of a shelf life. Spending $300 on a portable for gaming after spending twice that on a phone capable of gaming seems like a hard sell to the mass market/casual gamer. Will this really be ab…

I like it when I my messaging app show notification when I do a presentation.

Can't wait for a sexting notification to show when I share my Phone screen to TV.

Re: Nintendo Switch

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Post by ianai »

eridius wrote: post #158
ianai wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At the same time I feel like they could sell their brand more often. They could have 5 smartphone games by now at least. Heck, they could do crazy things like branding an iPhone with Apple or an android manufacturer or you name it. They could make a mario cloud where you get to play VC in a browser. I feel like they're missing out on a ton of money. Sure all of those things would take capital, but they've got the IP…

They've historically been very averse to putting their IP on other platforms, and for a very good reason. Nintendo makes their money selling consoles, the games they develop are just ways to drive console sales. If they made their games for other platforms, that would cannibalize their console sales. This is why Nintendo's recent forays into iOS gaming are done by producing brand new unique games designed very differ…

That's a really good point. Maybe their core market is too narrow for even multiple hardware products.

Re: Nintendo Switch

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Post by __david__ »

ericzawo wrote: post #42

That[1] was masterful marketing of an upcoming videogame console on all fronts. From the beginning it emphasises mobility with a (hopefully good!) smartphone app to manage online/local wifi matches, as well as multiple levels of play while on the go. It's reasonably priced (matches current generation in total at the register) and has an incredibly diverse range of titles to be excited about this calendar year. It man…

> From the beginning it emphasises mobility with a (hopefully good!) smartphone app to manage online/local wifi matches…

Actually, this has me very worried. Putting down the controller and pulling out a smartphone to manage my online matches seems about the worst possible user interaction they could think of. No matter how good this smartphone app is (and really, is it going to be good?), it's going to pale in comparison to just selecting a menu on the console.

The fact that they said this at all makes me think they still haven't figured out online interactions. Microsoft and Sony have them down pat, all Nintendo really has to do is just copy them. But instead they're trapped in their own bizzaro world for some reason.

Re: Nintendo Switch

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Post by mathw »

Sniffnoy wrote: post #170
ericzawo wrote: post #42

That[1] was masterful marketing of an upcoming videogame console on all fronts. From the beginning it emphasises mobility with a (hopefully good!) smartphone app to manage online/local wifi matches, as well as multiple levels of play while on the go. It's reasonably priced (matches current generation in total at the register) and has an incredibly diverse range of titles to be excited about this calendar year. It man…

> It's reasonably priced (matches current generation in total at the register) Not if you want to get lots of controllers, though.

But it does come with two. Sure they not two dual-analogues, but you can play two-player Mario Kart with the pair of Joy-Cons (urgh, naming) that come with the system.

Re: Nintendo Switch

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Post by WillPostForFood »

michaelmrose wrote: post #162
djaychela wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My youngest stepson (10) just got one for Christmas (secondhand iPad mini 2). He's mostly gaming on it, and he loves it. Bear in mind he has access to an xbox one, too. He doesn't see the iPad as inferior; he certainly did the hudl that he sold in order to part fund the iPad purchase.

Sample size of one and do you really see the xbox one and the ipad mini as equally good game machines?

Games are the number 1 app category in the iOS app store. [1] and smartphone + tablet game market is bigger than either console or PC game market.[2] So people clearly see them as gaming devices.

[1]https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/global-games-market-rea... [2]https://www.statista.com/statistics/270291/popular-categorie...

Re: Nintendo Switch

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Post by greenspot »

A good plot twist:

Nintendo just sells these left & right Switch controllers you stick to the Switch screen BUT tries to get other smartphone manufacturers to integrate connectors to the left & right Switch controllers PLUS builds there own mobile phones. This is still the biggest bummer when playing games on phones—no physical buttons.

At the end of the day, Nintendo must get into the smartphone market and if it's just as a modded Android distribution or heck, just a pure Android with their own game app store (like Steam). They would have the killer properties to gain significant traction and enough users who would install a new app store just to play Mario (but they gave this opportunity away to Apple...).

Re: Nintendo Switch

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Post by joshschreuder »

actuator wrote: post #190
lightedman wrote: post #161

I already paid for the game and now I have to pay again for multiplayer, when the prior two generations were pretty much free MP (when it even worked, that is.) Why, Nintendo?

Well, seems like they are following the industry in this. You need Xbox Live Gold to play multiplayer on Xbox.

Same with Playstation multiplayer as of this gen (PS4).

The obvious answer would be that multiplayer servers cost money to run.

Re: Nintendo Switch

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Post by mathw »

lightedman wrote: post #161

I already paid for the game and now I have to pay again for multiplayer, when the prior two generations were pretty much free MP (when it even worked, that is.) Why, Nintendo?

Because maybe this time it'll let them do a proper online infrastructure? These things aren't free, something Microsoft put in up front from the start and theirs is now ridiculously solid.

Nintendo are apparently working with DeNA on this (as well as on the smartphone games) so hopefully it'll be worth the money.

Re: Nintendo Switch

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Post by joshschreuder »

daeken wrote: post #25

I haven't worked in game console hacking since the Wii days, but I'm getting a Switch day one to do just that. I can't wait to be able to use this as a hackable game tablet and be able to throw it on the dock to play emulated games on the TV. I really haven't seen anything like this before. I'm super excited to break it. Edit: For those interested in working on this or following along, I created a Discord server for…

I'm excited about this too, esoecially after the recent boom in /r/3dshacks and /r/vitahacks

Hopefully it won't take long for a jailbreak to emerge.

Re: Nintendo Switch

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Post by BipolarElsa »

illuminati1911 wrote: post #181

Overpriced, low battery life compared to iPad and only good game announced was 2011 released Skyrim. If Nintendo wants to stay in game business they need to get serious. This press info was much worse than I expected it to be.

Nintendo sold the switch based on a gimmick. Who knows if the sheeple will make it pay off.

I'm pretty sure my iPad has the same level of graphical output as the Switch.

Nintendo is completely out of touch.

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