re: Whatever........this is a "sicboy crapping on the Switch" thread, cuz reasons

The dead pixel explanation from Nintendo is hilarious. Pretty much "get over it".

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What a mess.

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why I'm basically refusing to be an early adopter on this thing... but I'm almost never an early adopter to anything, so this is just the norm

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why I'm basically refusing to be an early adopter on this thing... but I'm almost never an early adopter to anything, so this is just the norm

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Same here.

I will probably get a switch one day. Because I have always bought Nintendo products. Or at the least borrow one to play Zelda. But they need to work out all of this stuff.

my first early adoption for any console ever. no regrets, but I wish it had Bluetooth, but if it doesn't have Bluetooth now, it likely won't until switch 2.0 releases in a couple of years or whatever.

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That's fine. Why not be a villain for all consoles?

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Let me point out why this happened or at least why I think this happened.

A few of us, especially sic have been skeptical because Nintendo has continually let us down lately. So we are waiting to see and pointing out Nintendo still being Nintendo.

But then the same 4 or 5 fanboys continually white knight, so it becomes funny. The justifying of flaws is funny.

With that said, "why not be a villian for all consoles?" Because for the most part Sony and Microsoft have not been stuck doing everything backwards.

is the dock too snug or not snug enough? what's the defect.

wondering if my dock is defective. it has a lot of room, definitely not as snug like I expected.

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The save data thing is not a "massive issue"

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I wholeheartedly disagree here.

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What other intentional issues?

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-Dock design (hopefully that's getting fixed since it got pulled form the store)

-Smart phone app for any kind of messaging (as brought up in the friends list link)

-Placement of the USB charge port.

-The almost impossible task of removing the grips from the joycons.

-The kickstand, which has been proven over and over to be unreliable if you're not in a NASA controlled environment. This isn't anything, but I did see a funny article of someone complaining about the horrible sound the kickstand makes when you retract/detract. Sounds like plastic breaking every time. Sort of a satirical complaint.

-The system underperforming while being docked. Again, points to them really pushing for this to be a portable device, and I get that's a big draw for a lot of gamers, but I have never been big on portable gaming, and if I'm going to be short changed by playing my preferred way, I'll just eventually play zelda on the Wii U, because it will be the same thing.

-And for a portable device, it just doesn't seem that durable (scratched screens and joycon wiggles as evidence, the latter showing in that video oauron posted).

-The one joycon with the analog in the middle........i just can't see that being fun, especially with the controller being as small as it is, but I haven't personally played with it. My friend bought one so maybe I can go play around with his this weekend.

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That's fine. Why not be a villain for all consoles?

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Because I play the shite out of my PS4.

the tablet and the joycons feel like actual expensive tech, the joypad and dock are definitely plastic toy Nintendo.

the joypad does exactly what it needs to not one complaint I love it, but the dock is not as snug, but I guess that's a good thing. maybe add some padding or something for protection anyway and the added benefit of a more snug fit

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Let me point out why this happened or at least why I think this happened.

A few of us, especially sic have been skeptical because Nintendo has continually let us down lately.

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How did they let you down? By simply not making Generic Console #3?

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So we are waiting to see and pointing out Nintendo still being Nintendo.

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I don't think anyone has argued against that. Nintendo being Nintendo is specifically why they create stuff like Breath of the Wild. It's also specifically why they make boneheaded decisions like save game backup and friend codes. It is what it is.

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The justifying of flaws is funny.

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Are there extreme people on both sides, those who are overly critical and those who are probably too forgiving, yes.

Flaws shouldn't be justified, but it's been 4 days of a launch, you can't even ship a replacement in that time.

I agree the pixel remark is problematic, if they hold that line, that's not right.

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With that said, "why not be a villian for all consoles?" Because for the most part Sony and Microsoft have not been stuck doing everything backwards.

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I see we've all given up the DLC/Exclusive Content fight. And sadly Nintendo has too. You guys won that one with Nintendo capitulating. :rollseyes:

Let's repeat this: Nintendo is NOT, and has not, tried to be just like Microsoft and Sony. They've specifically made decisions that directly oppose those ideals. If you like the way Sony and Microsoft run their businesses, awesome. That's one way to do it and be successful. Make some threads about "Awesome decision Microsoft made today!"

I said it in another thread, people aren't necessarily defending dumb decisions, Nintendo makes a lot of dumb decisions, but if the result is Breath of the Wild, Splatoon and Mario Kart 8, it's tough NOT to just go along for the ride.

And I'll repeat this, regardless of the "success" the Wii U had the best First and Second Party library since the SNES. And it had a ton of new ideas. It's kind of sad how it ended up.