Personally, I take a wait-and-see approach when it comes to accessories. I haven't been able to go to any events. The joycons in the grip is basically a pro-controller, and they also doubles as 2 mini-controllers. We also haven't seen if there will be many games that use 2 joycon-pairs. If so, an extra set of joycons can be more beneficial to buy.
@Therad Yeah i'm taking same approach too. On March 3rd i'll get only Switch and Zelda. I'll decide for any accessories in the future based on games we will get
@Octane Given the new info I'm thinking Wii U VC may continue for some more time. There's no point in stopping VC for Wii U if there's no Switch replacement.
@Octane Well if the games are just waiting to be released there's no reason not to. So like I'd imagine NSMBWii and Pikmin 2 have been ready for a while in NA but haven't been released yet to extend the lifespan of the Wii U VC
I'm not talking Wii U VC support for several months but rather maybe a month or two to act as kind of a transition period.
@Grumblevolcano The Pro Controller is certainly most similar to the PS4/XB1 controller, but if you're that festidious about trying to bring the consoles in line with each other, there are much more important things missing from the competition that would be necessary to bring them in line with the Switch.
For example, if you say that to it's necessary to include a Pro Controller with the Switch to make up for the lack of out-of-the-box D-Pad, could equally argue it's necessary to include an entire PlayStation Vita (RRP £230) and a pair of PS Move controllers (RRP £70) with the purchase of a PS4 to make up for the lack of portability and Joy-Cons respectively. At which point you've slapped an extra £300 onto the price; more than the actual Switch costs to begin with. Suddenly the D-Pad doesn't seem like such a deciding factor.
As I've said, I've played several games of Splatoon 2 on the Switch, and the JC Grip completely makes the case for itself. Yes, it doesn't have a D-Pad, and yes I hope the Pro comes down in price to something more palatable in the near future, but specifying that an entire new controller is necessary to compare the Switch with the competition without addressing what the competition would have to do to compare themselves with the Switch isn't exactly a fair test.
Not to mention that buying an extra Pro Controller gets you three player Mario Kart for £60 (not including the price of the game). If you want three player racing on a PS4, then the necessary pair of DualShock 4s would cost £110 at RRP.
In all your calculations, each bundle has the same number of D-Pads (i.e. one), but the Switch comes away with three times as many controllers. You've basically used the lack of out-of-the-box D-Pad on the Switch to justify calculations based on it having no out-of-the-box controllers what-so-ever, when in fact it has two (albeit diddly ones); twice as many as either of the other consoles as standard.
Is there any way of doing a poll on this website? I've noticed another complaint about the Switch not being pocketable, but I don't think I ever pocketed my 3DS anyway; it was always in a softcase, in my bag. I'm curious about how prevalent the whole 'console in the pocket' thing ever was.
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