FairXchange
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Yeah, I expect a portable battery will alleviate many of the battery lifespan issues. I mean it already does with my 3DS.
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IGN: Zelda BOTW Extended Handheld Mode Play (offscreen)
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Yeah, I expect a portable battery will alleviate many of the battery lifespan issues. I mean it already does with my 3DS.
brandonh83
Banned
I'm glad it's looking nice on the tablet. I'm mostly going to be Switchin' as a TV console but I'm sure there'll be times where I'm glad I can take it wherever.
Yes I'm aware of the battery.
Yes I'm aware of the battery.
gamerMan
Member
This game looks so amazing but I hate that it is stuck behind weak hardware. It's does look better on the small screen which is quite an upgrade from the Wii U. Looks like this is the way to play the Switch.
I am disappointed that it doesn't have the resolution to look good on the TV. I was hoping a Switch upgrade would make it can look like this on TV.
I am disappointed that it doesn't have the resolution to look good on the TV. I was hoping a Switch upgrade would make it can look like this on TV.
Art Vandilay
Member
I personally would've preferred a system like a PS4 or Wii U along with handheld devices I could play from remotely or on the go with the same cartridge.
Haha indeed. Dockless version when?
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
I purchase my laptops based on the battery life. As do I my cellphones. My iPad gets a SOLID 10-12 hours watching movies; more if I just browse the web.
Sure, of course I have a couple external battery packs. But it's not crazy to want more than ~2.5hrs of gameplay out of a premiere handheld video game system. That's admittedly disappointing.
Especially if there's no quick charge - then you may still LOSE battery life while plugged into an external battery.
Goose_Se7en
Banned
Looking at this (and don't get me wrong because Zelda looks superb and it's cool that I can play it on my TV and then take it on the go) but I could only think of one thing. Pokémon on my TV....It's gonna be spool good.
Although Switch is a handheld, I see myself mainly playing on my TV. If I'm home I don't see myself playing the handheld on the couch/bed when my TV is literally right in front of me. But the fact that a fully fledged Zelda game could be played on the go...
Having said that, I wonder how this 900p game would look on my 4k set?
Although Switch is a handheld, I see myself mainly playing on my TV. If I'm home I don't see myself playing the handheld on the couch/bed when my TV is literally right in front of me. But the fact that a fully fledged Zelda game could be played on the go...
Having said that, I wonder how this 900p game would look on my 4k set?
Harmondale
Member
If you speaking from technical Point of view, you have been able to play far more technical advanced games in your bed since 2013 on your PS Vita remote play. Seems like many people have missed this for some reason (with twice the battery length) But yeah will still pick up a switch when it gets it second hard ware revision
I believe this post should ease the battery concerns a bit:
TLR
- Switch's battery is far bigger than any other gaming device
- Switch's battery is as big as they could possibly fit in there given the active cooling
- Switch definitely uses quick charging (source: FCC & James Clerk Maxwell)
- Switch probably charges to ~80% battery in about 90 minutes
Askherserenity
Member
Fuck...that screen looks pretty damn nice.
Graphics Horse
Member
It does but it's for crouch/stealth in this game.
finalflame
Gold Member
I'm sure you'll be able to charge while playing just fine. My MBP, iPhone, and iPad also all have better battery life but aren't a powerful handheld gaming system in a slim form factor. Sorry to break it to you, but battery tech hasn't advanced enough to warrant the kinds of jumps you're hoping for to make a premium handheld system deliver > 3 hours of battery life and not be a brick. What exactly will you do where you game for > 3 hours without access to any additional power?
It's just REALLY not a big deal, but people are latching on to it like it's the end all be all of this convertible home/handheld console. If you need to be gaming without access to a power cable for > 3 hours (worst case scenario, let's not forget the upper end is 6 hours and the 3DS had little problem reaching its higher end battery estimates), then game on your phone or iPad something. Also it's naive and misleading to compare movie playback and web browsing with real-time 3D rendering and game logic processing.
Huge Succeeded
Banned
Yeah, but it's not like Vita Remote Play even accomplishes enabling that as well as literally any of its alternatives. I can't stand remote play on Vita, personally. It's certainly not comparable to actually playing a game on the device it's being rendered on.
Yeah i have to admit this is magic to look at...
Now stop that shit Nintendo, remove those fucking detachable joy-cons and the dock and give me just that portable for a descent price, is it so hard -_-
It's amazing to have the perfect product right there and decide to ruin it cause you're insecure..
Now stop that shit Nintendo, remove those fucking detachable joy-cons and the dock and give me just that portable for a descent price, is it so hard -_-
It's amazing to have the perfect product right there and decide to ruin it cause you're insecure..
finalflame
Gold Member
Streaming a compressed video stream of a game with significant input latency and rendering a game natively are not even remotely the same. This comparison makes my head hurt.
VeteranGamer
Banned
excellent
Obliterator
Member
This right here is exactly why I'm buying the Switch. Mostly just to use it as a super powerful handheld and not really a home console
Same, for all the various reasons that it makes me not want to buy it, at the end of the day, I already know I have to.
This guy is just NeoGAF in a nutshell when it comes to find stuff to bash Nintendo.
Its hard to have a good discussion here when there is so much shitpost.
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Deleted member 752119
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To be fair, many just dislike portables and only play on their big screens so there's no magic there for them.
Would be interesting to have a poll about that. Would not surprise me if 70% of Switch buyers think the same.
Which is why that whole "switch" concept is dumb. A big part of the cost is justified by things that nobody wants (the dock, the motion control..)
You must have a good data to say that nobody wants something.
Iced_Eagle
Member
Same boat for me. I'll use it docked a lot for sure, but handheld will probably be my primary way of playing around the house.
I just really hope that 3DS titles such as Pokémon and Monster Hunter come to the Switch. If they don't, I would be incredibly disappointed, since those are my favorite game series on the 3DS.
Wait, what happened to charging taking 3 hours!?
MikeE21286
Member
As someone with kids and a full time career the chances I get to game are so few and far between, and I don't always have the chance to get in fromt of a TV like I would want. That's why I want the Switch to be good so bad. It completely fits my lifestyle needs. Being able to get in front of the tv or use the portable screen as needed
Yup this is a little extreme! But at least based on actual facts from this past gen, 60 millions people played nintendo games on a portable versus 15 millions on a tv
It has to mean something.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
That... That actually does. Thank you for the link. All of that seems very fair and it does quell a lot of my concern.
Aztechnology
Member
Still good to hear. Thanks.
Kissenkopf
Banned
I wonder if that is an old build. It is missing the weather thing next to the map...or I wonder if you dont have that at the beginning.
Kissenkopf
Banned
Hmm..why? Oo
same( or better ?) framerate, native resolution and same graphic settings
Astral Dog
Member
Dont you need a Vita for that? Not the same dude
It has to be coming sooner than later.
For me the reason I'm actually buying this when I haven't bought anything Nintendo related (until this weekend where I'm using some connections to get a Wii U and catch up on things I've missed) since the Wii (or the DS lite, I don't recall which of those I bought first they were around the same time for me) is precisely because it is both of these things. Part of the reason I bailed on Nintendo's ecosystem is because there were too many games that I wanted to play that got split up between their console and their handheld systems. Some stuff would appear on portable that you wish got the budget and resources of a console, but at the same time it's great to be able to take a game with you or play in bed. This time they're basically going to do everything off the same platform, and while I wish it had a little more power to offer for TV play, I'm fine with the power compromise in exchange for getting all of Nintendo's games in the same place and being able to play all of them both on the tablet or the TV.
Personally I also consider the motion controls a good thing. I dunno how many folks have used a Steam controller but I consider more accurate gyros very useful for "normal" gameplay in anything that involves aiming. The combination of right stick control pairs really well with using the gyro for fine adjustments which I feel analog sticks kind of suck at. I use it that way with the Steam controller when I can, and I hope that games like Splatoon and BotW allow for gyro input for doing things like aiming down sights (like say having the bow drawn in BotW) that you can pair with right stick aim. In my opinion it becomes super natural and more accurate than strictly aiming with the right stick in a very short time.
Wouldn't it be wiser to wait for E3 before making that claim?
It's January, btw.
Kissenkopf
Banned
Hm?! The framerate is identical on the TV, the resolution higher..so why should be portable the best way? I dont get it.
Kiraly
Member
Definitely. Plan to jump in as soon as Nintendo releases a, perhaps updated, SKU without the dock.
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