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Re: Nintendo Switch Teardown

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Post by nicky0 »

georgemcbay wrote: post #39
aaron-lebo wrote: post #8

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Yes, the docked mode is grating at times. You've got these great mechanics and beautiful world but constant input lag. Very frustrating. I'd prefer to be able to sit down and play on a TV at a higher resolution, but it's a worse experience. It effectively makes it a mobile game. It's 2017! 1080p or 60fps should be the minimum. To be fair that's not doable at $300 on a mobile gpu, but as a console that's rough. re: sc…

Even ignoring the underwhelming performance, it seems ridiculous that you can't just choose to run in 720p mode when docked. I'd rather have my TV upscale the content than have the game be close to unplayable due to lag... the engine is clearly capable of rendering to a 720p framebuffer since it does that when not docked, just add an option to let me do that when docked...

Can't you set to 720p in screen settings?

Re: Nintendo Switch Teardown

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Post by _ph_ »

gdulli wrote: post #26
overcast wrote: post #3

The dock is pretty underwhelming from what I've seen. There is no protection for the screen, sliding in between two pieces of plastic. Pretty cheap, for a premium priced, and well engineered hybrid device, that will be taken in and out. Semi-relevant. Breath of Wild looks like such a fantastic game, but it's completely ridiculous that the performance is often times WORSE in the docked mode. I'm hoping this is just cr…

I don't know how they justify selling it at the same price as the current gen consoles. You also have to pay extra for a real controller.

Because its a console which also is a mobile device. It not only comes with one controller, but, depending on the game, the JoyCons allow two players to share them. Without buying additional hardware. They also happen to be complete Wiimotes with motion tracking - something you had to buy extra before. And of course, it is the best and most powerful gaming hardware made by Nintendo. A PS4 is cheaper and has more GPU power, if you don't mind it being a big box. And it doesn't play the Nintendo games.

Re: Nintendo Switch Teardown

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Post by Rapzid »

overcast wrote: post #3

The dock is pretty underwhelming from what I've seen. There is no protection for the screen, sliding in between two pieces of plastic. Pretty cheap, for a premium priced, and well engineered hybrid device, that will be taken in and out. Semi-relevant. Breath of Wild looks like such a fantastic game, but it's completely ridiculous that the performance is often times WORSE in the docked mode. I'm hoping this is just cr…

My biggest beef with the dock is that the switch ROCKS in it. If you press the game card side down you will experience this. Sloppy :(

Re: Nintendo Switch Teardown

#65

Post by Larrikin »

MBCook wrote: post #19
overcast wrote: post #3

The dock is pretty underwhelming from what I've seen. There is no protection for the screen, sliding in between two pieces of plastic. Pretty cheap, for a premium priced, and well engineered hybrid device, that will be taken in and out. Semi-relevant. Breath of Wild looks like such a fantastic game, but it's completely ridiculous that the performance is often times WORSE in the docked mode. I'm hoping this is just cr…

I really do wonder how optimized the game is. From what I've heard (I'm waiting for a good digital foundry comparison video) it sounds like the game plays identically on the WiiU and the Switch in docked mode. The only difference is that the WiiU version runs at 720p instead of 900p. We know this started as a WiiU game, i'm wondering if this is another twilight princess where they did very little except up the resolu…

Has there ever been a game released within a year of the launch of a console that displayed the power of the console? It usually takes a few years to really get the full power of the console

Re: Nintendo Switch Teardown

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Post by frei »

frik wrote: post #63
simplemath wrote: post #57

You are a bit underwhelmed. Got it

I listed some fair constructive criticism of minor things that came to my mind trying it out to an overall great new game console. You seem to be trolling, got it.

The repetition of the word 'underwhelmed' seems intentional, but the reason for it is unclear. It's distracting to the point that the actual content of comment is lost on the reader.

Re: Nintendo Switch Teardown

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Post by Rapzid »

on_and_off wrote: post #46
gdulli wrote: post #26

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I don't know how they justify selling it at the same price as the current gen consoles. You also have to pay extra for a real controller.

the joycons are real controllers too :). So far I don't want to switch to a classical controller. Especially since I use the gyroscope of the right joycon in order to aim more precisely.

The pro controller has gyro as well.

Re: Nintendo Switch Teardown

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Post by bcook »

kalleboo wrote: post #21
overcast wrote: post #13

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Depressing. I was going to wait till much later to even consider purchasing this. But I definitely won't be until that's addressed. Why isn't the screen glass?!

> Why isn't the screen glass?! Durability when handled roughly by children?

I dunno. My ~3 year old neice has her own aging, hand-me-down iPad that she mistreats like it was any other $5 toy and it's been going strong for maybe 2 years.

Re: Nintendo Switch Teardown

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Post by Strom »

overcast wrote: post #42
Strom wrote: post #37

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If the screen is behind something like Gorilla Glass [1] like all the other tablets on the market, then that plastic will never scratch the screen. This is due to the way scratching and physics work. [2] A good reference is Mohs scale of mineral hardness [3]. Generally speaking, a softer material will not scratch a harder material. Plastics are really soft, glass and toughened glass are strong. There's a pretty good…

It's not. The screen is plastic. I know how material hardness works.

Interesting that you would call a plastic screen tablet well engineered. I imagine the dock is going to be the least of anyone's worries when they use this as an actual mobile device. Everything will scratch the plastic.

Re: Nintendo Switch Teardown

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Post by Domenic_S »

Strom wrote: post #69
overcast wrote: post #42

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It's not. The screen is plastic. I know how material hardness works.

Interesting that you would call a plastic screen tablet well engineered . I imagine the dock is going to be the least of anyone's worries when they use this as an actual mobile device. Everything will scratch the plastic.

The screen and digitizer are not fused, which means if you can handle the bezel adhesive (and get the replacement part), screen replacement isn't an issue. Compare against.. pretty much every other tablet.
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