WSJ: Nintendo prioritizing peripherals over hardware revisions with the Switch

[Ganoncrotch]

shikamaru317 said:

Ganoncrotch said:

You've got a device slightly larger than a mobile phone that can run Doom 2016 for about 3-4 hours on a single charge.

1. How small do you want the device to be while still featuring a full Dualshock worth of buttons and sticks.

2. You get close to 5 hours from the Switch on a single charge, you can get a 10,000MAH battery bank to double that from Amazon giving you 10 hours if you're going on a long trip.... how long do you go in reality without coming in contact with a power outlet? I mean most buses and trains have usb charging facilities here.

1. A bit bigger than a Vita sounds good to me, but with 2 shoulder buttons of course. Something like this, maybe a tad bigger. Just the right size to fit in a front jeans pocket.

2. It's more like 3 hours on the more graphically demanding games like Zelda. A decent 10,000 mAH battery pack costs a good $40. I already find $300 for Switch quite steep, no way I'm paying an extra $40 on top of it. 

Mind boggling, the games cost 60 for the AAA stuff anyway so if $40 (god knows where that would be from, my 10kMAH pack cost me €10 ) would be a deal breaker for you then maybe the system just isn't for you.

That vitaesque shaping of the system doesn't factor in the obvious increase depth required for a second set of shoulder buttons... and again the fact that you are looking for a machine with even more compact tech than it currently has while increasing the battery life and reducing the cost so you could afford it still, simply put your issues with the Switch can't be solved by Nintendo.

 

http://nintendoeverything.com/wp-content/uploads/battery-life.png

for info, games like doom can last around 3 hours without wifi and lower brightness settings, all the way up to the port of the ps4 disgaea 5 on the system which can give you over 7 hours from a single charge... again thou, do you go for 3 hours in a day without going near a usb port or wall socket?.... do you go 7 hours?