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He should have said that for the Wii U
What's not to get? It's a handheld that you can dock.
What's not to get? It's a handheld that you can dock.
Tablets yes.
Eg tablets have up to 10 hours of battery life.
I don't totally get why it is so popular. I don't get what defines if a Nintendo console does well anymore considering they mostly all have had the same issues since the N64. Underpowered compared to the competition, lacking really good 3rd party support and still rather expensive to invest in. Not much different so far with the Switch. It's like Nintendo's success is based on a dice roll and nothing more.
But I've enjoyed mine either way for the Nintendo exclusives so far. Zelda has made a bunch of plane rides much more tolerable, but outside of that I just don't care about it being portable. If I'm out of the house it's usually because I'm busy doing something that would prevent me from playing games at the house, so it just sits in my backpack. Probably just an old man yelling at cloud thing for me though. I get why kids would like it.
Yup. Reminds me of what Evilore said about the Switch lol
The Switch is the evolution of the Wii U. You still have the "gamepad", only now the guts of the console are inside of it. The tether has been cut and you have the freedom Wii U lacked.
I don't totally get why it is so popular. I don't get what defines if a Nintendo console does well anymore considering they mostly all have had the same issues since the N64. Underpowered compared to the competition, lacking really good 3rd party support and still rather expensive to invest in. Not much different so far with the Switch. It's like Nintendo's success is based on a dice roll and nothing more.
But I've enjoyed mine either way for the Nintendo exclusives so far. Zelda has made a bunch of plane rides much more tolerable, but outside of that I just don't care about it being portable. If I'm out of the house it's usually because I'm busy doing something that would prevent me from playing games at the house, so it just sits in my backpack. Probably just an old man yelling at cloud thing for me though. I get why kids would like it.
Load up a 3D high-end game on your tablet and see how long it lasts. Tablets and the Switch have entirely different main uses.
Right, so Jonneh3003's tablet analogy doesn't really work here.You also don't use them to play fully featured video games, so battery life for normal tablet use ain't really something to compare to.
He meant that it's no less portable than something like a tablet. Short battery life doesn't make it any less of a portableRight, so Jonneh3003's tablet analogy doesn't really work here.
Actually, is a console you can take outside.
Battery life is extremely important to portability.He meant that it's no less portable than something like a tablet. Short battery life doesn't make it any less of a portable
Physically but not dimension wise for me when I think of something just to play video games on.I mean.... Look at it. It's physically a handheld.
Battery life is extremely important to portability.
I am happy for Nintendo's success, I just don't understand why.
Physically but not dimension wise for me when I think of something just to play video games on.
It's a well marketed product that looks desirable and has a unique and actually useful selling point, and has great games that people want to play. To the point where it actually makes people want to play games on it over alternative systems.Battery life is extremely important to portability.
I am happy for Nintendo's success, I just don't understand why.
I mean.... Look at it. It's physically a handheld.
What'd he say?
So, let's see....
-Performance clearly superior to a Raspberry Pi 3, probably.
-Built-in storage enough for installing as many as 1-2 games
-Voice comm requiring the use of an app on your cell phone
-Paid subscription online service feature list competitive with Heat.net
-Peripheral pricing so high and bizarrely lopsided with the initial hardware bundle that it makes buying a second Switch for parts a sensible option
...that's pretty dire, but it's still a much more compelling product than the Wii U at first reveal, simply by virtue of being a handheld. Might be somewhat more successful than the Wii U since it's not trying to leverage a poorly thought out archaic tablet as a unique selling point this time, but the cost of ownership is looking *astronomically* high. It's arguably higher than the major console competition, given the peripheral pricing, anemic built-in storage, low value paid online, etc., so it's abandoning a lot of the appeal that would otherwise come with being a handheld.
Handheld form factor and performance, but with $60 game pricing, paid online, tiny storage, and obscene peripheral costs. Worst of both worlds, arguably, and the mediocre mobile SoC isn't going to do it any favors when people hook it up to their living room setups. I seriously doubt I'll want to stretch out Switch games onto my 75" 4K HDR TV.
Not exactly situated to take the market by storm with all that and a very thin launch lineup. Not something that's easy to root for as a consumer, either, since Nintendo loaded up on anti-consumer business decisions here. It's telling that first shipment pre-orders are still available.
No.
I use my Switch as a portable constantly and have never once had it die on me while away from home.
As a Switch owner, this meme that Switch's poor battery life is what precludes it from being 'portable' is nonsense.
That's an awesome story. Despite that the Switches battery life is still less awesome than your story.
So are the 3DS and Vita not really portable systems then? Their battery lives aren't much betterBattery life is extremely important to portability.
I am happy for Nintendo's success, I just don't understand why.
I didn't say otherwise, to your first point. It can function as a home console, but it is physically a handheld/portable gaming system....that can function entirely, and possibly exclusively, as a console.
This also had the form factor of a handheld, and yet no one would argue it was
I use my Switch as a portable constantly and have never once had it die on me while away from home.
As a Switch owner, this meme that Switch's poor battery life is what precludes it from being 'portable' is a bit of a stretch.
I didn't say otherwise, to your first point. It can function as a home console, but it is physically a handheld/portable gaming system.
When answering to the thread "Will the Switch be a success?"
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=228262018&postcount=912
Right, so Jonneh3003's tablet analogy doesn't really work here.
The guy is a dishonest moron who mismanages his studios so this doesn't surprise me.
Just remember, his sons middle name is Luigi so that means he loves Nintendo.
#1 - I know. I just said that. :3
#2 - What's your point, anyways? My point was that the Switch's poor battery life doesn't preclude it from being a portable system or being used as a portable system. My anecdotal evidence wasn't meant to be some objective, mic-drop type shit. Just minor support for my argument.
No one argued that the Wii U gamepad was a handheld because it was a controller that was tethered to a console that had to be plugged in....that can function entirely, and possibly exclusively, as a console.
This also had the form factor of a handheld, and yet no one would argue it was
I mean that would still diminish portability as a consideration for consumers, like what happened with gaming laptops and PC enthusiasts.No it still works because your arbitrary battery life assessment is terrible for assessing portability. A gaming Laptop is a portable Desktop PC. Just because you can't play The Witcher 3 for more than 30 minutes without plugging it in doesn't suddenly remove this fact.
Above all I think the main appeal of the Switch hardware is convenience. Convenience is not always treated as the most desirable feature of a product but look at the best performing technology products- the iPhone combining your phone, mp3 player and PDA, the rise of laptops and tablets over high end desktop PCs... people will often desire convenience over power or performance.
Nintendo seemed to get this and while I'm sure the concept years ago didn't look as elegant as that presented in October, this guy clearly didn't value the convenience the Switch presents as much as he should have.
Because you don't like it being a portable, thats a huge deal for many people, plus they nailed the marketing and designI don't totally get why it is so popular. I don't get what defines if a Nintendo console does well anymore considering they mostly all have had the same issues since the N64. Underpowered compared to the competition, lacking really good 3rd party support and still rather expensive to invest in. Not much different so far with the Switch. It's like Nintendo's success is based on a dice roll and nothing more.
But I've enjoyed mine either way for the Nintendo exclusives so far. Zelda has made a bunch of plane rides much more tolerable, but outside of that I just don't care about it being portable. If I'm out of the house it's usually because I'm busy doing something that would prevent me from playing games at the house, so it just sits in my backpack. Probably just an old man yelling at cloud thing for me though. I get why kids would like it.
When answering to the thread "Will the Switch be a success?"
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=228262018&postcount=912
Was someone saying it wasn't portable at all? I just don't see the need to make it sound better than it is with anecdotal stories.
It's absolutely very portable if you want to lug around another device to charge it. Still annoying.
The concept is really easy to understand but you really don't see how fucking awesome it is until you get one in your hands for a few days.
The concept is really easy to understand but you really don't see how fucking awesome it is until you get one in your hands for a few days.
When answering to the thread "Will the Switch be a success?"
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=228262018&postcount=912
Physically but not dimension wise for me when I think of something just to play video games on.
Also as others have said battery life for handhelds have just been getting worse over the years and the Switch's is pretty bad.
I am happy for Nintendo's success, I just don't understand why.
Physically but not dimension wise for me when I think of something just to play video games on.
Also as others have said battery life for handhelds have just been getting worse over the years and the Switch's is pretty bad.
I've been playing video games for over 30 years. In that time, the biggest thing I've learned about Nintendo is that I just can't predict whether something new of theirs will be a success or not.
I don't know why people are giving this exec shit for not knowing, either.