Why is this seriously coming out?

Not that anyone needs it, but heres a link http://nintendoeverything.com/switch-splatoon-2-splat-chat-headset-is-coming-west/

The switch can't handle voice chat runnin inside the console, so they have that to mix game audio and chat audio from the phone.

>>383537361
Why would they not put voice chat functionality in the Switch? it seems like a very short sighted move by Nintendo

This is legit the one thing that I'm shocked and a bit appalled at with the Switch. I thought for sure that they would've streamed the game audio to the phone so you only need one pair of headphones but I guess not.

>>383537590
They probably want to keep kids out of the chat service and most of kids out there don't have a proper smartphone.

>>383537819
>and most of kids out there don't have a proper smartphone
In Japan maybe

>>383537164
Money. What's so hard to understand?

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>>383537819
>most of kids out there don't have a proper smartphone.

literally every kid in America has a smart phone.

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>>383537164
It makes sense given it's a portable console.

>tfw windows phone

>>383538010
So what's the issue then :^)?

>>383537164
Nintendo have always been incompetent when it comes to online features.

>>383538117
it's clunky as fuck when they just could have put the ability to talk to others/create lobbies in the console itself.

it's like they added an extra two steps for no reason.

>>383538041

But no one wants to worry about having spaghetti fucking sticking out of everywhere just because Nintendo can't get their shit straight. Having all that shit is just begging for something to get yanked and torn out. ESPECIALLY if you decide to take this on the go.

cant wait to splat while i chat with some teens online

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S O N Y

A L W A Y S

W I N S ,

B A B Y

This is a good thing though because it keeps poor people and kids off the coms

>>383537164
Because Nintendo bros will buy any accessory released by Nintendo.

>>383538197
They could have just added like a wifi/bluetooth usb dongle like how Sony does with their gold and plat headsets. That would've been much easier.

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>>383538303
I dunno just put it under your shirt, but I mean why even voice chat in public at all???

This accessory is needed because voice chat was an afterthought for the Switch. Splatoon is literally the only game it would be useful for. Why bother building your hardware around it when you know it's a niche feature?

>>383538303
and it connects the chat to your cell phone so that is convenient

>>383537590
>>383537759
>>383538197
>>383538303
>>383538452
You wouldn't have been happy if the voice chat was built in anyway. They don't have to make the Switch like other consoles, maybe you just need to accept Nintendo is allowed to do its own thing. I'm happy they went off on their own tangent instead of worrying about what the other consoles do. Like who gives a shit? You want voice chat, go get it, why should it come included when it isn't going to be used most of the time? It's a wasted investment in that case.

>>383537164
Nintendo said that's just one way voice chat could be done (even though HORI, the people who made that, just went on and started selling it anyone)
From someone who has a Switch, voice chat pretty much does need a reworking. Even so I'm probably just gonna talk on Discord instead

Not surprising considering it's Nintendo. Their consoles and games are meant to be family friendly. They don't want someone to be able to shout "NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER" at all the kids. But people still want voice so 3rd party companies created a peripheral that uses your phone to let you communicate in game. Does this thing even have it's own app? Or do you just use Skype?

>>383537164
Serves you all right.

>>383538864
I wanna believe its gonna have its own app.

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>>383537164
>Why is this seriously coming out?

I dont know why but I laughed, it's like Nintendo is inconvenience you with this shit product and I agree, it shouldnt come out, people should not be forced to used this crap, it is a crime, people should not have to suffer with this garbage product, Nintendo needs to stop right now and throw everything on the production line in the trash can because this accessory is complete rubbish, a waste of time and will only cause innocent Nintendo gamers to suffer

YAMATE

>>383538664
I'm >>383537759
I 100% agree that moving shit on to the phone is a genius way of shrinking the OS and thus allowing more power to the games. What's unreasonable about streaming audio though?

>>383537590
unironically because the Switch is so underpowered it can't afford to waste the memory needed for voice chat.

>>383538664
while uniqueness and differences is good, it still wouldn't hurt if nintendo did it that way anyhow.
plus, a mircophone can be used through the headphone jack so i don't really know why some of the voice chat can't be on there. probably just to be able to chat with people on the go with places where the switch can't conenct to the internet casually or concerns on battery life, or idk

>>383538974
>I'm >>383537759
Nobody gives a fuck who you are, that's why your name is Anonymous.

>>383537164
>WHY THE FUCK DO WE NEED A PHONE?
Because the Switch is low on RAM and they can't physically dedicate any more memory to the OS features without it affecting the gameplay.

Oh fuck off, one of the reasons I liked Splat1 is that it had no voice chat so there was no autistic screeching and swearing at each other for doing a bad job.

Unless you're playing with friends, voice chat is pointless anyway. Just a few simple in game commands is enough to get people to work with you if they wanted to.

>>383538664
because every console has voice chat as a standard. It's not just voice chat either, the lobby system also entirely works through the app and is not built in on the system.

Nintendo is still 3 generations behind in terms of online functionality.

>>383539185
>what are communication settings present in every single online capable console

>>383538949
I mean you could also just use just your phone, put it on speaker and play the game instead
or get some Audio Techinas and plug it into the phone so you can hear them better
or use some crappy apple earbuds with a mircophone so you can hear better and talk better
there's like a lot of ways to combat this thing. it was probably just made so that you can hear your friends and hear the game audio

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Not having VC included with the system is less hardware intensive, which given the switch is a hybrid console is actually pretty ingenious. I don't really see the issue, it's not as if most people who own phones don't have their phones with them at all times.

I like how it's designed like something that would actually be in Splatoon.

>>383539290
autism.

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>>383539185
If you worry about autism why did you buy a fisher and price toy created for 7 year old children while playing nickelodeons take on call of duty where you spend 90% of the game looking at the ground?

I know you want need to shield yourself from the fact that you a manchild whos playing the game with 3 year old toddelers but now you're going to have to hear them REEEEEE and Screech because Nintendo wants you to.

YAMATE

Does this function as a regular headset as well? I could use one for PC.

>>383539374
oh man I bet your mom lets you play all the mature call of duties

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>>383538309
>Wireless
>Win

>>383539374
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk_xS_fKCpk
You actually want this shit in Splatoon?

>>383539463
you could do better

>>383539074
Ok, I guess I'll just trip then.

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>>383537164
It still makes me laugh that the freaking original Xbox had better online than the Switch.

Lobbies, voice chat and skill based matchmaking, it's dead simple.

>>383539576
Wireless is better you retard autist.

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>>383539692
portability

>>383539665
Don't be a faggot.

It's not so much the fact that you need a phone to chat, its really the design and how they thought this out. How do you release a console in 2017 that doesn't have enough power to have simple chat? Like that shit blows my mind. I know its not everyone, but for the people that it does intrigue, they have to spend a lot more money and add more peripherals just to be able to talk while the others have been doing it for years with a simple headset and jack.

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>>383539543
>>383539610
If you don't wanna hear REEEing chicken tendies and SCREEEEEEching don't play games for 3 year old Japanese children REEEEEEEEEE

YAMATE

>>383539692
>Lobbies and skill based matchmaking

Switch games have these.

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>>383539749
uh?

So whatever happened to not needing bulky gamer headsets?

>>383539723
lol

>>383539789
Ironic if you truly think about it for a second, but yeah if people like you aren't playing it..

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>>383539723
Don't embarrass yourself on the internet, Anon.

>>383539849
How the fuck is wireless not better? Are you stupid?

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>>383539827
wow great job idiot good luck playing it through an opaque wall

>>383539882
Is this a Nintendo meme?

>>383539749
>Online gaming
>Outside your house
nope.

>>383539779
This.
I own a Switch and like it, but jesus christ this is so ridiculous that you just can't help it but laugh.

So much for Kimishima saving Nintendo.

>>383538197
Maybe they just don't want voice chat at all for their consoles? I mean, let's be honest here, online chat of any type automatically bumps the ESRB rating to Teen and above, and isn't what one would have for a family friendly brand image. This way, since voice chat is a third party accessory, the base game can indeed be sold as all ages.

>>383539749
This image is about 800kb though?

>>383537164
>left joycon has trouble connecting when even remotely within 3 feet of devices or obstacles that block the relay
>this includes, bluetooth devices, printers, cell phones, fish tanks
>build a new house so that the left joycon does not disconnect randomly
>also voice chat is on your cell phone.

>>383539692
>lobbies
guess ARMS and MK8D don't exist
>voice chat
the switch HAS voice chat, and you don't really have to use this headset (see >>383539291 )
>skill based matchmaking
MK8D doesn't do this, but I guess ARMS doesn't exist....again

>>383539616
Is that a yes?

>>383539789
Then why are you here?

>>383539928
>Posts something completely subjective
>ONLY NINTENBABBIES WILL DISAGREE WITH THIS ;)))

>>383538664
>it's okay when Nintendo is a lazy shit
Reminder that the left joycon problem is still a problem.

>>383539936
>hotspots
>free wifi resteraunts
>nintendo literally bulit a "zone" around this and gave you 5 free streetpass tags

>>383539749
There's no reason you couldn't have those things with the system being portable.

Vita had those things.

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>>383538309
>hidden mic

>>383540010
You could do a lot better. Do you have autism?

>>383540067
Just tell me why wireless is worse.

>>383540090
>Slow public connections
If you don't mind a shitty online experience then these things work, but it's also weird as hell to just go look for a public hotspot outside to do something you could do better at home.

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>>383540124
Vita succd dicc

>>383539779
>>383539951
The cherry on top is how this comes alongside nintendo's new online fee that's "meant to improve" their online service.

>>383540131
Except it works great and is less intrusive. Are Nintendo fans just dumb?

>>383540071
>>383539968 >left joycon
it's not actually a problem anymore
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/03/22/nintendo-confirms-switch-joy-con-sync-issues-caused-by-manufacturing-error
>"A manufacturing variation has resulted in wireless interference with a small number of the left Joy-Con. Moving forward this will not be an issue, as the manufacturing variation has been addressed and corrected at the factory level."
>"We are asking consumers to contact our customer support team so we can help them determine if a repair is necessary. If it is, consumers can send their controller directly to Nintendo for the adjustment, free of charge, with an anticipated quick return of less than a week. Repair timing may vary by region."

>>383539957
umm no..?

>>383540184
It is worse, because relay signal is garbage. It will always be beneficial to have a solid wired connection that cannot be interrupted. This is especially true if you live in an apartment complex where you have dozens of wireless signals all acting like shit.

>>383540281
Don't bother. These people don't even own a Switch, otherwise, they would have known about the fixes already.

wow even the nintendo switch subreddit which is literally run by nintendo wouldn't have this much circle jerking about an obviously bad thing somehow being a good thing

They're making a few assumptions. First of all, they're assuming that people will only play online at home so the excessive wires and lack of portability won't be a huge issue. This is a reasonable assumption, since the Switch has no mobile data capability. However, the only headphone port is on the tablet so the wiring will be even more messy than usual if you plan on playing online in docked mode (which is presumably what you'd do at home). The second assumption is that little children won't have smartphones so they can't be easy targets for pedophiles (i.e. half the Splatoon userbase). This will protect children very young children since they will need their parents' smartphone to voicechat and they will always know when their child is talking online. Although it does mean that the parent will be unable to use their phone when their child is playing (which seems like a huge inconvenience). And nowadays children get their first phone by the age of 10/11, so not everyone is protected.

I personally think the Switch should have had this basic online functionality. The 3DS had some sort of voicechat so the Switch has no excuse, especially for a game with such a big multiplayer focus. Bringing a phone into the equation only makes things worse. Let's say I have a long day at work, my phone is low on battery and I want to play an online multiplayer game with some friends. I'd be unable to do that unless I have a power outlet right next to where I'm sitting (so I can charge my phone while playing). I'm probably never going to use the voicechat on the Switch but it's ridiculous that a modern console doesn't have the ability to do this.

>>383540230
yeah but no mic is pretty much just like having a phone on speaker to talk on it without touching it and isn't as "intrusive"
pretty much you paid for a headset that just gives you better audio quality, and that's the only positive thing about it

>>383537164
Does Switch have paid online yet? Can't wait.

>>383538309
I agree, we should leave the headphone and blueray player company to making headphones and blueray players and the videogame company to making videogames and video game consoles.
It would be better this way.

>>383540413
>half the Splatoon userbase

Try 9 out of 10.

>>383540413
If you're doing voice chat in a public place chances are you deserve to get punched

>>383540479
$20 a year, coming in 2018

>>383540479
no it will come in 2018

Does the dock still scratch the screen? Haven't seen a single mention of it since release week.

>>383540143
Not enough autism to be incapable of answering a question.

>>383540557
Good, can't wait to pay $20 to play Mario Kart online.

>>383540557
>$20 a year
How much is Sony and Xbox a month?

>Why does a Business try to jew you out of your money?

>>383540413
>Nintendo's solution lol just leave your phone charging all the time even though that will ruin the shit out of the battery.

>>383540567
for me, no, but the screen can still be scratched easily though.
i think what happened was that most docks were warped and were getting really close to the screen making it scratch

on the subject of headsets what is a good one for pc, my razer kraken is falling apart

>>383540567
I don't have a screen protector, am not overly careful with mine, and have no scratches on the screen so far if that answers your question. I think it was just a /v/ meme my dude.

>>383540413
>First of all, they're assuming that people will only play online at home so the excessive wires and lack of portability won't be a huge issue.
That's also assuming people won't make a huge issue out of the excessive mess of wires, which people have been doing.

>The second assumption is that little children won't have smartphones so they can't be easy targets for pedophiles
So if that's the case then nintendo is crippling their own products again to the inconvenience of literally everyone just to protect a portion of their playerbase from a microscopic danger that should be handled by children's actual parents.

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>>383540641

>>383540696
Do you play games longer than 10 hrs at a time?

>>383540230
Please stop embarrassing yourself

>>383540641
Sony is $50 a year.
I don't know what xbox is.

>>383540641
Sony = $9.95 a month
Xbox = $4.99 a month
Nintendo = $3.99 a month
regardless, those are how much it is MONTHLY, wait until you've seen yearly (12 months btw)

>>383540703
Have you even heard of anyone else having such problems anymore? It's more likely people are just clumsy and unknowingly scratched it by abusing the fuck out of it.

>>383540819
Yes. You don't?

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>>383537164
What do I put in on Amazon to search for a mixer like the one these come with? If I put sound/audio/headset mixer, all I get are mixer consoles or 2 male/female to female/male audio cables that don't have any volume controls in-line.

>>383540819
I leave my house for more than 10 hours at a time, which means my phone will need charging when I get back.

>>383540819
Where do you think you are?

>>383540928
like, outside the house???

>>383540984
It shouldn't if you're not on it constantly

>>383540906
no, a few people I know haven't been getting that, and one person who hacks the Switch (who pretty much is abusing it in and out of the dock) has, surprisingly never got one
still doesn't invalidate the fact the screen can scratch easily.

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>Smartphone

FUCK. OFF. I'M SO SICK OF EVERYONE EXPECTING YOU TO HAVE A MOBILE PHONE.

>Try sell items on steam marketplace
>LOL NOPE, AUTHORIZE IT WITH YOUR PHONE OR 15 DAY WAIT
>But I dont use a cellpho-
TOO BAD.

>Log in from Gmail at work
>HI, WE SEE YOU ON A DIFFERENT COMPUTER, PLEASE LOG IN VIA A MOBILE DEVICE SO WE KNOW ITS YOU!
>But I? don't use a cellpho-
>TOO BAD

>What, you want to use Discord app? well log in with your phone-
>I DONT HAVE A CELLPHONE
>TOO BAD

Seriously fuck society. Not everyone wants a ringing nonsense device on hand when A landline is just as efficient. And I aint paying $50 a month just to log into free services. FUCK THAT SHIT.

>>383537164
just run the app on one of those cheapo $50 amazon tablets connected to your wifi

forget this hori product

christ

is it really that inconvenient?

holy shit,
this whole thread is all just
It's okay because it's Nintendo

stop supporting corporate and start supporting your own rights, morons
but i guess it's too hard for retarded fans to see that.

>>383540898
I think it's $60 a year for both Sony and MS.

>>383541091
It's 2017 my man

>>383540898
>Sony = $9.95 a month
you get a discount for buying a year that equates to $4.17 a month
still relatively jewish compared to ninny as its $30 more yearly

>Nintendo = $3.99 a month
also nintendo is $1.67 a month if you buy a year

>>383541091
Who doesn't have a phone? That's unsafe as fuck.

>>383541054
>>383540984
yeah, turning on power saving is a thing.
hell samsung even has this maximum power saving mode where it can last a really long time on one charge by just limiting the phone's functions and using it for only calling

>>383540898
>Sony = $9.95 a month
What the fuck are you talking about? Sony and Microsoft have the exact same price.

>>383541074
It's a gaming console. Just what are you doing with it that's giving it so many scratches?

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>>383540982
Can't say for sure because I haven't tried, but I'd imagine a Y splitter with two male to male cables connected would work

>>383541097
It's almost like

Nintendo's doing something different or something

woah

>>383541003
/v/ averages about 0 hrs a day playing videogames
where do YOU think you are?

>>383541146
>its 2017 so you should conform
I haven't in 40 years anmd I'm not starting now. A landline ios the only phone I need. If you kdis want to carry devices on you, be my guest, but dont expect us all to conform to your standard just because you're the new blood.

I don't have a switch yet because it doesn't have enough games. Is the online still unstable as fuck and riddled with connection errors?

>>383541050
Everywhere. Are you really going to argue my video game time here. It's excusable bullshit for them to use your phone to begin with for online play, it's simply retarded when it could have been on the system directly. In fact it truly is inexcusable shit, because they still have fuck tons of room on the board that used to make it happen. A lot of wasted fucking space that the switch did overall.

>>383537819
Parents let phones, tablets, and the goverment raise their kids

>>383541091
Buy a $50 android and connect it to wifi you sperg

>>383541091
>A landline is just as efficient

it really isn't!

>>383541232
nope spliter won't work, the impedence will not match
need mixer

>>383541148
>you get a discount for buying a year that equates to $4.17 a month
wut? It's $60 a year for Sony. How the hell do you get $4.17 a month from that?

>>383541054
I have a long commute everyday, during which I use my phone.

>>383541096
there's multiple ways you can voice chat through a phone/tablet (like just using apple earbuds with a mic). this is just one....horrible way of doing it

>>383541239
Yes, they're offering an objectively inferior product to their competitors, and people still defend it because it's nintendo.

>Can't match online features from systems two generations ago
>Charging money for their online
This is and always will be bullshit.

They aren't providing shit for service, you are using your own phone to manage the shit.

>>383541253
Reddit pretending /v/ is for shitposting doesn't mean we don't play video games, now fuck off back to mongoloid handlers

>>383541280
For 10 hours straight...?

>>383541363
>objectively inferior
No portability

>>383541253
You got me there

>>383541351
that no one is forced at gunpoint to use
so why is everyone sperging out like hyperspergs?

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>>383541227
are you sure because...

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>>383541438
haha bacon lol exxdee

>>383541426
Longer than 10 hours, what are you a fucking casual?

There actually is a 3.5mm audio jack with a mic channel on the Switch. This thing baffles me as much as anyone and I'm what /v/ would label a nintenfag.

>>383537164
nintenbabies are too autistic to use voice-chat.
see >>383538664
Nintendo knows that their core audience is pee -shy emotionally stunted manchildren and children who shouldn't be talking to them.

>>383541521
>>383541416
why does this joke trigger you?

>>383541231
Not ME, people I KNOW are doing that. I'm not screwing up a $300 piece of tech like that lol, I'm just saying the screen is plastic meaning it will scratch easily if you're not careful

>>383541518
That's the exact same as microsoft.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/store/p/xbox-live-gold/cfq7ttc0k5dj/000C

>>383541556
so you're telling my that you're outside of the house for 10 hours straight, gaming the entire time and not once able to find somewhere to plug it in?

I guess you're out of luck.

>>383541509
you've got the wrong person with that question

>>383541426
I'm not sure where you're getting that from considering the switch manages to be less portable and significantly more inconvenient than the 3DS or even the Vita by requiring so much garbage just to handled voice chat

PEOPLE DEFEND THIS

>>383541604
haha I guess I'm just a cuck lol

Sure am glad I can just buy this and not use my bulky gamer headphones.

>>383541262
That's your problem old man, not anyone else's. Don't bitch about a problem but refuse to take the minimal effort needed to alleviate it.

>>383541604
Because it's shit perpetrated by Reddit as a way to make this place more awful. /v/ is for video games not ironic shitposting you fucking mongoloid.

>>383541346
oh shit your right
I sold mine before they bumped it I guess.
Now its triple what nintendo's will be at $5 monthly.

>>383541764
>Minimal effort
>Pay $50 a month to use the device once or twice for log in info

I'm not going to waste money paying for a cellhpone service I don't need.

>>383541606
And it's a gaming console. Why would you want to treat an expensive piece of electronic like that? It's less about the product itself and more of 'Why would you do that?' for the people you know.

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>>383541262
Landlines are too expensive though but throw your money away I guess!

>>383541876
Buy every copy of bad rats with the money

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>>383541618
huh, well it looks like Microsoft likes lying...
either way, the online service for the Switch is cheap compared to its competitors (which I shouldn't really being saying "competitors" since Nintendo isn't "trying to compete")

>>383541678
You shouldn't have to use another full device to reach the potential of another full device. It's simply retarded on so many fucking levels. Don't defend that. Also get off /v/ while you're at it you don't belong here if you even remotely find playing vidya for 10+ hours confusing.

>>383541932
lol portal

>>383541838
And how much does your landline cost you grandpa?

>>383541915
A landline is $60 a month, and has actual useage for a business like my own. A cellphone is a cheap toy you yak way on because you have no time management and no sense of duty.

>>383541838

Are you too stupid to know about prepaid phones?

>>383541091
>Not everyone wants a ringing nonsense device on hand when A landline is just as efficient.
Some people actually need to be contacted at any time. And sometimes you need to be able to contact other people at any time. I'm not talking about general small-talk with your friends, I'm talking about urgent news. A landline can't be used for contact whenever you are out of the house, if you honestly think a landline is just as efficient then you're a clueless retard.

>And I aint paying $50 a month just to log into free services.
Get a pay-as-you-go SIM. You only pay when you need to use it and you get all the other benefits of a smartphone. Assuming no-one calls/text your mobile phone and you don't need to use mobile data, it will cost nothing other than the initial price to purchase the phone (and a cheap Android phone will do most things you need it to do).

>>383541932
>cheap compared to competitors
>only one that requires a smartphone to use fully.
>piggy back off another system, because we're to lazy to make our own to actually compete.

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>people swore to boycott steam when they told you that you needed a smartphone for trading
>fast forward to today, people defending Nintendo doing the exact same thing with voice chat

how the tides have turned.

>>383542005
>and has actual useage for a business like my own
What are you able to do on a landline that you can't do on a cellphone?

>>383541934
>potential

That potential is being spent running the game dude

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Its so simple, it makes it so if anything happens because of voice chat the blame shifts to the parents and not nintendo.

That's why there's not messaging service in the switch

>>383541749
I'd rather have some Jet Set radio headphone than this outdoor jogging headset noodle fiasco.

>>383541843
People love hacking and tinkering now, I guess. After all, kernel access was achieved for the Switch yesterday I think

>>383542058
> if you honestly think a landline is just as efficient then you're a clueless retard.

Ever heard of a beeper? No of course you haven't. Who am I kidding.

>>383542149

Stop baiting.

>>383541932
>since Nintendo isn't "trying to compete"
They're really not. They've been pushing the 'play locally with friends' angle with all of their commercials.

>>383542058
Switch voice lobby uses mobile data. Consider the following that most unlimited data plans are $45+ in the US. Everything below that is a 5gb monthly that gets eaten up in a matter of 2 days with the Switch.

>>383542149
Exactly how old are you?

>>383542005
Well shit if you're running a business, but $60 is pretty steep.

Also what the hell are you doing running a business without a cellphone

>>383542005
You're making yourself sound like a dense old man who boogeymans anything new if you seriously cannot understand why cellphones carry so much of an advantage that people are moving away from landlines and exclusively using cellphones for communication.

>>383541521
IT'S NOT FAIR
IT WAS HER TURN

>>383541239
>Nintendo's doing something different or something
>doing something different
>by not doing something everybody else is doing
>by doing less
>but it's okay because it's Nintendo

>>383542098
The board they used to make the switch has multiple empty sockets, they didn't spend jack shit making it. That's why BOTW runs at 20 fps on it and 30fps on a wii.

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>>383537164
Is this how you suppose to play it?

>>383542308
It doesn't seem like less since it involves more

>>383542308
but less is more ;)

>>383537819
Arent children their main target audience though.

>>383542227
If you're playing Switch online, your smartphone will be most likely connected to the wifi as well.

>>383540281
But it's not fixed? I bought a brand new wave of neon Joycons and the left can't handle 2 feet away from me if I cross my fucking legs.

>>383542062
from what I heard, it's using a cellphone due to ram (citation needed) and battery life concerns on the switch which of course means ruined gameplay. i agree the voice chat is like "what?" though even with the other ways you can chat without using that headset OP was talking about
(also, discord exists as well)

>>383537164
Tell me that headset can unplug from that mixer so I can use it on my PC and PS4?

>>383542339
haha but it runs better on the Switch though?

URGH KIDS THESE DAYS AND THEIR CELLPHONES

>>383542439
>"We are asking consumers to contact our customer support team so we can help them determine if a repair is necessary. If it is, consumers can send their controller directly to Nintendo for the adjustment, free of charge, with an anticipated quick return of less than a week. Repair timing may vary by region."

>>383542401
>no dedicated server it's all peer to peer shit
>just login server is dedicated for verification
Yup can't wait to steal people's shit when they leave an open access on their phone to use the switch in public.

>>383537164
If you've looked at the Switch's specs, you'd know it's not powerful enough to handle voice chat along with the game and the OS

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>Nintendo is doing different, that means it's good, because unique is always good

So by this logic, since the new Zelda is liked by everyone, that means it's utter trash, because conforming to the norm is a bad thing, and you have to go against the grain. If the majority like your product, it's bad. Is that right Nintendo?

>>383538309
>Wireless
>Hidden mic
>buttons the size of an ants dick
-4/10 buy literally anything else

>>383542345
i mean there is a bunch of other options if playing in docked mode

>>383542605
Get a proxy

>>383542498
>20 fps on the switch is better than 30 fps on the console generation prior
No.

>>383542628
But the new zebra was different than the norm. That's why people keep calling it bad

>>383542445

I don't buy the RAM thing, because the original XBox had a shockingly massive 64 megabytes of RAM and I was still calling people faggots in Mech Assault when I was 15.

Nintendo trying to act as a first line defense against kiddie diddlers seems much more believable, though their true reasons seem to obfuscated behind fifteen layers of bullshit.

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>>383542628
>Garry's Mod

>>383542661
How many idiots out there though, just think about it for a second if you would, who is Nintendo's primary market. Children and Mongoloids.

>>383542624
Do you think the Switch's OS just suddenly turns off whenever you play a game? The entire reason the Switch is able to pause a game and take you to the homescreen is because it's running its OS in the background. It can easily handle voice chat, even the 3DS could do it.

>>383541091
>landline

>>383542721
All I see is the 97 metacritic, which means it's nothing but normie pandering filth. Remember, game journos and consumer sheep hate things that are different, so it is impossible for them to like Zelda unless it was the same recycled garbage we've always gotten. There is no exception to this.

>>383542703
Oh dear,
did you actually fall for /v/ memes or are you actually a /v/ memer?

>>383542634
Hey I had a pretty good run with my gold wireless. Button were odd but the sound was great and the voice/game control was pretty good too. Pretty comfortable too. Too bad they snapped though...

>>383542703
yeah except you're just lying right now though so I don't really know what else to say

>>383542553
So, you objectively confirmed it's not """fixed""". Good job, faggot.

>>383542726
You know they have to provide the usual bullshit. They can't outright say they don't want voice chat because their consoles are made with children in mind.

>>383542836
>>383542849
>NO MUH FEELINGS BOTW IS THE BEST GAME EVAR
You can't stop benchmarks you fucking mongoloids.

>>383542816
man, you are obsessed

>>383538041
It doesn't....
Why have a bunch of wires instead of just 1

>>383542941
Because having it attached to your primary communication platform makes sense

>>383537590
>it seems like a very short sighted move by Nintendo
Just like every Nintendo announcement since they split from Sony in the 90s.

>>383542931
That's the logic being used in the thread though.

>this new voice chat option is causing alot of people to be angry, that just means Nintendo is going against the grain and showing how original and unique they are!

Therefore, popularity is the sign of the devil that is the corporate industry.

>>383538664
>Nintenbro tries to convince the world why an actual controller should be an extra purchase

>>383542921
Hey, you're the one typing in all caps angry like here- not us.

>>383542907
So hurt their market further or know their market. Which is it Nintendo. Because by refusing to acknowledge your actual market that you're aiming towards hurts every other market you want to wrangle in.

>>383538664
Nintendo made the Switch for getting people to play together so online play shouldn't have been here at all. I agree bro.

>>383543060
no I mean much more than the scope of this thread

Man this thread blew up.

>>383542782

Even the DS did.

>>383539956
>Online interactivity not rated
>>383538664
>maybe you just need to accept Nintendo is allowed to do its own thing.
Not having basic shit like voice chat without using a phone isn't being unique. It's fucking stupid. People like you are the reason they keep doing stupid shit. You'll except anything they do.

>>383543346
>It's fucking stupid

not really if you think about it

>>383543128
Anon, children does not care for the reason if the console is marketed towards them or not, parents of said children even more so. The bullshit exists only to placate the manchildren that screams their heads off about how consoles are made for mature people like themselves.

>>383537164
>some people are gonna buy this
And I'm here with Discord, Skype or whatever

>>383539956
If they were really worried about being family friendly why did Miiverse enable people to draw pictures of dicks everywhere?

>>383543482
Discord and skype are only good if you have friends, which 90% of /v/ does not.

>>383543346
Not rated, but they sure as hell don't need news reports about their players getting harassed online like other games/consoles. The less the better for them and their family-friendly brand image.

>>383543346
even though the benefit of having it on phone is not to ruin gameplay on the switch (see >>383539301) as well as being able to stay in touch with friends (thanks to your mobile provider) when the Switch can't connect online anywhere on the go but whatever
(discord is a thing as well)

Sony and Microsoft both have had voice chat since fucking 2006 and nintendo cant even build the shit in their console. Nobody is going to be using the shitty voice chat on this thing at all

>>383542883
.....it is fixed?
I put that there to say if you are having problems Nintendo will repair it for free
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/03/22/nintendo-confirms-switch-joy-con-sync-issues-caused-by-manufacturing-error
>"A manufacturing variation has resulted in wireless interference with a small number of the left Joy-Con. Moving forward this will not be an issue, as the manufacturing variation has been addressed and corrected at the factory level."
(but I guess you'd perfer having all your stuff broken so that you can complain on the internet about it also how many times do I have to copy and paste this like damn)

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>>383538041
The vita has voice chat.
THE DS HAD VOICE CHAT

>>383543493
They filtered most of that out already. Compared to everyone else, they have the lowest density of dicks per posts.

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>>383537819
>most of kids out there don't have a proper smartphone.

You don't know many kids, do you?

>>383543895
The vita was also garbage kek

>>383538995
The fucking Vita has voice chat.

>>383538664
>not having basic features is okay

>>383538041
>Windows phone
>Nintendo console(s)
It's time to see somebody about your shit hardware addiction, Anon.

>>383544085
The vita also has poor sales numbers

If your phone gave a c type port, you will need to get 2 extra cables if you want to use it while charging it

>>383543482
And what if you want to talk with strangers during the match you play with them, then forget about them afterwards?

>>383542761
What about idorts who don't buy this console war shit?

>>383538664
Literally it's ok when Nintendo does it, the post.

>>383544176
Are you kidding me? The first run Lumias are basically perfect.

>>383544271
They would be playing video games instead of bitching on an anonymous image board.

>>383544193
The vita with weak sales numbers and lower performance was able to fit native voice chat.
Stop making excuses Nintendo.

>paid online service
>but no built in voice chat functionality

?????????

>>383540184
Ask yourself this, do you ever see audiophiles listening to music with wireless headphones?

>>383544348
This this this this

>>383544393
>Profit

>>383544243
If you have played Splatoon on Wii U around S-S+ rank, you may know that it's like 80% of Japs.

Have fun with Paid online and getting angry because of no comprehension

>>383544408
>these people don't like wireless
>therefore, nobody is ever allowed to have wireless

Whatever you say Pol pot.

Whats the point, why should I use the official nintendo voice chat on my phone over the discord android software or skype etc?

>>383542494
Yea it seems you can plug any headset into the mixer

>>383537164
After wii plastic garbage, DSi and Wiiu short life span,
You know it's a down hill
Expect shit products and le meme games for liberals

>>383544567
Nintendo is your friend. You want to support your friend, right?

>>383544761
Yeah, and call them out whenever they screw up

>>383538664
So we should treat what has been a basic standard for consoles for the past 2 decades as a "feature" now that Nintendo is incompetent?

>>383538309
At least,
Looks more solid than Switch junk head set
Also.... why people talk while playing?

>>383544864
Don't pretend you'll ever call Nintendo on their shit, you fucking Stockholm syndromed motherfucker.

>>383538117
Unlike literal children, some adults make an actual choice not to pay for it.

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Someone pitched and deigned this, it was approved by a committee, and money and environmental resources went into mass producing this convoluted mess of plastic and wires. Just think about that.

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>joycons are advanced
>voicechat is 90s tier architecture

Seems like they wanted to cash in another peripheral before announcing a new Switch for people to buy in the future that has all this shit built in. Guess karma hit them when Apple hogged all the parts.

>>383545437

How do I use this in TV mode?

>>383538664
As a Switch owner I say with all my heart this is the dumbest fucking post I've seen all year.

>>383545521
It's not for TV mode

>>383545521
you sit really close to the tv

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>>383545234
And don't forget there will be people that buy it but the vast majority of this stuff will be discarded within a year, leading to more plastic disposal and an increased carbon footprint.

Good job, Nintendo. Once again you waste time, resources, and money on shit that no one asked for.

>>383545160
You right, a "fucking Stockholm syndromed motherfucker" would think this voice chat system should be worked on more or at least explained more clearly. Not to mention I hated how they marketed the Wii U (like any other person who likes Nintendo), but yeah, according to you no one is allowed to like something but also criticize or mention its downsides, much like how the Switch's dock IS cheap or how the screen is easy to scratch if you're not careful or the kickstand doesn't work very well and only supports one viewing angle or even those (while overblown) launch day problems that happened. But yeah, just a "fucking Stockholm syndromed motherfucker" coming through.

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The concept of using a separate device for something and claiming it is a feature seem really ridiculous to me. If this is considered acceptable they may as well claim group chat has been retroactively added to the NES since you can chat over a computer while using it. Using the flavor of the month chat program will likely still be better than their cell phone app, so they may as well have just not bothered and we would be no worse off. I'm also disappointing they did not at least choose the better Splatoon headphone design.

>Cord is 2 ft long

Wait, how the fuck does this work in TV mode? You'd literally have to be 2 ft away from your TV when docked. Surely Nintendo realizes this right?

>>383537164

It's not needed.

I just won't be using voice chat, I don't want to hassle with phone crap

>>383545437
How mad will be Nintendo once Switchax happens this Christmas with Paid online bypass?

So does this headset work on anything else?

>>383545879

In TV mode you just use your TV's speakers for game audio and plug the headset into your phone only for voice chat.

>>383545756
It would cost too much to make headphones like those. That's why they pushed the green headphones in all the advertising, and the old ones are never seen in promo material.

CS1.6 came out in 2000 with voice chat.

Why can't Nintendo into voice chat on their games?

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You literally couldn't pay me to play Splatoon with voice chat on. Kids are better off without it and adults are better off not listening to kids screaming into their mics. It's designed this way on purpose. Splatoon is a video game built for children. How fucking hard is this to understand? Nintendo doesn't prioritize voice chat, never has, and probably never will. This is nothing new.

If you really want to talk to your friends while playing, just use the same method you always use. If you really don't have voip on your PC or phone available then you truly are console trash and need to stop posting on 4chan immediately.

>>383546186
They refuse to pay the $20-30k it would cost to license somebody else's work and include it in their games because it dishonor their famiry.

>>383546186
According to most of the anons here, its because the Switch ain't powerful enough. And since its Nintendo, they can get away with being lazy.

If the price was right I would totally get these but never actually use them for Splatoon.

>>383546303
If the people I'm playing with aren't worth chatting , then they're not worth playing with either. Why do you think a squeaker who's 10 years old would be fun to play video games with? therefore Splatoon will not be fun.

Jesus. Who ever designed this and greenlighted this was completely insane. Shit, how is it that the fucking Vita can one up you in terms of having a better voice chat that doesn't require a smartphone with an app and also does it for FREE.

>>383537819
must still be 2001 in your bedroom

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>>383546052
I was guessing that is why they went with the design they did. Realistically I probably wouldn't actually be willing to spend the extra to get a fancy imitation of in game headphones anyway.

>>383546303
It's called having fucking options. They know this is a standard with most if not all fps nowadays yet Nintendo wants to pull some cheap bullshit to get extra dough. It's fucking dumb as shit.

>>383545879
Don't forget your $39.99 6ft Splatoon extension cable :^)

>>383546950
Okay I shouldn't say FPS since splat isn't one but it is a competitive game so ya get the point

>>383537590

I bet it's because they're fucking Jews and didn't want to pay royalties for some patents.

Just remembered, Prime Day is happening right now. I can buy a pair of decent wireless bluetooth headphones for less than this hot mess. What the fuck, Nintendo?

>>383546926
I'd just make a pair of replica headphones or commission someone to do it. Probably be better quality than these. And you could use them for something nice, rather than deal with the official headphones that they use for an avant-garde communication system/bondage tool.

>>383547601
either that or because they didn't want to deal with more pedophile lawsuits

>>383547601
see
>>383546319
It's not innovation if you license something, and "innovation" is all Nintendo can do now.

>>383538010
Well now its the parents fault that the child will have PTSD from being called a faggot that one time on the internet

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>>383538664
I wish I could get this many (You)s

>>383548651
It's easy anon, just make literally any bait that has to do with console wars. And don't worry about it being to obvious, people will reply to it regardless.

>>383544193
>this deflection

It's a fucking device with a fraction of the switch's supposed power, there's no excuse for it to have native voice/party chat and the switch doesn't. It's sheer laziness from Nintendo as usual.

>>383537164
>1.6 feet

Like nigga what, am I supposed to sit right beside my switch if I wanna use this thing?

Am I supposed to keep my phone next to my TV and sit basically a foot away.

Nigga what.

>>383543426
It's fucking stupid any way you think about it. problem is you blind retards don't think at all.

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>>383541262

>40 years
>Browses /v/


Impressive

>>383549095
You're supposed to realize that this is absolutely retarted and use Skype, Curse or Discord instead.

>>383541091
literally this
fuck cell phones

>>383540457
>>383540859
>>383540230
>I'm fucking retarded hurf durf

The main mic is about as "hidden" as the one on your cell phone you retards. The only one's tucked out of sight are the ones for noise cancelling, as clearly indicated on the package.

>>383540205
And yet it was still a more portable and capable handheld gaming device by not only 2012 standards but todays as well.

>>383549625
um no I'm pretty sure the switch is more capable lul

>>383549625
Also, no one needs a bag or some huge case to take the vita anywhere.

>>383550397
no but you need a fucking expensive proprietary memory stick

>>383550502
True. That was a colossal fuck up right there.

>>383537361
Correct me if im wrong but Vita was the very first "true console" experience of voice chat in a handheld. Why cant Switch do it with higher specs? Even the last gen Xbox 360 Wireless controller connects the headset to it which for me is the most logical solution

>>383537164
Sure, the method is shit. but you can't deny those headphones are fucking dope

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>>383537164
Is okay when nintendo does it

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>>383537164

So it connects to your smartphone via what bluetooth? Thisnismlike some CINCO shit. Does it come with its own soothing gel for wheb the headset burns your face. Nintend0fags will defend this.

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>>383537164
Yo these are the type of headphones I like. I could never find out the type they are called so seeing these is great.

>>383537164
>WHY THE FUCK DO WE NEED A PHONE?
Because they don't want voice chat to be the next swapnote you fucking autist. The instant an incident like that happened you'd be saying bye bye to voice chat anyway.

>>383549492
.....didn't they say that before

>>383539789
You know signatures are against the rules here, right?

>>383544567
Because Nintendo's app interfaces with the game data automatically on Nintendo's server. With outside applications, you'd need to set up who you're connecting to on the game and the app separately.