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oniyide on 01 January 2017
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twintail said:
Cloudman said:

Honestly, the only reason I would see the Switch needing constant online would be the option to play online, and even then it's not really necessary. Sure, playing online anywhere would be cool, but it is just as fine to play single player games, or play coop with someone on it. Portables have been fine like this since the beginning, so I don't think it suddenly needs that to be a good system. Also, I don't think because many devices are getting internet access means that consoles need them as well. Perhaps it would be nice, but if it's more of a hinderance to the system, there I don't really see any need for it.

In what way would it possibly be a hindrance?

Times have changed. If something was fine the way it was in the beginning, then we wouldnt have tech advancement in the first place.

Consistent online presence wouldn't be only for online play. Watch YT clips, look at FB feeds, etc. Of course for specific ppl these things ar enot required (like myself) but that doesn't mean the option wouldn't be greatly appreciated by a more casual audience, who these days want devices that can be as all-in-one as possible as opposed to multiple devices that function as different things.

This is partly why mobile gaming is such a big thing: you have your phone for messaging functionality and it can play games. 1 device, with everything you need to keep you entertained when you need to be. Besides, we live in a Smart world now. Aircons, lamps, kettles, rice cookers, bed sheets even: Smart functionality is everywhere.

So yeah, I agree not having 3G LTE is not important for me, or for you specifically. That doesn't change that such a feature could be important for countless other people, where mobile hardware is almost synonomous with phones/ tablets: the  very market a handheld has to compete with. 

I completly forgot about the YouTube netflix stuff. Yeah this thing might have a harder time then at least in the west IMHP