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If they made a Switch with LTE capability and a web browser, that would also be awesome. When I see how people react to their phones now that they are used to

If they made a Switch with LTE capability and a web browser, that would also be awesome. When I see how people react to their phones now that they are used to handhelds - with the constant feeling they've lost control and breaking changes are inevitable - it's only a matter of time before Nintendo wins other markets.

MBCook 9y ago
Maybe that would play in other countries, in the US I think would work just as well as the 3G support on the Vita. I had one of those come up but surprise surprise I never hooked it up to the cell network. Why would I? Just cost a whole bunch of money for something I’m not really going to use. Look at what happened with Apple. They managed to get “special deals“ from the carriers to allow the new Apple Watches to be on for ‘only’ $10 a month. Of course it was something like $17 or $18 after all the taxes and fees. And they were had been Android smart watches you could add to your plan for only five dollars a month before hand… but the carriers were nice enough to “fix” that. I’m not a huge online gamer, but even if I was I don’t feel like $20 a month just to use my switch. If I want to do that I’ll use the free tethering I have. If I had kids? I don’t see why I would pay $20 a month for each of them either. The idea of putting cell radios and everything seems nice but the truth is that in the US it’s worthless because it’s so expensive to use. As for a web browser? I have my phone. Frankly I’m happy that the switch is nothing more than a gaming machine. I can sort of see the idea of using it for Netflix watching since it has a decent size screen. I can’t imagine myself ever opening the web browser once. Featuritis one of the problems that Microsoft had this generation. The WiiU had it also. It’s nice to have a focused device.
bane 9y ago
It could be, but I feel like the relentless focus of the device is what makes it so great. I would guess that almost no time at all was spent thinking of ways to compromise the system to make sure browsing was a good experience.

MBCook 9y ago

Maybe that would play in other countries, in the US I think would work just as well as the 3G support on the Vita. I had one of those come up but surprise surprise I never hooked it up to the cell network. Why would I? Just cost a whole bunch of money for something I’m not really going to use. Look at what happened with Apple. They managed to get “special deals“ from the carriers to allow the new Apple Watches to be on for ‘only’ $10 a month. Of course it was something like $17 or $18 after all the taxes and fees. And they were had been Android smart watches you could add to your plan for only five dollars a month before hand… but the carriers were nice enough to “fix” that. I’m not a huge online gamer, but even if I was I don’t feel like $20 a month just to use my switch. If I want to do that I’ll use the free tethering I have. If I had kids? I don’t see why I would pay $20 a month for each of them either. The idea of putting cell radios and everything seems nice but the truth is that in the US it’s worthless because it’s so expensive to use. As for a web browser? I have my phone. Frankly I’m happy that the switch is nothing more than a gaming machine. I can sort of see the idea of using it for Netflix watching since it has a decent size screen. I can’t imagine myself ever opening the web browser once. Featuritis one of the problems that Microsoft had this generation. The WiiU had it also. It’s nice to have a focused device.

bane 9y ago

It could be, but I feel like the relentless focus of the device is what makes it so great. I would guess that almost no time at all was spent thinking of ways to compromise the system to make sure browsing was a good experience.