Pemalite said:
superchunk said:
Putting out a game console without bloat. An efficient, fast OS that does its core purpose perfectly. Reduce need for overhead in CPU and RAM. Most people won't care as they have many other devices already too do this. Same reasons to not include DVD or Blu-ray functionality when the discs we actually the same technology. Reasons.
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That's a terrible excuse. The Switch is likely built from a fork of Android which itself has roots dating back to *nix.
Plus, you can load apps into memory on demand, so it doesn't take away resources whilst you are gaming. - The Xbox 360 did it. And did it with only 32Mb of Ram for the OS and still ended up with Netflix.
The Switch likely has more memory reserved for the OS than the Xbox 360.
On top of that you need to use a second device like a phone just for voice chat on the Switch, was it really that difficult for Nintendo to include a microphone built-in for a few cents and use a voice-chat app on the Switch?
Certainly better than having to juggle two devices at once.
As for Blu-Ray. I'm hoping for a revision of the Switch dock that includes a Blu-Ray drive one day.
The Tegra has the decode blocks to handle it, but I guess that is a misplaced hope, Nintendo hasn't really cared about what consumers want in regards to multimedia capabilities.
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Yes there are older devices that run Netflix. But that is also ignoring whether Netflix sees value in creating yet another one off app.
Why would you juggle two devices? When you're playing you'd have Bluetooth headphones and the phone in your pocket.
I agree that I'd rather have the option all on the one device. But Nintendo has decided to focus on its core purpose. I recognize there are reasons for this and the risks are minimal as most, not you, won't care about the lack of Netflix, etc.
