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Medisti on 23 May 2018
shikamaru317 said:
Hope this comes west, if it does I might finally buy a Switch.

That seems like an odd trigger to saving $25, since it doesn't include an AC adapter, which is $30.



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Conina on 23 May 2018
shikamaru317 said:
Hope this comes west, if it does I might finally buy a Switch.

Just buy a normal Switch and sell the dock



V-r0cK on 23 May 2018

Proof that the Switch is a hybrid...

It's got the look of a handheld but got the price of a home console :P



Kai_Mao on 23 May 2018
V-r0cK said:

Proof that the Switch is a hybrid...

It's got the look of a handheld but got the price of a home console :P

Guess its because its production value might be that much greater than a Vita and a little over Wii U :P



Mandalore76 on 23 May 2018
Hiku said:
Mandalore76 said:

I've had a Switch since launch.  I take it everywhere and dock it everytime I'm home.  No scratches.  I've also never scratched the screen of any of my cell phones, but a friend of mine has completely cracked the screen on several of his.  You can't cover the world in nerf material just because certain people are prone to scratch/break things no matter what.

Yeah, I'm not talking about those people, nor am I one of them, which is why I said I'd probably not buy a screen protector.
I'm talking about people who just put their Switch down into the dock normally, and voila, a scratch. That shouldn't be a thing.
Although if Nintendo for some reason never revise the dock, then I would get a screen protector.

I think it's worth noting that the thumbnail for the video shows a long deep horizontal gash across the system which would not be caused by the vertical protrusions inside the Switch dock.  The actual scratches in the video are vertical scratches on the bezel of the system, which does line up with those grooves.  A horizontal scratch across the face of the system would ruin gameplay.  Vertical scratches confined to the bezel would be merely cosmetic.  Annoying to some, but a device with handheld use is going to acquire cosmetic damage over time regardless unless you wrap it in a napkin on a daily basis like my boss actually does with his iPhone.  I know my 3DS clamshell has several nicks and scratches on it from years of out of the house use.  I just think it's really telling of the reaction they were trying to elicit by tagging the video with a screencap of a horizontal gash rather than the actual cosmetic bezel scratches that actually get shown in the video.



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zorg1000 on 23 May 2018
potato_hamster said:
Well it's pretty obvious at this point that the Switch was designed to be a handheld first and foremost, and I don't think anyone can possibly argue otherwise with a straight face after the contents of the Switch w/Dock version favored handheld mode, and this new dock-free one clearly does too.

I'm also not really buying the whole "it's meant for households that already have a Switch" nonsense, unless you want to argue that Nintendo only meant for Japanese DS owners to buy a 3DS since that didn't come with an AC adapter and couldn't be charged out of the box either. It's just Nintendo's classic nickle and diming antics.

I would agree if this was a worldwide retail option but its literally only available on the Japanese Nintendo store sp i really dont think this means anything about the syatems design.



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potato_hamster on 23 May 2018
Kai_Mao said:
potato_hamster said:
Well it's pretty obvious at this point that the Switch was designed to be a handheld first and foremost, and I don't think anyone can possibly argue otherwise with a straight face after the contents of the Switch w/Dock version favored handheld mode, and this new dock-free one clearly does too.

I'm also not really buying the whole "it's meant for households that already have a Switch" nonsense, unless you want to argue that Nintendo only meant for Japanese DS owners to buy a 3DS since that didn't come with an AC adapter and couldn't be charged out of the box either. It's just Nintendo's classic nickle and diming antics.

It’s so far only being sold from the My Nintendo store and they apparently mentioned that’s it’s aimed towards households with a Switch already. Nintendo even has stated that they wanted multiple people in households to have a Switch, not just having multiple households with a Switch.

Why does it matter where it's being sold so far? And again, that is handheld-centric talk to have multiple Switches in the same household. It's similar, if not identical to statements Nintendo has made about its line of handheld consoles in the past. I don't remember Nintendo coming out and stating they wanted multiple people in households to have a Gamecube or a Wii.



potato_hamster on 23 May 2018
zorg1000 said:
potato_hamster said:
Well it's pretty obvious at this point that the Switch was designed to be a handheld first and foremost, and I don't think anyone can possibly argue otherwise with a straight face after the contents of the Switch w/Dock version favored handheld mode, and this new dock-free one clearly does too.

I'm also not really buying the whole "it's meant for households that already have a Switch" nonsense, unless you want to argue that Nintendo only meant for Japanese DS owners to buy a 3DS since that didn't come with an AC adapter and couldn't be charged out of the box either. It's just Nintendo's classic nickle and diming antics.

I would agree if this was a worldwide retail option but its literally only available on the Japanese Nintendo store sp i really dont think this means anything about the syatems design.

So if Nintendo starts offering this dock-less Switch world wide, the Switch becomes a handheld in your eyes, even though its functionality and design hasn't changed at all? That doesn't make any sense.



DonFerrari on 23 May 2018
shikamaru317 said:
Medisti said:

That seems like an odd trigger to saving $25, since it doesn't include an AC adapter, which is $30.

You don't need the AC adapter, just a USB-C cable, I already have several around the house. 

Are you that cheap?

V-r0cK said:

Proof that the Switch is a hybrid...

It's got the look of a handheld but got the price of a home console :P

Owwww you didn't.

potato_hamster said:
Kai_Mao said:

It’s so far only being sold from the My Nintendo store and they apparently mentioned that’s it’s aimed towards households with a Switch already. Nintendo even has stated that they wanted multiple people in households to have a Switch, not just having multiple households with a Switch.

Why does it matter where it's being sold so far? And again, that is handheld-centric talk to have multiple Switches in the same household. It's similar, if not identical to statements Nintendo has made about its line of handheld consoles in the past. I don't remember Nintendo coming out and stating they wanted multiple people in households to have a Gamecube or a Wii.

Or MS and Sony talking about multiple of their consoles in a single house even if it is also a multimedia devia... the most we see is they commenting in some overlap of Pro and X for people upgrading.



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zorg1000 on 23 May 2018
potato_hamster said:
zorg1000 said:

I would agree if this was a worldwide retail option but its literally only available on the Japanese Nintendo store sp i really dont think this means anything about the syatems design.

So if Nintendo starts offering this dock-less Switch world wide, the Switch becomes a handheld in your eyes, even though its functionality and design hasn't changed at all? That doesn't make any sense.

I should have said i could see your point rather than i would agree.



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