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Topic: How do i get my friends to buy a switch for themselves?

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Peek-a-boo

LaVelle wrote:

This ties into the thread's topic which is basically to let people like what they like. If demonstrating the fun of Splatoon to your friends doesn't seem to catch their interests then I'd warn against being 'that person' that uses every opportunity to promote their particular interest. You'll be more likely to irritate than not.

Great post is great.

Your friends may well enjoy playing Splatoon on your Switch, but it doesn’t mean they are going to suddenly cough up $360 in one fell swoop just to play with you. The Switch is barely five months old and it also doesn’t have as big as a catalogue of games as your friends Xbox has, or at least at this moment in time.

Peek-a-boo

WarioIsTopTier

Never really thought about it, but the Switch is tough to sell to some people. My girlfriend would prefer a Gaming PC, and even one of my online friends with his 900 euro Gaming PC who loves Nintendo was on the fence, and was seriously considering getting a 3DS instead, which is a bit pointless in late 2017. I think he settled on a Switch though, which is nice.

I think my issue is that I never needed to convince anyone to buy anything so I can play with them, because PC + Nintendo lets me play 99% of games with 99% of gamers, which is why I encourage the combo so much. PC has a titanic library, the best communication, and some of the best online multiplayer games available, while Nintendo has their standout style and innovation, and an untouchable first-party line-up.

So basically buy a PC and make fun of your friends until it reaches a point you financially dictate them cause even a cheap PC will slaughter any Xbox.

Trust me I've a PhD in friends.

WarioIsTopTier

Anti-Matter

@LaVelle
Ah... thanks for the comment.
Btw, someone might wonder with my comments about violence while my Avatar also shows that. Well, I will explain.

Yes, indeed. I have interest with Boxing. I know it is a violence sport. But unlike most people usually describe about boxing are just something serious or tough, I did the Opposite. Instead of showing Fierce looking of Boxer face, I did the Opposite by showing the Cute way of Boxing. People always thinking Boxing is all about fighting only, but I am Not. Instead, why don't we "Play Boxing" ? Boxing in cuteness, far away from violence, just you can found from my gallery on deviantart (check my profile). There are some Unusual ideas about boxing. What if Boxing meet Cuteness of Teddy Bear lover, Boxing meet Pop Star Singer, Boxing meet Ice Skater, Boxing meet Calligraphy writer ? Such an Unusual ideas, Far away from typical serious boxer. I didn't do by Masculine way, I did it by Feminine way. Instead of putting them in Very Serious DC Comic style, I put them in Barbie / Hello Kitty style. Boxing + Cuteness like Hello Kitty, why not ?

Ah, yeah. I have very strong dislikeness toward nsfw games due to my past when I was kids, accidentally watched nsfw contents from games/ movies and it still haunted in my brain, can't let them gone away. It built my awareness and hatred toward them. Sometimes, I feel lucky to be born with different mindset unlike typical adult male gamers. Not many people tends to be a Pacifist gamer, tough I have some interest with mild until tolerable moderate violence games.

Anti-Matter

Old_Goat_Ninja

Eh, XBoxers (and PSers) are usually a different breed than Nintendoers. Honestly, I only bought a Switch for a small handful of games, and if I already had a Wii U, I wouldn't have bought the Switch. Since I never had the Wii U, I got the Switch for BOTW, MK8, and Mario Odyssey. I grew up on Nintendo (starting on NES). I doubt I'll buy any other games for the Switch outside those 3, except maybe Minecraft for mobile use. Personally, I have XBox One and PS4, because I'm a gamer and like the exclusives. Any game that is shared between Switch and XBox and PS, is going to be better on XBox or PS. Switch just can't compete. It's a fun console and it's great for what it is, but it's not on the same level as XB and PS. I'm a huge Skyrim fan, but after playing it on 360, then on PS4, there's no way I'll buy it again for Switch. I already have a better platform to play it on. In my opinion, and from my gaming POV, the Switch is only good for the Nintendo exclusives like BOTW, MK8, Mario, etc. The quirky games like Arms, Splatoon, etc., don't do anything for me, and a lot of XBoxers and PSers are the same, with a few exceptions.

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Bunkerneath

Get a biker gang to hold them up at knife point to buy one

I AM ERROR

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LaVelle

@Anti-Matter Thanks for the response, I'm pleased to see how well you've engaged in your own interests so deeply. I come from a somewhat opposite perspective when it comes to cultural production: I'm a vegetarian who abhors violence but am quite drawn to horror and explorations of human violence. For me personally (and I believe on the whole, culturally), part of understanding the negative aspects of our species involves confronting, exploring, mocking and testing our more upsetting attributes. Art has a responsibility to be brave and transgressive, and if you take a look at any media, you may find some of the most progressive, stimulating and challenging representations of our world emerging from the most unlikely, trashy, pop-cultural places. Horror has a vast history of allowing cultures to voice and subvert its fears in a way that allows the vocalisation of marginalised voices that oppressive establishments attempt to stifle. An understanding of violence and hatred is an essential human condition that many (like myself) believe is better expressed and explored than repressed. You yourself, for example, have been quite free in stating how much you 'hate' ideologies that seem to differ from your own.

... I would have a major issue with anyone who thought that those beliefs meant I wasn't a 'nice' person.

Apologies if this comment is too big a tangent for the thread - but I wanted to reply to @Anti-Matter in the context of their reply. Possibly the most absurd thing I've ever written on a video-game site.

LaVelle

JasmineDragon

@LaVelle As a lifelong fan of horror in all its forms, I wholeheartedly approve this tangent. Your thoughts on the subject are perfectly aligned with my own.

I'm also very body- and sex-positive and have a strong disliking for Puritanical mindsets that think sex is evil. It's really not, people. It's one of the most basic drives in the animal kingdom, amd humans aren't exempt. Deriding games and other works that appeal to people's sexuality is like deriding TV shows about food that pander to our desire to eat tasty food.

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Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.

KirbyTheVampire

@JasmineDragon I don't see why you would have a strong disliking for people who disagree with your opinion on that topic. If they shove their viewpoint on sex, whatever it may be, down your throat, then I completely understand why you would find that annoying, but if they just politely disagree and don't try to force you to think the way they do, I don't really see how that warrants a strong disliking.

KirbyTheVampire

LuckyLand

@JasmineDragon to be honest tasty food can be dangerous, and sex can be dangerous as well. I'm not even talking about sexual diseases: I know several people who "thought" they wanted to have children, they did and then they understood what it means and that actually they did not want it that much. Guess what? Their lives are pretty much ruined now..

I used to be a ripple user like you, then I took The Arrow in the knee

JasmineDragon

@KirbyTheVampire Polite disagreement I can deal with all day long. The problem is that many of the people who believe sex is dirty seem to think it's their God-given mission on Earth to keep everyone else on what they think is the "righteous" path by any means necessary. That is what I have a strong disliking for.

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