Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

chipset of Nintendo Switch sucessor could be in the process of production right now.

@JaxonH feel free to jump into my wallet lol, I'm broke until Zelda comes out.

@IceClimbers Late May I was specifically thinking Splatoon 3 because of the 3 month seasons. The next season update will release on May 31st (in preparation for the season start on June 1st) so I think they'd release Side Order the same day given how they approached the Inkopolis DLC. Then MK8 Deluxe wave 5, XC3 wave 4 and FE Engage wave 4 releasing at some point in June.

All of which cold be true, or more than likely none of it lol. That chip is/has been rumored for at least 2 years.

I'm hoping Nintendo just sticks to what has worked. Tired of day one 52gb patches followed up with a 70gb patch. My series X is going away I can say that lol.

Ya know, I would probably sell my XSX and PS5 if not for the fact I stacked Gamepass for 5 years (3 banked + 2 yrs attached to system as part of 18 month payment deal thingy), and if not for all the digital games I already bought for PS4 (and a couple PS5 games). Feels like sunk cost at this point, and I know that's a fallacy but, even though I never use them and they just sit there I always think I might one day in the future. Heck, I would probably even sell my gaming PC too if not for the fact I like having a PC just in case.

Portable gaming ruined everything but Switch and Steamdeck for me, and hybrid gaming mostly ruined everything but Switch. Come next gen with Switch 2, I'm going Nintendo only I think. I just lost all desire to play games anywhere else. If it ain't hybrid, it doesn't appeal to me. No matter how good a game may look, seeing it TV-only makes me write it off no different than if it were a mobile game.

I'll still keep the latest SteamDeck on hand though I think, because it is after all a portable, it offers gyro across the board, and can serve as a good backup for any must-play games that don't come to Switch 2. I've just found that... over the years the list of games I feel are "must play", when they're not full hybrid experiences, is pretty thin. Unless it's a new Monster Hunter, I probably won't get around to playing it, even with the handheld portability of Steamdeck. It's just not enough anymore to be handheld. It's better than being stuck on the TV at home, that's for sure, and it will at least get me to fire the game up at launch, but... I need my games to be full hybrid to hold my interest. I need TV when I want TV, handheld when I want handheld, tabletop when I want tabletop.

If a day ever comes Nintendo goes in a different direction and stops offering hybrid gaming, Idk what I'd do. I think it would honestly break me. I need it. It's not just a side benefit, or a bonus, or a neat little aside. It's an essential, core part of my basic needs to enjoy this hobby moving forward. Going backward would feel like being forced to use a landline after using a smartphone for the last decade. If I had no choice, I'd probably stick with handhelds at the very least, but even then I imagine the time I spend gaming would drastically decrease. At least for future games. I'd probably keep my Switch OLED for the rest of my life and just play backlog on that.

@JaxonH
I mean PS5 is still a great machine to play.
Just because you are already comfort with portability, it doesn't mean the non portable gaming devices are suck.
I personally like both portable and non portable gaming devices. They have their own signature games I can consider to play.

I'm a little late to gaming in general but the Switch is by far my favorite console only followed up by PC which is technically not a console.

If a new Switch comes out I will probably wait a year or two just to see if any problems arise from it being new and all.

@JaxonH dont do this to yourself, if you have resouces to continue playing all the consoles keep them, you never know, when a game of your dreams could come to your PS5 or Xbox Series/X, is always good to have at least two consoles to play all the release we desire

Nintendo + PC, all you need. Been my approach since forever and certainly more true now than it has ever been

I'm different.
I like to play almost every game consoles and handhelds so I have a lot of Nintendo and PlayStation games collection since every consoles have their signature games.

True

I'm actually enjoying my series s as a complimentary piece to my switch. Hi Fi rush folks. Check it out if you have the means to do so.

@Colonel_Mustache if you have an Xbox, do it. Do it now!

Almost done with Metroid Fusion now, and still at the end of Metroid Prime Remastered.

These games fulfilled something in me I haven't felt in a while, and depression is starting to seep in knowing they won't last much longer. I want more. If Zero Mission came to Switch Online, that would extend the euphoria, but even that would be over soon enough.

What I need... is Metroid Prime 2 Echoes. That's what I need. On Switch. I could fire it up on Wii U... but its not hybrid, and not having dual analog is a huge turn off. I could play it on SteamDeck with PrimeHack, but it starts stuttering at 5 fps after 20 min of playtime, requiring a reboot to fix. That's the sort of thing they fail to mention when singing the praises of using Deck for PrimeHack.

No... I need it on Switch. And I'm not sure any other game is going to be fulfilling until I get it. I look at my backlog of banger after banger- never finished Fire Emblem Engage, Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Octopath Traveler 2, Triangle Strategy, Persona 4 Golden, Persona 5 Royal, Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII... on and on and on.

But none of these games are appealing to me right now... I want Metroid. I need more of it. I need Metroid Prime 2 Echoes. With dual analog gyro. On Switch. That's what I need. Ugggh this sucks

@JaxonH
I mean playing other games on different consoles are not that bad.

@Anti-Matter
It's never been about "being bad", it's about being inadequate once your eyes have been opened to a more excellent way.

You wouldn't understand. Your gaming life hasn't been fundamentally transformed by the freedom to play how, whenever and wherever you want. Such a person could not possibly hope to relate.

what role Zelda could have in Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom?

Yeah pentament and hifi rush was enough for the series x to keep its place along with switch and pc on the tv lol

@old-dad
While I recognize there are great games on tv-only consoles, for me it's become an issue of features to enjoy the games with, or lack of features, rather, to the point I can't really enjoy them no matter how good the games themselves may be. Well, I could, but I'd always rather be playing something else, anything else, if I'm not restricted in how I can enjoy it.

Besides which, all those games are on Steamdeck anyways (including Hifi Rush), and the few that aren't usually make their way to Steam eventually, even including 1st party Xbox and PS games (not that I'm particularly fond of either, though there are a few I really, really like- notably Gears 5 and Halo Infinite).

So ya, any lingering appeal those consoles may have retained is quickly sapped up by Steamdeck. It may not be fully hybrid like Switch, but even just being portable is a huge advantage over tv-only, as it means still being able to play at home, just like with any other console, but also anywhere else. It may lack the docking ability for taking full advantage at home, and the tabletop ability for taking full advantage on the go, but nonetheless it still offers that freedom of playing anywhere, anytime. Not in any way but 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

In a pre-Switch, pre-Deck world, it would be different. It was different. But now? These consoles just sit here. I can't even remember the last time I booted one of them up. I never use Xbox, even with Gamepass. I never use PS5. I never use my gaming PC. I only ever use my Switch nowadays, with brief intermittent stints on Steamdeck. I have access to 99% of games with these two platforms alone, all of them with the freedom to play anywhere, and nearly all with gyro aiming. What value does also having these other 3 systems offer me? 1 or 2 games a year that don't come to either Switch or Steam day and date, that I'd have to sacrifice hybrid and portable freedom along with gyro aiming for?

Pareto principle. Focus on the vital few vs the trivial many. 2 platforms that offers 99% of games available, with portable freedom, with gyro aiming... vs 5 platforms that offers 100%, with no portable freedom or gyro aiming for that extra 1%. The marginal utility just isn't there.

I never anticipated this being how things would pan out. I invested a lot of money into my gaming PC, I bought my PS5 day one on preorder and even ordered a Series X stacking multiple years of GamePass because I genuinely expected I'd use them. It just... hasn't turned out that way. And I think I've been in denial of that long enough, unwilling to admit I wasted a lot of money on gaming platforms I never use in the slightest. It's time for me to just admit these tv-only platforms have nothing to offer me anymore. Times have changed, the way we play games has changed (at least for me it has), and I've changed. The era of buying every console to "miss nothing"... is over for me.

Well, I personally still like both consoles and handhelds so it will never felt archaic for me to play tv only games.
I can play whichever machines I have anytime depend on my mood.
Sometimes I want to play my old consoles.
Sometimes I want to play my handhelds.
Sometimes I want to play newer machines.
It's flexible.