Topic: almost ready to sell my switch

I suppose everyone is different but I genuinely can't see me ever buying a games console and stopping wallet in hand to ask the question "Wait, does it have YouTube?". During E3 I seriously considered the Xbox One X proposition as some of the games do look amazing (I have since changed my mind) however at no point did I think about media streaming, internet browsing, YouTube or Netflix. For me it's all about the games. I've only been into Nintendo since the GameCube era though I've been gaming since the early 80s so I'm not blindly defending them. In fairness I've owned every Sony console but not even half of Nintendo consoles (I still don't get all the fuss about metroid and genuinely have never played a DKC) so I'm certainly not a fanboy and let me assure you my but doesn't hurt (not actually sure if this is a terrible slur or just friendly banter). I'm currently on holiday and I have a few devices with me that cover all bases and genuinely the only drawback is the three different chargers I had to bring with me. Now I don't want to rile any feathers so I'll just say that I'm right and everyone else is wrong and the sooner you all realise this the better for it will be for everyone.

@MarcelRguez
You obviously don't know me very well. Let me fill you in:

• I am ALWAYS open to debate, and I am one of the more willing people on this site to see things from another side and concede points. You just haven't presented anything particularly engaging in any of the threads I've seen you active in, in my opinion. Sorry?
  -I do NOT put a ton of time into making long-winded posts on this board, so to expect ME to research YOUR posts is ludicrous. I come here for fun to see what people are thinking for a few minutes, not to do an hour of research. I get to do that at my work, thank you very much.
  And eh...I couldn't even remember what the heck else you were accusing me of. I don't really care.

Oh, the achievements thread, sorry. Yea, I thought your ideas there were pretty flawed and not very logical. Like...achievements ruin your experience, but if they're ONLY in the game it's cool? ....

Sorry, guys. Back to whatever else this thread has become about lol

@MarcelRguez
Yea, I mean, I feel the same way. I really don't care what you think about me; it's obvious nothing I say is gonna change your mind. But you really need to own up to being a down-right jerk to a lot of people on this forum, though. Just my opinion. I doubt you will, and I don't know you well enough to gauge if you even register when you're doing it.

And man, keep flaggin my posts, I guess, because it's been six years and nothing's ever happened to me (maybe because I've never done anything wrong??)

(Oh, sorry, your last question: Why do I post? I post when I feel that someone is being unfair and high-and-mighty, typically. I posted in this thread when you mocked everyone for responding to the "fanboy" accusation, as if you're somehow above that. You're not. Not by a longshot, my friend. Whatever you are - Australian? Mate, then.)

@MarcelRguez
Oh, I'm following you? Wasn't aware. Thanks for telling me.
I'm no vindicator of the weak, I just speak up when I think I need to.

I don't know what a "cold head" is, but I already told you: I'm not going to waste my time doing that. I made an accusation against you; you say it's wrong. Ok. You made an accusation against me; I say its wrong. OK?

...

I don't think there's much else to say here. Popping back into Overwatch. Trying to climb to Diamond, but I lost my last two games

so OP any games excite you from E3? I'm partial to FE Warriors myself (and yoshi...geez tis too cute!)

Sooooooo anyways, I think the Switch should have support for things like Youtube, Netflix and Internet browsing. There will be times when people might prefer to take a tablet with them on a journey and watch videos instead of playing games with a Switch.

The Switch could be better, but selling it due to lack of internet and videos seems like an overreaction. Most people will have other devices that can do these things.

@skywake um i never said anything about fanboys. I believe we both agree about the role of the switch at any rate.

The one or two things stopping the Switch's first year being a complete win is the lack of a unique, more 'mature' action-adventure-shooter type game, and a realistic racing game. If Metroid Prime 4 released in the first year then all bets would be off, but it won't.

But even so, I've only got 3 games in my Switch library (BotW, MK8D, ARMS) and I'm very satisfied indeed.

If Nintendo do put more apps on the system then fine, but if they come at the expense of the OS's fluidity then I'd prefer not to have them.

You would if you were buying it as a portable device.....

No YouTube
No Messenger
No Web Browser
No NetFlix

Pretty essential things to have in a portable device that is larger than the 3DS, 2DS, ipods, and many tablets....

@Lethal If Switch was trying to be a 'One device does all' then sure, fairly essential. But Switch isn't trying to do that. Not yet anyway. It's a dedicated games machine.

And there lies the problem. All of my posts have been examples of why Nintendo needs to add what is essential to a portable device with a touch screen. You can say what you want, that is fine. But my opinion does not change because I used actual real examples with facts on why my kids would rather bring their iPads on a plane instead of their Switches. So that is something Nintendo needs to fix. Whether you agree with that or not, it is an issue.

And why even have an option to let you know your friend is online when you can not even send them a message? That makes no sense.

I'm a weirdo that wants to buy game consoles when they're worthwhile to me instead of before.

My patience > this thread

The 3DS lacked those things when I got mine. Infact mine still lacks Netflix and the ability to do the others is average at best. Same deal with the DS when I got it and for its entire life unless you count pictochat or the crappy web browser cartridge which I never got. And my old Gameboy certainly didn't have these things.

So no. I wouldn't hesitate buying a portable device designed to play games if I found out it couldn't do Netflix at the counter. I believe my reaction would be along the lines of "and? It has games so why should I care?"

Now if a TV didn't have Netflix built in I'd pause. If a smartphone had an os that didn't have some basic apps I'd pause. But the only reason I'd pause buying a gaming machine is if there weren't many upcoming games.

Sidenote: the first iPhone lacked Netflix, Facebook, Twitter and pretty much everything. It was not really marketed as a Swiss army knife. It was marketed more as a phone with a built-in iPod.

Lethal is the Xbox One reveal conference of NL posters.

Some of you will get this and laugh and most won't. Which is the point.

@kkslider5552000
I don't remember them actually having a conference to reveal the XBOne. I remember being confused about why Microsoft was selling a new kind of PVR at E3. But XBox? I thought they just announced it somewhere else.

Well maybe conference wasn't the right word but...

never forget

@kkslider5552000
Yeah that's the one. I don't know why they were trying to sell us a PVR

Erm no I wouldn't. Quit telling me what I would do. I'm buying a games console to play games. I have my phone for everything else. One more time round the merry go round?

And I did buy The Switch without any of those things. Twice. And so did you. Twice.

Same for me. I never used all those apps that came with the Vita too since I have a more than capable phone which is always with me in my pocket.

To be fair, the 3DS had backwards compatibility, which made a HUGE difference. I never even noticed the small 3DS library because I already had two dozen DS games that I played on it extensively. The DS also benefited from BC with GBA games. The Switch has none of that, so if you don't like the games currently offered there is nothing else to hold your interest.