Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@skywake It's going to be that way for a while then now that a certain someone has been elected. Nations across the world are going to be talking about lot about alliances etc.

I'm not super up to date on the leaks that have happened, so is there any info on how powerful the Switch will be compared to the Xbox One and PS4? Also, is it clear what the 3rd party support will be like for this system?

No, for both those. People have educated guesses, but we have no facts on how powerful the Switch will be or what 3rd Party content will be on the Switch. We don't even have confirmation that Skyrim (which was in the announcement trailer) will be on the system. We know nothing.

Nintendo should have waited to port hyrule warriors to the switch rather than the 3DS. I hope for a sequel with multiplayer again

@Whitewatermoose unfortunately it did not. But I agree online Co op would be excellent. Especially from a hardware perspective. If two consoles are rendering their own enemies, there's no need to cut them in half due to multiple people playing on a single console

Dude, and just think what it's like to live IN the country where that election happened. I still don't know what's going to happen over the next four years.

People can say what they want about either candidate, but in the end, fear and hate DID win.

Nvidia's CEO Jen-Hsun Huang had the following to say about Nintendo and the Switch during an earnings call following their recent earnings quarter results:

"I guess you could also say that Nintendo contributed a fair amount to that growth. And over the next – as you know, the Nintendo architecture and the company tends to stick with an architecture for a very long time. And so we've worked with them now for almost two years. Several hundred engineering years have gone into the development of this incredible game console. I really believe when everybody sees it and enjoy it, they're going be amazed by it. It's really like nothing they've ever played with before. And of course, the brand, their franchise and their game content is incredible. And so I think this is a relationship that will likely last two decades and I'm super excited about it."

http://wwg.com/2016/11/11/nvidia-partnership-with-nintendo-wi...

Let's keep any political talk on the down-low here. My Facebook feed is already full of that sand, I'd love to come here for video game talk and escape from all that. After all, it's off topic, anyway.

It's comments like this that make me think there's some other big feature they're not telling us about until January. I won't get my hopes up too much though. After all, it's a concept I'm already going to buy into.

@Nicolai
No political talk, just a comment about how silly this thread seems in comparison.

@Shinion i have since changed my stance and like the name but the issue with people getting confused with naming wouldnt be that people are standing in gamestop and looking at the Switch and cant figure out what it is. That wasnt the Wii Us problem, either.

It's about drawing the interest of parents, young kids, etc. Do you think the situation you described left people confused about what the Wii U was?

@rallydefault "but in the end fear and hate DID win" lol. Doesnt surprise me that you take that stance. "People who dont think like me are wrong and racist!" lets not turn this political, but grow up

@LetsGoRetro
Ah, yes. Because I definitely said that "my side" is right. You don't even know who I voted for! I think you're the one who needs to grow up, pal.

P.S. : You seem a little eager and defensive. I'm guessing you are fairly young and just regurgitating something you saw online or heard your parents say.

It's at the point in the year where the gaming media is too distracted to focus on leaks. I wouldn't hold my breath for anything big regarding the Switch until after Christmas

On the contrary, leaks ahoy!

Word on the street says that the Canadian Toys-R-Us website has the price for the system listed as 329 Canadian dollars, which could possibly indicate $250 for the U.S. That's pretty cheap! It could be a placeholder, but aren't placeholders usually outrageously overestimated? You guys tell me.

source: mynintendonews.com

@Nicolai $100 price confirmed!

@Nicolai Everyone who managed to get an NES Mini gets a free Switch

UK retailer GAME plans to price the base model at £199.99, while a separate SKU featuring more internal storage and a pack-in game is expected to sell for £249.99. Additional Switch Pro Controllers appear to be £39.99.

http://letsplayvideogames.com/2016/11/report-uk-retailer-game...

If that is really the price, I might buy it earlier than I thought.

Those prices look pretty promising even if they are basically the same price I was predicting. Hopefully the country specific prices are all along the same lines.

And you're right @Nicolai, usually placeholder prices over-estimate the final price. Purely because retailers can paint themselves in a corner if they advertise something for less than what the actual price is. The expectation is that they honour the advertised price. These prices are if anything a bit lower than expected. So either that's the price or the retailer putting it on their site is taking a bit of a risk.

£199.99 is really good.

Given that the Xbox One S and the slim PlayStation 4 are £249.99 along with a bundled game, I believe that the Nintendo Switch could do well with the 3DS audience (especially in Japan) as well as those who have yet to move over from their Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.

There needs to be a bundled game though, as it is quite uncommon to buy a standalone console these days.