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Mmm. All I wanted was a Switch with bumped specs and a lot more durability. They could have come up with something out of left field that I cared about, like th
by alabastervlog 2y ago
Mmm. All I wanted was a Switch with bumped specs and a lot more durability. They could have come up with something out of left field that I cared about, like they often do, but cameras and a dedicated chat button? Things I've been intentionally avoiding or being annoyed by on other consoles since either thing has existed?
I hope there's a way to disable the chat button entirely, so I'm not accidentally triggering a function that I never want to use and my kids certainly won't be using, like the damned "share" button on the PS5. Talk about an anti-feature.
If the camera were built-in, I'd pay a little extra for a version without that and without the chat button. This is the opposite of an upgrade, for this shopper. At least I can just not-buy the camera.
The spec bump looks mediocre, if durability's not a lot better I'll just be replacing my half-broken switch with a used model of same. I'd been assuming this'd be my first-ever near-launch console purchase, I'm usually like 2-3 years behind on these things, but IDK, this is underwhelming. If there's also a more-than-tiny price hike, I'll be delaying.
[EDIT] Oh snap, pricing's on there? I'd read elsewhere they'd delayed announcing that. Shiiiiit, at that price maybe we'll get a family Steam Deck and put pirated versions of all the Switch games we already own (... and all the games we have on prior consoles) on there, instead. I can wait for used or discounted console prices to play the new Zelda or whatever, we still have hardly touched half the games we have on the current Switch. How's the Deck with multiple Switch Pro controller support? Anyone tried to use it as an actual multiplayer-friendly TV-attached console?
- xandrius 2y agoIf you want an almost new original switch unpatched and are in EU, let me know :D
- haunter 2y agoNot OP but how much you are looking for that?
- gjsman-1000 2y agoNintendo stated in the Direct and on the website that Parental Controls must be set up for any accounts under 16 years old, the Parental Controls phone app must be installed, and the parent must approve every participant, before chatting can take place. (A parent can also just choose to not pay for Switch Online).
- alabastervlog 2y agoYeah, I'm just hoping that makes the button do nothing, not pop some UI element that goes "Sorry, this is disabled! Ask your parent!" I somehow still manage to trigger that crap once every couple hours of game play on the PS5, and on a tiny joy con this'll be even more accidentally-pressable.
- gjsman-1000 2y agoWell, that's just called a terrible user experience and a return magnet. Maybe the parent deliberately wants to enable access, they are mashing the "C" button, and nothing happens, before they give up and assume the console is physically defective.
- alabastervlog 2y agoA tiny "toast" that doesn't interrupt gameplay or cover much of the screen wouldn't bother me.
- smeeger 2y agothis is what consumers demand. despise your fellow man
- legitster 2y ago> if durability's not a lot better The kickstand and controllers at least look so much higher quality.
- alabastervlog 2y agoWe've burned through two Switches, both of which still semi-function but with major components broken. Both provided a constant bonus game of "where the hell did the kickstand go now?" until that part just got permanently lost about 3 months in (both times!) and the Joycon rails can get fucked up and stop charging properly if a kid squeezed kind-of hard (raise your hands if you never squeezed a controller in frustration as a kid? Zero hands up? Great; Never throw one? Just a couple hands? That's what I thought)
- whizzter 2y agoYou missed the mouse mode of the new joycons, tilt them down and use as a mouse.
- kjreact 2y agoI like that Nintendo recognises that the mouse is a superior input device, but their vertical joycon implementation seems more like a gimmick than an actually useful device. Balancing and sliding a vertical joycon doesn’t seem like it would be particularly stable. I foresee an actual traditionally shaped mouse sold by Nintendo in the future.
- ThatMedicIsASpy 2y agoThe legion go has a mouse mode but its more like a flight stick that doesn't tilt.
- alabastervlog 2y agoI can't really think of anywhere in my living room this wouldn't mean wrist-pain-inducing wrist angles or adding new furniture or something, so kinda skipped over it as something I would only use when a game forces me to. But good point, that's a new feature.
- TheBigSalad 2y agoA lot of kids these days socialize together and talk on the phone while playing games. I think the camera and seeing each other's screens on Minecraft or Fortnite will be huge for them. I can relate though, I'm also on enough video calls to not want this in my free time.
- johnnyanmac 2y ago>I hope there's a way to disable the chat button entirely, so I'm not accidentally triggering a function that I never want to use and my kids certainly won't be using, like the damned "share" button on the PS5. Nintendo is very concious about parental features, so I'm sure there's some way to disable the chat button. I'm honestly surprised to begin with they took the step to work with live chat. >How's the Deck with multiple Switch Pro controller support? I've had no issues connecting a variety of console controllers all at once to the Deck. PS5, PS4, XSX, and Switch Pros worked fine.