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Since the initial reveal, I have been utterly underwhelmed by this product. I fail to see a viable market or a satisfactory use case for such an oddly designed

by iplaw 10y ago

Since the initial reveal, I have been utterly underwhelmed by this product. I fail to see a viable market or a satisfactory use case for such an oddly designed and artificially limited gaming device, and am confident that it will be yet another failure in a long line of Nintendo failures. No touch screen? Not a single camera for AR content and/or social communication? The controllers look miniscule in the actor's tiny hands. The dock HAD to cover the screen of the device? I foresee the controller sliding and locking mechanism wearing down over time, leading to sloppy interconnection between the controllers and the device. I could go on with the horrible design choices, but I cannot think of a single redeeming quality. It looks like the market is 6-12 year olds.

garethsaxby 10y ago
Just an FYI, it is a touch screen, according to the presentation at the 41m50s mark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuC4YLLkqME&feature=youtu.be&t=41m50s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuC4YLLkqME&feature=youtu.be...
soneca 10y ago
"I could go on with the horrible design choices" You can create hundreds of speculatively horrible design choices, but not one of them would mean a thing until you try the product and check if they apply right?
- iQuercus 10y ago
  It's easy to analyze in a frictionless vacuum.
tomw2005 10y ago
> I fail to see a viable market or a satisfactory use case for such an oddly designed and artificially limited gaming device, and am confident that it will be yet another failure in a long line of Nintendo failures. It is a portable console that I can take on business trips. That's a use-case :)
TarpitCarnivore 10y ago
It has a touch screen and there is a camera in the joycon
ihuman 10y ago
> The dock HAD to cover the screen of the device Why shouldn't it? You're not able to use the Switch when it's docked, and the screen is disabled, so why show the screen?

by iplaw 10y ago

garethsaxby 10y ago

Just an FYI, it is a touch screen, according to the presentation at the 41m50s mark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuC4YLLkqME&feature=youtu.be&t=41m50s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuC4YLLkqME&feature=youtu.be...

soneca 10y ago

"I could go on with the horrible design choices" You can create hundreds of speculatively horrible design choices, but not one of them would mean a thing until you try the product and check if they apply right?

iQuercus 10y ago
It's easy to analyze in a frictionless vacuum.

tomw2005 10y ago

> I fail to see a viable market or a satisfactory use case for such an oddly designed and artificially limited gaming device, and am confident that it will be yet another failure in a long line of Nintendo failures. It is a portable console that I can take on business trips. That's a use-case :)

TarpitCarnivore 10y ago

It has a touch screen and there is a camera in the joycon

ihuman 10y ago

> The dock HAD to cover the screen of the device Why shouldn't it? You're not able to use the Switch when it's docked, and the screen is disabled, so why show the screen?