Will you get one?
>>722950528
Not even if I were a gamer
>>722950571
/thread
No thanks, I'm not a slave to entertainment media technology.
Not right away. I'm broke.
o becsause we are not supposedly on 1990
>>722950830
I want one but I'm broke too.
>>722950905
I don't understand.
>>722951047
Just take a look.
How fucking ugly is this shit?
Core i7 5960X 20mb smart cache,
lots of AR and VR running, IoT ,
8 k display, retrocompatibility,
cloud.... and 2017 is here.
And what do I can think about this
shit-dog-face? Just a garbage.
More of the same do catch a specific
market.
No one can survive nowdays with past success.
Probably eventually, but not in the foreseeable future.
Last Nintendo I owned was a 64 I don't see how it ever could be better
>>722951451
Are you dumb? Did you not expect this? This has always been what nintendo does. They know that it's the experience that makes a game/system good. Not the hardware. They use proven effective hardware and innovate elsewhere.
>>722950528
too expensive
>>722951451
When has nintendo ever had better specs than the competition ? Never. That's not what they're known for.
>>722950528
Yup, I already have it reserved.
>>722951847
Nintendo 64
>>722951451
Also how is AR, VR, cloud, retro compatibility, and an 8 k display not relevant in 2017?
>>722950528
Fuck all this gimmicky shit, Nintendo used to be great but now all this autistic bullshit, they have once again learned nothing and live in a dream world, company is led by faggots
>>722951952
N 64 had worse specs than its competitors of the SegaCD, jaguar, ps1 and the dreamcast.
>>722951952
Which was their least successful console (aside from the Virtual Boy, if that counts as a console), and was still not nearly as powerful as people thought (texture handling was shit, for one). At the end of the day it ended up being only about 30% more powerful than the PS1 even though its primary specs would imply otherwise, and it was severely held back by the shitty SDK and the even shittier cartridge.
>>722951757
>>722951847
I'm not defending Nintendo or any other.
Just saying what I see. Any corporation
actually NEED to do more with tecnology. Nintendo are losing market every year.
The world needs more that just entertainment. Entertainment with inovation and more
tecnology. so this is Im trying to say, cowboys.
Im not attemping to purchase this shit-dog-faced just to play a rack'n slash and zap zap controls. Sounds really idiot.
My point of view,
>>722950528
I'd sooner break an arm than throw money after that heap of junk
>>722952072
It's only gimmick is that you can take it anywhere, besides that it's a fairly normal console.
>>722950571
>>722950598
samefag
>>722950528
yus, for zelda alone and that weird sandbox mario game where you get to GTA New York with him as the playable character.
Probably wait for Mario kart till I get one. I wanna play Zelda but I can wait for that.
>>722950528
Nope, handheld consoles are too 90s and you look like a faggot nerd now walking around with one, no matter how nostalgic you want to feel.
>>722952499
Why would you walk with one? I like the idea that it can be portable but I will probably never leave the house with it. I'll use it in portable mode at home if my gf wants to watch TV or some shut but no I'm not gonna take it out. Unless I'm going to a friends house to play multilayer. But you'll never see me at a park or a mall playing thus shit.
>>722952255
>Which was their least successful console
???
>>722950528
i prefer the wii, plus i'm poor af
Yes, I'd buy one right now if I could.
anyone got a link?
Will show proof.
>>722950818
>Slave
Ooook.
Double says I will
Singles says Never.
>>722952716
/thread
>>722950528
Never, I fucking live in a Third World Country, there's no Nintendo consoles here, and also I can't even afford this internet that I'm currently using.
>>722952716
Why did the wii u fail so bad? It was a good console. And an alright concept for games that used the second screen. Like that batman game used it alot. It really immersed me into the game.
>>722952190
Honestly I haven't cared for modern gaming the last ten years or so. Everything is MMO, campaign (story mode) is shit, new consoles just have more gimmicks than the last.
I made a RetroPi and that's all I need to entertain myself.
Games don't stop being good just because new consoles come out.
As far as I'll go is playing a few 360 Arcade games like Super Meat Boy.
But none of this horseshit today can even begin to touch the entertainment quality on old games.
Fucking kids don't even invite their friends to come over and play games any more, they just sit on their respective couches and play remotely.
Fucking shit I tell ya. SHIT.
>>722952928
personally i think it was mainly because of the name (wii but whit a U) and that made the mayority of people to think it was the same as the wii
>>722953170
You could be right. It's a really stupid name.
>>722952499
I don't care what random people walking by think about me for 5 seconds.
>>722950528
>people still fall for jewtendo schemes
Just let them die already you fucktwats
>>722950528
Only fags will buy this, the same ones that buy Apple shit.
>>722953398
So you probably already have one preordered along with the accessories
>>722953283
Ignore that cunt.
I play my Vita at work all the time during downtime, and more times than I can count people want to hijack it from me.
>>722953479
You must be 18+ to enter this site, the police have been alerted to your activities
>>722950528
Nope. Nintendo's shitty third party support, shitty first party support (no proper 3D Mario game, no Metroid game, an abortion of a StarFox game) shitty online infrastructure and possibly the worst naming and advertising campaign of all time (really, the WiiU? This absolute fuck) led them to ditch their console in only a few years.
Shitty third party support just out of the gate will kill the Switch. Nintendo abandoned the WiiU and it will abandon the Switch. Anyone who buys it is a sucker.
I'll be waiting to see, Nintendo's home consoles have been pretty much failures after the snes. And they are marketing this as a home console insted of a handheld like they should be. There is also the fact most of the last few nintendo consoles have had a severe lack of 3rd party support, and I really don't have much interest in the rehashed mario and zelda games that come out on every system. I have a 3ds myself atm but mostly got rpgs, closest thing to a nintendo IP is pokemon. Got all the SMT games and Etrian oddyssey, bascally all the atlus stuff. One of themain problems I find is how dated the graphics capabilities of the nintendo consoles are, which means it doesn't get much cross platform stuff since its too much work for the devs with how badly it needs to be dumbed down to run on it.
I am waiting to see if it gets the 3rd party stuff or if its just another waste of time like most if not all nintendo consoles since after the snes. Remember they promised the same 3rd party support for their last 2 home consoles and never really got any of it.
>>722950528
No thanks, I have something WAY better on the way.
>>722953751
Nobody said you can't enjoy it, he just pointed out what's shit with it.
>>722953629
>led them to ditch their console in only a few years
4 and half years is a pretty typical console lifespan.
>>722953602
Why are you even here. I'm sure there's a trap thread waiting for you somewhere.
>>722953602
kekk triples
RIP Nintendo
Nope.
I'm open to anything by any company but this thing just is not for me.
I'm gonna be paying for a serious chunk of hardware that I am *never* gonna use. I have ZERO desire to play handheld/mobile games, so right there - all the screen hardware that I'm paying for is wasted.
Also - I have no desire to disassemble my controller 8 different ways and hand it out in bits to a bunch of other people, so right there - all the money spent on hardware and R&D for those controllers is wasted.
I just want a machine with a regular controller that plugs into the fucking TV and has a good selection of compelling Nintendo-exclusive IPs.
Additionally some level of backwards compatibility would be a huge incentivising bonus - if this thing could play Wii U and Wii games I'd be all over it.
That is not looking like that's what I'm gonna get so, so long Nintendo. I'll miss you, a little bit.
>>722953998
Fags on /vr/ would kill you for that
>>722952620
I've never seen a 'normal' person playing a handheld console in real life since the early 2000's.
Those Switch commercials are so over the top too. Who needs to play a game on the bus for 20 minutes on the way to work? How about you actually speak to someone or look out the window and see what it going on around you?
If you are playing a Switch in public, you are obviously some kind of autistic introvert that people should avoid.
I'm going to be in Tokyo in April for a few days and may pick one up there as it will be significantly cheaper than it is here in Canada. If I don't get one then, I will likely wait a year or so.
>>722953677
>literary a chink piece of shit
>better
kek
>>722953806
The Wii U has been 'ditched' for longer than 4 years. It was lifeless for its first several months, had a boost of life during the MK8/Smash Bros release window, and has essentially been dead and ignored by Nintendo for the past year.
>>722954045
>How about you actually speak to someone or look out the window and see what it going on around you?
Literally no one does this. Everyone is glued to their phones.
>>722954045
The point of the commercial is to show that you can play anywhere be it on your down time or whatever and that it is convenient for you to just pick it up or put it down. Just because it shows that. It doesn't mean you have to use it in that manner.
>>722950528
Nope. Wii U was the last time I buy a console in anticipation of good software.
>>722954040
Oh. Uhm... It's not good for me.
>>722950528
It all depends on the games it will have.
Nope, it's too under powered to be a decent console, battery life makes it useless as a hand held, and the controller is fucking retarded.
>Also Nintendo games are fucking terrible now. Only thing that seems interesting is Zelda but I will just emulate it instead.
>>722954342
This is why you don't buy consoles upon release. You wait until they improve it. Or lower the price on it.
no, it is almost 500 dollars in mexico
Will be the Dreamcast to the Wii U's Saturn.
RIP Nintendo.
>>722954209
At least on your phone you are communicating with people or reading something. Still better options than playing vidya beside a stranger.
>>722954235
That's the thing that's stupid though. If I buy one, I'm paying for tech (the handheld component) that I'm not at all interested in utilizing. I think that is going to put a lot of people off.
>>722954442
That's the thing. They want you to have the option of using it as a portable device. Or a home console. That's why they call it the switch.
>>722954388
Or you just get a fucking PC and not have to deal with consoles and their limitations.
>>722954442
>>That's the thing that's stupid though. If I buy one, I'm paying for tech (the handheld component) that I'm not at all interested in utilizing. I think that is going to put a lot of people off.
Ditto.
Every time I look at the thing I'll be wondering how much cheaper it would have been if the screen element and stupidly over-designed controller weren't included.
>>722954527
Where's the option to save a chunk of money and just have a home console?
>>722952928
I think there's another reason than just the name.
To me, the Wii is really the first "family"-adapted console they made. Now tons of families bought themselves a Wii, but when the Wii U came out, they thought that they already had the Wii and didn't need another console.
Only my opinion obv.
>>722954627
Buy a wii
>>722954583
Trouble with becoming a PC gamer is being associated with people who are like you and and think that saying phrases like 'PC Master Race' in public in 2017 is not remotely dubious.
>>722954434
Pretty much, I don't get why nintendo keeps putting out gimmicky pieces of shit.
Have they given up on trying to compete?
>Gamecube was the last decent console they released but was fucked by focusing on kid friendly games.
Nintendo may have lower specs in their system. But their games are much more fun than the ps3/xbox. I even traded my xbox one for a 3ds and it was well worth it
>>722954702
Nope, I have nothing against the idea of consoles but now a days the console exclusives are crap.
Give it 18 months and if Nintendo haven't gone bankrupt already, they'll release a screenless version with just the Pro controller.
Personally, I'm dreaming of an optional optical drive that enables physical backwards compatibility... but that is obviously a dream.
>>722954834
What games are you talking about?
>>722954902
>they'll release a screenless version with just the Pro controller.
They should have done that with the Wii U.
>>722954710
>>Pretty much, I don't get why nintendo keeps putting out gimmicky pieces of shit.
At I guess I'd say it's because they made the second most successful game console of all time and have sole ownership of one of the most recognizable character IPs in the entire entertainment industry?
Just a guess...
Anyone else fucking hate the DS line of handhelds?
The fucking bottom screen is useless in most games and only serves as a menu or hinders the game by forcing you to move your hand back and forth between the buttons and touch screen.
>>722955014
Should've taken a leaf out of Microsoft's book and eaten some humble pie.
Rowing back on all their bullshit and offering a package without the camera device thing probably saved the Xbox One from complete oblivion.
>>722954710
Nintendo can do handhelds right, but they haven't gotten a console right since the 64. So they're clearly just trying to bridge the gap, making a device that is both.
Seems pretty simple to me.
>>722955039
Are you talking about the Wii?, because that was a failure when it came to software and it's sales dropped insanely towards the end.
It's why the Wii U was so quickly shoved out.
And yeah they have the most popular character IPs but that's it. That is the only reason nintendo even still exists.
>>722955205
>>haven't gotten a console right since the 64.
...you do know the Wii is second only to the PS2 in terms of units sold, right?
>>722955267
>>>And yeah they have the most popular character IPs but that's it. That is the only reason nintendo even still exists.
Well, right there is the answer to your earlier question 'I don't know why they bother'
>>722950528
Can i play porn on it?
>>722955205
Last decent handheld was the GBA, the DS was fucking horrible waste of power.
It was far more powerful than the PSP but the second screen took away any advantage in performance it could have had. And it's touchscreen was just a crap gimmick with no real benefit.
>>722955267
Regardless of why or when the sales dropped, it shipped millions and millions of units. Way more than Microsoft has ever done.
You seem to be misunderstanding the scale of this achievement....
I might set some money aside for it eventually. Maybe when it has it's feet on the ground. still skeptical.
Really hyped for Zelda .. always been a fan. But not hyped enough to invest in an entire console.
>>722955321
Everyone got one.
No one played them.
>>722955321
The PSP sold second to the DS which is the best selling handheld ever.
But boy oh boy, was it a nightmare.
>>722955487
Right. And I'm sure Nintendo are just fucking crying themselves to sleep every night over this.
>>722954106
>It has a intel atom procesor
Nope. NEVER. I learned that procesor series is shit
>>722955543
I think that they are.
What if your company was the main competitor to Sony?
That's alot to live up to.
>>722955630
>Can play the Witcher 3.
>>722955321
The wii was stupid. IT was gimmicky which is why when everyone had a wii, they knew better than to get the wii u
>>722950818
But, but, but... Zelda!
>>722955479
Yeah but the lack of game sales hurt them a lot. Most third party developers didn't want anything to do with it.
>>722952928
The gimmick of the wii controllers was over, ppl realized that normal controllers were better suitable for gaming/chill, whe they said "look a new console with a new different controller that has a screen on it" ppl were more skeptical about it, also the competition had more games and power than the wii u, it has nothing to do that the consoles look very similar with one another it was that it didn't offered anything better, jus a gimmick controller and thats it.. now the switch has the same or worse problems, for instance new-new-gimmick controllers for an already skeptical consumer public, and the specs aren't even close to the competition, and to cope all this not even half of third party devs interested in the console... they have to literally get nearly the sales of the ps4, to even be considered by third party devs, ppl believe it or not are getting tired of the same characters/game ideas from nintendo, they are classics but thats it, now they are looking for the new thing, personally i see it crashing maybe faster than vr...but offcourse im a simple guy, that said vr was gonna flop, and was roght maybe by luck.. but again i am saying this is gonna flop even harder... just my opinio
>>722955630
The screen is so tiny that the integrated graphics aren't bogged down with rendering.
Where as a tablet is hindered by lack of RAM, this machine isn't.
>>722955543
Actually not playing it does hurt them. It leads to fewer game sales and less developers wanting to make games for it. Which just leads to less sales.
>Look at the PSP for the best example of how a console can sell well but still fail.
>>722955745
Yes it was stupid and yes it was gimmicky... but it sold like fucking gangbusters.
Therefore, like a rat in a Skinner box, Nintendo are just gonna sit there hammering on the stupid-gimmick lever until another Wii comes out.
You can offer all the personal appeals and insights into the product you want... the only thing that matters is whether or not it sold.
>>722955630
You should stay up to date with thing then, lot has changed over the past years
>>722955630
Yeah the intel atom line sucks, specially the ARM based ones. They basically cripple themselves to save a little on board space and power but introduce massive latency due to it having to emulate parts of the hardware.
>TL;DR ARM architecture sucks ass and shouldn't be used for gaming ever.
>>722950528
Yes
>>722956027
>>722955630
He got burned by an over priced tablet being trash.
Tablets are like all-in-ones in that it's all together in the same housing. But that also means shit build quality and bad heat trandfer.
So they have to set the speed of the of the processor-the main source of heat in the machine-to artificially low and slow speeds.
So you end up with a brick.
>>722955957
How can a console simultaneously sell well and fail?
It can't. What you mean is it can sell well and *damage their future earning prospects.* Which is probably what the Wii's lack of software did, granted.
But as I keep saying, this matters not one fucking bit to the suits at Nintendo. They just remember the sugar rush of shipping millions of units with nothing more than Wii Sports and charging a fortune for a tonne of molded plastic bullshit they called 'peripherals'.
Nintendo, like a lot of companies, is living for today. They care not one fuck if a lack of software this time around is gonna hurt them on the next generation.
They just wanna bamboozle you with the gimmicks again and move those machines out the door.
>>722956258
who got burned?
>>722956282
Soo...sell well and fail? You just explained what dude meant dumbass. Stop trying to critique people.
>>722952269
>Sounds really idiot.
>>722954834
> xbox one for a 3ds
So you traded something worth 300$ for something worth 100$?
>>722956282
The PSP sold like crazy but because how easily and quickly it was hacked less people bought games for it, instead just pirating them.
This lead to fewer games being developed because game sales were low. And this is why the PSP sold fewer and fewer as time passed. And as they tried to stop the hackers by releasing the 3000 line of PSPs but it sold horribly while used 1000s and 2000s were selling like mad.
And the PSP go sold even worse than the 3000 because it wasn't nearly as hackable till later on.
>>722956258
This, the GPD Win has way better cooling than some shitty tablet and can boost it's clocks way easier.
>>722950528
In era of smartphones japs still trying to sell their outdated crap.
>>722955486
I will shamefully admit that I was ready to drop money on the pre-order for the Zelda game alone.
I did not care if nothing else came along - Zelda would justify the purchase, and eBay is only ever a click away...
But then I learned that the Zelda game IS COMING OUT ON THE WII U?!
Seriously... I can't begin to fucking.... wut?
The ONE reason that new customers may shell for the new machine, and Nintendo gives them the option of playing it on years old hardware... Seriously. Wut.
And... as has previously been mentioned... NO-ONE buys Nintendo machines for the graphical wow factor. So if you own a Wii U, or are able to pick one up at a heavy discount, why the FUCK are you gonna go for the new machine if you're only interested in Zelda?
Of all the evens that I can't, this particular even cannot be canted ever.
>>722956838
Thank you for the potted history of the PSP in response to my post about the Wii.
>>722956735
Depends if it was a highly collectible iteration of 3DS like the Majora's mask or Hyrule editions...
>>722957157
worthless, in the end its gonna eventually end up collecting dust somewhere and you arent gonna give a shit about some stupid paint job.
https://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/vgm/5991380485.html
costs less than a xbox one game lmao
>>722956970
Im going to buy a switch with Zelda because the wii u it seems to be shitty quality and will have low fps
>>722956854
Most famous games can't get 30fps on low/med quality. Unless you play weaboo games and those games with 8bit graphics this thing isn't worth
>>722956970
Poor fucking peasant who can't afford the premium experience.
>>722958117
Games like Crysis 2 can get solid 30 FPS and newer titles like Fallout 4 and GTA V you can get away with PS3 like graphics on 30 FPS witch tweaks and mods.
Generally, running anything newer than 2010 you can get away with Low graphics with still playable framerate with around 3 hours battery.
The point of the device is emulation anyways, getting 5-6 hours, low noise and heat, that it can do Steam in-home streaming and play Windows games directly on hardware is just a bonus, that's why it has a fan "always on" switch.
>>722950528
Not right away... don't feel like hunting for one (like I did for my WiiU) or buying an expensive one on eBay (like I did for my Wii).
Also wanna wait for news about Monster Hunter and possibly a Switch/MH bundle.
>>722950528
Only if they have good games for it still waiting for an f-zero game and metroid nintendo doesn't even bother building a good library of games
>>722952716
i'm not questioning the numbers if it's truth or not, but can someone explain me how can there be sold more hardware then software?
i mean, if you buy one console (herdware i assume) doesn't that mean you are going to buy at least 1 or 2 games (the software)?
unless the ames are not considered software and it's another info it's escaping me.
>>722950528
No, PC is better than all console shit all around. I wouldn't even bother to use any console if I bought one. Also, I am not a child, which is what Nintendo products are aimed at.
>>722951860
my nigga same here
>>722959617
>my nigga
nintendo confirmed for only nigga level intelligence
>>722959931
ooga booga nigga
>>722950528
Once it gets 5-10 games I reallly want to play, yes.
>>722957157
HMU when you start trading $10 bills for $9
Nah bro, I'm holding out for this bad boy
>>722960761
They ruined it with the meme steam controls, also it's still to fucking big to be actually portable, I wish they would make something like the GPD Win but with an APU
>>722950528
nope not now. i will way. too shitty looking.
loo specs.
shitty online capabilities. only 3 old games for a month. faggots.
i will wait for a decent game library. maybe I will decide after a year. maybe never.