Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@New_Guest Oh yeah, it's like that on PS4, but the issue remains that if I'm not looking at the PS4 at that exact moment for whatever reason I'll miss it. Plus, it's disruptive when it happens during a cutscene.

@electrolite77 I'm curious if you've used the PS4 one. If you have, can you please tell me what I'm doing wrong that the pages will never load so I can't actually buy anything without opening and closing it several times. It's actually harder to use than 3DS, and that should be the worst of any eshop ever made.

I personally think eshops get better with every system. As a older gamer 42 years old and not having very many experience with systems other than Nintendo I don’t really know too much about what other eshops are like.

Idk, I never just sit there browsing for any game on my consoles. If I want to know of a game, I'm on my phone or PC looking it up. So I personally can't really relate.

@Dezzy @link3710

I think the PS4 one is dreadful, in fact a good example of what I’m talking about. I only use it to look for something specific or download Plus games and it makes that difficult. I’m on a Pro and it still isn’t exactly quick. I don’t need video playing in the background just let me quickly get to what I want and get out.

It’s got a Basket so that’s something though.

@electrolite77 The PS browser store works better. So I tend to buy stuff from my PC. It console store works fine if you know what you're looking for, but I don't really like browsing it.

Steam is amazing. But you can very easily get lost going down the rabbit hole of recommendations and similar games.

It’s definitely the gold standard. But at the end of the day I know all the games that release on Switch. If I don’t buy it right away, I wish list it so that I don’t forget about it.

As long as you do that, the only thing you’ll ever have to do on the store is go take a look at your wish list.

Switch is the only storefront that I can bare using through the console itself. The PS and XB storefronts are definitely far worse imo - I find it a lot easier using a browser for these.

I hate the Xbox store. I would even put eShop over it.

But yea, 99% of the time I've done my research before going to purchase a digital game. The only time this isn't true is when I'm in the mood to scroll through the Deals tab for half an hour.

I'm not the best to judge by, though. I decided to still go physical media with Switch, so I only have a few games from the eShop.

Wow, AI The Somnuim Files loves throwing curveballs at you. It's fantastic to say the least.

Vent alert...

So I bought the Let's Go Pikachu console bundle for the exclusive Joy-Con, dock, and console, but I hadn't been around to actually transferring everything over until about a month ago.

The Let's Go console has been inferior in practically every way. Two dead pixels out of the box, what appears to be interlacing artefacts (I experienced similar when "upgrading" from the original DS to the DS Lite, which also had the same issue, likely due to an inferior screen), and just after playing Tetris 99, the screen now has a blotchy defect that lingers so long as the console is on. I could swear that the battery life is noticably worse as well.

I'm tempted to go through the tedium of transfering everything back to my non-tainted launch Switch. Ugh... and all that for the stupid Pikachu/Eevee decal on the back of the console that I rarely see anyway.

That sucks I suppose it can't be fixed?

Nintendo refuses to acknowledge dead pixels as a problem worth fixing, and I imagine that the cheaper screen that they used for this model would have to be replaced entirely, but again, Nintendo wouldn't acknowledge it as an issue. The screen itself isn't faulty, but evidently poorer quality than the one used for my launch Switch, which does not display any interlacing artefacts.

I have had dead pixels on some of my 3DSes as well (and I own a few).

I have never sent anything in to Nintendo for repair or even brought these issues to their attention, which is likely not helping with their complacent and sloppy attitude to quality control, and they don't particularly make it easy to contact them either.

I just finished it. Going to miss these characters, I truly am.

@Silly_G if I were you I would have sent it to any store that fixes these kind of problems. doesn't necessarily has to be Nintendo

@Silly_G that stinks man. I don't know how Nintendo customer service is normally in Australia, but Nintendo of America is usually pretty helpful when I've called in. Whether it's getting refunded, or fixing my joy con( back at launch when it kept disconnecting). I know that doesn't help your situation but you might have to consider a repair shop if Nintendo doesn't want to help which is a shame. Sorry to hear. I've had a few issues with my switchs as well..

@Silly_G if you just opened the Let's Go switch, a month after buying, you could tell the store it was a gift, and you just opened it & discovered the dead pixels, and return it to the store. Bypassing Nintendo. But I'm guessing it's too late to do that. Thought I'd say something, just in case you could work with that angle.

@Woomy_NNYes : I've had it for over a year before actually using it.

I wasn't expecting anything to come of it. I just wanted to get it off my chest.

I know it’s not going to help now, but this is why it’s a good idea to open any new system you buy and validate it’s good right away. And if it’s not, send it back immediately.

When I ordered my 2 DQXIS Switches, I transferred to the first one which was essentially perfect, but the second one had a single dead pixel. Honestly though you can’t even see it unless the screen is all black and you know where to look. So I learned to ignore it. Could’ve returned it but eh, it’s fine. Screen is super bright too, which I like.

I have a gift card burning a hole in my pocket: Anybody feedback on a Hat in Time? Especially if you're a platforming fan and can compare it to something like Super Lucky's Tale. Also, is it eShop only?

Hey guys, I just got my Nintendo switch a couple months ago. Add me so we can play dead by daylight. My friend code is: SW-0108-3045-7820