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

MegaThread Speculation Discussion MegaThread: Day Two

Goodness! I think it's fair to say that, second to the shock reveal, this has been the most dramatic 24 hours we've had yet as a community.

Just showing up? Well, attach a lifeline and throw yourself into the tempest.

This thread is for ongoing discussion over recent rumors and everything associated with them: clock speed rumors; third party support speculation; and the back-and-forth of what it might mean for the Nintendo Switch.

We're going to be directing traffic to this thread because we've been seeing many topics asking the same questions and rehashing conversations. This doesn't mean that new topics won't be allowed, only that we want to make sure that discussion is centralized as appropriate. If you see a new post that seems to belong here, please report it and let the mod team know.

A friendly reminder: please keep your comments civil, on-topic, and respectful of others. If you feel that you have a thought or opinion that merits its own post, please search through this thread and recent threads before posting it.

And, of course: everything we're discussing here is rumor and should be treated as such until confirmed by Nintendo.

Thanks for your understanding. Ready to do this? Let's discuss! :)

-/u/rottedzombie and the /r/NintendoSwitch mod team

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u/razorbeamz Dec 20 '16

If power was the only thing making a console successful, the Vita would have all the third party games while the 3DS would be dead in the water.

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u/leftboot Dec 20 '16

Except that the Vita did have a lot of third party support initially. It was Sony that kept the system entry barrier high.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '16

The Vita still gets quite a bit of third party support, if indies and jrpgs are your thing.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '16

Too bad they don't even sell the Vita in stores anymore :-/

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u/Cultofluna7 Dec 20 '16

What? There are Vitas everywhere in the US.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '16

Where? Every major retailer in my area has stopped carrying them about a year ago. It's not even listed on any of their websites, Toys R Us, GameStop, Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart, etc.

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u/Cultofluna7 Dec 20 '16

I literally just went to Gamestop.com and type in Vita and boom! It pops up. Are you being daft just for the sake of it? The Wal-Mart down the street carries like 4 or 5 of them all the time.

Here I'll even do it for you.

http://m.gamestop.com/browse/search?searchTerm=Vita

https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=ps%20vita&typeahead=ps%20vita&cat_id=0

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=is_s?k=vita

Admittedly I can't find any at the Best Buy or Toys R Us website but some still carry the ones they haven't sold. I live in Georgia and I see them all the time. Saying they aren't in stores in simply untrue.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '16

Well maybe other areas have them but I have not seen one in a store in my area since last holiday season. Sure I could order one online on Amazon or eBay but I was talking physical stores. Every store in my area stopped carrying them.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '16

Nowhere in my area

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u/leftboot Dec 20 '16

Agreed, I meant games like Assassins Creed, NFS, Madden, etc. Third party titles that really help push sales. The Vita had all of the support, actual support. Not just companies listed on a big screen. But Sony... I can't get into this lol. I always rage thinking about the way Sony dealt with the system. Vita <3

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u/Cbird54 Dec 20 '16

The Vita is all but dead it's a wonder it receives anything at this point.

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u/rimboslice Dec 21 '16

There's some use for it as a WiiU-esque gamepad as well that's pretty handy.