What?
What's the highest flash storage available on a portable device??? 256GB on an iPhone 7 and iPad Pro?? How much do they cost in comparison??
Or am I missing the sarcasm here?
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Some Finalized Switch Details (720p Screen, Up to 1080p output on TV, etc.)
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What?
What's the highest flash storage available on a portable device??? 256GB on an iPhone 7 and iPad Pro?? How much do they cost in comparison??
Or am I missing the sarcasm here?
snake_eater_raiden
Member
Just a little bit of info that we already mostly had but now officially confirmed by Nintendo
Where is this screenshot from? Any link?
What kind of games do you think this console will be running?
Also, are people trying to go all digital here?
SporeCrawler
Member
Its a portable. A spinning HDD would eat up electricity and may even break easily. SSDs are too expensive
I think thats the important question here
Psychoward
Banned
The PS4 that had over 5 times the storage of the Switch 3 years ago and it still is barely enough? That one?
Don't embarrass yourself.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Your average PS4/Bone game is 50 GB in size, the capacity of a dual-layer BD-ROM.
The storage capacity of the Switch should be evidence enough that third party support in terms of ports will be absolutely zero.
The storage capacity of the Switch should be evidence enough that third party support in terms of ports will be absolutely zero.
Baroquemantic
Member
That's a pitiful amount of storage.
eyeball_kid
Member
I don't want to deal with SD cards. This is a home console for me, I'll probably never take it out of the house or even out of the dock.
For as cheap as its sounding on most fronts that's pretty laughable
ratcliffja
Member
At least we can confirm a multi-touch capacitive screen, but I'm still not sure how games will support it and still be playable on the TV.
$300
Way under powered compared to cheaper competition
You pay for unproven online
You pay for the full smart device APP for chat and lobbies! (WTFF!!!?)
You pay insane prices for accessories.
The info from the conference was madness. Basically nothing of the awesome stuff and all the bad stuff (Re price etc)
I hope things thing burns big time. (it won't because they are aiming at unsophisticated buyers)
Way under powered compared to cheaper competition
You pay for unproven online
You pay for the full smart device APP for chat and lobbies! (WTFF!!!?)
You pay insane prices for accessories.
The info from the conference was madness. Basically nothing of the awesome stuff and all the bad stuff (Re price etc)
I hope things thing burns big time. (it won't because they are aiming at unsophisticated buyers)
TheSpoiler
Member
If they really think casual fans are gonna go out and buy more storage for their system, cheap or not, they are crazy.
The Emperor
Member
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Note: This machine is not PS4/XBO class in terms of game sizes.
Dancing Queen
Banned
Tell me your definition of massive.
Do you own a PS4? Have you noticed the usual size of a game patch?
Callibretto
Member
so.. how big is a game? if a game is around 4gb each for larger games like in Vita games, 32gb is pretty decent, and you can expand it further.
if it's more like ps4 xb1 where 1 game can take more than 20gb, than that'd be a huge problem.
if it's more like ps4 xb1 where 1 game can take more than 20gb, than that'd be a huge problem.
zackmorris
Member
We haven't "known" anything at all. It was all rumors and speculation and there were plenty of reports from reputable sources saying the dock could add "processing power" very recently
Why port when you can play them on your other system and allow new games to be made specifically for it?
Psychoward
Banned
Bethesda is actually really good at compressing their file sizes, Skyrim with all of the DLC is under 10gb iirc.
I think we're all aware now that the console is gonna be garbage in terms of 3rd party support. Again. This is getting tiring.
dottme
Member
Where did you get your PS4/Xbone? Mine just have a hdd, no flash storage as the switch?
Skyrim was less than 4GB, it fits on a 3DS cart.
That's a third of the storage space
Math might be hard, but here, 32gb, is a smaller number than 500gb
zackmorris
Member
Have they said game sizes? Skyrim is skyrim, unless the switch port has been stripped down like borderlands on the vita.
Psychoward
Banned
lol
yeah, why even bother with multiplatform titles at all
did we learn nothing from the wii u
Zomba13
Member
Because porting is good for devs and they get to make one game and then do some work to get it working everywhere as opposed to making multiple unique games for each system.
It means fewer games for the Switch.
Unknown Soldier
Member
That's the big question isn't it, we already know third party support in terms of specifically made titles is going to be piss-poor judging from what happened with the Wii and Wii U.
So I dunno, this is looking pretty bad right now in terms of the kind of software that will be made for Switch.
copelandmaster
Member
"Nintendo Switch can also use a wired connection by connecting a lan adapter."
So substandard multiplayer packet stability by default... paid multiplayer.
And download speeds/bandwidth like you're sucking gummy bears through a fucking straw.
I can't believe they are doing this shit again for the 3rd god damn time in a row.
The Ethernet port was standardized in the 1980s and costs like $2 per 5,000+ bulk!
Why do you have to be like this Nintendo???
So substandard multiplayer packet stability by default... paid multiplayer.
And download speeds/bandwidth like you're sucking gummy bears through a fucking straw.
I can't believe they are doing this shit again for the 3rd god damn time in a row.
The Ethernet port was standardized in the 1980s and costs like $2 per 5,000+ bulk!
Why do you have to be like this Nintendo???
Psychoward
Banned
I'm aware, it's hilarious. Just saying Skyrim is one of the few 3rd party games that's gonna fit, and that's however many years old now and has really good compression. I doubt they're gonna have mod support though.
Their 3rd party killer app is a 6 year old game that's been re-released already and it won't even have the full feature set of the other versions. This is gonna be a wild ride.
nogoodnamesleft
Banned
No gpu specifics but those games looked like wii u games.
TheSpoiler
Member
The issue is the consumer is spending more money to shop around in a digitally focused world of gaming where third party titles are ridiculously big. It's silly to make the consumer pay more, however small or big, for additional pieces that are present in other systems at a bigger level, and third party developers are going to hate the fact that their games won't fit on an average system.
This is easy for some of us to take care of, but the vast majority of people probably won't enjoy switching out cards all day if they plan to go digital.
zackmorris
Member
How do you know what's on the cart? Maybe it's a 4 GB cart that requires a 20gb download to play. Have they said anything about this? I apologize if they did. But I feel like a lot of these games may not be complete on the cart. This isn't a 3DS, the games are playable at 1080 on a tv.
Dreams-Visions
Member
3 hours is the struggle bus.
Akhe
Member
Well, no, but come on. The hardware is nowhere near PS4/XBO, so rather look at Wii U game sizes for rough estimate.
Is GAF stupid right now? Dude you people need to calm down.
Seriously, there's people in here asking for a 500GB portable/home hybrid... The most storage I've seen is an iPhone and it's 256 only.
SD's are cheap, casual people have phones that require microSD or SDHC or XC, they will handle it and buy it.
People need to really stop crying at the fact that the console has 32GB. IT'S NOT A PS4 or XBONE.
Seriously, there's people in here asking for a 500GB portable/home hybrid... The most storage I've seen is an iPhone and it's 256 only.
SD's are cheap, casual people have phones that require microSD or SDHC or XC, they will handle it and buy it.
People need to really stop crying at the fact that the console has 32GB. IT'S NOT A PS4 or XBONE.