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Shortage of Neon Switch Imminent?
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SinCityAssassin
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Yeah, but from what I can tell, not a lot of people want their gadgets to POP, you know what I mean? I personally adore color, but a lot of high end gadgets go for a sleeker silver, black or gray, and they don't want that scheme to be interrupted by this Blu/Red eye candy.
See look at that.
Inferno313
Banned
To be fair, if you wanted to really recreate the exact look of the Neon Switch, you'd be out $160. The neon two-pack is the opposite of what's included with the system, and I don't think the neon ones are being sold individually. So, you'd have to buy a red two-pack, and a blue two-pack, to get this look.
But those are options. Consumers should love all options, right?
Or you could go online and swap with someone that wants the opposite color
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A joycon pair is 80, not 90. So 160.
And then you have 4 spare joycons that you can either keep (4 extra controllers!) or sell and make most of your money back, likely. Even selling at 30 bucks a piece, that's 120 bucks, which means you're out only 40 bucks to get what you want.
The hardest thing will be finding them, though.
Peterthumpa
Member
lol, I wanted the grey one, woke up when pre-orders started and couldn't get neither. BB had some new stocks in that same day, late afternoon of only neon units. Got mine kinda of disappointed but now I'm totally glad it worked that way.
Or you could buy, one red, one blue?
Pretty much. Surprised it went so quickly, but looking at this stocking situation my curiosity has been answered.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
RichiRamjag
Member
Just brought the neon controllers from bestbuy as I didn't want to hunt down a neon.
I don't give a shit if the colors are swapped from the official.
Marty Chinn
Member
I'm curious what percentage of Neon owners will get a bit of buyers remorse because of the lack of symmetry after the honeymoon phase wears off.
Yeah, except that they don't sell red and blue individually. Only grey. Like the post you quoted said... Like they broke down their whole point...
That's the image that convinced me to change my preorder from Grey.
RichiRamjag
Member
Haha. This gave me a good laugh. Thank you!
That settles it. I'm heading to GAME tomorrow and asking if I can change my Grey pre-order to Neon. You got me, GAF, you got me.
EDIT: I may not... I don't know. God this decision is difficult.
EDIT 2: No, I'm holding true to Grey team. I only want the Neon for the eventual duel-red anyway and I'm sure I could just import some from US/Japan. The Blue just don't look nice to me. I'll regret it as soon as the first new Joy-Con colours are announced.
EDIT: I may not... I don't know. God this decision is difficult.
EDIT 2: No, I'm holding true to Grey team. I only want the Neon for the eventual duel-red anyway and I'm sure I could just import some from US/Japan. The Blue just don't look nice to me. I'll regret it as soon as the first new Joy-Con colours are announced.
Honeymoon phase doesn't exist on the Switch bro. We're getting a constant flow of new games every single week. This ain't no Wii U bruh. We eatin fam.
DarkChronic
Member
Haha I am still not seeing the Neon. I just don't get you sometimes, GAF.
Gray for life.
Gray for life.
does it actually fit in that case with the joy con's attached?
In Europe maybe but that's not the case in NA.
SinCityAssassin
Member
There's a lot of real estate with just the tablet if you look at the tabletop mode picture, so yes.
It is the case in NA...
You can buy either a mixed set which is the reverse of the Neon system SKU, a full set of blue, a full set of red, a full set of grey or individual grey...
You cannot buy individual red or blue joy-cons. Meaning if you buy the mixed set, you cannot complete that set. And the mixed set results in the opposite colors of the actual neon SKU.
This is exactly what that post pointed out.
Pretty sure it does. I'm not sure if that's any actual case in particular, but there's a ton of similar ones on Amazon like HORI's or PDP's.
Snarfington
Member
I love the Neon, but I want something more subtle for playing on long train/plane journeys, so grey it is.
I'm probably gonna get the first LE joycons they sell though, regardless of how garish, so I'm a mess of a man.
I'm probably gonna get the first LE joycons they sell though, regardless of how garish, so I'm a mess of a man.
Those photos were of the official Nintendo case.
Pops Maellard
Member
Oh god that looks absolutely stunning.
How risky would it be to cancel my Amazon preorder and roll up to my local Target a nice 3-4 hours before opening on the 3rd and try to snag a Neon system?
