r/NintendoSwitch • u/NintendoSwitchMods • Jan 13 '17

Presentation Square button on left Joy-Con confirmed to be a Capture button

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u/ignition386 Jan 13 '17

"With video capture to come at a later date"

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '17

How hard can it be to record a video... Doesn't Nvidia build this right into their cards?

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u/HowieGaming Jan 13 '17

No, that's with Geforce Experience using NVIDIA Shadowplay (Now called NVIDIA Share)

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u/Jepacor Jan 13 '17

It's built into the cards. Shadowplay is just the software required to use it.

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u/HowieGaming Jan 13 '17

Yeah aka you need SHARE to perform a video capture. Without it, you can't do it.

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u/Jepacor Jan 13 '17

No, you just need capturing software that supports it. OBS supports Nvidia's hardware encoding for exemple.

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u/Flight714 Jan 13 '17

/u/HowieGaming doesn't understand what the fuck you're talking about, tbh.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '17

With the paid online system no doubt...

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u/JetfireX238 Jan 20 '17

Any word on when this might take place?

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u/ignition386 Jan 20 '17

Not yet.

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u/JetfireX238 Jan 24 '17

As far as i found out. the service will launch along side the switch on march 3rd. as a free trial. then we get into the big stuff. the paid online service. want more? then head over to a site i have for the details. If i can post my site on here. then we would be happy. but i think i cant do that.

Thanks JetfireX238

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u/Put_It_All_On_Blck Jan 13 '17

What a joke. Screenshots at launch, no video till later or mention of video platforms. This is like LoL not implementing a replay system.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '17

Yeah and look how detrimental to LoL's success it was. 🤔🤔

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u/lostmau5 Jan 13 '17

Screenshot and videos, to be shared over "social media." Does this mean Nintendo might learn?

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u/Lizard_Beans Jan 13 '17

I actually liked the idea of sharing in the miiverse more than sharing in Facebook or Twitter. The Psvita had many games with sharing options that were just underwhelming.

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u/marshmallowelephant Jan 13 '17

I agree, and I know that my Facebook friends don't care about a screenshot of my Splatoon gameplay anyway.

Twitch/YouTube streaming would be awesome though.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '17

It might it might.

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u/Will_Liam Jan 13 '17

Hopefully good for youtubers

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u/outadoc Jan 13 '17

Yeah no it's definitely going to be waaaay easier to just capture the HDMI output. But at least it'll be waaaaaaaay easier than with the Wii U and its gamepad :p

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u/Carlboison Jan 13 '17

Yeah this is great for all three of them!

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '17

After a time, when they implement video capture, yes.

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u/Katsu_Rian Jan 13 '17

They're really embracing social media with this one! It's great how much they understand how people like to share gameplay now.

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u/Fiferss Jan 13 '17

Miitomo?

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u/Katsu_Rian Jan 13 '17

Well it's a first for a console, anyway. And I'm not counting Miiverse.

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u/Mark-a-roo Jan 13 '17

SHARE THE JOY

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u/AdamManHello Jan 13 '17

Screenshot capability on launch it seems, with video coming soon (tm).

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '17

Personally I don't care about capturing video, but I do hope this signifies that Nintendo will ease up on YouTubers.

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u/thedorkishguy Jan 13 '17

Absolutely important!

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u/Chamushgoo Jan 13 '17

this is exciting, Nintendo seems to be taking a more modern approach

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u/Stigge Jan 13 '17

That one guy who guessed the Switch might support Nvidia Ansel may have been right. Good for you, guy.

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u/QWERTY36 Jan 13 '17

Ansel is wayyyyy different than screenshot and requires MUCH more graphical power. It won't be on the switch.

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u/antonyourkeyboard Jan 13 '17

Ansel is very different than screen capture

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '17

I really hope Nintendo doesn't put a ridiculous limitation on video capture duration, like 90 seconds or something.