@shadow-wolf
It's really hard to explain why the portability is awesome until you experience it. I thought my Switch was never going to leave the dock when I first bought it, but in reality, I can't tell you the last time I played it IN the dock, and I play it almost every day!
I'm in my 30s, I'm married, and it just fits my life to play a half hour or an hour before turning in for the night or even when I'm on the elliptical (sounds dangerous, but I've gotten pretty good at it lol - even set some of my best Graceful Explosion high scores while working out).
I still love sitting down on the weekends to play a few hours of WoW or Overwatch on my PC, but most of my gaming is done on my Switch BECAUSE it's portable and just fits my current life where I rarely have time to sit down in front of my TV throughout the week.
@JaxonH@IceClimbers@darkfenrir@Anti-Matter@subpopz@rallydefault Thank you all for your responses! I'm understanding better what the flexibility means to all of you (props to @JaxonH for making me realize that it was the flexibility that mattered with Switch, not specifically portability). It does sound like something I need to experience to fully value, and I look forward to that!
@shadow-wolf
It's the same appeal as it is with smart devices. Sure if you have a PC, Laptop or TV on paper it seems stupid to want to browse the internet or consume content on a technically inferior device. But when you have a device that lets you consume content whenever you want? You'll inevitably end up watching Netflix in bed on a lazy Sunday morning or browsing twitter while you drink your coffee in the morning.
So why wouldn't a device that does the same for gaming be the same? Sure we've always had portable consoles and I've always kinda felt that way about portable gaming. But every portable console prior to the Switch was generations behind what "real consoles" were doing. The Switch is flexible without being generations behind. I felt the same way about the Wii U even if it was, in hindsight, the beta version of Switch.
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@Spoony_Tech
Of course. Can't afford to buy every $150 cable on Amazon.
I buy a lot of games but I'm getting them for like 25% off via GCU/BBCC. And accessories that truly add value (large SD, gripcase that makes it more comfy to hold, etc).
This is really cool but, it's not $150 cool. Especially since you have to manually set the resolution to match the native output of the game for best results. That's something I would not bother doing- I would just keep it on automatic at all times and let improve the games it improves, and let it not improve the games it won't improve.
If it worked for every game without needing to manually change res I might make an exception but, as it stands this is a $50 purchase tops. If they drop price in the future I'll look into getting one
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@skywake You have a good point. That being said, I feel that gaming is a bit different of an activity compared to the things performed on smartphones. Many games, like Breath of the Wild, are pretty engrossing and suck you in for a good amount of time. I can't see myself playing just 15 minutes of it before a bus arrives or anything like that. Some games do fit that mold though so for those games I see the appeal.
@shadow-wolf
Trust me - you may not see yourself doing it now, but playing 15 minutes of BotW waiting for a bus is totally doable. It'll take you a year to beat the game (lol) but very doable.
Most weeknights I only get to play 15 mins-half hour of whatever big game I'm working on. So yea... people will binge and pour a hundred hours into Zelda over the course of a few weeks whereas I took most of this year. Just different but still satisfying.
@skywake You have a good point. That being said, I feel that gaming is a bit different of an activity compared to the things performed on smartphones.
That's because smartphones and tablets have already disrupted the way you perform those tasks. If I want to send a quick message to someone I'll use my phone, if I want to type up an email I'll sit at my desk. If I'm watching a movie I'll do it on the TV but if I'm watching one episode of something I'll probably use my tablet and for youtube I might even use my phone. Because I can do these tasks on any device I get to choose which device makes more sense.
With gaming? Sure, some games are better played on the TV and some make more sense on a portable device. But as consumers we haven't really been able to pick how we play games. The Switch (and to a degree the Wii U) lets the consumer pick which games are portable and which games aren't. So Splatoon becomes a portable game and Pokemon can be played on your TV. And if someone wants to play Skyrim on the bus? It's certainly not what we've assumed portable gaming was but why not?
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I don't know why but it just felt kind of so-so in the demo. When I got the game and played the first stage or two it definitely felt more fun than the demo, but still wasn't mind blowing or anything.
I just beat the first world and a few levels in the second world and I'm loving Star Allies now. It's a blast in single player, I love having the allies around. All the different abilities and then being able to level up those abilities by mixing them- having wind power up a cutter, or electricity level up a boomerang, or fire level up a sword, or water level up a yo-yo... it's freakin rad.
The game is just a tonna fun to play. I thought it wouldn't make for a very good single player game but I was dead wrong. And I love the drop-in drop-out co-op. It's as easy as detaching the joy con, passing one to a friend and hitting SL + SR. Boom. Done. Friend leaves? Just snap em back in the Switch. It's a perfect game for either solo or co-op.
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It's a really long footage, so you might want to jump after a few minutes in before it really starts. (And obviously, this will be full of spoilers, not sure on which part since I skipped watching )
@darkfenrir
I'm already sold on Shining Resonance. This fall/winter will be dominated by some quality 3rd party games like Shining Resonance for JRPG and Pillars of Eternity 2 for WRPG. Bring on the quality games.
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He was pierced for our transgressions
@JaxonH The ones I'm looking forward to are Titan Quest, Wasteland 2, Pillars of Eternity 2 and another one that was recently announced that I forget the name of.
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