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zygote on 01 January 2018
DonFerrari said: 
zygote said:

I broke out Arms and 12Switch during family gatherings over Christmas. Those two games alone got everyone involved and playing across the varying ages. Convinced a couple of buys. One mother of 2 smaller kids kept saying how their xbox purchase was a mistake. Lol

My colleague bought a X360 for his 6y old... of course he forgot to check that X360 had no games appropriated for his son, even more that he iis a very strict dad.

Parents are so out of touch with kids. I have a friend who bought a PS4 for his 6 yr old. Granted I think Switch with the detachable joycons would be dangerous, frustrating, and costly in the hands of his extremely hyperactive child, but he was talking up all the great experiences they were going to have playing Call of Duty, Farcry, and Uncharted. Lol. I can’t help but think he was buying a present for himself.



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Aeolus451 on 01 January 2018

It's mobile. That's what it was designed for.



AlfredoTurkey on 01 January 2018
Lonely_Dolphin said:
But why do you hate to say that?

Because those commercials are so cringe-endusing. A bunch of uber hipsters hanging out and trying too hard... it's rough.



Hibern81 on 01 January 2018

Remember the dub step Wii U commercial? Yeah, I barely did either...



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vivster on 01 January 2018

They were right that it's a handheld you can plug into your TV.



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FragileSurface on 01 January 2018

I must have missed the Switch commercial that indicated some games would have lower resolution and frame rate in handheld mode.



DonFerrari on 01 January 2018
zygote said:
DonFerrari said: 

My colleague bought a X360 for his 6y old... of course he forgot to check that X360 had no games appropriated for his son, even more that he iis a very strict dad.

Parents are so out of touch with kids. I have a friend who bought a PS4 for his 6 yr old. Granted I think Switch with the detachable joycons would be dangerous, frustrating, and costly in the hands of his extremely hyperactive child, but he was talking up all the great experiences they were going to have playing Call of Duty, Farcry, and Uncharted. Lol. I can’t help but think he was buying a present for himself.

Your friend seems like gave himself a gift...

But my friend were more on the idiot that didn't research the system he was buying.



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vivster on 02 January 2018
FragileSurface said:
I must have missed the Switch commercial that indicated some games would have lower resolution and frame rate in handheld mode.

That's the basic Nintendo package. It is implied by the Nintendo sticker on the Box.



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StuOhQ on 02 January 2018

I loved the ads but didn't see reality matching up. Oddly enough, it has. I legitimately find myself playing in all sorts of places around the house, and often bring it out if I have to get the car worked on, wait to pick someone up, etc.



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