Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@gcunit
I understand that - that's still the "base" price for your region, and my argument is that the base price is perfectly reasonable.

@rallydefault No, base price in UK is £279.99

You misunderstand, I wasn't criticizing the day one line (which is woefully thin), I was criticizing 1, 2, Switch being a bundled game when Ninty can only pump out 2 games for launch.

Oh, so you want a bundle for only 20 more pounds (sorry - no idea how to do that symbol on my keyboard lol) for a full-release game like Zelda.

My point is that I think you're asking for too much. Do we have any solid figures on whether or not Nintendo is selling the Switch at profit at launch prices? My hunch would be no, with an outlying chance of perhaps a slim amount. Though with the portable/home duality along with the Joycon tech, I really think not. Reggie gave an interview on this, stating that they really had to squeeze to meet this price point, and they definitely couldn't afford to have a game with it. I know we all want to just not believe the PR talk, but you also can't discount it. He very well could be telling the truth. And we can't expect them to just sell everything at a loss and somehow magically make enough money to still be around and make games for us.

@jump
Sorry, I'm still not quite sure what you are saying lol
I also don't think 7 games on launch day is "woefully thin." I don't know about you, but I'm not going to have time to play 7 games in the entire month of March let alone the launch day or launch week. If you do, that's great - I'm jealous lol

It will be.

http://n4g.com/news/2012048/switch-will-be-sold-for-a-profit-...

Well, there we have it, then. Maybe you have some credit to what you want then, @gcunit.

I wonder how much they are making?

@rallydefault They're not selling it at a loss, Kimishima said so during a financial report. Far more reliable than PR-man Reggie in a random interview.

@Octane
Yea, we got the link.
For clarity: I never said (and Reggie never said) they were selling at a loss. I had a hunch, which was proven wrong, and Reggie just flat out never said it.

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Of course I wont be getting all "7", I'm stuggling to find 2 games I want.

Slides from Nintendo's corporate strategy meeting presentation:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2017/170201_2e.pdf

• Switch won't replace 3DS. Many unannounced 3DS titles in development.
• Price point was set to ensure that the hardware is not basically sold at a loss.
• No changes to Nintendo's plan of shipping 2 million units worldwide by the end of March 2017.
• There are over 100 titles in development from over 70 publishers.

You know that thing where people are wondering how they're going to charge the Switch while it's in tabletop mode? And how people assume they need a second dock for easy charging? I was thinking about this and did some googling.... this is most definitely a thing already:

And it's a pretty simple device with standard connectors so there are heaps of other ones. I think we can pretty much guarantee that by the end of the year game stores and electronics retailers will be flooded with this sort of stuff. The Switch is probably the first truly mass-market device that uses USB Type C.

@skywake
Also this from Hori

print screen windows

I was wondering a thing: since i would like to play Switch mostly docked, i fear that maintaining the console in there can seriously damage the battery with time. Do you think so too? Will i have to remove the console from time to time (maybe while not playing the night)?

@JaxonH
I'm not sure if I like that stand as the ultimate solution. It's a nice and compact device for travel if you want to use table-top mode while charging. I don't think it's a good device for charging in general. I can't see anyone setting one of those up on their kitchen bench or bedside table as a place to charge their Switch when they've finished playing. It's no better than just a simple cable in that regard.

But if there was something that you could just drop the Switch in an charge that was cheaper than the full dock? That'd be pretty good. Kinda like the Wii U GamePad or 3DS charging docks. And the best thing is we don't really need to hope that one appears because they already exist. Fingers crossed for a Switch specific one that has the alignment rails.

new trailer

The UNI scene is so unrealistic. As if they'd stop playing when the lecturer walks in....

@skywake So, the joycons are waterproof now?!

@chardir Yep, waterproof joy-cons confirmed - 02:55!

Nintendo's marketing is still a mess. The audio in those trailers is consistently horrible because you have the backing track, the game sound effects, and the reaction noise from the actors, all on top of each other, for the length of the trailer - it's not nice to listen to, and as there's no voiceover to guide you through the trailer and provide any narration or explanation, they lack clarity.

If they need narration then the message is too complicated. They get away with not having it because the key selling point of the Switch is simple. That video has the title "Nintendo Switch - Play anytime, anywhere, with anyone". As a piece of marketing nothing more needs to be said IMO.

I liked it,an evolution of the original reveal trailer.it's probably too long and they spent a bit too much time on 1-2 Switch but it shows off it's concept and all the possibilities it offers very well.

There was a blink and you'd miss it part where they show a video playing on it,could be Youtube or Netflix.Nothing exciting and inevitable they'd be on there but neither were confirmed before.

@OorWullie It wouldn't be Netflix as that's been confirmed not to be available at launch but maybe at a future date, though Nintendo don't appear sure.