Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Ralizah
I could see that scenario too with keeping the Lite. Either way, at least one model will be dropped.

@JaxonH
Yeah, I'd be shocked if something launched in 2022. I think sometime from February to April 2023 is the sweet spot. Get it out with Zelda and maybe Mario Kart 9 as a next-gen exclusive at launch or only a month later and you're off to a hell of a start.

@Ralizah Yes that's something I loved about Nintendo... until Switch. I know that the formats are different but they didn't support digital cross-buy either even though the Switch accounts can be merged with the Wii U/3DS accounts. So their future console could drop this "digital compatibility" again, who knows. If only they were third party!

@Gamer83 Yes by 2022 I mean late 2022-early 2023 like Grumblevolcano.

@JaxonH heh I conveniently discovered this two days ago. I wanted to redeem a card in preparation for Mario Party!

@Eel
Must be new. I bought some eShop cred from Raise on the Android app, and it said "Redeem" which I'm only used to seeing on sites that sell Steam games. So I clicked the button and it took me to the page to redeem codes. Even had a copy button to copy the code text.

That makes it super convenient. No more typing it in on Switch eShop.

@BlueOcean Cross-Buy only applies to a tiny number of the games on Wii U/3DS anyway, and none of the first-party stuff, as far as I'm aware, so it wouldn't have accomplished much on Switch.

Barring any major changes in format or form factor again (which is unlikely, given they've restructured their company is such a way that they're all in with hybrid game development), I don't think there's any reason to think the Switch successor won't be like the Wii U, which was able to play all of its previous system's physical and digital games.

@Ralizah Yes but you mentioned backwards compatibility and discs, so I answered that Switch doesn't support discs, it could have supported cross-buy because the accounts can be merged. I wasn't talking about the 3DS/Wii U cross-buy options. About future backwards compatibility, anything can happen considering how greedy Nintendo has become.

@BlueOcean Ah.

The Wii U --> Switch was probably the last time they could get away with not carrying over licenses and doing full priced ports from their last system, considering how wildly different the consoles are and how few people even owned a Wii U. Especially now with backwards-compatibility becoming more of an expected standard. There'll be a backlash if their next hybrid starts from zero again.

Anything can happen, of course, but historical precedent strongly suggests their next console will be fully backwards-compatible. I'd be shocked if it wasn't, actually.

Anyway, Nintendo has always been greedy. All of these companies are greedy. They're elaborate machines designed to make money. When they're riding high, like Nintendo and Sony are at the moment and Microsoft was back before the launch of the Xbox One, they make tone-deaf decisions and bleed their bases dry. When they're down, like Nintendo was with the Wii U, Sony was mid-seventh-gen, and Microsoft has pretty much been since the launch of the Xbox One (although that's definitely improving so far this generation), they become apologetic and attempt to curry favor with new customers through gracious deals, pricing, and services (Nintendo literally gave me a free $50 Wii U game when I bought Mario Kart 8 as part of a launch window promotion, lol). We've seen this song and dance so many times over the years.

@Ralizah Hopefully. I think that Nintendo was alright until Switch in regard to customers. One could say that SNES cartridges were too expensive but they were real hardware with real chips unlike the cheap Switch "SD" cards. Wii U was a nice environment, I still have mine connected to my TV. I wished I could have got the Switch ports of the games that I had bought for Wii U for free, I mean, the digital games as we know that Wii U use discs and Switch doesn't or, at least with a discount or loyalty/ambassador program like the ones we had on 3DS and Wii U. Switch offered zero to Wii U owners that supported Nintendo until then.

I'm so in love with this OLED Switch now that I FINALLY got a tempered glass screen protector on perfectly (or, close enough to perfect anyways). The last one I put on was bothering me with the dust near the bottom edge.

And, I used a small piece of black elecrrical tape on the very bottom of the side of the tablet system where the base of the joycon make contact (not in the rail, but below that). It blends in perfectly, can't see it and even looking right at it with joycon off it looks like part of the system. But it firms up the joycon to be super snug which makes it feel like holding a Switch Lite.

I fired up Dying Light on my Lite this morning (still downloading my library to 1TB card #3 right now- have my main card with top games, then 2 backups stored in 3D printed cartridge, top one A-M and btm one N-Z).

Immediately I was like ugggh, the screen is gray. It's not even remotely close to black. How on earth did I tolerate this for 4 years? For real. It made me not even want to play. I guess I never understood the complaints about the screen without a higher standard to compare to. Now I get it. And it sucks because I love taking the Lite to work. But... this just won't do.

We need an OLED Lite model like, right now.

There are some games i have to get quickly for November 2021 (PS3 games) so i have to delay again my Switch games purchase schedule to December 2021.
Rare old games are my top priority if compared with has been released upcoming games.

@Anti-Matter which ps3 game is that. I didn’t think you like rare games

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@JaxonH I expect that will be the next revision if the OLED sells well enough. I don’t have a lite so I wonder if the screen size would be increased (so that both systems use the same screen to cut costs).

@Player_One
I found rare PS3 games 7 (G-Force with only one seller displayed the game, The Adventures of Tintin with 3 different sellers displayed their games) from my local online shopping website which i can get way cheaper if compared purchased from Ebay. If i can get the games from local game shop, i will go for it.

Also, my PS3 games collection are all Kids and E10+ games only, with only 3 games rated Teen from my collection (FF XIII, The Sims 3, The Sims 3 Pets)

@Ryu_Niiyama
Oh of course. Probably just like the OLED Switch- smaller bezels, larger screen, but same size overall (the OLED Switch only had to increase by a few mm due to hinges- Switch Lite OLED wouldn't have that problem).

Which would make it the perfect dedicated handheld device.

@JaxonH Better get used to LCD screens again, because, as I recall, the Steam Deck doesn't have an OLED screen option.

@Anti-Matter lol. You do make me laugh. These are not rare games. These games are cheaper than a cup of coffee here in the uk. These are classified here as shovelware. Anyway good luck. Ps3 is a fun system to collect for.

@Ralizah
Oh I know it.

When it was announced I was like eh, it's fine. Wish it were OLED but, it's no biggie.

Now?

It's a massive hype killer. Seriously. I just can't stand playing on LCD screens anymore. Once you acclimate with an OLED TV and OLED Switch, going back to dull grey LCD "blacks" (it's a disgrace to the word to even call it "black" because LCD can produce no such thing) feels like going back to an old CRT TV with a turn knob dial. Idk how else to explain it, but suffice it to say it feels inadequate and unfulfilling.

That said, I am trusting Valve will at least use a high quality LCD to at least minimize the shock value of going back to LCD. It'll never achieve perfect black, but some LCD screens do get darker than others. If it's the same as the Switch LCD screen we're screwed. If it's at least higher quality, maybe that can mitigate the issue somewhat.

And, maybe if SteamDeck does reasonably well, they'll release an OLED model revision a year or two down the line.

I'm also puzzled why they didn't include VRR. It seems like such an obvious feature you'd want in a handheld playing AAA games, as it would eliminate perceived framerate issues down to 20fps. But... maybe they could add that along with OLED in a revision.

@Player_One
I called them rare games here in Indonesia, whether they are shovelwares or not.
It's a lucky day if you can find those games in Indonesia with really cheap price even just only one copy.
Last year i got Ratchet & Clank Trilogy PS3 Asia version CIB (cover same as PAL version) from my local game shop website with price 300,000 IDR or US$ 21.22
You cannot get that price ($20) for Ratchet & Clank Trilogy PS3 on Ebay.

@Anti-Matter that’s cool dude. If these games make you happy then who am I to tell you. Good luck with the ps3 games