Intrinsic said:
Nautilus said:
The DS4 cable is roughtly one meter long.I dont see how you can play a game confortably in that setup, unless you sit right next to a power socket.As for your last point, you are better than this.Fanboy in this context(and be honest, thats what you basically called me in that analogy) is as the same as calling me an idiot.But lets stop this here, I dont want to go down that hole.
You are still missing my point. It doesnt matter if the DS4 cable is 30cm long. It still allows you be able to charge and play simultaneously. And its also using a generic USB cable, meaning I could have it plugged into my laptop and charge while playing on my TV, I could use the charger for my phone....etc. All these things you are saying is not answering the one thing I can saying. You want to shut me up? then tell me how I can play the switch on my TV and charge the controller at the same time. Without spending an additional $30
Im not gobbling up whatever they throw.I find the acessories price horrible.The Joy-con(the pack) could have been 10 to 20 dollars cheaper and the Pro Controllers price would be ideal at 60 dollars for example.Their online offering(so far) seems really bad too.That one game per month for that month only is especially bad.But I wont deny when Nintendo made a good choice, and one of them being the battery life inside the joy con.Lets assume that the average hardcore gamer plays 5 hours a day.Thats 4 days without recharging.I get that for you that is unnaceptable for it not recharging on the grip, but for the majority of the costumers, it simply wont be an issue.When they finish playing the game, they will simply go to the main unit and put the joycons in it and reacharge them.If they forget one day, no proble, they still have 15 hours and so on.But for people that want the "complete" package, they are selling a grip with a recharger.Thats why there is one.
Well thats all good. But you still don't get it. It doesn't matter if the battery life is 3hrs or 100hrs. It is just extremly flawed engineering to omit such a little feature, to omit something that means you limit or inhibit how your product is used for whatever their reason. But it gets a lot worse when you consider that they actually thought about it. Thy actually realized this would be something useful to some people and even though its something every console in history has been able to do. Then decide to charge you seperately for it. Thats just wrong. And again, we are talking about a USB port here. You know they grip they sell for $10 without the USB port, they could make the same thing with a USB port and earphone jack, sell it for $5 and still make a profit. Yet the sell one with a USB port for $30???!!!
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Just remember, we are talking about a USB port. I didn't bitch this much about the 32GB of storage becase at least the system comes with some storage and its easy to add in more. But this is a USB port, and this means that for something nintendo markets primarily as a home console, meaning they expect you to use it primarily on your TV (their silly marketing not mine, left to me they should market it as a handheld) they somehow made it such that you can't charge the controllers and play on the TV at the same time unless you spend extra money.
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And you are missing my point.It does matter if the cable is 30 cm long or 1 meter long.It dosent matter if in theory you could recharge it and play nonstop, if in practice that wont be happening unless you buy an extention or something of the like.It would leave you in the same situation as the joycon.
As for the other point, I think in the end its a matter of preference and most importantly, what the general public find acceptable or not.The first thing they need to do is to see, outside of wether it has appeal, is if the product is good enough for the public.And I think we can all agree that 20 hours baterry life is more than good enough for most people that will end up buying the Switch.And after that, they need to look over their own interests.They are a company after all, and they want profits.And, for better or for worse, it is an added value, no matter how small it is or even if its just an USB port.And they also would have to include a recharge cable in the bundle(there isnt one as far as I know), which would also decrease their profit margin.As a consumer, sure it is worse for us, as any product with less features would be(and that sincerely can be applied to everything.Even the most high-quality of products could still put more features in it, the costs and price is the only thing betwenn them).The point Im trying to make, its that as things stand, its more than good enough.And for people that are not satisfied, there is the option.We need to remember that after all, this is a futility and a luxury(consoles and games in general).
