Switch OLED model just got announced.

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tsogud said:

mZuzek said:

Why is it a matter of "defending" Nintendo? There is nothing to defend or attack here. They announced a new hardware revision that does not affect me or you or anyone. It has no effect. Wanna buy it, buy it. Don't want to, don't. I agree the price is too high but it does not matter to anyone because it doesn't change the price of the product that was already there.

Nintendo does a lot of anti-consumer shit, but this is absolutely not it.

Edit: what's funniest here to me is how your side of the argument, the "non-Nintendo apologists", is angry at the fact that Nintendo has not announced a product that'd make you give Nintendo money. Yet my side, who is apparently "Nintendo apologists", is happy that they've given me no reason to give them more money.

I think the problem here is, at least with me, is that most people are posting "hahah good I don't want a switch pro" "they shouldn't make a switch pro" "switch pro would just make games run like shit" when honestly none of that makes any sense if you're thinking about it logically. It just shits on people who would pay for a more premium product that gives existing games a good boost in performance.

I buy Nintendo games and hardware to have fun but if the existing hardware is dampening the experience I'm getting with Nintendo games, that are already fully optimized, I'm going to want better hardware to remedy this issue so I can get back to having fun. A "pro" variant of the current Switch doesn't take away anything from existing players but gives an option for ones that want it. So far the prevailing argument is that people are afraid of missing out, so they're shitting on other people's wants.When in reality you'd be missing out anyway if there isn't a "pro" variant because a lot of third parties would just skip the inferior hardware going forward or do a cloud version if you're into that. And also existing Nintendo first party games that have performance issues would still run bad forever. Everyone loses.

I haven't lost at all. Less hardware profiles to optimize for means fewer badly optimized games on my base Switch, and no games locked away behind the 'Pro' model to try to pressure me into upgrading. I get to carry on enjoying my launch Switch without either worry, which is a win in my book.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 08 July 2021