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COKTOE on 31 January 2017
SegataSanshiro said:
Don't own a smartphone or tablet. Guess I will never use voice chat.

hmm. With you here. I leave my smartphone at home almost every time I leave. I can't fucking stand it. I walk everywhere in the spring/summer, and i don't want my balls to be slapping against my phone on every revolution. amirite? As for the whole Switch online idea? I'd rather slap my balls against my smartphone.



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Frogger on 31 January 2017
SegataSanshiro said:
spemanig said:

I feel like if you're fine with not owning a smartphone, you're probably not someone who care's about something like voice chat, anyway.

I like having the option and not force dinto owning something else for a feature that should be built in. My Dreamcast has better voicechat than a 2017 console. Yes you can still hook the DC online.

I feel like smartphones are so ubiquitous that it's not really an issue. Most people who own consumer electronic devices like consoles and care about something as social as voice chat for an online multiplayer game will be part of the demographic who would be attracted to smartphones in the first place, so I don't see issue in making a move like this under that assumption. As long as there's some way to transfer game audio, there's no big downgrade in using a smartphones instead of the base console.



monocle_layton on 31 January 2017
COKTOE said:
SegataSanshiro said:
Don't own a smartphone or tablet. Guess I will never use voice chat.

hmm. With you here. I leave my smartphone at home almost every time I leave. I can't fucking stand it. I walk everywhere in the spring/summer, and i don't want my balls to be slapping against my phone on every revolution. amirite? As for the whole Switch online idea? I'd rather slap my balls against my smartphone.

 maybe the HD rumble will change your mind.  *wink*



COKTOE on 31 January 2017
spemanig said:
SegataSanshiro said:

I like having the option and not force dinto owning something else for a feature that should be built in. My Dreamcast has better voicechat than a 2017 console. Yes you can still hook the DC online.

I feel like smartphones are so ubiquitous that it's not really an issue. Most people who own consumer electronic devices like consoles and care about something as social as voice chat for an online multiplayer game will be part of the demographic who would be attracted to smartphones in the first place, so I don't see issue in making a move like this under that assumption. As long as there's some way to transfer game audio, there's no big downgrade in using a smartphones instead of the base console.

The whole shebang should be a part of the system. It's a well established industry standard. Nintendo's trying to kick water uphill when we already have aquaducts.



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Platina on 31 January 2017

A really odd decision, but I never used voice chat anyways nor do I really plan to even if there is the option



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COKTOE on 31 January 2017
monocle_layton said:
COKTOE said:

hmm. With you here. I leave my smartphone at home almost every time I leave. I can't fucking stand it. I walk everywhere in the spring/summer, and i don't want my balls to be slapping against my phone on every revolution. amirite? As for the whole Switch online idea? I'd rather slap my balls against my smartphone.

 maybe the HD rumble will change your mind.  *wink*

That's actually possible. I get horny watching Friends.



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KLXVER on 31 January 2017

So if you don't use your smartphone, you pretty much have to pay for an online worse than on the WiiU...



Aerys on 31 January 2017

Switch really have thé worst online décisions ever, that will probably Kill some sales on online games like Splatoon



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NATO on 31 January 2017

about the only way i can explain to myself the stupid choices nintendo have been making with switch, is to assume that at some point Nintendo plan on releasing their own smartphone.



vivster on 31 January 2017

This text snippet is too vague. There is a comma, so it might as well just mean "Switch offers voice chat and using smart devices and the ability to bring 8 devices together".



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