By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Nintendo - I see no sense in Nintendo Switch, it`s a terrible idea

Ck1x on 14 November 2016
ihh said:
Volterra_90 said:

No problem, you can use it as a home console if it's up for your taste. What's wrong with the portable option? It's a consumer's choice in the end, and that's always... great imo.

It´s not a choice if I don´t have an option to buy a home only version.

It´s more of a xbox one kinect situation. Sure you can not use it if you don´t want to but it will be there staring you.

Well just continue playing Xbox and Playstation then! I don't understand why people need to express when something doesn't appeal to them and the reasons they state don't make much sense... If the Switch was a handheld gaming device with no conceivable way to hook up to your television then you would have a point. But for anyone who has bought a  Nintendo handheld in the past and always dreamed of playing Pokémon, Fire Emblem and Monster Hunter on the big screen. Then Switch is definitely a very appealing device!



Around the Network
ihh on 14 November 2016
Volterra_90 said:
ihh said:

It´s not a choice if I don´t have an option to buy a home only version.

It´s more of a xbox one kinect situation. Sure you can not use it if you don´t want to but it will be there staring you.

Not the same, Kinect made the bundle way more expensive. The Switch dock is pretty much... a piece of plastic you can use to connect it to the TV. Maybe it has vents, but nothing really expensive since the components are on the handheld device. So that makes a big difference imo. 

Yeah, except I don´t want a handheld device.

Nvidia shield was sold for $199 and that´s pretty much what a Switch home console would be. Every single penny over $200 will be a waste in my view.



DroidKnight on 14 November 2016
GoOnKid said:

Depends on how you use it. If I leave it in the dock and never take it out, what is it then?

A Wii U.



...to avoid getting banned for inactivity, I may have to resort to comments that are of a lower overall quality and or beneath my moral standards.

Volterra_90 on 14 November 2016
ihh said:
Volterra_90 said:

Not the same, Kinect made the bundle way more expensive. The Switch dock is pretty much... a piece of plastic you can use to connect it to the TV. Maybe it has vents, but nothing really expensive since the components are on the handheld device. So that makes a big difference imo. 

Yeah, except I don´t want a handheld device.

Nvidia shield was sold for $199 and that´s pretty much what a Switch home console would be. Every single penny over $200 will be a waste in my view.

I think it's wiser to wait for the specs, tbh. Then it's up to people to decide if it's powerful enough to play it as a home console. I can't deny that if the form factor was similar to PS4/One it would be easy to make a more powerful console at the same price, that's a fact, except for some ingeneering wizardry xD. And I guess some people would have prefer that. I still think it would be a mistake to compete with PS4/One, console market is overcrowed. 



160rmf on 14 November 2016

So many personal assumptions/opinions trying to pass as general consensus



 

 

We reap what we sow

Around the Network
Zoombael on 14 November 2016
DroidKnight said:
GoOnKid said:

Depends on how you use it. If I leave it in the dock and never take it out, what is it then?

A Wii U.

Actually. No, it isn't. You can't use the tablet as second screen. It'd be a... 720p home console.



Hunting Season is done...

etking on 14 November 2016

The sense is that it can play mobile games which can be easily ported to and from IOS / Android. Skyrim and Bravely Default are likely examples for such a multiplattform release. It will have huge and enormous 3rd party support because of this. And it could also allow Nintendo to release all their first party games and classics on Iphone / Android, using the detachable controller as a Bluetooth input device. Just wait and see...



invetedlotus123 on 14 November 2016
Miyamotoo said:
invetedlotus123 said:

I mean, if Nintendo said " we`re not going to release a home console again, but, we are selling this incredible portable device and we are also allowing consumers to play on TV by using the included base" it would be just fine, but saying  Switch is a home console first makes no sense at all. I see nothing good coming from Switch, it`s sounds even worse than Wii U, and Wii U was an already horrible idea. 

Nintendo has a real problem for not wanting to follow tech trends, because of that they missed all generations after SNES with the excpetion of Wii. Why Nintendo keep doing it? Why they seem to want to fail so hard? Why just not make console with really good specs and Nintendo games and stop doing this thing of trying to be different with no clear advantage?

Wii was a hit, but only Wii. Why is it so hard for Nintendo to just buy some nice components and make great software? I mean, I really don`t understand what Nintendo is still doing in hardware business for home consoles. Switch is heading to be a big disappointment for those who want to see Nintendo doing great again.

Not going even for PS4/XB1 level, when those were already underpowered for 2013 and even more for 2016 is really pointless.

First, don't pay attention of Nintendo PR talk, that just PR talk saying that Switch is home console on 1st place only because Wii U is dead while they still need to sell 3DS and Pokemon this holiday season. Reality is that Switch is hybrid of home console and handheld that can be used like real home console or like real handheld. Actually Switch look pretty interesting and totally different than others consoles on market, console that can be used like real home console and like real handheld, with 100% Nintendo support, looks and sounds incomparible better than Wii U.

Actually with Switch they are following tech trend, Switch will have very modern hardware and tech (actualy more modern than PS4/XB1). Nintendo is trying to do something different than competition because there is no place on market with 3 identical consoles, and thats good beacuse we have something diffrent and intresting compared to other consoles on market, nobody really wants another PS4/XB1 clone or imagine last gen with another clone of PS3/Xbox 360.

Wii was actually biggest Nintendo success on console market and console that beat "HD twins", but you forget that GameCube that was traditional console with good specs and games was actually worst selling Nintendo home console till that date. They doing things on their own way, interesting and different, they don't pursuit just a power with strongest specs. Actualy Switch is to be great thing for those who want to be Nintendo hardware and Nintendo games be popular again after Wii U, but disappointment for people who want that Nintendo be more like Sony and MS.

With your last paragraph you basically said you care only about hardware power not about great games or experience.

Great games and experiences need a great hardware. AI, in-game physics, visuals ( yes, they do matter), smoothness, connectivity and others requires hardware to be able to exist. The evolution of games isn`t just about visuals, experience wise whitout more hardware juice isn`t impossible to improve too. Imagine if we still had NES hardware, many entire genres would be impossible. Hardwares does matter, this is what Nintendo don`t see to realize. 



invetedlotus123 on 14 November 2016

And the way it is, it`s just a tablet with a TV dock, I don`t see where`s the inovation at.



LivingMetal on 14 November 2016

I was hoping this would be a "said Patcher" thread to help ensure the Switch's success.