re: Guys, we need to talk about Nintendo's voice chat app

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I think the answer is Nintendo needs to start thinking big picture, because all of this seems like a work around to the limitations the switch had at design. They created this phenomenon with Splatoon....and it's MP. MP that is team based from what I gather. Teams "generally" like to communicate, or at the very least, friends, who are probably not playing in the same location, like to talk to each other. They really didn't design their console for that, but know there is some demand, so they come up with an app. Take it for what it's worth, but it's something. But it turns out to be this half assed watered down version of discord that's pretty much going to make people just use discord if they are on their phone anyways.

They bank on the ideal of "you can only play these games here", and there are a lot of people who are "ok, sure". And with that mindset, they aren't going to bend on a lot of concepts. "People are going to come, we're Nintendo." And that just chaps my arse.

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Not a bad answer at all and thanks for actually addressing it. And I would agree with pretty much all of it. And yeah if they would have nailed the app and its functionality, maybe this conversation is different. But they didn't, they completely failed.

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They bank on the ideal of "you can only play these games here", and there are a lot of people who are "ok, sure". And with that mindset, they aren't going to bend on a lot of concepts. "People are going to come, we're Nintendo." And that just chaps my arse.

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I kind of agree that it sucks, but for those people, of which I am admittedly included, not playing Nintendo games is kind of not an option. I tried Overwatch. It was boring after a few of weeks and wasting money on boxes. I hate that kind of system, which Injustice 2 and MvC 3 both games I wanted to buy are pretty much off my list. Zelda was better than Gears of War and even Witcher. I've put more time into Zelda and Arms than any game on the X1 outside of Witcher and maybe Smite. And that's having the X1 for over 2 years. And I can't go to another console maker and buy the system and play those games.

So yes, if I want to play Nintendo games, saying "ok sure" is kind of the only option, unless you ask people who prefer Nintendo games to just not play video games. That's really it.

And that's why they might seem like fanboys, or like they are rationalizing. Because there isn't really an option, people just end up dealing with obviously bad decisions.

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Gears of War shouldnt be mentioned alongside Zelda and Witcher.

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Just thinking of recent Single Player Games (ok Witcher is not so recent) that I was excited for, bought and spent time in.

It's obviously way below both, but I wasn't interested in Horizon or the others (nor could I play some on the X1).

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One of the main reasons I quit LoL. It became unbearable to log in and hear that crap

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Every game i have played with open Voice chat in the last 5 years is just a bunch of 13-14 year old kids yelling racial slurs and some a-hole blaring music through his mic.

If I want to play a small game with a group of friends I'll just use discord.

There is that hyperbole again.


Also, any game I have played has a mute button for said 13 year olds if you need to.

No hope.

He is blind.

Because you're making it seem like that happens 100% of the time or there is nothing you can do to filter it out.

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Why is that hyperbole?

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Think about it.

I turn down voice volume. There you go. Fixed =)

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Their online strategy is legitimately the most retarded thing in consumer electronics.

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Because they don't care about it. That's blatantly apparent.

I would say that since Nintendo's big hitters, Mario, Zelda, and DK have no MP component to them that they just weren't prepared for how much Splatoon took off and are now scrambling to up their online presence, but Mario Kart has been a beast forever. They've had time to figure this out.