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monocle_layton on 09 February 2017
160rmf said:
etking said:

Nintendo fans love it. But other players mostly think it is a boring Skyrim clone for children with outdated gameplay and very bad graphics. But since it is a launch title and also releases on Wii-U, my guess is 3 Mio. Switch and 1 Mio. Wii-U, 4 Mio. total.

Initial sales will be much lower but the Switch version will probably have long legs, provided that the Metascore will be above 80. The fact that they changed the classic and succesful Zelda formula may lead to heavy surprises in the rating department.

Do you already own the game? Pls do a review thread

 

NATO said:
Alkibiádēs said:

The Wii U pro controller lasted 80 hours while actively playing.

My someone's looking silly just about now. 

That's funny, because off of a full charge mine only lasts about 33 hours of actual gameplay (XCX, Fatal frame and a bit of MK8), which is less than half the advertised and much repeated time of 80 hours, and it was only a month old at the time.

Again, both the 80 hours for the wiiu pro controller and the 40 for the switch are estimates for minimal input.

Conversely, my standard xbox one controller lasts about the same as the wiiu pro controller did, when using a set of eneloop rechargable AA batteries.

So if we estimate that the realistic battery life of the controller under heavy use is say.. half the estimated, that puts the switch pro controller at 20 hours give or take a few., significantly less than my xbox one controller under the same usage.

So where's your "vastly suprior" now?

Does it really matter? Who plays games for more than three hours at once? A 10 hour battery is good enough 



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arcaneguyver on 09 February 2017

If your TV has a headphone jack, you can buy an extension cord for your headphones, cost $10 or less on Amazon. Had to do that last gen when living with other people in an apartment. Not nearly as convenient as plugging your headphones into your controller, but it works. I even bought a splitter, so I could have both headphones & speakers plugged in all the time, muting the TV when it was headphones time.

Monitors without a headphone jack seems more problematic.



NATO on 09 February 2017
monocle_layton said:

Does it really matter? Who plays games for more than three hours at once? A 10 hour battery is good enough 

it doesn't matter at all, but i like anouying him

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Aerys on 09 February 2017

I guzsss if you see Switch as à handheld and not à réal full home console , thé TV mode is jsut à bonus so its okay if it doesnt have important home console features



Predictions for end of 2014 HW sales:

 PS4: 17m   XB1: 10m    WiiU: 10m   Vita: 10m

 

Goodnightmoon on 09 February 2017
NATO said:
Alkibiádēs said:

The Wii U pro controller lasted 80 hours while actively playing.

My someone's looking silly just about now. 

That's funny, because off of a full charge mine only lasts about 33 hours of actual gameplay (XCX, Fatal frame and a bit of MK8), which is less than half the advertised and much repeated time of 80 hours, and it was only a month old at the time.

Again, both the 80 hours for the wiiu pro controller and the 40 for the switch are estimates for minimal input.

Conversely, my standard xbox one controller lasts about the same as the wiiu pro controller did, when using a set of eneloop rechargable AA batteries.

So if we estimate that the realistic battery life of the controller under heavy use is say.. half the estimated, that puts the switch pro controller at 20 hours give or take a few., significantly less than my xbox one controller under the same usage.

So where's your "vastly suprior" now?

How long is the Dualshock 4 battery?



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NATO on 09 February 2017
Goodnightmoon said:
NATO said:

That's funny, because off of a full charge mine only lasts about 33 hours of actual gameplay (XCX, Fatal frame and a bit of MK8), which is less than half the advertised and much repeated time of 80 hours, and it was only a month old at the time.

Again, both the 80 hours for the wiiu pro controller and the 40 for the switch are estimates for minimal input.

Conversely, my standard xbox one controller lasts about the same as the wiiu pro controller did, when using a set of eneloop rechargable AA batteries.

So if we estimate that the realistic battery life of the controller under heavy use is say.. half the estimated, that puts the switch pro controller at 20 hours give or take a few., significantly less than my xbox one controller under the same usage.

So where's your "vastly suprior" now?

How long is the Dualshock 4 battery?

Around 16 hours because I put a $5 2000 mAh battery in it, and make use of the light at dimming feature in the newer firmwares (which on its own dramatically improves the standard battery life) and much like every other controller I have, when I'm done playing it gets sat on the charge stand, both functional AND tidy.

Now the real question is, who plays for more than 8 hours at a time? Thus making the whole argument redundant to begin with.

You could have a battery that lasts forever but if your daily play time is under 10 hours, simply putting your controller in its dock in between play sessions makes having infinite battery redundant anyway.

P.s. the eneloops in my Xbox one controller take half as long to charge as the stated time listed by Nintendo for the switch, too.



Goodnightmoon on 09 February 2017
NATO said:
Goodnightmoon said:

How long is the Dualshock 4 battery?

Around 16 hours because I put a $5 2000 mAh battery in it, and make use of the light at dimming feature in the newer firmwares (which on its own dramatically improves the standard battery life) and much like every other controller I have, when I'm done playing it gets sat on the charge stand, both functional AND tidy.

Now the real question is, who plays for more than 8 hours at a time? Thus making the whole argument redundant to begin with.

Yeah, nice way to avoid a direct answert: 4 hours.

You try to argue that pro doesn't have a vastly superior battery when Ps4 gamepad has 4 hours and XBO gamepad doesn't even have a battery to beggin with. Even if Pro lastsd 20 hours instead of 40 still has a vastly superior battery, there is no way to spin that.



Goodnightmoon on 09 February 2017

-Doble post-



Goodnightmoon on 09 February 2017

-Double post again -_-



NATO on 09 February 2017
RolStoppable said:
NATO said:

Around 16 hours because I put a $5 2000 mAh battery in it, and make use of the light at dimming feature in the newer firmwares (which on its own dramatically improves the standard battery life) and much like every other controller I have, when I'm done playing it gets sat on the charge stand, both functional AND tidy.

Now the real question is, who plays for more than 8 hours at a time? Thus making the whole argument redundant to begin with.

Where were you when we talked about the Joycon grip that comes with the Switch system? You know, the grip that doesn't allow you to charge the Joycons.

You would have been a great help.

It's less of an issue of battery life and more of an issue of money gouging.