Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Buizel Is it possible that it's actually the rail on the Switch rather than the joy-con? I have a similar problem and it isn't fixed by using a different pair.

@Grumblevolcano
Don't think that's the reason.

We see diminished stock in countries where they've been fixing joycon for many years.

@TeaCatherine It's not the rail (thank God) --- same problem with the joy-con grip.

It's a shame because I recently sold the rest of my joy-con...wish I had at least kept a spare pair!

@JaxonH Thanks, I was hoping that nothing would need to be replaced, but it seems this might be the simplest option.

I'll have to look at a more local supplier though, with postage from the US I might as well just buy a new joy-con (when they're available!)

I think this is more-or-less equivalent? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mcbazel-Replacement-Screwdrivers-Joy...

@Buizel Ah, right. I completely forgot about the grip.

@skywake Yeah you make a good point. It'll be exciting to see what happens this year and next!

I don't think the Switch successor will be released or announced during 2023. 2023 is too soon, given that Zelda TotK launches on May, and there is just not enough time to announce the successor and give to the new Zelda the appropriate time to get the attention it deserves. Also, announcing the succesor during 2023 would just butcher the Christmas sales period, the most profitable period of the year.

With that said, I think a February announcement with a May - June release during 2024 would be the most strategical time period for the Switch successor.

If reports are coming in that only just now are next Gen Nintendo console kits are being sent out, then I would wait a lot longer than this year for the next console.

@shadow-wolf my take on this situation is that, at the lastest holiday 2024 all of us will be playing Nintendo lastest hardware, year by year, Switch hardware sales has been decling and i doubt Nintendo will wait until they reach the same level Wii sales reached before the reveal of Wii U, they must strike when the iron is still hot(not wait when it demand is waning), so is advisable to launch the Switch sucessor when the demand for Switch is still strong, the shareholder meeting in may shall give us a better glipse about the future of Nintendo Switch and possibly it sucessor

@TheBigBlue
That report was false, and a deliberate prank feeding bad info to the guy just to see if they'd retweet it without verifying the source, which they did.

@TheBigBlue There’s reports that dev kits are going out? I’m kinda surprised but it does raise the chances of leaks happening sooner or later.

My only hope for next switch is getting native resident evil 7/8 and Yakuza series. I get that along with current output from Nintendo and I will be tickled lol. Oh and m.2 ssd hard drive, the micro sd solution is just not gonna cut it.

@JaxonH you mean that Twitter user labelled as a bot? Yeah, I think you’re right

@old-dad
All the Resident Evil games will come over. No question. They squeezed as many as they could on Switch and will put the rest on Switch 2.

Yakuza though, I wouldn't get my hopes up. The director is a massive Sony shill and has endless excuses for avoiding Nintendo. It's just not gonna happen. Not unless Sega forces it, which I doubt they will.

SSD is pretty unlikely due to the space it would require for expandable storage, and the extremely high cost of the smaller form factor (which itself is still WAY larger than micro SD). I'd bet on micro SD, so... it'll have to cut it. Would love to be wrong, but I'm not holding my breath. There's also the fact an SSD would not only require expandable storage to follow suit, but cartridges would become much more expensive as well, as they'd need to offer similar speeds to achieve the same performance as digital games. Unless Nintendo forces installation

@JaxonH Shew would installation be all that terrible especially considering they (game developers) want us going all digital anyway ? Lived with it forever on PC and better part of 10yrs with Xbox. Guess I'll just put a better storage solution on list of things I would hope to see but probably won't lol.

Man that sucks about RGG studios, have all the Yakuza games along with Judgement titles on Series X and if it wasn't for those and newest RE games not sure I would need the box.

Seriously still on the fence about moving on from xbox and just getting a Steam Deck with a dock. Cut down on clutter plus reading you're and a few others experience with it is making me lean that way.

All this new hardware talk kind of reminds me of January 2018. Nintendo were driving everyone insane with teases about a January Direct because EA had previously leaked that one was happening (Fe was part of the Direct) while at the same time there was exciting stuff happening which was official. XC2 had released the month prior (a lengthy game) and a load of games got DLC and updates in December/January.

This time around March was extremely packed, April just had a Splatfest with Eggstra Work incoming later in the month, FE Engage DLC is coming in a bit over a day, Advance Wars is finally getting released on April 21st and there's a load of 3rd party stuff too.

did anyone find suspecious Nintendo has not anounced no games for H2, they always anounce at least 2/3 games for H2, the only game we have dated after Pikimin 4, we dont know what is the holiday game for this year, this silence of Nintendo in not anouncing games for the second half of the year or for 2024, give me a impression Nintendo is preparing for the anouncement and release of it next hardware, i could be wrong(they could do a Nintendo Direct in june/july and reveal a packed second half/holiday season, but as day passes it become more aparent, all Nintendo first/second party studios is focusing on it next hardware

@Grumblevolcano More games than I can actually get played for sure and not even started on FE engage yet.

@Giancarlothomaz I would be stunned if Nintendo don't have some games for later this year.

@old-dad
I mean, I wouldn't personally have a problem with it since I'm digital now anyways. I just don't know if Nintendo would choose to go down that route.

@Giancarlothomaz
While I don't doubt they're gearing up for new hardware, no, I don't see it as suspicious in the slightest. They've operated like this for years. We've seen it time and again where we don't know what's coming the second half, then summer rolls around and bam, there's the release lineup.

Right now they want everyone's focus on Zelda. They're not gonna announce H2 games now when their focus is on H1. That would be completely counterproductive, and, it would rob them of the announcements they're going to make in the summer. Good grief, could you imagine the backlash if there was no summer announcements? Nothing at all? Because they, for some reason, decided to spill the beans in April before Tears of the Kingdom? Come on now.

That's not how they operate. We're gonna get Advance Wars, we're gonna get Zelda, and we're gonna get Pikmin. After that, they will reveal what's coming in H2.

@old-dad
Depends on your preferences.

I have grown to despise being locked down to a TV. I'm not exactly a fan of being locked down on a handheld either (I much prefer having the option to do either or, plus tabletop), but at least handheld isn't tethered to one spot like TV-consoles are.

I was just playing Resident Evil 4 Remake on Deck last night. I forgot I'd preordered a while back for a discount, which I tend to do quite often, then forget about it til I get the code emailed. Anyways, it runs fine. So do Yakuza games, though I don't personally play them as they're not really my style.

Switch OLED put my PS5, XSX and gaming PC on life support, while SteamDeck pulled the plug on them for good. Both offer gyro aiming for nearly every game, something that in and of itself is a dealbreaker for me on other systems. Both cut the tether from playing in one spot, which also in and of itself is a dealbreaker for me on other systems. Both offer free or low cost online at $10/yr for both combined ($0/yr for Steam + $10/yr for Switch NSO+, vs $120/yr for PS + Xbox). And both combined offer 99.9% of every game on the planet.

The only thing the TV-tethered systems have to offer is graphics. And frankly, that's just not enough to counter all the advantages of Switch and Deck by comparison. But, you have to be ok with waiting for games as Switch and Steam sees more late ports vs other systems. I'm OK with that, but it's something to be aware of going into it.

Another thing to be aware of, at least with Deck, is that most games are good out of the box, but some of the more recent and highly demanding games need very specific settings to hit stable 30. Thankfully there's an easy way to do this. If you install Decky Loader on your Deck (it's a plug in that takes 10 min to install in desktop mode), there's a plug-in that puts SteamDB ratings icon on each game in your library, separate from Valve's rating system. And if you tap it, it hyperlinks you to the game's Proton page where power users leave comments on how they got it running well, usually with detailed descriptions of which Proton version they used and what settings to apply. At first I couldn't hit more than 23 fps in RE4 Remake, but after checking that page, I'm getting stable 30. It's awesome.

But, it requires the time to install Decky Loader and the SteamDB plug-in, which isn't hard, but it's something to know going in. It's not like Switch or Xbox where everything is plug and play. You will need to put in a bit of work here and there. But once you do, and it's set up, it's done. Then every time you launch that game, it's just like any other console.

I highly recommend it. In fact I just ordered a 2TB NVMe for my Deck about an hour ago. I'm gonna clone my 512GB and swap the SSD. Which ya, it takes some work but, it's nice that you can do that kinda stuff. Bottom line- higher commitment and investment, but higher payoff.