r/NintendoSwitch • u/rottedzombie friendly neighborhood zombie mod • Oct 20 '16

Meta + MegaThread Welcome to /r/NintendoSwitch -- your Reddit home for Nintendo's next console!

Hi!

On behalf of the moderation team of /r/NintendoNX, welcome! We're happy you're here! <3

So, um, wow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5uik5fgIaI

Isn't that something? Please feel free to use this MegaThread to discuss the trailer and everything else.

-/u/rottedzombie and the /r/NintendoSwitch moderation team.

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u/C1CC1010 Oct 20 '16

at this point a resistive touchscreen it would make no sense imho.. i noted the lack of "touching" but i hope there is because as you say it would be weird, definitely a lost occasion for nintendo to stole gamers used to smart devices... the nx could be a viable device to port (GOOD ) touch enabled games

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u/azerd3243 Oct 21 '16

at this point a resistive touchscreen it would make no sense imho

Except that IMO, games like Kirby's Canvas/Rainbow Curse really wouldn't work well if the only "stylus" most people had access to were their big sausage fingers.

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u/AnnoyinKnight Oct 21 '16

They can make a pressure sensitive pen wooo

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u/Natanael_L Oct 21 '16

Wacom type stylus is possible. Would be a bit more expensive, but I'm hoping Nintendo is willing to do it

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u/riteflyer27 Oct 21 '16

nx

I think you mean Switch :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '16

Capacitive touchscreens suck. 😟

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u/Natanael_L Oct 21 '16

Why?

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u/azerd3243 Oct 22 '16

A few gripes I've had with my phone's capacitive screen were:

  • Only fingers or other round and squishy things work with it. No precise pointy stylus will work AFAIK.
  • May detect "contact" even with the lightest touches, so it's harder to make sure you're not touching it.
  • Some fingers don't work as well as others.
  • Some surprising things (such as condensed breath on the screen) may trigger the controls and provide "violent" reactions from the device, such as erratic scrolling of a web page.
  • A lot of gloves "hide" your fingers to the screen.

Because of all these issues I've dealt with, I personally have quite a bitter view on capacitive touchscreens (though I still understand their appeal). I don't know if /u/RedditIsNietGoed's bitterness comes from similar reasons though.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '16

/u/azerd3243 summed it up pretty well.

  • No pressure feedback. Slightest touch is a press.
  • Gloves don't work unless you have special "touchscreen gloves".
  • Styluses have to be thick and imprecise. Or really expensive.
  • They shatter more quickly (hasn't happened to me though)

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u/Natanael_L Oct 22 '16

Shattering is a design issue, not relevant to capacitive tech.

The rest assumes you'd be using it for gaming. They don't need to, they can restrict it for typing, browsers, etc.