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Nuvendil on 08 December 2016
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Boberkun said:

KLAMarine said:

 What do you mean?

Everyone and their grandma hates "giant uncomfortable" Wii U pad. It's magically non-issue now with Switch. 

1) the Switch unit is smaller than the gamepad (which is a truly sad commentary on the Gamepad)

2) the Switch has two other means of controlling it when not using it for off tv play that are not bulky at all that came bundled in, the Wii U did not.

3) the GamePad was bulky for no adequate reason, here the size is a trade off for the specs they are achieving.  Making it any thinner would limit the chipset, remove the fan, limit the clock speed, and limit how much they could augment the Tegra in the system.  Shrinking the GamePad would have cost us...a front facing camera and speaker size.  Yeah, not an even exchange.  

GhaudePhaede010 said:
Nuvendil said:

Also means possibility of active cooling.  This thing sits at the absolute cusp of being incapable of having a fan in it.  I will gladdly trade pocketability for being able to run at a higher clock.  And right now it certainly looks like it has a fan in it.  

Soundwave: I put everything in my jean pockets. Of course, I wear jnco and kikwear pants so everything fits in my large pockets.

 

Nuvendil: The console must have the fan in it because the dock seems to be missing a fan...

1) Soundwave was not saying that it would fit in his pocket, he's saying that no one puts their handhelds in their pockets cause that long ago became a bad idea.

2) No, I say the Switch has a fan because it has a fan vent on top that can plainly be seen in the reveal trailer and in this live demonstration:

And also because the Switch is just within the thickness range needed for a fan to fit.  It's only a bit thinner than the base/keyboard portion of the thinnes ASUS gaming laptops.  Take away the space needed for the keyboard (the Switch doesn't have one obviously) and bam, you are pretty dang close to the Switch's thickness.  Besides, an internal fan is crucial to getting the most out of a system and getting consistent performance while controlling heat.  A fan in the dock would be a neat supplement but it would not be an adequate replacement for an internal fan.  I've been saying the device itself has a fan inside since the reveal, regardless of what the dock has.