Oh shit it's up Would you look at that

>DS Lite has built in mic and you could chat with people online with just the system.
>Switch requires a smartphone

KEKUS

you had me excited for a second
I thought this was their subscription service

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>>384424098
>nintens will get excited to pay subscriptions for garbage so long as it's nintendo

>>384424256
if it has N64 VC and Gamecube games, then yes I'll pay $20 a year thanks

>>384424006
b-but everyone has a smartphone! this is the best idea ever!

this app idea is fucking asinine and i honestly have no clue in the world what nintendo was thinking

Shit's not working, servers are down

I'm going to be using Discord over this retarded bullshit. What was Nintendo thinking?

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>>384423553
>have to buy a smartphone and install the app on it to use voice functions of another online device
Was it really that hard to integrate that shit into Switch?
>buy a bike, but in order to use klaxon, you have to buy a car t

>>384424820
Your analogy fucking sucks.

>>384424930
Just like Switch

>>384424820
i genuinely can not tell if you're shitposting or if you're just retarded

How is Nintendo this backwards? I cant believe people are stupid enough to buy one of these.

>>384423553
Honestly this is the best service ever. Now I don't have to listen to little kids screaming nigger or a try hard calling everyone noobs.

I will NEVER have to hear them.

>>384425093
or just mute them you dumbshit. who the fuck plays with voice chat on?

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>the current year
>require an phone app for voice chat
>such app cant even run in the background like any non retard VoIP apps

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Nintendo innovates again!

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>>384424098
>exited about having to pay online

>>384423553
why not put the app on the switch?

>>384425236
how incompetent can you be?

>>384424389
It won't, you're deluding yourself. All that's been confirmed are online-enabled NES games. The biggest reasonable leap you can make from there is online-enabled SNES games one day, anything beyond that is setting yourself up for disappointment.

>>384425312
>Switch
>Breaking from a 2 foot drop
Are you dumb?

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>>384423553
>Dreamcast, a console release in 1998, supported voice chat functionality natively
>The Switch, released in 2017, requires the use of a smartphone

>>384425451
>Still doesn't address the absurdity of the image

Yeah ok

>>384424389
Yeah. They are also games you can play for a month.

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>>384425312
>someone actually took the time to draw this out
>someone actually though this was clever
>someone honestly, genuinely believed this comic was worth posting

>server is under maintenance

>>384425528
does anyone actually use legitimate headsets for console gaming? It was to my understanding they just use shitty earpieces.

>>384425543
>They are also games you can play for a month
sure is 2016 in here

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>>384425312
I wish my mommy would sweetly tell me it's time for dindin.

>>384425594
Regardless of what you use you just plug it into the damn controller, not the console itself; which is usually across the room. If the pro controller had a aux jack for a headset then it wouldn't be so retarded.

>>384424402
Nobody said it was a good idea. It is what it is. We just have to accept it.

>>384425226
The fact is that I never have to think about turning it off, cause it isn't there.

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>>384423553
reminder that the PS vita has full online functions, location data, a built in mic and a headset is optional. Nintendo a shit.

Sure you could use something like Discord, but this is the only way to mix the audio properly. Fuck.

Maybe i should get a phone.

>>384425760
I mean it's not that much different than plugging it into a controller. Not denying it's a stupid extra step but it's not as big of a deal as people are making it out to be.

>>384425895
>the PS vita
Who?

>tfw never use voice chat in online games
I see no point in buying this.

>>384423553
Don't worry, homebrews will fix everything. Just like they fixed 3DS

>>384425895
The PS vita it's also dead

>>384425895
And it had all that 5 years ago

>>384425895
>Vita means Life
>Console is DEAD

heh, makes you think

>>384425543
>he doesn't know

>>384425930
>he still doesn't have a phone
holy fuck
the setup is still asinine as shit though, especially when even my shitty laptop has an audiojack that supports simultaneous IO

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>>384425928
It doesn't even mix audio though.
Literally no sound is transferred from the Switch to the app.

>>384425768
Japan said it was a good idea hence why it was conceived.

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>tfw the situation is so bad for nintendo that not even the worst ninteniggers are defending this

Who even thought this was a good idea? Miyamoto? It has to be him.

>>384425312
>>384425578
>Someone took the drawing I made and actually modified it
Actually... color me surprised. I thought that drawing would be lost to the bitsands of time.

>>384425983
>I mean it's not that much different than plugging it into a controller

How is it not any different? Controllers are wireless and allow you to move around the room freely. With this horrendous set up both your phone and head are confined to the console across the room. It's fucking retarded as hell.

>>384425895
Lmao vita defense force, I thought you died when sony stopped paying you in 2015. Cry over your dead handheld in a corner.

>>384425312
>that heart

he's getting /ss/ for dessert isn't he?

>>384423553
Yup, shit served on a golden nintendo approved platter

>>384425930
Nah, who are you gonna voice chat with on switch anyway? Noone.

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>>384426089

>wear headphones to hear people talk
>can't hear game

>>384423553
I'm so tired of this. Why does everything have to be linked with smartphones and social media. I have neither of this shit.

>>384426189
I would say Iwata but even he had voice chat built-in in certain games.

>>384426340
Then you probably don't want these features anyway

>>384426257
you don't have to plug it into the console unless you want game audio. no such thing as headphone game audio on the switch unless you're right next to the console.

>>384424006
The Switch actually has a built in mic too.
Hopefully games will use it.

What am I going to need this app for? I'm not going to chat with 12 year olds online and if I need to chat with my team, that's what Discord is for

>>384426319
I'll have you know Peter Noone is a great guy. Love voice chatting with him. He's super chill.

>>384425930

I'm just going to try some peasant-ass tablet I bought on a whim during the holidays. Seems to run everything else just fine and nothing about this app suggests it needs a phone service provider.

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>>384426340
I don't even give a shit about how it uses social media, the fucking inline shit involving plugging your switch into a fucking phone is devil's pitchfork/release 5200 adapter pants on head retarded. I hope this shit doesn't burn down houses like the 5200's original adapter though

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>>384426321
That's the entire point of this stupid thing.

>continue using Discord for every single game

okay

Is this app available in Latin America?

I've never seen a company fuck up voice chat multiple times over
> no chat system in Splatoon
> everyone is at the same level of basic communication within the game
> add voice chat in the second game
> not native to the system
> needs a phone
> needs a third party adapter for chat and in game sound
I mean what a cluster fuck
Nintendo needs to stop imitating the worse parts of MS and Sony and get to being fucking competent

>>384426635
>needing all this shit just to play the newest wahoo
Being a nintenbaby must be suffering

>>384426638
if the shitflinging that goes on in /vp/ and /trash/ drawthreads because of discord is anything to go by, I'd much rather use the fucking Laputa inspired headphone setup

>>384425312
>Switch breaks
>game is still on

>>384426635

I can't even use my good headphones because the microphone only works on Apple devices.

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>>384426321
Yea, that's exactly what will happen. That's why this shitty "solution" is being sold as an officially licensed product. It takes the audio from the game AND your phone separately to feed to a mixer that then outputs both to your headset simultaneously.

Otherwise, you just get voice with not game audio. It's the most retarded shit ever.

>>384426515
>you don't have to plug it into the console unless you want game audio

Wrong

>>384425312
I am not saying that this phone crap isn't stupid. But what's that supposed to be? <=1M cables?

>>384425687
Name?

>>384426789
>what is taking one earbud out

>>384426765
4chan Discords are the highest form of cancer and being a part of any means you should immediately kill yourself.

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>>384425687
>shibuya

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>>384426189
yeah like, i own a switch and i fucking love it and all, but holy shit whoever thought this was a good idea needs to be fired

>>384426523

I am pretty sure it doesn't have a mic. It sorta has a camera, in the sense that it has an auto brightness mode, but that's it.

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>>384426793
you can plug it in somewhere else to get game audio? Oh, do tell.

>>384424006
>>DS Lite has built in mic and you could chat with people online with just the system.

Boy, let me tell ya how great that was. Surely a smartphone app couldn't possibly ever hope to beat the quality of the DS mic. No sir, nope.

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>>384424256
>It's okay when Sony does it!

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>Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
>a game from 2006
>could have real time voice chat with your friends with nothing but your DS

>11 years later
>you need phone + special adapter

>>384426854
This, based nintendo. This is perfectly ok stop being entitled

>>384424820
I feel like Nintendo is trying to achieve several things with this app.
First since you need to buy a smartphone, kids will be less likely to have it and cause grumpy parents whining about meanies online.
Second for people that do have a smartphone, it means Nintendo can weasel their way into your life through a device you have all the fucking time. Anytime a new game comes out they can spam you with notifications, or notify you when there's a direct, and you won't uninstall because you need the app to do any match making with friends on anything.
Pretty jewtastic desu.

>>384426936
No. It's not OK. Which is why I only play single player games on PS4. All multiplayer games I get for PC.

>>384426876
blame shareholders. Nintendo has repeatedly admitted they have no experience with online so they just handed the entire online thing off to DeNA.

>>384424820
>buy a bike, but in order to use klaxon, you have to buy a car t

Your post would've been fine without this. Please never try that again.

>>384426858
I'm not even in the ones in the drawthreads, the shitflinging shows me the level of autism that they attract
I joined the puyo one out of concern the threads would become less frequent, and that is relatively tame compared to the other two from the few times I aactually bothered to check it

>>384426962
I'm not saying it's a perfect setup, I'm saying people are blowing it out of proportion. It's inconvenient but it's not much extra work.

>>384426854
>what is taking one earbud out

Something I don't have to do with any other modern day system. But if Nintendo does it then everything's A-ok since there's a perfectly subpar work around

>>384427081
the default PS4 headset is just an earbud with a mic halfway down it. Same with the original 360 headset.

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Well, at least they tried.

>>384425987
>>384426021
>>384426048
>>384426264
A dead shit from 5 years ago have more functions than a actual nintendo console/handheld.

>>384427013
is it really that difficult to just immitate actually good methods of voice chat? theres innovating and then theres just struggling to be different for the sake of it. i had no intention of using voice chat to begin with but it really sucks for the people that wanted to

>>384427079
>You will buy the Switch and you will LIKE it!
Don't you have any self-respect?

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>>384426865
>Shadman

>>384427174
Ninten-d'oh!

>>384427170
>the default PS4 headset is just an earbud with a mic halfway down it. Same with the original 360 headset.

Hey that's great but I have the option to buy an actual headset that plugs into the controller alone and can mix both game and chat audio. Also, at least the damn systems even came with that kind of stuff right out of the box.

>>384425895
Don't forget to mention that you can use a wireless headset with it. So you can hear your game and your friends in the same device without resorting to a mixer.

Is this going to tie my real identity to the account?

Christ I don't want that leaking.

>>384427430
Yes, it has been confirmed by nintendo, they justifiy it with 'muh children'

>>384427254
I can sort of understand where Nintendo is coming from, as their shareholders have been hammering the whole smartphone thing. If all switch online was handled through them it takes less issues off the swtich and increases nintendo's mobile audience.

It's a pretty stupid thing but here we are. Either use it or don't.

>>384427326
clearly not i'm posting on 4chan

>>384427381
if they made a pro controller with an aux cord it'd be a lot better, agreed.

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>>384427410
>using wireless headsets
enjoy your audio getting fucked up
>>384427430
this is the reason I don't join any fetish discords

>>384427243
a what?

Whya re you talking about some invisible sony console

>>384425312
Are you implying headphones are likely to pull down the console and crash them to the ground with or without a phone?
Even in the image the phone is lying still on the ground. Also. You can plug the headphones into the TV instead of the console if you feel like it.

But really. This voice chat thing is ridiculous. But so is this image.
I already use headphones with my consoles. Without a phone. And I don't go dragging them off onto the floor.

>>384424630

Because it releases on Friday, you tool.

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>>384425578
snabber habbin' a sippy =3

here friendo, hab a snabber gettin' a boop

>>384426854
Fucking stupid, is what it is.

>>384427430
Welcome to the botnet

>>384427619
Don't modern consoles have the headset plug into the controller

>>384423553
>Nintendo is so backwards that they require you to download an app on your phone to use voice chat, and if you want to use voice chat with game audio without it leaking over your mic you have to buy a third party product
Truly the best company

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>>384426758
>wahoo games with online

>>384427501
They want to make it easier for me to hunt down the kids I play with? Score!

>>384427756
what kind of shitty mic do you have that just absorbs all the audio of the room

>>384427756
Name 3 reasons why this is bad that doesn't include muh convenience

>>384427858
>>384427905
NIDF right on schedule

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>>384427000
>First since you need to buy a smartphone, kids will be less likely to have it and cause grumpy parents whining about meanies online.

What is this, fuckin 2001?
If you're in a household wealthy enough to afford a Switch, your kids have Smartphones. My fucking 2 year old sister has a smartphone and a tablet. Kids this generation are raised on smart devices, and know how to navigate them just fine.

If they wanted to include this barrier, then just have the ALREADY EXISTING parental control app have a mandatory toggle for voice chat. The system could voice chat, but BY DEFAULT it's only possible to turn on from parental control app one time. This way it's only a minor inconvenience and loosely serves the purpose of being a wall against children, but having an app separate from parental control just defeats the purpose since the kid most likely has a phone/tablet to use it anyway. Also you can only talk with friends so it's fucking stupid.

>>384426523
>Hopefully games will use it.
>blow to make mario jump
no, thanks.

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>>384423553
>our terrible, underpowered joke of a system costs only $399!
>if you want to use voice chat on it, all you need to do is purchase an $800 smart phone which you pay a monthly service for, then plug it into the system and then run this app (which doesn't actually work right now) and plug a headset into the phone and connect to the game and wait for the phone to sync and PRESTO!

This is so funny. How is this real?

>>384427685
I always plugged my headphones into my TV anyway. Because most of the time, I am actually not using the PS4. And I'd never even consider getting an Xbox.

But the point remains. You don't need to plug your headphones into the damn controllers to avoid dragging your electronics onto the floor. That's ridiculous.
It's not like headphones were something unusable or something until the DS4 came along.

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>use a smart phone to do all this basic shit

what the fuck? does it just send it to your switch via wifi? wait i dont think nintendo is smart enough to do something that sensible. i am going to predict that their proprietary audio to mobile squid device thing actually has to process this shit so that its all copy protected and shit. so youre basically going to have all that shit plugged in together just to do the most basic fucking tasks like invite people to your game. LMAOOO

holy shit this is literally the worst idea in video game history

>>384428049
>>our terrible, underpowered joke of a system costs only $399!
dumbass, it costs $499

>use app
>phone will make interference with the switch
>you'll have to leave the room to use voicechat

>>384426021
>>384426048
>>384426264
Its kinda funny how the Switch is a worse Vita.

>>384428106
No you fucking retard it costs $999, are you a Nintendo shill?

>>384428089
>what the fuck? does it just send it to your switch via wifi?
it's not nearly that complicated you retard. The app handles voice chat only, not game audio. The hori headset gizmo is literally just an audio mixer.

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>>384423553
What day do I have to pay Nintendo for permission to play Online?

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>>384428049
>$800 smart phone
my shitty phone was 40 dollars, and I will probably have to clear some of the 8 gigs of internal memory just for the app
>>384428106
>buying a console from scalpers
>>384428216
>buying from scalpers on release day
>>384428185
come back to me when the vita is back in production and uses standard micro sds instead of proprietary shit

>>384428049
>>384428106
>>384428216
>here's our 5thousand ninety ninety dollar console
>but you need a $8000 TV to play it
>and a $60 electricty bill to power it
>and a $400,000 house to own it
>AND A FUCKING PAIR OF HANDS

fucking shittendo

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Nintendo is such a stupid company, fucking lol.

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>>384428059
do new TV's have headphone jacks? where?

>>384428392
don't all TVs have headphone jacks? I've never in my entire life seen one without one.

>>384428236
>The app handles voice chat only, not game audio.
wrong you brain dead faggot. look at the god damn image in the op. it literally handles invites, audio, and more. were you fags who played splatoon able to invite people in the game? it looks like theyre relegating that shit to the phone app.

>>384427174
>>384427338
Because it's not actually up yet?

>>384428486
this

>>384427905
>name three reasons but not this reason because i said so
outdated, sets a bad example, and anti-consumer

oh and fuck you because it is inconvenient

>>384423553
>This app is incompatible with your device

Well, I wasn't expecting much.

>>384428340
You probably got it on a plan, I highly doibt it was $40

>>384428340
$40 with a 2-year contract, more like.

>>384428340
Come back when you don't have to jump through hoops just to use a microphone.

>>384428486
Maybe I just have a shit TV (likely)

where's the jack usually located?

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>>384423553
>no friends
>download it anyways

I think they should have made the available on PC too.

>>384428520
> were you fags who played splatoon able to invite people in the game?
yes, there was even an option in the splatfest demo

>>384428624
>anti consumer
How so?

>>384428640
what kind of mcdonalds tier phone do you have?

surely this will work with anything android 4.1 and up.

I don't have a bluetooth mic for this shit, fuck that app put it on PC too at least.

>>384428757
but why?

also you can technically do it with an android emulator.

>>384428832
Windows phone

>>384428392
>do new TV's have headphone jacks?
Of course they do.

>>384428832
4.1.2 and not working

>>384428964
where

>>384428921
RIP have better foresight next time

>>384428970
damn the last phone to have that OS was released in 2011.

>>384424006

The Switch also connects to the TV. The whole point of the Switch is to switch seamlessly between docked and undocked mode at will. That's why they have to move the voice function to someplace else. If you're using a wired connection it'll hamper that transition.

>>384428775
>forced to buy a third party product to achieve the same level of voice chat that has been the industry standard for over a decade and every other fucking company does
gee i wonder

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>>384428027
This.
Nobody wants to deal with children. Children are annoying little shits. It's statistically proven that having children takes a deeper toll on your psyche than a death in the family. Smart devices shut them up. They're crying all the fucking time? Throw a smart phone in their face with a fucking Elmo playlist on youtube and they'll shut up for an hour. Throwing a tantrum? Say "Siri, play annoying gummy bear song" and they'll calm down. Smart devices are the new tools for parents to use when they don't want to be parents (and believe me, nobody wants to be a parent - they only think they do until they actually have to fucking deal with a kid).

Next time you visit a family member with kids, make sure you see what the kids are doing. Most likely they're not even socializing with other people, just playing fucking Roblox or watching Let's Plays on their phone all day. This is assuming you're not in a poor family; but then again Smart devices are literally given away in order to sucker people into contracts and people rarely sell their old phones so just donate it to their kids anyway when doing their stupid yearly upgrade.

I can't wait for this generation to grow up with attention spans of gold fish and a severe need for instant gratification combined with a lack of proper social skills. Then again, it won't even fucking matter because by the time they're of working age, automation will begin to take over and they won't even fucking need jobs because everyone will be having their jobs taken from them by robots.

>>384429158
That's not being anti consumer tho

>>384429234
yes it is you absolute drone

>>384429234
Hello shill

>>384429304
>>384429390
>not following industry trends means you are anti consumer
The brain of a sony pony

>>384428392
Try the back if it's not underneath.

>>384429234
Being too cheap to throw in another Bluetooth antenna because the controller eats up what's in there is pretty anti-consumer.

>USING MY PHONE TO TALK TO PEOPLE IS HARD
kys

Is there a nice concise youtube video reviewing this out already?

>>384429458
sounds like you're instructing me to find pussy.

My tv doesn't have it it seems.

>>384429457
>forcing your customers to buy a third party product to get the industry standard isn't anti-consumer
The brain of a nintendo drone

>>384429570
what is your TV model?

>>384427430
I don't recall ever having to put my name on my account. If you make a Nintendo Account without using the social sign in you should be fine

>>384429519
why would you need more than 8 connections? If the switch DID handle voice chat and bluetooth headsets, you'd still never need another antenna because when the fuck are you going to use a bluetooth headset when you have 3 other people over playing with you

>>384428921
i feel you, anon. its a real shame microshit abandoned us.

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>>384429234
What the fuck do you think anti-consumer is, you fuckwad? Companies sending dragon dildos to your house for opening an account with them? Actually, considering how much of a fag you are, that's probably pro-consumer for you.

>>384429715
I'd use it with Bluetooth headphones like every other device made this millennium.

>>384429619
some old shit vizio 720p TV

planning on getting a new 4k one when I move out in october.

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>>384428646
it was a tracfone LG Sunset, I can't even find my specific model anymore, mine is an LGL33L, but all the ones I can find with the same plan are either grey or black back covering with a black front, mine is black with a white bottom and back covering. the only ones I see now for 40 are straight talk, which works differently from tracfone. the current make of what I have now is $72 for the version with tracfone, so either it was old stock being cleared out or it was a black friday/cyber monday sale. took me a while to find this specific one again since there are so few sellers for it left
LG-Android-Prepaid-Minutes-TracFone/dp/B016QPADAO

>>384429787
did you even read my post retard?

The switch has support for bluetooth headsets, all bluetooth devices does. For some reason nintendo doesn't support them and there's no option to sync one.

even if it did, there's no need for another bluetooth antenna as you wouldn't be using fucking earphones when 7 other controllers were connected.

>>384429770
Why the fuck are you talking about dildos you schizo fucker?

>>384429891
So you agree it's anti-consumer. We're on the same page then, have a good evening.

>>384426854
The human ear cant hear past mono anyway

>>384428049
>$800 smart phone
lol what the fuck?
my motorola g4 just cost like $150 and it's a pretty decent phone

>>384430030
wasn't the argument but w/e

>>384430062
it's the same shit the xbone and ps4 does with the default headsets.

>>384426783
>having Lightning cable shit
they have 3.5mm jack adapters for christ sake, don't stoop that low

>>384430071
That's because you don't know any better you poorlet

Voice chat uses bandwidth, so separating it onto a different device will prevent it from affecting online performance

>>384429198
>automation will begin to take over and they won't even fucking need jobs because everyone will be having their jobs taken from them by robots.
And what will all these gold fish do if there are no jobs?


AHEM
SOYLENT GREEN.

>>384430221
based!

>>384423553
I dont get it.

>switch is portable
>splatoon on portable, may not have internet connection
>phone does
>use as hotspot
>use app to chat

whats wrong again?

>>384430221
this is no different from your aunt taking bandwidth for watching Netflix

>>384430180
Fortunately those come with the console
And those consoles just happen to currently be cheaper than the Switch

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>>384430221
They expect us to pay for there online service and fucking voice chat would potentially impact performance?

Alrighty then. I guess that explains the lack of lag I had back when playing Halo 2 on Xbox and voice chatting with a room of 18 peeps at one time in Cops and Robbers. Yup.

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>>384430359
I don't make enough money at the moment for a phone service that good without having to cut back on everything else. also, I heard that hotspots are shit for online gaming, but then again that's true of wireless in general as you add more and more wireless devices that can interfere with eachother

>>384430375
Are you saying voice and video streaming use up the same bandwidth?

>>384430476
The PS4 "mono earbud" is the most uncomfortable shit I have ever used. Worst part is that that I used it just once for GTA Online, seeing how almost no other PS4 game I bought uses voicechat.

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>>384430221
...but it's taking bandwith from the same source

>>384430375
yes you got it sweetie

>>384430298
Produce content for each other? Who the fuck knows desu. We aren't prepared for automation but automation is right around the corner.

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>>384424389
>if it has roms I'll pay $20 thanks based Nintendo
>>384430221
Voice chat doesn't affect noticeably affect bandwidth in any other gaming platform.

>>384430625
No it's not, you use mobile data to chat and wi fi to play

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>>384430359
The problem is shitters like you lagging up my fucking matches because you unironically think a fucking tethered 4G connection that stops to 3G occasionally is going to be enough to fucking be on my team without rubber banding up the enemy's ass.

Kill yourself.

>>384430815
that is absolutely retarded

>>384430815
>mobile data
you'll tank your data within four hours during an average play session if you are on prepaid

I'm not going to use the internet on the switch anyways. Who the fuck plays online multiplayer in a nintendo game

>>384427667
That looks painful

>>384430540
>They expect us to pay for there online service
Every company does.

>>384430996
>I don't do something, so no one else does either!

>>384430996
>game literally centered around pvp
>>Hurr who's gonna play online?

>>384429586
But you need to buy a headset for the PS4 as well. At least, I had to.

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I still get access denied when I try to access Nintendo accounts though.

>>384431510
You could also use a pre-existing headset, if you had one. Like even one you used for your phone. It wasn't a requirement to buy their headset, just have a headset from wherever.

>>384431641
I have an ear covering turtle beach that I use for my ps4, but that hurts my ears if I wear it long enough, does the splatoon one come with the inline shit?

>>384427000
>settings
>notifications
>nintendo switch online
>switch notifications from on to off
woweee that sure was hard

>>384425002
No, it just sucks.

>>384431523
well what do you expect? this is brand new cutting edge technology from nintendo. xbox live totally didnt have this 16 years ago

I bought a Switch recently because I want to play Splatoon and know I'll get other games later. Here's been my take away.

>THESE NIGGAS NEED TO MAKE SOME FUCKING GAMES NOW
Like fuck! Literally anything would be better than the trash line up I have. I know games are coming but fuck!
>Smart Phone social chat
I'm glad I own a Pic.

>>384431523
Apparently that happens if you're already logged in on your main browser, so you have to log out to log in
But you have to log in to log out

Clearing the cache worked for me at least

>>384432973
Go play BOTW, ARMS, Disgaea 5, go pick up some indies, there's tons of shit out by now unless you've played most of the games on another console.

>>384433127
Ah, there we go.
The service still isn't up right now, but I guess I'm ready for Friday.

>>384430182

No, it's a third party headphones, and it is 3.5mm, but the microphone only works with apple products.

How are you guys doing for physical vs digital?
I have BotW and Mario Kart as physical games, but I have Puyo and Isaac as digital. I'm getting Splatoon 2 digitally since I'd rather keep it always accessible, but I'm definitely getting Mario Odyssey physical since I always bought every 3D Mario that way.

>>384433417
The fuck? Sounds like you just got shafted then. You should've looked into that before buying.

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>>384433618

I got it for free because I worked there, but it's actually because of an apple partnership.

>>384433538
Single player games = cartridge
Multiplayer games = download

At least that's how I do it

>>384433171
>unless you've played most of the games on another console
This. I bought Might Gunvolt Burst and some dumb 5 dollar game. I rebought MArio KArt 8 Deluxe because I owned it on the Wii U but never got to it so I'll probably sell it.

>>384433538
I had smash, MK8, and splatoon all physical on the wiiu and it was a fucking mistake, I should have just gotten splatoon digital, it was a pain in the ass swapping out discs and it made me not want to play splatoon

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Man, I bought my switch on release day for Zelda and now its just been sitting there for like a month and a half. If it wasn't for Persona 5, I would have beaten BoTW right away.

I aint hurting for money so I'm not annoyed about that. But god, when some really good games come to the switch? Whens the SMT game coming? Fire Emblem game? Metroid game? Mario game? Anything?

>>384424006
Reminder that Vita on DAY ONE had cross game party voice chat. You could now be playing your waifu games on your Vita and be voice chatting with people playing on PS4 for free.

>/v/ unironically defending it

>>384434050
did you even read most of the posts in this thread?
most of us, even some hardcore nintendofags, are lampooning it

>>384433885

Sonic Mania is coming soon. Should do the trick until Odyssey if you don't plan on getting Splatoon.

>>384433887
Vita is by far the best vidya platform ever. It sucks so much there is literally no games for it.

Playing Persona 5 on the link function makes me yearn for the day they make Persona 5 Crimson for the Vita.

>>384426775

Part of the yo'ke i'd guess

>>384434280
Don't have the nostalgia for Sonic. Odyssey seems like months away, but I haven't had fun with a Mario game since 64

>>384433885
>>384434414
>WHEN ARE THE GAMES COMING I WANT MARIO
>Odyssey's coming soon
>UGH IT'S SO FAR AWAY I HAVEN'T ENJOYED MARIO SINCE THE 90S

ITT: /v/ can't use discord
i really dont think it is that bad. i dont want to voice chat, it is usually garbage on consoles. i dont think it needs to be in a game like splatoon.
>>384433885
as someone who only plays on their friend's switch:
arms is alright
puyo puyo tetris is the ideal version on switch because it is portable
ive heard disgaea 5 is great
mk8 deluxe is the best racing game out right now, improvement on the already fantastic mk8
mario comes in october
also you are a moron for buying a console at launch for one game
>>384434050
almost NO ONE in this thread is defending it, fag

>>384434657
>It's not that bad since I won't use it
Brilliant.

>>384434317
the best games get stuck on the shittest platforms
see: ps2, wii, 3ds, wii u
thats just how vidya works

>>384425768
We don't have to accept it, we can say "no, I'm not doing this shit."
I'm skipping the Switch for that reason, though my beef is moreso with paid online than the stupid voice app since I'm too mic shy to use voice chat.

>>384424820
source for image? I know its bichon but can't find it anywhere

>>384434657
>ITT: /v/ can't use discord
The app will be the way to connect to people in your lobby and automatically split you into two separate team chats when the round starts. I doubt you'd be able to communicate with every rando you meet on Splatoon to join your Discord.

>>384434657
>i really dont think it is that bad
Compare it to discord. Compare it to literally every other console that has had a headset or mic, including the fucking DS and Wii.

>>384434740
I don't see why anyone would use it. Voice chat for a game like Splatoon would be full of autists and children, just like it is in Call of Duty or GTA V. I had no issue with the lack of voice chat in Splatoon, and hell, I think it made the game better even though I wasn't using it. You can easily carry a team in Splatoon, and I prefer watching the map or getting a ping from a teammate over "HEY FAGGOT HURRY OVER HERE FUCKFACE YOU SUUUUCK"

>>384434987
There weren't very many nintendo games that would actually let you talk and play at the same time.
Usually talk was restricted to lobbies in between matches.

>>384434657
>>384435023
I like how you keep insisting all voice chat is bad as a way to defend this clusterfuck when the problem is the clusterfuck itself regardless of the quality of voice chat

>>384434987
What does Discord have over Nintendo's app as far as voice chat goes?

>>384435062
>There weren't very many nintendo games that would actually let you talk and play at the same time
There still aren't, which makes this look even dumber

>>384435135
I just think the issue is overblown. I can understand why some people would miss it, but listing it as a major issue with the game is retarded.

>>384434657
>>384435023
>company releases a scooter with no wheels
>people call it stupid
>I DON'T SEE WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT IT, ALL SCOOTERS ARE STUPID
>this one has no wheels
>YEAH WELL ALL SCOOTERS ARE STUPID

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Ignoring the voice chat part I think the app could be neat on a per-game basis

>Mario Kart TV integrated on your phone, letting you edit matches you were in and upload them to Youtube (same idea could apply to Smash replays)
>If Mario Maker gets a port they could bring back the Bookmark site, but instead it's integrated into the app
>Trading Pokemon from the Switch game from your phone locally or online

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>>384423553
>shills already defending it in the reviews

>>384435363
not him but I'm pretty sure are shitting on the app itself, not splatoon 2

>people think this is a problem

>>384435414
you vastly overestimate nintendo's online competence

>>384435391
Not what I'm saying at all, but alright
Kinda funny how you think voice chat in a shooter is as important as wheels on a scooter.

>>384435414
>>Mario Kart TV integrated on your phone, letting you edit matches you were in and upload them to Youtube (same idea could apply to Smash replays)
>>If Mario Maker gets a port they could bring back the Bookmark site, but instead it's integrated into the app
Or, you could just do that with the fucking handheld console hybrid.

>>384435631
Literally everything he said has been done before by Nintendo for each respective game, just not on an app on a phone. Hell the Mario Maker part could literally just be loaded from the HTML site if they were that fucking lazy.
We know Nintendo is planning cloud saves so they could theoretically save other files there for a phone to access.

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>>384436008
I never said this would have to replace the functionality on the Switch, just as an option if you aren't by your system

>>384434317
>the best vidya platform ever
>sucks so much there is literally no game for it
I get what you're saying but this just sounds really contradictory.

>>384436045
>We know Nintendo is planning cloud saves
the sad thing is we don't know that, we just assume it. Reggie gave a non-answer when approached about it.

>>384436285
Cloud saves were a thing mentioned in the leaked SDK. Or at least transferable saves.

>>384436285
From the leaked Switch SDK
>In the future, we plan to provide a feature to transfer account save data among multiple consoles. As a result, there is the possibility that user accounts with uninitialized account save data will be added. Note that your design must work without issue, even in this case.
The fact that this is considered a "Guest Login" probably means that the saves are backed up on Nintendo's side, since it wouldn't make sense for a guest login if you already had your other Switch.

>>384436285
>We are considering a feature in the future (tentative name: Guest Login) to access existing network service account information without linking to a user account. This feature would allow temporary access to the network service account linked to the Nintendo Account by logging in to the Nintendo Account within the application. This feature would, for example, make it possible to upload a character you have raised as online data and then use that data on a friend's NX (without creating a user account).

>>384436640
well, that's nice i guess.

>>384429105
They could have avoided many headaches by giving the Switch the ability to use wireless headsets and giving the Pro controller a headset jack. Almost like, say... a tablet, or a modern game controller.

>>384433885
metal slug 3

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>>384437789
it does make you wonder why it can't

>>384431001
It's a big snek

>>384438197
i'm wondering why it should. voice chat is a gimmick used only non ironically by role players and mmo's

>>384428392
I have a CRT from the '90s and it has a headphone jack. It's nice, I can play on the TV when my roommate is asleep.

I WILL NEVER EVER FUCKING INSTALL THAT HORSESHIT I WOULD RATHER DIE A MILLION DEATHS EACH MORE PAINFUL THAN THE LAT THAN EVER INSTALL ANY APP THAT RELATES IN ANYWAY TO MULTIPLAYER I DO NOT PLAY ANY MULTIPLAYER GAMES PERIOD


FUCK YOU

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>>384425768
Literally the whole crew of GameXplain had half of a discussion talking about how this is a good idea

>>384438795
A simple "It's not for me" would have sufficed.

Why are people having such autistic fits over this? It's clearly the first step in Nintendo's unified software ecosystem. Yeah it looks a little silly when it only supports the Switch, but look at it in a few years.
99% of you use Discord for voice chat anyway.

>>384424501
they want to look like they are with the times, since japan is 99% smartphone saturated, it's a miracle that we even continue to get any console games from japan at all when their mobile addiction is so intense now. F2P japanese mobile games get marketing like console games in the west do.

The whole convoluted voice chat app thing is purely a compromise, if it were only up to nintendo they wouldn't do it at all, because they are scared a child may hear a swear word over the open mic or something. a situation like your average TF2 server would never fly with nintendo.

>>384438927
FUCK YOU YOU UTTERLY PATHETIC PIECE OF SHIT FUCK YOU FUCK MULTIPLAYER AND FUCK ALL THE GAMES WITH "INVASIONS" THAT I CANNOT NOW PLAY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SINGLEPLAYER

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>>384426635

>it looks like a squid

That's actually kinda cute.

>>384423553
What does it do, lads? I saw an article about it not having any features but I don't trust people who like things.

>>384439270
stats, info on what maps are currently in rotation, voice chat

>>384439387
Huh. Neat I guess, for people who care about that.

>>384438437
>voice chat is a gimmick
and Nintendo made it even more gimmicky
but you can't criticize it because it's Nintendo and all voice chat has been bad forever

Thank god, we are finally getting closer to paid online for the switch.

>>384438470
well yeah, most old tv's have headphone jacks, but i don't recall any of the new ones having them

>>384439051
just disconnect from the internet

what is the big deal

>>384436179
It COULD HAVE been the best platform ever

>>384439704
if i disconnect from the internet i cannot watch youtube videos while i play

>>384438470
>>384428392
the PS4 can send audio through the jack on the controller to a pair of headphones

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>>384427559
been using a wireless headset for half a year now and it works perfect.

>>384439867
the console jackass. watch the videos on your phone.

>>384440062
i use a PC

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>>384425578
I have a Switch and I laughed

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>>384440160
block the game's internet access on the firewall

it's not that fucking hard

>>384425578
you cant honestly think the headset thing is in anyway a good idea

>>384426189
I can't even bait people right now this is so bad. You can't even attempt to defend this without being obvious bait

>>384440281
>implying i ever figured out windows firewall
>implying im going to install a third party firewall
>implying invasion mechanics was ever a good idea

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>>384424006
>Being over 14
>using voice chat
>in any game
>ever

Fucking really?

>>384440598
>Being over 14 and still playing video games

It's crazy to me that people are ok with having to download a separate app on their phones just to get party chat and they're willing to pay for this.

Even with the headset solution, why is anyone ok with doing this when you literally don't do it anywhere else?

>>384440427
You could also just play a less toxic game...

>>384440598
>not talking to your friends when you can't play locally
Oh wait, sorry. You don't have friends. Normies get out le reee etc. right?

>>384435414

I like what they are doing with splatoon and hope Arms gets something similar. Its a shame they removed Miiverse because it could have work well alongside the app.

>>384440427
if you are too dumb to figure out how to use windows firewall you are too dumb to be a PC gamer.

It's fucking easier than setting up a printer.

>>384440790
because it's the only option outside of an even more complicated setup with discord on a laptop or the shitty mobile app that barely works.

>>384429105
It supports Bluetooth

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>>384440809

RIGHT

>le ree

fucking leave

>>384440892
>easier than setting up a printer
>setting up a printer is famously a pain in the ass

you are not inspiring much confidence

>>384440978
There's always the option of not eating shit from a huge company that absolutely knows better.

>>384441056
>filename starting with 15
You first, dude.

>>384440598
I use in game voice chat to SUH DUDE at people. Makes them so salty : )

>>384440809
You'd be using Discord anyway.

>>384425895
who's mike?

>>384441173
Are you kidding me? This is nintendo we're talking about. They are the definition of "we're trying but we don't really know what we're doing".

>>384441167
that's the point dumbass. It's not hard.

>>384440598
t. literal fag who makes "get on mic" threads

>>384441489
setting up a printer is a pain in the ass with shit driver installers and constant paper jams

bonus points if you have to connect it to wifi using printed pages as a display

>>384441173
>mention of "eating" and "shit" in that order in a Nintendo thread
Here you go. --->(You)

>>384426808
The official splatoon headset nintendo is releasing with 0.5m cables to phone and console into the thing where they connect and then 1m from the connector to the headphones. You need to sit really close to your switch or use handheld mode.

>>384441489
They absolutely know what they're doing here. My bet is the footprint of the OS & game running require too much of the systems RAM so they had no choice but to have this frankenstein's monster setup.

This is why I think the switch has completely failed at the concept Nintendo were going for. It's a powerful handheld but lacks the benefits that usually come with handhelds while at the same time lacking the benefits of a home console. It's just in the middle, doing nothing.

>>384441646
Do you want to actually challenge what I'm saying, or is that too hard for you because you know this whole thing is indefensible.

>>384441828
>My bet is the footprint of the OS & game running require too much of the systems RAM so they had no choice but to have this frankenstein's monster setup.
you are retarded. Voice chat requires almost no resources.

>>384441771
>switch has bluetooth
>phone has bluetooth
>audio can be sent over bluetooth

so is this some horseshit "security" feature of android or is nintendo just this stupid?

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>>384423553
I was thinking about getting it when I get my switch, but what would be the point if I can use Discord? That's less of a hassle and makes the app less relevant unless they're making it more than for Splatoon.

Why do white boys always fight and whine about games instead of playing them?

>>384441936
What's indefensible? I was just making a "lel he said Nintendo is shit, #ignore" post.

>>384441975
hehehehehehe

>>384442145
im playing the binding of isaac right now

>friends only
What's the point then? If you've got a Switch and your friends have a Switch you either get together in person and play locally or set up a Discord if you can't meet up

>>384440598
>make competitive team based shooter
>massively hurt any possibility for team play by minimizing all forms of communication and making good communication as complex as possible
Hmmm

in b4 "Splatoon isn't competitive".
Tell me that when Nintendo has finished investing money directly into Splatoons competitive scene and then you can talk

>>384425578
>someone actually took the time to write this out
>someone actually though this was clever
>someone honestly, genuinely believed this post was worth posting

Which also applies to my post too.

Its OK when nintendo does it, YES.
Its double standards, YES.
so fucking what? I love nintendo anyway.

>>384442241
Then get off /v/ you dumbass white boy.

>>384441975
Can you come up with any other reason as to why they've decided to split voice chat off to an app on a completely different device?

The only other thing I can come up with is not having enough physical space inside the system for mic in.

>>384442145
>>384442353
>can't multitask
Brainlet detected.

>>384441195
Not that anon. But why would that image filename start with anything else? They came out just recently.

>>384442271
splatoon was designed to not need voice chat to be competitive.

>>384423553
I really can't believe they couldn't have integrated this into the fucking game.

>>384442271
>Nintendo has finished investing money directly into Splatoons competitive scene

That's advertising. Most companies realize that they can spend a lot less money using "esports" as their advertising campaign than running a traditional one. Why else do you think there have been so much of it popping up in the last few years.

None of them actually give a fuck about the competition aspect.

>>384442353
why do that when i have a pause function? i am also haning out in secondlife and watching a youtube video

>>384442413
Post a pic of your degree faget

>>384435634
Voice chat on a console* and yeah I'd agree that it is pretty important, not quite as integral as wheels to a scooter sure but you can clearly see how this is a problem with no reason to exist

>>384442353
Are you literally incapable of doing both?

>>384442618
Don't complain about video games. Like things.

>>384442612
what is the problem

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Even as someone that owns a Switch, this online voice system is horrible.

>>384426894
A photodiode isn't a camera.
And the IR camera built into the Joycon can't record video or audio.

>>384442681
Are you literally incapable of doing both?

>>384424006
MAXIMUS

But yeah, it's kind of retarded. Why is it so hard to integrate chat into the Switch?

>>384442719
Go away evil dogger

>>384442719
the switch doesn't have any voice chat system. Its an app for a phone. A phone is used to talk to people