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[Zee-Row]

One bright side is that we won't have to install physical games which i will continue to buy.

 

[reKon]

Too many people with iPhone's or something? I don't think people are following SD card prices lately...

 

[eyeball_kid]

32gb. I mean I know this is fast ram and not a spinning drive, but my launch PS3 had twice that storage.

 

[Kyle8497]

It still amazes me that there are that many people out there who are going to play a portable console for more than 3 hours without having access to an outlet to charge it.

 

[PopcornMegaphone]

32 gigs in a home console?

 

[Vic]

and people though they would release specs lolll

They'll get leaked soon enough.

 

[UltraJay]

You guys expecting this to have a HDD? My phone has 32 gigs with micro SD. I don't think Vita has ANY internal memory.

 

[TheSpoiler]

32gb?

Well you can kiss any hope of current gen third party support goodbye with that then. Games get patches bigger than 32gb these days, let alone not being enough for a single digital download of an actual game.

Guess that also confirms it's the original 7th gen version of Skyrim, not the remaster.

Fuck me but this is a cacophony of fuck ups by Nintendo. I mean you expect them to fuck something up, but they're setting a personal best here by quite a margin.

Yeah, with massive patches how is that going to work? And I really don't feel like buying a bunch of SD cards for patches and digital games. That's silly.

People also need to keep pretending this is a mobile only thing. It's both, and should work like both.

It still amazes me that there are that many people out there who are going to play a portable console for more than 3 hours without having access to an outlet to charge it.

Try flying Spirit or being at a busy airport where the plugs are all taken. Many, many different periods one can go without charging.

 

[Oachkatzlschwoaf]

No internal speakers? Just a headphone jack while not docked?

That can't be right. Right?

 

[Vanillalite]

No internal speakers? Just a headphone jack while not docked?

This needs to be clarified cause it reads like no speakers on the device.

 

[KingSnake]

The positive news is that they will probably make a lot of money from hardware this time around.

 

[Woffls]

MicroSD or not, 32GB is truly pathetic.

 

[Harmondale]

32GB is alright for a mobile console.

My vita 64gb is not enough

If anything, a MOBIlE console should have plenty of storage

 

[darkwing]

no 3.5 jack on the controllers?

i didn't not think so, it's already on the Switch

 

[LOLDSFAN]

Glad to see microSD cards are supported. I remember awhile back people saying it would just be the proprietary cartridges.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Internal Storage : 32gb

Not this shit again. Let me pay 50 more bucks to get a internal storage of 500gb, PLEASE.

(External storage doesn't count, it's slower).

 

[Psychoward]

32gb?

Well you can kiss any hope of current gen third party support goodbye with that then. Games get patches bigger than 32gb these days, let alone not being enough for a single digital download of an actual game.

Guess that also confirms it's the original 7th gen version of Skyrim, not the remaster.

Fuck me but this is a cacophony of fuck ups by Nintendo. I mean you expect them to fuck something up, but they're setting a personal best here by quite a margin.

yep, 3rd party support is dead before it even began

even if you wanna spend extra to get more storage I highly doubt nintendo is gonna let any game that has more than 32gb total release for the system

nintendo gunning for the worst console manufacturer two times in a row

 

[Yoday]

32GB is alright for a mobile console.

Being a mobile console doesn't mean anything. The games are still going to be at least as big as Wii U games.

 

[jurec84]

Is it at least region-free? Did they confirm this?

Yes, this was confirmed.

 

[Alucrid]

i didn't not think so, it's already on the Switch

well yeah, but when it's docked

 

[Doc Holliday]

I really thought that after the 3ds and Wii U they would go down a different path, nope they are doubling down.

This is insanity.

 

[Mysterious]

64 GB MIcro SD's are $20 and 128 GB are $40. Not sure what the issue is here

Highlighted the issue for you.

 

[Akhe]

Why are people complaining about storage when you can get a massive microsd card for cheap these days?

People love freaking out.

 

[CronoShot]

At least USB-C will make it easy enough to charge with an external battery.

And for the people complaining about storage, microSD cards are cheap, and will only get cheaper.

 

[nubbe]

All the game trailers seemed to be in 720 or lower

 

[mishakoz]

you can extend it, so it is ok i think

Sure. Lets compare:

PS4 and xbox one released 3 years ago, 500gb hard drive
PS4 and Xbox one today, for the same price as Switch, 1 TB hard drive
Wii U 5 years ago, 32 gb hard disk

So, yeah, no its not okay. Its a cheap cop out.

 

[Zomba13]

Glad to see microSD cards are supported. I remember awhile back people saying it would just be the proprietary cartridges.

Who would say that? Nintendo has used SD since the Wii. The last system of theirs with proprietary memory was the GC and that was back when everyone was still doing that.

 

[Ninja Dom]

32gb?

Well you can kiss any hope of current gen third party support goodbye with that then. Games get patches bigger than 32gb these days, let alone not being enough for a single digital download of an actual game.

Guess that also confirms it's the original 7th gen version of Skyrim, not the remaster.

Fuck me but this is a cacophony of fuck ups by Nintendo. I mean you expect them to fuck something up, but they're setting a personal best here by quite a margin.

WTF are you talking about?

Does Zelda Breath of the Wild not indicate the size and scale that games will be able to be?

 

[paulogy]

Can anyone tell me if Switch can be used in a tablet-only mode (via touch) without needing the Joy-Cons? I would assume so, but it was never mentioned...

 

[reKon]

Yeah, with massive patches how is that going to work? And I really don't feel like buying a bunch of SD cards for patches and digital games. That's silly.

People also need to keep pretending this is a mobile only thing. It's both, and should work like both.



Try flying Spirit or being at a busy airport where the plugs are all taken. Many, many different periods one can go without charging.

I guess the patches are a legit concern. I doubt that 3rd parties will enjoy that limitation. Man Nintendo..

 

[Fdkn]

64 GB MIcro SD's are $20 and 128 GB are $40. Not sure what the issue is here

128 GB is nothing for current gen games

 

[Narroo]

32 gigs

In 2017

Hey, the iPhone 7 base model is 32 gigs for $650, and there's *no* SD card slot for that one.

I understand, really, why the size is so small when you consider the fact that it's both portable and $300. You can't put a 500Gb HDD in there.

On one hand, the 3DS was fine with using SD cards for storage. On the otherhand, the Switch wants to be a home console, and console games tend to be much larger. (Partly because they can be.) A the very least, we won't have to worry about the 'free' Nintendo Network games filling it up!

 

[SporeCrawler]

3 hours for Zelda? Not a fan

Hmm might need a powerbrick

 

[Psychoward]

People love freaking out.

nah, 3rd party support is dead

for the 3rd nintendo console in a row

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

Why are people complaining about storage when you can get a massive microsd card for cheap these days?

Makes you wonder why they couldn't just up the internal memory if it's that cheap tbh 🤷🏽

 

[Apathy]

32 gigs guys, so they could keep costs down lol

 

[platina]

if they paid to license Dolby or DTS they would list it. They cheapened out again .

oh Nintendo, when will you learn.

 

[HStallion]

Why are people complaining about storage when you can get a massive microsd card for cheap these days?

Because it sucks to have to buy more shit to get the console to is full potential on launch.

 

[Ruff]

Why are people complaining about storage when you can get a massive microsd card for cheap these days?

I'm not sure, do MicroSD have rubbish R/W speeds compared to internal memory? (They used to iirc, might be much better now) Might make an issue to run games satisfactorily from them if so?

Because it sucks to have to buy more shit to get the console to is full potential on launch.

You'd be paying the extra if it were included anyway. Better to start low for a good price and people who want more can pay for what they want extra.

 

[VanWinkle]

128 GB is nothing for current gen games

Good thing these are 2005-level games, considering the power looks no more than Wii U, which is no more than Xbox 360.

 

[B.O.O.M]

32GB? lmfao they are taking the consumers for fools. ..like seriously in this day and age?

 

[Psychoward]

WTF are you talking about?

Does Zelda Breath of the Wild not indicate the size and scale that games will be able to be?

Huh? Most ps4 and xbox 1 games are over 32gb in total.

It doesn't matter if Nintendo is able to compress their file sizes really well or not, other companies don't.

DOOM with patches is 80gb (although that is an extreme example)

 

[Falchion]

So 720p confirmed, 32 gb internal is really small in a world with expanding digital sales though.

 

[Akhe]

Because it sucks to have to buy more shit to get the console to is full potential on launch.

Like ps4?

 

[sits]

Could a Mod please unlock the old hardware speculation thread? There are still many unanswered questions about the SoC details. This hardware thread is filled with people giving their opinions on storage space.

 

[Cathcart]

32G huh? How many blocks is that?

 

[Mashing]

Wow, it has wireless AC, was not expecting that. That's pretty cool (and I think would be the only console on the market with AC wifi).

 

[Conrad Link]

Storage is fine, they allow regular SD cards we can get a million gb for a dime these days.

At least it's not their own special brand of storage crap they can charge $$$$ for.

 

[Vamphuntr]

32 GB is low. I'm checking my steam folder and Vanilla Skyrim is 9.5 GB, Skyrim Enhanced 12,7 GB. Considering a bunch of the 32 will be reserved for the OS and whatnot it doesn't sound good.

 

[Jonnax]

if they paid to license Dolby or DTS they would list it. They cheapened out again .

Uncompressed audio is worse than compressed? lol