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Nintendo Switch discussion topic

The presentation date in different time zones:
(Thursday)
January 12, 8 pm PT (West coast NA)
January 12, 11 pm ET (East coast)

(Friday)
January 13, 4 am GMT
January 13, 5 am CET (Central Europe)
January 13, 1 pm JST (Japan)
January 13, 3 pm AEDT (Australia)

Countdown:

 

[OrbitalBeard]

11 PM for me. I can live with that.

 

[udivision]

The wait is on.

I mean, it didn't really end but y'know.

 

[VegiHam]

Urgh, 4AM right in the middle of my exams?

... I'll probably be there anyway.

 

[gaiadyne]

30 days of waiting...

 

[Rymuth]

Pretty early-ish in the morning for me but no big deal

 

[Lilalaunebaer]

5 AM. I could watch before going to work. But i wanted to get drunk to watch it. Probably take time off and start the day early lol

 

[NSESN]

Who need sleep

 

[Trevelyon]

Let's go!!

 

[Nanashrew]

11 PM for me. I can live with that.

10PM for me. It's nice not having to wake up early in the morning this time for a Nintendo presentation for once.

 

[Hip Hop]

It's almost all over.

 

[Oregano]

4am for me. Good thing I booked that day off!

 

[luffeN]

Woooow what? 5 AM CET? Damn, I was hoping for something like 6 PM, haha.

 

[Broken Joystick]

4AM on my birthday.

Nice.

 

[KingSnake]

5 AM? That's worse than I thought. Ugh.

Spoiler

I will wake up, what can I do?

 

[Frostman]

Could they have chosen a worse time for Europeans.

 

[01DragonFly]

cant wait, I usually go to sleep late so pretty exited

 

[Persona7]

Nice. Nintendo always has events at like 7AM and I miss them.

 

[Huddy]

4am! I guess I'll have to switch my alarm on.

 

[Zalman]

I was actually expecting worse for Europe (since we knew it would be on the 12th in NA and 13th in Europe/Japan). I can live with 5 AM.

We're almost there...

 

[CengizMan]

5 AM. Great.

 

[ChazGW7]

What a ridiculous time to pick Nintendo, what the hell.

 

[Banjotanooki]

11AM for me here in Japan, while I'm working.

 

[AppleSautts]

I get off at work 11 so this is perfect for me

I was worried I was gonna miss it

 

[DrWong]

Ah ah! Basically no one will watch live in Eu.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

What a ridiculous time to pick Nintendo, what the hell.

It's a global event. Not sure there's a way to make it convenient for everyone.

 

[oti]

What a ridiculous time to pick Nintendo, what the hell.

It's an event mainly for Japan. Don't worry, I'm sure NoE and NoA will repackage the information in YouTube videos and social media posts.

 

[Xieldos]

Bad for Europe, but reasonable for everyone else. There isn't really a time they could pick that suited everyone.

I'll be up at 4am, I know I will be ...

 

[zeromcd73]

CUM RIGHT IN MY EYES

 

[Dystify]

What a ridiculous time to pick Nintendo, what the hell.

That's what you get when you need to pick a time that fits their most important markets.

 

[kuroneko0509]

11AM for me here in Japan, while I'm working.

japan is 1 pm. I find it weird seeing op didn't put japan time considering the 1st one to tweet it is ncl not other branch lol

 

[LordKano]

It's a global event. Not sure there's a way to make it convenient for everyone.

Nintendo E3 events are always at a perfect time for everyone.
This is screwing the whole Europe.

 

[NeoRausch]

5 am?! 😪

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

ITS HAPPENING

Spoiler

next year

CUM RIGHT IN MY EYES

your a bad boy for tag quote fishing

 

[Nanashrew]

Nintendo E3 events are always at a perfect time for everyone.
This is screwing the whole Europe.

But aren't E3 times bad for Japan, where it will be held?

 

[THEaaron]

Start preorders. I want it Day 1.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Nintendo E3 events are always at a perfect time for everyone.
This is screwing the whole Europe.

Nintendo's E3 streams air at 1 AM in Japan.

Like I said, it's not really possible to make something like this convenient for everyone.

They sure managed better times with Nintendo Directs in the past. This is not because is a global event, but because is a Japanese event (streamed globally).

Many Directs air incredibly early on the West Coast of the US.

Again, it's not possible. Though it is true in this case that Japan was a priority.

That's because it's an American event first and foremost.

I'm not disagreeing. The point is, if you're creating an event that streams in Nintendo's three major markets, at least one of them is going to get the short end of the stick. This cannot be helped.

 

[KingSnake]

It's a global event. Not sure there's a way to make it convenient for everyone.

They sure managed better times with Nintendo Directs in the past. This is not because is a global event, but because it's a Japanese event (streamed globally).

Nintendo's E3 streams air at 1 AM in Japan.

That's because it's an American event first and foremost.

 

[Zhao_Yun]

Could they have chosen a worse time for Europeans.

.

 

[guit3457]

5 am in Spain...can deal with it

 

[correojon]

5AM...cool, I´ll wake up to see the reactions on GAF and watch the event on YT on my way to work.

 

[random25]

CUM RIGHT IN MY EYES

Why not swallow everything?

Nintendo E3 events are always at a perfect time for everyone.
This is screwing the whole Europe.

If you're in East Asia, that's as early as 12 midnight and as late as 2AM. So not really.

 

[Flowmoney]

Preordering the thing might end up awful with a night announcement. At least in daytime people are at work or wouldn't instantly be at places waiting for the store to open.

 

[Tenki]

5am lol I guess that day I ain't going to work.

 

[DMONKUMA]

Hmmm final class on that day ends around 5pm and I have no class the day after. Pretty good I'd say for me.

It's 8pm for me.

 

[Jonneh3003]

4am :/ I'll have to watch it when I wake up

 

[KHlover]

5am...that means I can watch up to 3 hours worth of conference before I head to work. In turn I have to work two hours longer since I come in later. Eh, not the best time but I'll manage.

Thank god I have flexible working times and can come anytime between 0645 and 0900.

 

[E-phonk]

5 in the morning, it's doable

imokwithithis.gif

 

[moozoom]

I really want new Switch info, but no way I'm up at 5am... will watch later during breakfast. I can do late night but not early morning.

 

[KingSnake]

Many Directs air incredibly early on the West Coast of the US.

Again, it's not possible. Though it is true in this case that Japan was a priority.

Don't answer before my post if the thread is going forward. Unless you want me to miss the answer.

Again, this has nothing to do with West Coast. This has all to do with the event being organised in Japan and has to have the perfect hours for Japan.