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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Switch online requires Phone App? Why is no one talking about this?

Intrinsic on 18 January 2017

I always thought this was just an option. Or an added feature or something. But unless its some sort of massive mistake, Reggie just confirmed it as an "elegant solution" to aproblem that doesn't even exist.

The smart phone app that we’re creating, that will be part of our online service, we believe is going to be a very compelling part of the overall proposition because that’s how you’ll voice chat, that’s how you’ll do your matchmaking, and create your lobby. We also think it’s a very elegant solution because if you’ve taken your switch on the go, you’ve put yourself in a hotspot, you’re looking at get a quick match of Mario Kart in, to whip out some sort of bulky, gamer headset is a bit of a challenge.

So we think we’ve got an elegant solution. That’s a very specific answer to your question.

How is this even possible? Why???? So to game online on the switch you will need to have a smartphone? And this is an elegant solution? And don't forget, this online service i also a paid service.

I don't know, this coupled with the news that at launch the switch won't do netflix or youtube or have a browser.... the only thing i can think of is that they are doing this to keep the OS footprint as low as possible. so more of its available ram is left for games. And i honestly think that is a stretch.

This is 2017 for crying out loud.



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Adamblaziken on 18 January 2017

I dont take that as the only option at all. Seems like a nice "option" to me. Not the only one



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osed125 on 18 January 2017

I think is has been discussed a lot.

My two cents is that it makes sense, the biggest selling point of the Switch is to take it outside with you, you have the option to use voice chat in those situations. Is this a feature that a lot of people will use? probably not, but the option is there.

What is stupid is that there's no voice chat on the console itself (at least from what we know so far), I don't see why Nintendo can't have both the app and the voice chat in the console, give people more options.



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Zkuq on 18 January 2017
Intrinsic said:

This is 2017 for crying out loud.

That's probably why there's going to be an app for this. In 2017, everything must have an app.



Faelco on 18 January 2017

It's surely the most ridiculous thing announced about the Switch so far, especially when you need to pay for.... this...



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PotentHerbs on 18 January 2017

So wait, does this app apply to just the portable Switch? That wouldn't be too bad.



Adamblaziken on 18 January 2017

Seriously why are we assuming that meant that was the only option. Clearly not what it was saying



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monocle_layton on 18 January 2017

"Why is no one talking about this?"

The paid online and the price tag is literally the only two things people have been talking about since the release. What universe are you living in?



Faelco on 18 January 2017
Adamblaziken said:
Seriously why are we assuming that meant that was the only option. Clearly not what it was saying

When he says "the phone app is how you'll voice chat, do your matchmaking and create your lobby", it clearly indicates that the phone app is needed for that, which is consistent with every other announcement about it: every time they talk about the online, they talk about this app.



Adamblaziken on 18 January 2017
Faelco said:
Adamblaziken said:
Seriously why are we assuming that meant that was the only option. Clearly not what it was saying

When he says "the phone app is how you'll voice chat, do your matchmaking and create your lobby", it clearly indicates that the phone app is needed for that, which is consistent with every other announcement about it. 

So it couldnt mean that on top of how you have always done it. There is another convenient way we added to do those things?



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