@SolarJetman split joycons have become my favorite controller method, totally unexpectedly. I need to find a way to chop my ps4 controller in half now as that is how I want to play my AAA multi-plats
Amazon UK ran out of stock even for pre-ordered. Mine is only coming on the 8th. So it seems to have done better than EA allowed for at the very least.
For me portability is the killer feature with this version of Fifa so I'm in and as ultimate team is my main gig it has the main guts I want. I am happy time was spent to make it bug free rather than pack more features. But yes.. next year will be more demanding
Well I might actually reinstall it when it changes back. I know it seems petty but when I had less games and it was in my face it bothered me more than I liked the game.
smyths are open midnight tonight for the fifa 18 launch and all stores have some stock to sell. So if you get to your local smyths now you should be able to pick one up at midnight.
I picked up the limbo / inside duel release on ps4 a few weeks back. Highly recommended, although I suggest you play docked (with the lights low) as the atmosphere these games build is a lot about just how enjoyable they are.
At the time this would have been a very cost effective way of getting screen, driver, and light (I think this had the bottom lighting) in smaller quarantines.
@DrRandle I am truly shocked by this. I don't really know what else to say. I had to check my calendar to be sure I have not been sucked into the 1970s
Nintendo Just sent out mails saying come and see more Mario Odyssey at the direct. I think to much of the game has already been shown so will give it a miss and check tomorrow what they had to say
44 minutes explaining how their voice chat is so great one minute to show a still of Metriod prime 4 - everyone looses their minds and hails it a great success!
I'm also one who deleted snake pass. I only had a few games at the time so it was very much in your face and it irritated me. Worse money I have spent on a switch game so far. Not only did I not get on with it for more than an hour, now I will never come back to it and give it another try.
It uses P2P netcode, or at least Splatoon2 does. All the servers do is matchmaking. This could be handled by a $30 AWS instance. The cost of keeping them up is so little as long as there is a player base they should stay
Not needing to install retail games makes a big difference to storage needs at least for those of us buying mainly physical. Minecraft user files are the biggest user of internal space for me, my 128G still has 107G free with 19 games (6 physical, 3 just demos). In the next year or so 256G will cost same as 128 does today and I expect that to be fine. Always better value to avoid the bleeding edge of tech
@Godsent I used this (or similar) to order arms, splatton and Mario odysseys when they where all listed at £59 (ie before they had real pricing) and it was still honored with the price drops. with the £6 pre-order and this £20 discount each game ended around £34 each. As you can only use each once its a great way to stock for the future. Thanks to @Curlynob just used the final one.
Dallas patient jury just needs one thing to decide a case USA vs (rest of world) vote USA. A company I worked with fought and lost 17 at jury and won all 17 at appeal. I understand it is supported as it funds a lot of legal practice and the court system bringing in not insignificant revenue to the city but is widely recognized to be a flawed system.
Here's the thing, any console player stressing moaning about frame rate is just silly. My PC destroys any console on both resolution and frame rate, but I still chose to play mostly on the switch, my weakest system. We make our choices, mine based of life style, but to then moan that the world (and laws of thermo dynamics) wont adapt to suit us is just silly. Of course the game will be a tiny bit better at 60 fps but in no way in a game changing way. If this game is your cup of tea then you now have a number of great options, If you want the greatest smoothest game play on your pricey PC rig its there for you, want easy connivance and on your sofa play PS4/XBox is ready and waiting, want flexibility of take anywhere and sofa play the switch is for you. Its great to have all these choices but you have to chose, you can not have it all!
@gatorboi352 You still need a PS4 for sony games and a PC for Xbox / No console games even if the switch could play all AAAs. But then the switch would not be portable and you'd need another portable system. To be honest I just think if you spent the time you invested in complaining in a bit of hard work you would be that little bit less poor and able to do a quick ps4 order on amazon. Might just make you a happier person!
@Al_Godoy I've been a mainly PS player for many moons but love my switch, first time I even thought about getting a nintendo console, I have gone from having maybe 4 hours a week game time to fitting in around 20 between family, friends and work. The switch makes a fantastic second games platform. I'll be picking up the switch fifa this time round for this very reason.
I'm only interested in flipping death, Loved the style, look and humor of stick it to the man. Just hope they get the game play better this time. And Hollow knight which is a fantastic game i hardly played when I picked up on steam but perfect for portable on switch. Think 2d bloodborne......
@Darthroseman That sounds right to me. Saying bugs are fixed before sending to QA makes no sense so I would presume it is in the nintendo approval pipeline. So expect a November pre-holiday release if its digital only which seems to be the case.
The biggest issue with miiverse was users shared nintendo stuff with other nintendo users and not on other platforms. It acted to decentivize nintendo fans sharing things on twitter and facebook to bring in new fans. Its success was kind of a own goal. Although I say this as a general presumption not knowing or ever used Miiverse.
All the noise about frostbite is from those who perhaps do not understand software development. Frostbite is a multifunction development platform with a diverse set of physics engines and render pipelines. To support a new platform across the whole engine of a single game is totally inefficient. It could very well be the IDE, physics profiles and render stream used on the switch version all are plucked out of frostbite. This is how I would look at handling the project given time restraints. The use of a engine, components of said engine or even lack there off do not tell us anything about a single game. The only time discussion of an engine is relevant is when the limitations of a engine are known and it is clear this would place limitations on results
Even being someone who very much likes physical releases and digital being just one reason i play less on the PC now ( they are other bigger reasons of course) This week I bought Hellblade and Sonic. Two of the largest games at the moment simply not accounted for. I wounder what effects smash hits like PUK Battleground would have had a this years charts. At 7 million sales, all digital over the last few months Its strange to think it will not have its place in the historical charts
Every time a see a charger on my team in turf wars I let out a groan. Its like playing with 3.5 people on your team. You will always see them last in the ranking with the least splats as well. Keep thinking to myself they really want to play COD but just don't know it
I've been gaming since 1976 (pong) my first ever nintendo was a game and watch. Gaming has in general improved in leaps and bounds year on year since the start, sure some years are stand outs and some not but the trend rolls on. Anyone who looks back and sees a better time for gaming is in truth looking back fondly to a time in their lives. the golden age is gaming is 2017, then 2018, 2019...... For all the change I have seen I truly hope we have just scratched the surface and even greater adventures wait over the horizon. And as long as I have my sight and sanity I will look forwards to new adventures in far away places.
@MrGawain Well I'm a PS4 player, never owned a wii or wii u and buy FIFA every year on both PS4 and IOS for my sons. So I think you have at least a count of.. one
Gamevice patent is for clip on controllers that use a dual connector and structural bridge to link controllers over tablet / phone. They are claiming the switch itself contains the connector and structural bridge. This is really a vast stab in the dark. They also raised $12.5 M 6 weeks ago. I can not but think they are seeing the investment in this court case as cost effective marketing to get the profile of their product raised. Seen in that light it is working.
@Jeronan just so we are clear, those are not facts they are opinions, I play tons of arms single player and have had over 30 hours of family local PvP which is great fun, at least in our opinion. See how that works. Opinions differ fact remain facts.
I will not be spending any of my limited PS4 / Xbox time on monster Hunter world. I have time to play 8 games a year on my main consoles and going forward I'm no longer going to build a backlog I never get round to. Unless you are in my top 6 for the year ( two slots for the dark horses) the only way to get me to open my wallet will be to release on the switch where I have more game time.
@electrolite77 I agree most people will pick up their version of the years top 5 on other consoles but this was not my point. The point is most players only pick-up games they have time to play and miss the rest. With the switch adding more play time these equate to extra sales, not sales moved from another platform. Simple math. Most publishers know how addition works!
I'm to old and to slow to play much Arms online but between playing with the family slowly making my way through the grandprix (Only on level 4 for most fighters) I already have more than 40 hours in, more than most AAA games, and it is a game that will keep filling gaps between other releases on my daily travel. I am happy with the price and hope the good sales will lead to a lot more content.
@electrolite77 I have a PC, PS4 pro and will get a X Box one X. The limit to games I buy is time, plan and simple, Time. If a game is release on the switch I am 10x more likely to pick it up as I have 10x more time to play, 3 hours travel time each week day! Like most gamers I know, the switch is the first time I have took notice of Nintendo. I expect the switch to do a lot better with third party than past Nintendo consoles as a lot more hardcore gamers add it to their collection.
I'm all about the split Joycons when docked, which is not often for me. So not interested. Also very happy with the DS4 controller. I use a Xbox controller on the PC and will pick up a XBox One X but still I would not be interested. The Controllers are part of the identity of the system for me.
The Switch has a Broadcom/Cypress BCM4356 SoC for 802.11ac Wifi, and that has integrated Bluetooth 4.1 support. There is no hardware reason why the switch does not support Bluetooth headsets. Here is the spec sheet.
The absolute only reason the switch does not support a standard wired headset in handheld mode and a bluetooth headset in handheld and TV mode is simply Nintendo chose not not. The extra system load, once the heavy lifting is offloaded to the above chipsets is so small it is of no practical effect.
I find it frustrating when even a Nintendo focus news site such as this can not get these clear facts right and repeat the Nintendo line that there is nothing they can do at this point, the hardware is the hardware. Yes, the hardware is the hardware, anyone can take it apart and see what is supported and many have. (Big fan of NintendoLife, just to be clear )
They are using a BSD based kernel, again this we know, as does the PS4. All these chipset functions are fully supported in the BSD stack so the tools are there to deploy a standard voice solution.
I would expect the very first system mod released once the kernel is exploited will be a on system version of the online app.
Sorry for the long post but we should all be very clear the only roadblock is Nintendo.
I just ordered the my first Amiibo, link archer ready for Skyrim and Breath of the Wild Guardian from the UK Nintendo store, I just checked and the Guardian are no longer in stock but where 2 days ago, Guess I got lucky, although I am not sure why I bought the Guardian, I'm not a collector. It just looked good and thought I would have link face it off on a shelf. Hope they are display quality
I really like the splatoon companion part of the app, Just the voice part that is rubbish. Only way to fix voice for me is get it off the app and on the console where it belongs.
It's so bad... So I invited some friends by facebook from within the app so they would get the notification. 5 of us joined but the sixth person replied by facebook and that notification shut down the whole chat and disconnected everyone! Not even going to give this another try it truly is pants.
In game chat with randoms has long been totally toxic, a barrage of foul mouth sexist and raciest commentary. But I have many ps4 friends who I only meat with online. My oldest son just started playing Overwatch with his cousins who live 300 miles away and in a few weeks they each know the others school friends and have meet ups planned when they next visit. There are many good sides to group chat online. My son played Splatoon for 2 hours yesterday and than asked to put Overwatch back on. He loved the game but missed his friends. It is unlikely he will go back and play more Splatoon. Nintendo is losing tomorrows customers. This may not hurt the bottom line today but the adults of the future will not be Nintendo buyers.
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Re: Soapbox: The Switch Has a Big Problem, and It's Too Many Great Games
@SolarJetman split joycons have become my favorite controller method, totally unexpectedly. I need to find a way to chop my ps4 controller in half now as that is how I want to play my AAA multi-plats
Re: FIFA 18 on Nintendo Switch Accounts for a Tiny Percentage of UK Launch Sales
Amazon UK ran out of stock even for pre-ordered. Mine is only coming on the 8th. So it seems to have done better than EA allowed for at the very least.
Re: Review: FIFA 18 (Switch)
For me portability is the killer feature with this version of Fifa so I'm in and as ultimate team is my main gig it has the main guts I want. I am happy time was spent to make it bug free rather than pack more features. But yes.. next year will be more demanding
Re: Sumo Digital Will Change the Snake Pass Logo on Switch in Its Next Update
@OorWullie Was going to give Bulb boy a try until I first saw that icon. made it a no sale for me
Re: Sumo Digital Will Change the Snake Pass Logo on Switch in Its Next Update
Well I might actually reinstall it when it changes back. I know it seems petty but when I had less games and it was in my face it bothered me more than I liked the game.
Re: John Lewis Website Buckles Under SNES Classic Mini Pre-Order Demand
smyths are open midnight tonight for the fifa 18 launch and all stores have some stock to sell. So if you get to your local smyths now you should be able to pick one up at midnight.
Re: Critically Acclaimed Title, Inside, Is Coming to the Nintendo Switch
I picked up the limbo / inside duel release on ps4 a few weeks back. Highly recommended, although I suggest you play docked (with the lights low) as the atmosphere these games build is a lot about just how enjoyable they are.
Re: Random: Game Boy Advance SP Screen Found Inside Electrocardiogram Machine
At the time this would have been a very cost effective way of getting screen, driver, and light (I think this had the bottom lighting) in smaller quarantines.
Re: Metroid: Samus Returns Makes Top 10 Debut in UK Charts
NBA 2K18 on switch physical is not released until 17 October and the the charts have no access to eshop metrics so of course its not in the charts!
Re: Skyrim Begins Its Switch Adventure on 17th November
I played 200 hours of this and can not wait to go again, this is why I bought my switch to start with
Re: Smash Melee Champ Resigns from All-Male Rules Committee To Encourage Broader Representation
@PanurgeJr A Long slow, so very very slow clap from me!
Re: Smash Melee Champ Resigns from All-Male Rules Committee To Encourage Broader Representation
@DrRandle I am truly shocked by this. I don't really know what else to say. I had to check my calendar to be sure I have not been sucked into the 1970s
Re: Smash Melee Champ Resigns from All-Male Rules Committee To Encourage Broader Representation
@DTFaux Nice to see someone looking outside their own echo chamber. This must be the most distressing comment tread I have ever seen on NL
Re: Feature: What We Expect from the Nintendo Direct - 13th September
Oh and I'm betting on a Bayonetta re-release coming before holidays
Re: Feature: What We Expect from the Nintendo Direct - 13th September
Nintendo Just sent out mails saying come and see more Mario Odyssey at the direct. I think to much of the game has already been shown so will give it a miss and check tomorrow what they had to say
Re: Get Ready for a Nintendo Direct on 13th September
44 minutes explaining how their voice chat is so great one minute to show a still of Metriod prime 4 - everyone looses their minds and hails it a great success!
Re: Random: This Minimalist Lego Worlds Switch Icon Isn't Exactly a Chip Off The Old Block
I'm also one who deleted snake pass. I only had a few games at the time so it was very much in your face and it irritated me. Worse money I have spent on a switch game so far. Not only did I not get on with it for more than an hour, now I will never come back to it and give it another try.
Re: Nintendo Is Ending SplatNet for Splatoon Next Month
It uses P2P netcode, or at least Splatoon2 does. All the servers do is matchmaking. This could be handled by a $30 AWS instance. The cost of keeping them up is so little as long as there is a player base they should stay
Re: This 400GB Micro SD Card Looks Perfect For Switch Owners
Not needing to install retail games makes a big difference to storage needs at least for those of us buying mainly physical. Minecraft user files are the biggest user of internal space for me, my 128G still has 107G free with 19 games (6 physical, 3 just demos). In the next year or so 256G will cost same as 128 does today and I expect that to be fine. Always better value to avoid the bleeding edge of tech
Re: Deals: Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games and Accessories for September and October
@Godsent I used this (or similar) to order arms, splatton and Mario odysseys when they where all listed at £59 (ie before they had real pricing) and it was still honored with the price drops. with the £6 pre-order and this £20 discount each game ended around £34 each. As you can only use each once its a great way to stock for the future. Thanks to @Curlynob just used the final one.
Re: Deals: Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games and Accessories for September and October
@Curlynob Just cancelled and reordered Poken DX for £35 with the code. Thanks.
Re: Nintendo Ordered to Pay $10 Million Following Patent Lawsuit Loss
Dallas patient jury just needs one thing to decide a case USA vs (rest of world) vote USA. A company I worked with fought and lost 17 at jury and won all 17 at appeal. I understand it is supported as it funds a lot of legal practice and the court system bringing in not insignificant revenue to the city but is widely recognized to be a flawed system.
Re: NBA 2K18 to Have All Modes and Support amiibo on Switch, But Won't Hit 60fps
Here's the thing, any console player stressing moaning about frame rate is just silly. My PC destroys any console on both resolution and frame rate, but I still chose to play mostly on the switch, my weakest system. We make our choices, mine based of life style, but to then moan that the world (and laws of thermo dynamics) wont adapt to suit us is just silly. Of course the game will be a tiny bit better at 60 fps but in no way in a game changing way. If this game is your cup of tea then you now have a number of great options, If you want the greatest smoothest game play on your pricey PC rig its there for you, want easy connivance and on your sofa play PS4/XBox is ready and waiting, want flexibility of take anywhere and sofa play the switch is for you. Its great to have all these choices but you have to chose, you can not have it all!
Re: EA Talks Up the Positives of FIFA 18 on Switch Not Using the Frostbite Engine
@gatorboi352 You still need a PS4 for sony games and a PC for Xbox / No console games even if the switch could play all AAAs. But then the switch would not be portable and you'd need another portable system. To be honest I just think if you spent the time you invested in complaining in a bit of hard work you would be that little bit less poor and able to do a quick ps4 order on amazon. Might just make you a happier person!
Re: EA Talks Up the Positives of FIFA 18 on Switch Not Using the Frostbite Engine
@Al_Godoy I've been a mainly PS player for many moons but love my switch, first time I even thought about getting a nintendo console, I have gone from having maybe 4 hours a week game time to fitting in around 20 between family, friends and work. The switch makes a fantastic second games platform. I'll be picking up the switch fifa this time round for this very reason.
Re: Feature: A Breakdown of the New Nindie Gems Heading to the Switch eShop
I'm only interested in flipping death, Loved the style, look and humor of stick it to the man. Just hope they get the game play better this time. And Hollow knight which is a fantastic game i hardly played when I picked up on steam but perfect for portable on switch. Think 2d bloodborne......
Re: Stardew Valley is "Coming Along Very Well" for Nintendo Switch
@Darthroseman That sounds right to me. Saying bugs are fixed before sending to QA makes no sense so I would presume it is in the nintendo approval pipeline. So expect a November pre-holiday release if its digital only which seems to be the case.
Re: Editorial: Farewell to the Flawed Miiverse, But Thanks for the Memories
The biggest issue with miiverse was users shared nintendo stuff with other nintendo users and not on other platforms. It acted to decentivize nintendo fans sharing things on twitter and facebook to bring in new fans. Its success was kind of a own goal. Although I say this as a general presumption not knowing or ever used Miiverse.
Re: Random: Ubisoft Shares a Quirky Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Unboxing Video
I can not believe this game sold out on amazon.co.uk I guess a lot of people like me wanted to wait and see the reviews before jumping on-board.
Re: Nintendo Download: 24th August (North America)
pokken demo is up. Just go to the coming soon section and download demo
Re: Video: FIFA 18's Gamescom Trailer Shoots And Scores, But Can It Look This Slick On Switch?
All the noise about frostbite is from those who perhaps do not understand software development. Frostbite is a multifunction development platform with a diverse set of physics engines and render pipelines. To support a new platform across the whole engine of a single game is totally inefficient. It could very well be the IDE, physics profiles and render stream used on the switch version all are plucked out of frostbite. This is how I would look at handling the project given time restraints. The use of a engine, components of said engine or even lack there off do not tell us anything about a single game. The only time discussion of an engine is relevant is when the limitations of a engine are known and it is clear this would place limitations on results
Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Races Up The UK Charts, But Digital-Only Sonic Mania Is Absent
Even being someone who very much likes physical releases and digital being just one reason i play less on the PC now ( they are other bigger reasons of course) This week I bought Hellblade and Sonic. Two of the largest games at the moment simply not accounted for. I wounder what effects smash hits like PUK Battleground would have had a this years charts. At 7 million sales, all digital over the last few months Its strange to think it will not have its place in the historical charts
Re: Editorial: Is This a Golden Era of Gaming? Absolutely
Just to put some pricing into perspective, in 1976 pong cost £69.95. That is about £850 today. For a single game.
Re: Get Ready To Splat As The Classic Squiffer Arrives In Splatoon 2 Soon
Every time a see a charger on my team in turf wars I let out a groan. Its like playing with 3.5 people on your team. You will always see them last in the ranking with the least splats as well. Keep thinking to myself they really want to play COD but just don't know it
Re: Editorial: Is This a Golden Era of Gaming? Absolutely
I've been gaming since 1976 (pong) my first ever nintendo was a game and watch. Gaming has in general improved in leaps and bounds year on year since the start, sure some years are stand outs and some not but the trend rolls on. Anyone who looks back and sees a better time for gaming is in truth looking back fondly to a time in their lives. the golden age is gaming is 2017, then 2018, 2019...... For all the change I have seen I truly hope we have just scratched the surface and even greater adventures wait over the horizon. And as long as I have my sight and sanity I will look forwards to new adventures in far away places.
Re: FIFA 18 Sales Are Important for Future EA Support of Nintendo Switch
@MrGawain Well I'm a PS4 player, never owned a wii or wii u and buy FIFA every year on both PS4 and IOS for my sons. So I think you have at least a count of.. one
Re: Gamevice Launches Patent Case Against the Nintendo Switch and Joy-Con Concept
Gamevice patent is for clip on controllers that use a dual connector and structural bridge to link controllers over tablet / phone. They are claiming the switch itself contains the connector and structural bridge. This is really a vast stab in the dark. They also raised $12.5 M 6 weeks ago. I can not but think they are seeing the investment in this court case as cost effective marketing to get the profile of their product raised. Seen in that light it is working.
Re: ARMS Version 2.1.0 Is Now Available
@Jeronan just so we are clear, those are not facts they are opinions, I play tons of arms single player and have had over 30 hours of family local PvP which is great fun, at least in our opinion. See how that works. Opinions differ fact remain facts.
Re: Talking Point: Capcom, the Nintendo Switch and Gaming Business Realities
I will not be spending any of my limited PS4 / Xbox time on monster Hunter world. I have time to play 8 games a year on my main consoles and going forward I'm no longer going to build a backlog I never get round to. Unless you are in my top 6 for the year ( two slots for the dark horses) the only way to get me to open my wallet will be to release on the switch where I have more game time.
Re: Take-Two "Very Optimistic" About Switch, Expects Sales To "Continue To Be Great"
@electrolite77 I agree most people will pick up their version of the years top 5 on other consoles but this was not my point. The point is most players only pick-up games they have time to play and miss the rest. With the switch adding more play time these equate to extra sales, not sales moved from another platform. Simple math. Most publishers know how addition works!
Re: Rumour: Dataminers Appear To Have Unearthed More ARMS Characters
I'm to old and to slow to play much Arms online but between playing with the family slowly making my way through the grandprix (Only on level 4 for most fighters) I already have more than 40 hours in, more than most AAA games, and it is a game that will keep filling gaps between other releases on my daily travel. I am happy with the price and hope the good sales will lead to a lot more content.
Re: ARMS Balance Update Is Coming Next Week
@masterLEON Man, I watch that and realize just how bad I am at ARMS...
Re: Take-Two "Very Optimistic" About Switch, Expects Sales To "Continue To Be Great"
@electrolite77 I have a PC, PS4 pro and will get a X Box one X. The limit to games I buy is time, plan and simple, Time. If a game is release on the switch I am 10x more likely to pick it up as I have 10x more time to play, 3 hours travel time each week day! Like most gamers I know, the switch is the first time I have took notice of Nintendo. I expect the switch to do a lot better with third party than past Nintendo consoles as a lot more hardcore gamers add it to their collection.
Re: Take-Two "Very Optimistic" About Switch, Expects Sales To "Continue To Be Great"
borderlands handsome collection please, This would be great on the go. Its about 150+ hours of play so on the go a must for me
Re: The ALL Controller Aims To Work Across All Your Game Consoles and Devices
I'm all about the split Joycons when docked, which is not often for me. So not interested. Also very happy with the DS4 controller. I use a Xbox controller on the PC and will pick up a XBox One X but still I would not be interested. The Controllers are part of the identity of the system for me.
Re: Feature: Just How Bad Is Hori's Wired 'Solution' For Switch Voice Chat?
@Bengals76 @BLP_Software @Shiryu @tguk911
The Switch has a Broadcom/Cypress BCM4356 SoC for 802.11ac Wifi, and that has integrated Bluetooth 4.1 support. There is no hardware reason why the switch does not support Bluetooth headsets. Here is the spec sheet.
http://www.cypress.com/documentation/datasheets/bcm4356-single-chip-5g-wifi-ieee-80211ac-2-2-macbasebandradio-integrated
The Audio chip is a Realtek ALC5639, it has a mic in and audio out. Here is the documentation confirmation.
http://developer.download.nvidia.com/embedded/jetson/TK1/2014-03-24/JetsonTK1_ModuleSpecification_PM375_V1.0.pdf
The absolute only reason the switch does not support a standard wired headset in handheld mode and a bluetooth headset in handheld and TV mode is simply Nintendo chose not not. The extra system load, once the heavy lifting is offloaded to the above chipsets is so small it is of no practical effect.
I find it frustrating when even a Nintendo focus news site such as this can not get these clear facts right and repeat the Nintendo line that there is nothing they can do at this point, the hardware is the hardware. Yes, the hardware is the hardware, anyone can take it apart and see what is supported and many have. (Big fan of NintendoLife, just to be clear )
They are using a BSD based kernel, again this we know, as does the PS4. All these chipset functions are fully supported in the BSD stack so the tools are there to deploy a standard voice solution.
I would expect the very first system mod released once the kernel is exploited will be a on system version of the online app.
Sorry for the long post but we should all be very clear the only roadblock is Nintendo.
Re: Editorial: amiibo Has Stalled, Because Nintendo is Forgetting What Makes It Special
I just ordered the my first Amiibo, link archer ready for Skyrim and Breath of the Wild Guardian from the UK Nintendo store, I just checked and the Guardian are no longer in stock but where 2 days ago, Guess I got lucky, although I am not sure why I bought the Guardian, I'm not a collector. It just looked good and thought I would have link face it off on a shelf. Hope they are display quality
Re: Video: Let's Discuss 5 Ways Nintendo Could Improve the Switch Online App
I really like the splatoon companion part of the app, Just the voice part that is rubbish. Only way to fix voice for me is get it off the app and on the console where it belongs.
Re: Editorial: Nintendo, Somehow, Has Gone Backwards With Voice Chat on the Switch
It's so bad... So I invited some friends by facebook from within the app so they would get the notification. 5 of us joined but the sixth person replied by facebook and that notification shut down the whole chat and disconnected everyone! Not even going to give this another try it truly is pants.
Re: Editorial: Nintendo, Somehow, Has Gone Backwards With Voice Chat on the Switch
In game chat with randoms has long been totally toxic, a barrage of foul mouth sexist and raciest commentary. But I have many ps4 friends who I only meat with online. My oldest son just started playing Overwatch with his cousins who live 300 miles away and in a few weeks they each know the others school friends and have meet ups planned when they next visit. There are many good sides to group chat online. My son played Splatoon for 2 hours yesterday and than asked to put Overwatch back on. He loved the game but missed his friends. It is unlikely he will go back and play more Splatoon. Nintendo is losing tomorrows customers. This may not hurt the bottom line today but the adults of the future will not be Nintendo buyers.