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Arg, they make the screen look absolutely huge with that large front glass panel during most of the video and I was thinking to myself, nice! But then at the e
by bhouston 2y ago
Arg, they make the screen look absolutely huge with that large front glass panel during most of the video and I was thinking to myself, nice! But then at the end they actually show how large the bezels are underneath the glass and it is quite disappointing. Someday we'll have modern smartphone like mini-bezels (a few mm at most) in our handheld gaming consoles, but I guess not yet.
- Ecco 2y agoOh, sneaky! I fell into the trap without even realizing. Thanks for pointing it out!
- rekoil 2y agoGotta leave something for the Nintendo Switch 2 OLED
- xattt 2y agoAnd upsell a magnifying lens to make the screen bigger. /s (1) https://www.thevintagegamers.com/2013/11/game-boy-screen-magnifiers/ https://www.thevintagegamers.com/2013/11/game-boy-screen-mag...
- actionfromafar 2y agoScreen estate all to the edge of the device can be annoying too, just a wrinkle on your clothes will then cover a bit of the screen.
- loloquwowndueo 2y agoPlay with no clothes on, problem solved.
- encomiast 2y agoYou clearly have not seen the wrinkles on my body.
- loloquwowndueo 2y agoAnd I thank the gods for that ;)
- dcow 2y agoYes, because our chiseled bellies don’t get in the way.
- loloquwowndueo 2y agoTuck it in bro!
- riskable 2y agoCommando gaming is a time-honored tradition!
- BugsJustFindMe 2y agoIt's not a tablet. It has physical controllers. You don't use a switch by grabbing the screen.
- JohnBooty 2y agowell, first, the Switch does have a touch screen.... =) but I think parent poster is referring to the somewhat common situation with portable devices where you're watching/playing in bed and the device is propped up on a pillow or blanket or something
- ranger_danger 2y agoThere are many people who do though, and there are many games that heavily utilize the touchscreen.
- Dalewyn 2y agoMicrobezels are aesthetically great but practically horrible. Having some practical space to grab onto wins at the end of the day, we presumably use these things instead of having one sit looking happy on a bookshelf.
- bhouston 2y ago> Having some practical space to grab onto wins at the end of the day, I guess I hold onto the controller parts on the sides, not the center component. It isn't a tablet.
- Dalewyn 2y agoIt's a portable device, at some point or another I'm going to handle it without the side controllers. Having some place to grab the thing is basic ergonomics, much less something designed with kids in mind.
- BugsJustFindMe 2y agoWhere you touch it when not in use doesn't matter. You're not going to use it that way, because nothing uses the touchscreen for gameplay. [edit] originally I said it didn't have a touchscreen, but I've been reminded that the original does actually have one and it's just never used by anything because ever requiring it in a game would be really dumb when the entire premise of the switch is that it's dockable.
- evujumenuk 2y agoHuh? It totally has a touch screen — it has to, for backward compatibility.
- BugsJustFindMe 2y agoSorry, you're right. I forgot because literally nothing supports it other than maybe wifi password entry and navigating some menus.
- hn92726819 2y agoDo we know if the aspect ratio is the same? Maybe they're demonstrating Switch 1 games that have a slightly different aspect ratio, but can be updated to fit the new screen in the future?
- lewispollard 2y agoThat's a new Mario Kart game they're showing on the screen, not the Switch 1 version.
- hn92726819 2y agoI didn't realize. That's disappointing
- BugsJustFindMe 2y agoMaybe they wanted more battery life without making it thicker? I want to see what the teardown looks like.
- everdrive 2y agoI’ll never understand why people hate bezels so much. They have no bearing on the screen size, but merely offer a basis for comparison when you’re looking at the screen.
- pimanrules 2y agoWhat's not to understand? If the bezels were smaller, either the screen would be larger or the system would be smaller. Both are desirable.
- JohnBooty 2y agoPersonal opinion, but I didn't really have that reaction. That screen is still significantly bigger than the Switch 1. Honestly it looks like a great size and if the bezels were smaller, it might be a problem to grip the device (with joycons detached) without hitting the touch screen.
- bigstrat2003 2y agoThe switch isn't a handheld though. It's way too big to be a viable replacement for a 3DS in that regard, Nintendo just gave up on that market segment for whatever reason.
- timv 2y agoPhones have a lot of that market covered, and the Switch Lite gets close enough for a lot of people who want something other than a phone. I guess Nintendo don't see enough left over space to bother trying.