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Forums - Gaming - Switch online requires Phone App? Why is no one talking about this?

HollyGamer on 19 January 2017

double post  sorry, pleae delete



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HollyGamer on 19 January 2017

If i were Regi, i would have made voice chat enabled on docking mode, and automatically turn off while on portable mode, simple as that.



Hynad on 19 January 2017
Faelco said:

Because you can only watch what your kid is doing when he's using your phone? If he's using a computer or a console, he's on his own?

 

No. There is no reason like this behind this app. The only reasons Nintendo did this are :

- The Switch is too weak to run games efficiently so they tried to reduce the OS size as much as they could, leading to obvious design flaws and missing features (maybe because of a bad R&D management involving people who never used a console and are unable to know the important features). We'll surely have other "surprises" like this after the launch by the way.

- They didn't only find a way to avoid this flaw afterwards (not fix, just avoid, don't ask for too much), they found a way to charge people for it, adding "value" to their online sub in the same process.

 

Smaller OS, for more money, and the players will take care themselves of what Nintendo should have done. People will be happy to pay for this "innovation". Welcome to the 80s.

Of course, the only possible reasons are negative ones. -_____-

And your first reason is really shaky. You truly believe Nintendo didn't think things through and are simply incompetent, and are acting "after the fact", when they spent a crapload of money for the console's R&D? 

Can we wait until Nintendo reveal their actual plans, and reasoning, before we come up with such assumptions and hasty conclusions? 



Mystro-Sama on 19 January 2017

Dumb move. They're just doing this to protect the kiddies that don't even buy their fucking products anyways.



Hynad on 19 January 2017
Mystro-Sama said:
Dumb move. They're just doing this to protect the kiddies that don't even buy their fucking products anyways.

Whatever their reason (we'll get to know what it's all about when they actually reveal their plans in the coming months), this argument is silly.

Kids may not buy their products, as you say, but many parents buy their products for their kids. -_____-



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Faelco on 19 January 2017
Hynad said:
Faelco said:

Because you can only watch what your kid is doing when he's using your phone? If he's using a computer or a console, he's on his own?

 

No. There is no reason like this behind this app. The only reasons Nintendo did this are :

- The Switch is too weak to run games efficiently so they tried to reduce the OS size as much as they could, leading to obvious design flaws and missing features (maybe because of a bad R&D management involving people who never used a console and are unable to know the important features). We'll surely have other "surprises" like this after the launch by the way.

- They didn't only find a way to avoid this flaw afterwards (not fix, just avoid, don't ask for too much), they found a way to charge people for it, adding "value" to their online sub in the same process.

 

Smaller OS, for more money, and the players will take care themselves of what Nintendo should have done. People will be happy to pay for this "innovation". Welcome to the 80s.

Of course, the only possible reasons are negative ones. -_____-

Can we wait until Nintendo reveal their actual plans, and reasoning, before we make such assumptions and hasty conclusions? 

You can't find positive reasons for the lack of an obvious and common feature, sorry. Mistakes have been made about this, that's all, and even Nintendo didn't succeed in justifying this so far (and they've been asked to several times already).



Hynad on 19 January 2017
Faelco said:
Hynad said:

Of course, the only possible reasons are negative ones. -_____-

Can we wait until Nintendo reveal their actual plans, and reasoning, before we make such assumptions and hasty conclusions? 

You can't find positive reasons for the lack of an obvious and common feature, sorry. Mistakes have been made about this, that's all, and even Nintendo didn't succeed in justifying this so far.

We don't even have any details about how their online infrastructure will work. So until that's revealed, you're all jumping the guns here.



Faelco on 19 January 2017
Hynad said:
Faelco said:

You can't find positive reasons for the lack of an obvious and common feature, sorry. Mistakes have been made about this, that's all, and even Nintendo didn't succeed in justifying this so far.

We don't even have any details about how their online infrastructure will work. So until that's revealed, you're all jumping the guns here.

The console releases in a month and a half, and the online infrastructure won't be finished before the end of the year. We're not really jumping the guns, they are just late, that kind of thing should launch with the console and be known months before.



Hynad on 19 January 2017
Faelco said:
Hynad said:

We don't even have any details about how their online infrastructure will work. So until that's revealed, you're all jumping the guns here.

The console releases in a month and a half, and the online infrastructure won't be finished before the end of the year. We're not really jumping the guns, they are just late, that kind of thing should launch with the console and be known months before.

So? Are you getting a Switch at launch? What games are you going to play online? Why does every single detail must be blown out of proportion, before we even get to see the full picture? 



Peh on 19 January 2017

Nintendo is outsourcing its resources to the smartphone. I don't think this is something bad. You don't have to install a headphone interface to every controller so it saves costs. I don't see the issue with using a smartphone and its headset. I mean, every smartphone comes with a headset, so you don't have to buy extra equipment for the Switch.

What's the problem?



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