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DOOM (Holiday 2017) and Wolfenstein II (2018) Announced for Nintendo Switch
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Naked Snake
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Same for me.
I have owned every Sony console except the Vita and every Nintendo console except the U and VB and I owned consoles prior to the NES.
For me the hybrid console is a game changer. Hard to go back to a regular console or portable for me after the Switch.
Skittzo0413
Member
I do wonder about the price. Skyrim SE launched for $60 last year and DOOM 2016 did too but several months earlier, and dropped in price pretty heavily pretty quickly. I wonder if they'll try $40 or $50 seeing as how they didn't care to maintain the $60 price all that long when it originally released.
Expecting $60 though, it's a new-for-Nintendo release just like Skyrim. People will buy it at full price.
Expecting $60 though, it's a new-for-Nintendo release just like Skyrim. People will buy it at full price.
Couldn't agree more. My PS4 was collecting dust not because It didn't have anything good, quite the opposite. I could never find enough time to play or the tv was occupied. The flexibility of the switch is a game changer. All it took was a 2 year old tegra X1, and nintendo's vision and magic to convince us that this is the future of gaming.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
The use of such a powerful SoC was required to deliver a WiiU+ level console experience, but frankly what Nintendo brought to the table in the form of their concept for the device was really compelling to go alongside this. The docking is something anybody could have come up with, but the local 2 player coop out of the box with no extra parts is ingenious. Games like Snipperclips, Overcooked and Mario Kart are ideal for this and when the inevitable Smash Bros comes out it's going to become even cooler. The Split Joycon mode is also surprisingly comfortable and useful for playing in bed or on a train or aircraft.
What every mode has in common is just a base level of elegance that sort of lacked from a lot of recent Nintendo hardware. 3DS and WiiU had good games, but they also lacked a level of polish and refinement. Even just down to aesthetic things like the WiiU hardware looking kind of goofy, or the 3DS having asymmetric screens that never looked right. The super low res on the 3ds screen and wonky colours are just... bleh.
Once they roll out multimedia applications and VC for Switch it's going to more or less be a dream device... well maybe if they also fix the stupid online voice chat rubbish too.
You know, I didn't think of it that way. Every switch is 2 player right then and there. Don't even have to find a second controller, and it's not even like the console bundles that game with two controllers - the console, by virtue of needing to operate, REQUIRES that you have both of it's controllers at all times. It's like a wireless version of the Famicom coming with two permanently available controllers, but iwth more buttons than the Famicom and even the Wii.
Agreed with all of this except the idea of playing Smash Bros with one Joycon. Now I'll have nightmares thank you.
Yup. Bought Sonic Mania on Switch despite owning a PS4 Pro and 4k TV because I could take it with me anywhere. I also have played and beaten DOOM but plan on picking this version up because it's looks decent enough so far and...it's portable.
Naked Snake
Member
I love the Doom series, and Doom 2016 was one of the few/only multiplatform games from last year that I really wanted to play, and even though I have a PC with GTX 970, I knew I wouldn't play the game on it if I bought it (since I haven't played a single PC game since building the PC years ago, despite collecting dozens on Steam)... On Switch though? I will pre-order it the day it gets listed on Amazon.
Same story with Skyrim. Never played it (and I own it on Steam), but will play it on Switch.
Same story with Skyrim. Never played it (and I own it on Steam), but will play it on Switch.
plank
Member
30fps here we come then.
???
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
Cerium can't do 60, confirmed?
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
We demand to know what framerate your thread will be targeting!
plank
Member
figure you were one of the people who knows something was trying to make a joke.
FloweryMarston
Member
i will have doom, metroid prime 4, mario odyssey, breath of the wild all on the same machine
TheMoon
Member
But what if all this time .. everything you had been told ...
TheMagician
Member
Great post.
Not saying they'll never add multimedia stuff but they really have no incentive to. The system is selling great as is the software, and selling software is what drives revenue for them and their partners, not a bunch of people streaming movies on Netflix.
Plus the fact that it was been their plan to not have these extra things since they were pitching the console to devs and pubs like 2 years ago.
I think multimedial apps will come sooner or later.
Anyway, I read here on gaf that the media has embargo will be lifted this week... Hope it's true and hope we gonna have good news.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I think we're going to see $60. I also expect them to not follow the typical price drops we see on the other platforms, with both remaining at a higher price point on Switch.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
I don't see any compelling reason why Nintendo would not want Netflix, Twitch, Youtube, Amazon Prime etc as available software. It won't lower their sales at all. Nor do I see any reason why those companies wouldn't want their software on Switch. They want their content and services on every platform under the sun. It's frankly Bizarre that it didn't launch with that stuff, and even more bizarre it's not on there right now.
It was about 5 months between launch and the 3DS getting Netflix. The only reason I can think of why it wouldn't be on Switch is if Nintendo intended to get some kind of OS update rolled out before they allowed non-gaming applications on it. Even that is a stretch.
TheMoon
Member
Well we do know they'd (the usual ex Factor 5 suspects who do all of these aps) already been working on it and there's just some businessy stuff holding things back.
Dark Cloud
Member
There's a Doom embargo this week. Hmm I wonder what day it is. 🙂
Yeah and Japan already has the NicoNico App and Karaoke Joysound will follow soon.
TheMoon
Member
I thought it was widely know that it's Wednesday at this point?!
Dark Cloud
Member
This is the first time I'm hearing that lol
mrmickfran
Member
Full $60 on Amazon.
I think I'll just get it on PS4 for $20 lol
I think I'll just get it on PS4 for $20 lol
Naked Snake
Member
Is it on Amazon already? I keep searching for it but it's not showing up for me. Can you post the link?
Pasedo
Member
I can't help thinking that the advent of a true portable console could change how publishers look at developing their games so they get maximum mileage. I think we're going to continue seeing publishers do ports at a later date so they don't cannibalise their sales on pc, ps4 and Xbox. As Switch starts to become more mainstream and is a secondary game console for everyone they can take things further and give people a reason to buy two copies via some sort of cross save concept. Play on ps4 and resume on Switch on the go via an account setup. Taking it further again they will have exclusive portable features. Taking things even further why not design the game to take advantage of all gaming situations. So have scenes where it's best played with mouse and keyboard, then longer exploratory scenes where it's best playing on the PS4 on the couch and then build aspects of the game where it's perfect for the portability on the Switch. All seamlessly played via cross save functionality. Could give people a reason to buy multiple copies to get the best experience with the game. Okay ill go back to smoking my crack.
Skittzo0413
Member
I don't disagree really, it's just a bit disappointing that they'll be doing their best to gouge the growing audience. But like I said people (including me) will most definitely buy it at full price.
We do? I must have missed that...
A lot of people have been saying 9/20 for the embargo since that photo of the Gamestop guy started showing up. I don't know how they know that but I'd be willing to trust these people.
Naked Snake
Member
Why no Prime discount?
Yeah, the multimedia side of things has never sold to me. Vita had a whole load of stuff that I just didn't use. I would imagine that a lot of us already have a smartphone and hefty hard drive in their pockets. I always head to that for media and having a machine pared back for just games playing suits me fine.
£49.99 in the UK according to Amazon, same as Skyrim. I can't say that I'm really surprised or offended by this. They're going out of their way to port a pretty demanding game to the Switch, and on top of that they probably have to use the 32GB cartridge (which are supposedly expensive as hell). It all adds up.
It is pretty jarring that I was able to get the Xbox One version the other week for 10 brand new though, but I suppose the game just didn't sell well on those platforms. Hopefully the Switch userbase will take to it more, since it's a great game.
It is pretty jarring that I was able to get the Xbox One version the other week for 10 brand new though, but I suppose the game just didn't sell well on those platforms. Hopefully the Switch userbase will take to it more, since it's a great game.
Skittzo0413
Member
Do we actually have sales figures? I thought it sold very well, but for whatever reason the price dropped super quickly regardless.
It would be kinda hilarious if DOOM becomes the next "sold better on Switch than all other consoles combined" success story.
I agree that this pricing seems acceptable to me. Being able to play these games on the go is a completely different value proposition than playing them on an XBONE.
Naked Snake
Member
I would love nothing more than to see this happen. The salt and tears of Nintendo haters would flow like a river and be hilarious to witness.
What makes you think it didn't sell well on those platforms? The game definitely sold several million on PS4/Xbox One combined. and 2+m on PC alone. I think the issue might be that it had a price cut rather early on due to potentially slow sales initially?
https://www.vg247.com/2016/06/20/doom-shoots-to-the-top-of-the-uk-game-charts-after-price-cut/
DOOM is listed for December 13th here :
https://www.kuma.cz/doom-switch
https://www.kuma.cz/doom-switch
Is a Wednesday a standard release day anywhere? Nintendo is Thursday/Friday/Tuesday releases.
BanjoLayleeYookaKazooie
Banned
Hahaha, I can see the same avatars one after another posting the same regurgitated, downplaying nonsense it would be amazing!
Are Wednesdays a normal release date for games in Czechia?
TheMoon
Member
Well, unless you speak German it's easy to miss Eggebrecht spilling the beans around the Switch launch on a German podcast
(but it did get covered here and elsewhere to some degree).I mean, this is the same price any other game is on Switch is when it comes out?
What you can buy it on any other platform has no bearing. Even being a portable version has no bearing.
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