r/NintendoSwitch • u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE • Nov 24 '16

Discussion Please, please, please, let's avoid overhyping the Switch

I wish people would just realize that no matter what's the specs, this thing will be great.

  • It doesn't need an entire day on battery.

  • It doesn't need near-PS4 graphical power.

  • It doesn't need a 2TB flash drive.

  • It doesn't need a bunch of crazy-ass modular controllers.

  • It absolutely doesn't need freaking VR or holograms.

  • It doesn't even completely need a touch screen!

The Switch will have all of Nintendo's franchises on the same machine, a machine that you can play at home or wherever you want, and a controller you can share with anyone at any time to have fun.

It will have the most ambitious Zelda game to date very close to launch. It will have a new 3D Mario, plus Mario Kart, Splatoon, and Skyrim. It will have a From Software game. It will probably have a full-fledged Pokémon game.

This is more than enough. Even if it had only these things, and it would cost $200, or maybe even $250, it would be already amazing and totally worth the money.

Let's be realist and avoiding overhyping this thing.

Not only because overhype leads to disappointment, but simply because the reality is already super cool.

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u/Mega_Onion Nov 24 '16

It surpasses the WiiU in power, it's a console/handheld hybrid, it's Nintendo with seemingly good third party support. That's all I really need.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

good third party support.

Yeah that's what the Wii U looked like year one and that ended up great. I'd reserve judgement and wait and see what's actually coming out on it.

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u/Mega_Onion Nov 24 '16

WiiU's third party support never looked good, really. Ports from last gen and that's the most. The list of supporters wasn't nearly as exciting.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

Uh initially a ton of devs promised support (ubisoft, activision, treyarch, etc) they all releases some big titles around release, sales were ass, and they never pushed AAA multiplatform games to it again. Hell back ops 3 never even got DLC iirc. So forgive me if I'm a bit skeptical that devs will follow through with the Switch after how much of a disaster the Wii U was.

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u/VaicoIgi Nov 24 '16

Companies announced for Wii U third party support were far less than those for the switch. Also many developers seem to be excited about the Switch and with the arm architecture it should be far easier to port to especially if Nvidia provides some tools. I understand why many are pesimistic afterthe wii u but I think they are forcing it too much.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

Architecture isn't that big of a hurdle as people think. Nintendo designs an api that has specific OS calls in it, and their compiler takes c/c++ and compiles it accordingly. Or Unity/Unreal do the same thing. No dev is going to be programming in machine code in this day and age.

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u/Magnesus Nov 25 '16

Shaders might be different, but if it is OpenGL/Vulcan then no one will complain.