Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@UmniKnight Do some research instead of asking us, you'll find your answer. That's how I got to know about it.

@UmniKnight Your console will take less strain if you use Sleep Mode. This is why those things exist. It's well known about battery technology and fuses that off/on damages them with surges of power.

Also points finger at myself Happy?

@BLP_Software Just, nevermind. It's a difference of preference, let's keep it at that.

My Grandad (an engineer) always used to tell me that, to improve battery life long-term, it's best to let the battery run down to ≈10% before charging - the charging process apparently has a negative effect on the battery & powering up devices takes a lot of energy too - so it's best to let the battery drain almost completely (but not totally) if you can, before charging, to preserve battery life in the long run...

@NaviAndMii Interesting, but what if you use it docked all the time, aka it's battery never runs dry?

@UmniKnight @NaviAndMii it's the same as with my statement. Physics don't lie, but variables do change.

So physics fried my motherboard on my pc through the power unplug thing I used to do back in the day. Peak power protection circuits change that dynamic somewhat.

Same goes for the battery: he's not wrong, but the batteries changed. li-polymer batteries are best drained and recharged, yet li-ion batteries benefit from mid-section charge cycles. But not indefinitely - completely draining on a rare occasion is still good, but doing it every time increases fatigue again.

I wonder how relevant all of this actually is these days. There certainly is no need and a potential downside in the continuously unplug and replug, super drain and redrain philosophy we used to live by two decades ago.

@erv Nintendo does recommend sleep mode, but I guess it's best to shut it off if you're going to leave it alone for a few days. My mindset is from ye olden days when we used to shut everything off to conserve energy and save on the bill at the end of the month, so I honestly missed the entire transition to "Sleep mode everything"

@erv I see, good info (I meant to mention that he passed away some time ago, so what I said wasn't necessarily up to date!) ..as @UmniKnight mentioned, do you know how the Switch works when docked - ie. once it's fully charged, does the Switch kind of dis-engage the battery and just take all power from the mains? (if that makes sense!)

@UmniKnight Apologies for how my previous comment came across.It came across as snarky which wasn't my intention.

@OorWullie Don't worry about it, I'm just genuinely concerned for the longevity of my console. I may come off as I've been put something sharp to my head in buying this, but I genuinely like the device, and a 330 purchase isn't something you do every month, well, at least not with my budget, so I'm just trying to figure what the best solution is here. If it comes off as irritating of me asking, don't worry, I've sent Nintendo themselves an e-mail, and I expect better than the regular PR answer for something that they should be able to inherently tell me about.

@UmniKnight The Switch uses almost no power in its rest mode. All you're doing is making the system more of a hassle to use for yourself. Also, I think powering it all the way on/off actually puts more strain on the system then just putting it in sleep mode.

I mean, your console, so do what you want, but it's adds virtually nothing to your electricity bill.

@Ralizah I don't mind waiting for it to start up, and I'll wait for Nintendo's reply as to what's best for the system itself. My housemate appreciates the idea of the system being off though, since it at least doesn't add more to said bill

I've always heard that turning it on and off instead of just putting it into sleep mode causes wear and tear on the system, too.

Hmm, maybe this is why I had so many problems with my XB1 between November 2015 and current regarding it being slow to load games properly. That the NXOE update in November 2015 brought the concept that you should leave your devices on sleep mode rather than fully switching them off.

Also without an SSD on your computer, booting up stuff takes absolutely forever if it's fairly old, so I prefer sleep mode for that.

The hardest thing you can do to a console is turn it on from being fully off.

I'll just leave this here. http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/08/24/gamescom-2017-final-fa...

@Samus7Killer I've done that ever since I've figured out how, after a few weeks of leaving it sleep mode. I'll hopefully have enough data from Nintendo to make an accurate decision on how to best keep my Switch in good condition.

@LeRaposa shivers I hope it's something else than that...

eww ign!

But would buy this. Looks better than the original.