Katzenjammer
Member
Please, this is a thread about complaining about the Switch, don't bring examples of other electronics and how their hardware behaves into this!
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Switch charging time is 3 hours, non-removable battery
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Conor_Fool
Banned
Well this is kind of devastating
Maybe they shouldn't have gone with Nvidia then.
Peterthumpa
Member
Fuck you.
LambdaTeos
Member
apparently yes
everyone who's buying the console is a fanboy who know nothing about anything
i'm such a fanboy, an ignorant fanboy apparently
No thanks seems nice to me. All these complaints here seem like standard GAF hyperbole.
jts
...hate me...
Yeah, the large majority of people don't use powerbanks, but they are still a product with rising popularity, and very common to spot out in the wild.
I always carry a 8000mAh one in the inside pocket of my winter jacket, and barely notice it. Always there when I need it. Not for Pokémon Go either.
And it's not like the Switch is exactly pocketable, tbf. Will probably get carried in a bag or equivalent. A powerbank for those in great need extra battery life won't hurt that much.
I'm confused by why people are making this out to be a disaster? From my experience with multiple phones/tablets this seems pretty standard for intensive, continued usage.
As does the charge time, so I'm not sure why this is the sackcloth and ashes situation some are making it out to be.
As does the charge time, so I'm not sure why this is the sackcloth and ashes situation some are making it out to be.
LordRaptor
Member
Oh, sure, they should have gone with DMP instead. That would have stopped the complaints. Largest font size slash ess available.
Whoo, ignorant fanboy club *high five*
newtypepilot
Member
you know the diehards will find ways to spin it. The Switch is a console full of compromises so it can go portable. What's worse is that they've priced themselves way too high.
Sure, for something without quick charge. The total time available is what makes it complete shit. An at max 6 hours battery life is dreadful when it takes 3 hours to 100%. Compound that with battery life that gets worse over time as well as whatever being connected to Wifi does to the thing. It's a bit of a mess.
You can do that with switch, just with an external battery. Which can be of any brand and not special made for the Switch.
theangrypirate
Member
Wow, I didn't even buy one... Fuck Nintendo for purposefully making these things scarce.
Everyone had an opportunity to buy one btw. It's not like it sold out in minutes. Amazon had them until about noon PST today, best buy and target even later. If you legit wanted one you would have got one. Keep your childish outburst to yourself if you don't like it.
Kacho
Gold Member
It's not that it's just bad, it's earth shattering to some people in a comical way. It's ok to be disappointed and all but tone it down a bit.
How do we know the estimates are with wifi off?
Anyway, I guess I'm failing to see the issue you play and then you find an outlet, plug it into a nearby USB port, or bring a small power bank. You wait for it to charge or charge it enough to get where you are going.
2.5 hours is the absolute lowest not the only number possible and it's apparently ~3 running Zelda. We also don't know if this is with max screen brightness, with wifi on, or other battery draining features.
Dr. Buni
Member
Yet it can only go portable if you are willing to pay good money on a SD card with good capacity or if you choose to buy only physical games (which isn't the ideal for handhelds IMO).
fun thing is that i'm not even planning on buying it.
Xenoblade might push me over, but right now i don't plan going back to Nintendo anytime soon.
Just today i have been criticized by my buddies i watched the presentation with because i kept criticizing Nintendo during most of the thing.
Then i come back here online to find a quite a few posts claiming i am an Nintendo defendant, or on Nintendo kool aid.
It's quite the contrast, really
TLZ
Banned
It actually seems like a lot of you are trying desperately to justify all Nintendo's mistakes. This isn't good. Denial isn't good. Better let them know what's wrong so there's any possibility of fixing in the future.
This is how I feel and I'm buying one. If you put the guts in the dock and cut out the tablet portion, you've got a fairly solid home console. You can still have the joy cons and the all things that make this an intriguing piece of hardware without the hamstringing of mobility at a slightly lower price.
Don't misinterpret, I'm not shitting on the functionality of the Switch. I've got one preordered and I'm excited to play it. With that said, the odds of me taking it to work and trying to play it on lunch or even travel with it are pretty slim.
Patrick S.
Banned
That's something I actually always wondered about; the Garmin GPS I have in my car lasts for ages on battery while staying completely cold, even though it's six years old now, but when I use my quite new phone's GPS function, it drains the battery in what seems just a few minutes, and when it's plugged in while in use as GPS the phone gets to boiling hot temperatures in no time.
MrS
Banned
Leave him alone. If he's not gonna play that POS, he might as well make a quick buck off it.
Not sure there's gonna be a lot of people who want it after the recent announcements though.
thecouncil
Banned
exactly. its amazing that i havent seen or heard one good thing about this system in the past 24 hours. everything is bad. only nintendo can bring that magic.
oh for god sakes.. so much hyperbole in here..
It uses USB-C get a bettery pack. it's what i did for my Wii U game pad and what i have for my 3DS i never run out of power.
What a great portable device. /s
LambdaTeos
Member
i guess it's because you have personal opinions and preferences when talking with a large crowd
Lmao, hope you're not being serious here
Patrick S.
Banned
This isn't a mistake its a limit of current technology. There are plenty of problems with this console. This isn't one of them. Unless you expect Nintendo to invent an alternative to lithium ion (which btw would make them far more money than the Switch) we are stuck with shitty battery life and charge times for modern high powered devices.
Yeah, as a Vita owner this isn't anywhere even close to a deal breaker for me. For me, this system will be in its dock 90+% of the time and when it's not the dock will always be nearby.
I almost never used the DS/3DS/PSP/Vita systems in a portable fashion, and I don't expect that to change with the Switch.
metalslimer
Member
It's ok to still want one of these things while ackowledging the multitude of flaws it has.
theangrypirate
Member
Snkfanatic
Banned
Yeah that stood out to me too...
Did you seriously expect a warm reception for saying you were thinking of buying one just to make a quick buck?
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Preorder Cancelled
i'm out fam.
i'm out fam.
facetheslayer92
Member
Wow
Or maybe that's a fundamental design flaw which would imply why the system wasn't a good idea in the first place.
This comes off as funny seeing as how Nintendo handhelds have sold to the masses in large numbers and were largely based on physical games.
theangrypirate
Member
Nothing wrong with $60 games. When the console is advertised as $300 though you need a $60 game to go with it. Its gonna cost you $360 to play switch at launch, I think thats were the bitching is coming from.
I have an old Garmin too that would last a pretty long time too. Comes down the the processor and screen used. At least for mine it had a resistive touch screen as well, which is lower power than capacitive.
cubicle47b
Member
If that's the case no portable gaming machine since the original DS is a good idea.
spazimoose
Member
I think that charging time is a little too conservative. Wasn't the AC adapter rated at more than 30W? Type-C is 5A max. Im no engineer, but those numbers just dont add up. Maybe the device heats up quickly so it throttles? Keep in mind, all these numbers given were approximate. It aint over till the Joy-Cons click.
Are you going to trade-in your Vita too?
Snkfanatic
Banned
What system comes with a game at launch anymore? Not sure how that is even a valid complaint? When I bought my PS4 I had to buy a game with it too.
And I find it strange that the person is calling out the games costing 60 bucks. It's the standard...Nintendo games shouldn't be any kind of exception.