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So Nintendo just took the wraps off its next-gen console called Switch. Aside from this video, there isn't much information and no pricing was given either. Well, what do you think?
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I was expecting this. They have the best handheld on the market so it makes sense to bring that to the living room. Very clever and to me, less of a gimmick than with past consoles.
The Nintendo Switch doesn't have to be powerful. I just hope publishers are willing to bring over at least some of their titles in the near future.
As long as they can get us Zelda, Metroid, Mario, etc .. I will be happy.
I didn't see a price announced? I'm thinking at least $299. Anymore than that and people are going to get the PS4 Pro.
If I had one complaint, it's the name. Switch? I think they missed a great opportunity at having a fun product name. It's pretty obvious to most that you can 'switch' between handheld and home console.
One thing the pirate in me is excited about is the rom carts. lol ... kidding ... kinda. We will see how that works out for them. I am sure it's going to be locked down very very tightly.
Yeah ... I'm excited about this.
My biggest fear is lack of content and Nintendo titles taking forever to get to market. There honestly needs to be a new Mario, Zelda and Metroid ever year no questions asked.
That thing basically looks like they took a Vita and made it bigger. Which is totally fine with me, because in my opinion the Vita is technically hands down one of the best handheld consoles ever released. It's small, it sips battery, it can be on standby for well over a week, it's responsive, the graphics are good, and there's nothing unnecessary on it. On the other hands, my 3DS....
... is a pile of crap. The only reason I use my 3DS is because it has some exclusives I want to play. Technically it's just a gimmicky, laggy POS. It's a pity Sony abandoned the Vita as they have. I guess Nintendo finally realized that since their graphics tend to be mediocre anyway, why bother having a full console when the majority of it could run on a mobile GPU. Or maybe that dock provides some extra functionality when plugged in, a la the external laptop GPU's of late.
As far as Nintendo consoles are involved, the last thing I bought new was a Gamecube. I also have a Wii (not U), but that's only because I found it for relatively cheap at the thrift store... There are a surprising amount of Wii's being donated in general, more than any other console. I rarely see anything beyond maybe a PS1 for the other manufacturers. Might mean that a lot of parents get a Wii for their kids and then donate it later.
I am not a fan of handhelds so I did not like what I saw.
I am not a fan of handhelds so I did not like what I saw.
Hopefully the pricing is only $300'ish and there aren't 50 SKU's.
Why does Nintendo continue to hold onto the belief that they owe the world a gaming console every few years? This silly idea confirms that they know their future is in mobile gaming but refuse to develop for iOS/Android for some reason.
They absolutely need to become a software company and provide great peripherals for existing platforms. It just makes no sense for them to go this route when the market is saturated to the teeth with handheld devices that have the graphics performance of an Xbox 360 (phones/tablets).
Nintendo Switch is powered by the performance of the custom Tegra processor. The high-efficiency scalable processor includes an NVIDIA GPU based on the same architecture as the world’s top-performing GeForce gaming graphics cards.
The Nintendo Switch’s gaming experience is also supported by fully custom software, including a revamped physics engine, new libraries, advanced game tools and libraries. NVIDIA additionally created new gaming APIs to fully harness this performance. The newest API, NVN, was built specifically to bring lightweight, fast gaming to the masses.
I really hope this has an Tegra X-2, besides that looks very interesting.
Let's hope at the very least it's pascal based.According to Nvidia, it's a custom Tegra design. We'll probably find out more later on.
Probably $300 for the "base" handheld setup. Then another $100 for the dock and "Joy-Con Grip", another $60 for the pro controller, etc.
Why does Nintendo continue to hold onto the belief that they owe the world a gaming console every few years? This silly idea confirms that they know their future is in mobile gaming but refuse to develop for iOS/Android for some reason.
They absolutely need to become a software company and provide great peripherals for existing platforms. It just makes no sense for them to go this route when the market is saturated to the teeth with handheld devices that have the graphics performance of an Xbox 360 (phones/tablets).
I don't get it... All this says to me is that Nintendo is still putting minimal effort into their online functionality.
I'm not sure I care about online play. Sony and MS have that down to a science. Yet neither does face-to-face well at all. One reason the Wii was such a hit is because it brought people together and gave them games to play at parties and gatherings. Nintendo seems to be focusing on that again. I certainly hope online isn't as bad as it has been, but I'm okay if it isn't the primary focus.
I'm making a couple of assumptions:
1) No touchscreen. Once it's in the dock, there is no reason to have a touchscreen so having that be a core gameplay mechanic would be impossible. There will likely be limited "gimmicky" gameplay styles in most of the titles released..
And the market is ... what? Saturated with handhelds? Uhhh ... no. Nintendo is THE market for handhelds. What handhelds are you talking about?
Nintendo I think is perfectly comfortable with new hardware and in fact, it's good for all of us that they continue to release hardware. I read somewhere that Nintendo could lose 250 million a year for the next 25 years or something crazy and not be affected at all.
When you own the hardware its a whole completely different money game than when you have a few titles out here and there.
To me, Nintendo wouldn't be Nintendo without their own hardware.
It's kinda like Mcdonalds closing all their stores but that you could still go to Walmart and buy a Bigmac in the freezer section.
There has to be a touchscreen. Otherwise, how do you use it when there's no controllers connected? And if there's no touch, there's no backward-compatibility for 3ds titles.
Just because they concentrated on non-touch doesn't mean it's not there.
You don't need two separate screens, you can just split the screen like the 2DS does.
The Wii was absolutely shit as a primary gaming console though. I remember I didn't have a pc for a month and my wrists were fucking killing me because I 100% Mario Galaxy
I have to believe nobody wants to move around when they just get home and want to relax and play a game