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Nintendo Switch review: pure potential

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Re: Nintendo Switch review: pure potential

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throwaway91111 wrote: post #226
cwyers wrote: post #160

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I think the larger point is, anyone else would have had it at launch, because it would have been both a no-brainer and no big deal. Netflix is generally pretty good about supporting ports of their client to anything that can run it. There's also no Virtual Console, the eShop isn't available for review yet... and Nintendo has a terrible track record on online services. The Wii U was even further behind on such matters…

If Nintendo hadn't shipped a shitty Netflix app and instead got the console to work better it would have been worth buying.

I mean, they did neither. And Netflix would have done a lot of "free" work to put their app on the Switch.

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Post by flukus »

ashark wrote: post #58
kbenson wrote: post #47

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And tennis. And golf. And baseball. And many others where people either don't have or don't let their preconceptions steer their preferences. Motion controls never caught on because game studios aren't interested in making games locked to one console, and motion controls are far less standardized.

> And tennis. And golf. And baseball. Until you realize your standing-up-arm-waving strategy is being destroyed by the person sitting on the couch making little wrist flicks, who may as well be pushing buttons for all the motion they're making. And that person isn't experiencing severe RSI, the likes of which doesn't happen playing those sports for real , 5 minutes into the match.

That person is also not enjoying themselves. I am with my arm waving.

Re: Nintendo Switch review: pure potential

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Post by flukus »

coldpie wrote: post #2

This is a good review. Nice pictures, and some real-world usage scenarios, especially concerning battery life. I really wanted to like the Switch, but the addition of and focus on motion controls during their January press conference really killed it for me. Alternate input methods for games have failed, but Nintendo keeps pursuing this. My worry about the fact that the console supports motion controls is that games…

> Alternate input methods for games have failed, but Nintendo keeps pursuing this.

The switch support standard input methods and then some.

Re: Nintendo Switch review: pure potential

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Post by flukus »

zupreme wrote: post #259

Apologies to the naysayers and even the inevitable down voters but iOS and Android have already crushed the portable gaming market. The likelihood of dedicated hardware EVER getting back its previous glory is unlikely. Console gaming retains its luster because mobile simply cannot compete against consoles regarding graphics, audio quality, and so forth. Nintendo Switch enjoys no such benefits. There are already contr…

> The likelihood of dedicated hardware EVER getting back its previous glory is unlikely.

People that want good games with good input devices will always go with dedicated hardware. Most games simply can't be done on iOS/android.

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Post by flukus »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #302

Sorry, I feel like the portable-gaming system went the way of the compact camera, MP3 player....

> Sorry, I feel like the portable-gaming system went the way of the compact camera, MP3 player

So your saying they will still be bought by people that care about quality?

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Post by mastazi »

btschaegg wrote: post #211
nsxwolf wrote: post #139

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There were so many of those cheap little LCD clock modules with the two little buttons to set the time. They were crammed into absolutely everything. It was like we were thinking, we desperately want the future to be here, but we don't have the technology yet, so these will do.

This reminds me of a comment by Douglas Adams in which he pointed out the absurdity of regular clocks/watches going out of fashion at about the same time as pie charts became insanely popular (since a traditional watch works more or less exactly like a pie chart). While this is just a funny thing to notice, it really shows that both technical product design and fashion often depend more on a "look what we can do now!…

Remove the word "minimalism" from your comment and I'll upvote you ;-)

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Post by flukus »

diimdeep wrote: post #51

Off topic: How much time people spend in public laundry? In post Soviet countries and Russia almost all families, even poorest have washing machines, while public laundry used only for complex cleaning.

Public laundries aren't about the price of the waching machine but about having the space to put one.

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Post by komali2 »

Karunamon wrote: post #342
voltagex_ wrote: post #338

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Have Nintendo ever prioritised online play?

Splatoon is an online-first title and one of the best on the Wii U.

All I remember about Splatoon was that there was no way for me to play with my friends.

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Post by komali2 »

M_Grey wrote: post #245
MAGZine wrote: post #131

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Nintendo has a history of doing quirky things, in an effort to differentiate themselves. They've always been innovative. - Directional Pad (NES) - Shoulder buttons on controller (SNES) - third handle on a controller and controllers with expansion slots (N64) - portable gaming systems (starting with gameboy, which didn't even have a backlit screen) - subsequent iterations that included: folding designs (SP), Touch scr…

You can really divide that list into two distinct eras: Era 1: Nintendo is the head of the pack in software and hardware, and not afraid to try new things. -NES -Gameboy -SNES -Partly N64 -DS Transitional period: Gamecube. At this point it's pretty clear that Sony is bringing things to the table that Nintendo is struggling to match. It's not a bad console, the GC, and it ends up being almost laughably affordable, but…

I love my 3DS, I use it all the time... yet the 3D slider has remained in the "off" position since within 3 hours of purchase.
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