Nintendo Switch
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- futuremongolian3
Dear god gamers are whinging babies. This looks fun.
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It's all about the games. This is a 3DS/Wii Hybrid.
Expect the 3rd party support of a 3dS at the least. Skyrim on a Nintendo console seems promising.
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Only thing is if they discontinue the 3ds they will not have a cheap toylike thing that is plastic and durable. Maybe there will be a switch "lite" to replace 3ds' durability.
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Nintendo may as well focus on portable. The Hardcores are hitting VR.
The Wii had it right when it came to immersion but even that got old because it was not a fully immersive experience like real VR.
- Let's not pretend people were clamouring for VR when the Wii came out.i_monk
- not at all. ninty seemed ahead of the game and then said "ah, fuck it"********
- inteliboy0
hate the logo and type, the thing looks like another console of bits and pieces - more plastic junk for the living room - and that video is vomit worthy.
BUT playing zelda, mario and skyrim on the fly? waat. pretty damn nice. I barely have time to play any video games these days, so a console like this could be a good way to sneak in sessions here and there.
- autoflavour0
i am a life long nintendo fan.. i have pretty much only owned nintendo systems.. i had a xbox and a dreamcast back in the day, but never bothered with any other console..
i was skeptical about the wii u.. but in the end it was usable although not as fun as the Wii ..
this just looks like a dogs breakfast of small parts all of which will get lost, broken and snapped off.
that fucking kickstand will break within days..
also what is with this ad..
"oh hai friends having a bbq on a cool rooftop, let me come over and be anti social and keep playing my game, not to mention distract the host also"
fucking what
- Yeah, because build quality has always been a problem with Nintendo products. Have a word with yourself, mate.face_melter
- inteliboy4
yeah Nintendo royally fucked up. The Wii remote still to this day feels amazing to use, just pointing through menus, playing wii sports... Shit is fun and intuitive. Actually feels like the next evolution of gaming.
There was a reason why Sony and MS went scrambling around to come up with their own versions of it.
By now Nintendo could have pushed through the "gimmick" off the wii, had a more refined console, a proper app store, and become head of the pack for VR and motion. Oh well.
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- pixel_niko
- ha, as if they ever put out a machine that could churn out a 3D mario of that qualitymonospaced
- CygnusZero40
I dont really get why they made an evolved version of their biggest console failure, but Im a moron and buy every console from Ninty, Sony and MS, but still really confused by it.
Sony and MS have like 60 million gamers wrapped up between them. The "hardcore" crowd. Nintendo did the smart thing with the Wii and backed away from that by targeting casuals. Then after that the casuals hit the road as mobile and tablets emerged, so who is left for nintendo to target?
It doesnt seem like dedicated handheld gaming machines are a big thing anymore. The Vita tanked, the 3DS only sold a fraction of what the DS did. So I dont know if this thing will be a success. I hope it is, but if it doesnt do that well I dont think any of us will be surprised.
I still think nintendo should get out of the hardware business and just spend all their resources on making software for others. Go full on 3rd party. Imagine what a Mario game would sell like if it came out for the PS4/X1. Wayyyy more than it will likely sell on the Switch.
- Dont forget, software sales is where these companies make their money. Not hardware. They often lose money on hardware. Game sales are their bread and butter.CygnusZero4
- you talk a lot of sense lately.fadein11
- I don't want Nintendo to be a 3rd party. They are excellent toy makers and industrial designers and I would miss their work.********
- Sega lost so much as a 3rd party. They had excellent hardware.********
- It's N's policy not to lose money on hardware sales.i_monk
- I get that they are toy makers, but times change. Couldnt they thrive more as a 3rd party developer? Just seems to me that they would.CygnusZero4
- Sega doesnt have the franchises nintendo has. Really, who cares that much about sonic? Mario and Zelda are beloved though.CygnusZero4
- Disagree. Sega was super beloved and had equal mind share in their day.********
- antonyjwhite-2
Massive gimmick. Just like Nintendo with their recent consoles basing the main experience on the gimmicks people will use under 1% of the time.
- ok_not_ok3
- lol would work if the bubble was coming out of the face on the tv********
- lol would work if the bubble was coming out of the face on the tv
- sted0
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- total roasting********
- why do people do this before they even try it?monospaced
- For the views.i_monk
- it's their schtick.inteliboy
- total roasting
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So this is the first console you can take a shit with ?
- only if you disregard the psvita, psp, nintendo ds, gameboys, sega game gear, atari lynx...ernexbcn
- None of those were consoles. It's like calling an iPad a desktop computer.i_monk
- Ernex burn********
- not if you ask the Gamecube https://s-media-cach…scarabin
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keep reading nintendo sandwich...
- Jaline0
Anyone have one yet? Apparently the Zelda game is amazing.
More games to be released soon.