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Switch does seem to record activity data, unlocks after a week.

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octopiggy

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Weebos

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Not as good as the Activity Log, but I'll take this. This is the most useful part of the Activity Log anyway.
 
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Jucksalbe

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Well, that means the data is there. They still can make a proper Activity Log with it later (in theory, don't have much hope).
 
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Herb Alpert

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we are far from the awesomeness of the 3DS activity log though. That's a big step backwards.
I'm amazed at the total amount of time I put on the 3DS activity log.
 
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Soph

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When I looked at that Last played part first I thought it wouldn't be weird if Nintendo added an activity log there.. then it seemed like it was already in.

Where was that activity log whinethread again?
 
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Berordn

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The most important thing is that we know it's being tracked, so they could add a more detailed log like on 3DS or Wii U down the line.
 
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Übermatik

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Some people were getting really worked up over the lack of an Activity Log on Switch... Never understood that myself, but hopefully this solution will suffice for now.
 
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Listonosh

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DoubleYou said:
"100 hours or more" makes it completely useless though.
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It seems to update every five hours you accrue. Mine said 70, then when I checked it later it said 75, so the "or more" just refers to the hours in between the 5 hour increments. Not bad at all
 
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L~A

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Berordn said:
The most important thing is that we know it's being tracked, so they could add a more detailed log like on 3DS or Wii U down the line.
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We've known that since launch. The Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app doesn't calculate anything, it gets all the play time from the Nintendo Switch itself.

Burdmayn said:
That's... pretty darn neat! I'm still confused as to what the title means by "unlocks after a week".
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For some reason, actual playtime doesn't show until a week after you've first played a game. Really weird.
 
RoadHazard

RoadHazard

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Mine still only shows "First played on XXXX", but if it switches to hours played after some time, great! But it only shows it in rough increments, right? Does it increase every 25 hours, or...? Also, that screen says the list can contain a maximum of 20 games when you click the ? icon. I hope that's just the maximum displayed games on your profile, not the maximum it will track.

Either way, not great, but better than nothing, and hopefully this means they can implement a proper activity log in the future (without me having to use parental controls to see my own playtime), and that it can use the data that's being recorded now.
 
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DoubleYou

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killercow said:
It seems to track further than that. Some have '115 hours or more". It's just not that precise but should indicate your playtime give or take 5 hours after 100 hours.
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IlGialloMondadori said:
It's not capped.
https://twitter.com/Zombey/status/838503405467414530
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Listonosh said:
It seems to update every five hours you accrue. Mine said 70, then when I checked it later it said 75, so the "or more" just refers to the hours in between the 5 hour increments. Not bad at all
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Cool! I stand corrected.
 
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KevinG

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Nintendo gonna Nintendo- WAIT! This is good!

Seriously though, this is better than relying completely on the Parental Control app workaround.
 
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ElMexiMerican

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RoadHazard said:
Mine still only shows "First played on XXXX", but if it switches to hours played after some time, great! But it only shows it in rough increments, right? Does it increase every 25 hours, or...? Also, that screen says the list can display a maximum of 20 games when you click the ? icon. I hope that's just the maximum displayed games on your profile, not the maximum it will track.

Either way, not great, but better than nothing, and hopefully this means they can implement a proper activity log in the future (without me having to use parental controls to see my own playtime), and that it can use the data that's being recorded now, before it exists.
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In the reddit thread, there was a German tweet posted that shows the time at 115 hrs played, so it seems like it'll change in 15 hr increments maybe?

EDIT: Nvm, looks like it's five hour increments.
 
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Berordn

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L~A said:
We've known that since launch. The Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app doesn't calculate anything, it gets all the play time from the Nintendo Switch itself.
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For some reason I hadn't made the connection that it was the system logging it, but rather assumed it was all being done by the app.
 
RoadHazard

RoadHazard

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ElMexiMerican said:
In the reddit thread, there was a German tweet posted that shows the time at 115 hrs played, so it seems like it'll change in 15 hr increments maybe?

EDIT: Nvm, looks like it's five hour increments.
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Yeah, I also saw this:

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So, 5-hour increments, that's about as accurate info as I personally "need". 71 or 73 doesn't really matter.

But I wish it didn't take a week to start showing hours played instead of when it was first played.
 
Robin64

Robin64

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Mine has always said it this way since the beginning. But it's always vague, like "Played for 35 hours or more". If I view other peoples profiles, then I see "First played X days ago".
 
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Tavernacle12

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Won't stop me from using a timer until it's proven to be more exact, but it does make me really happy to see it. If it's in the profile does that mean it'll be viewable by friends too? That's going to be neat.
 
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