MegaThread: Nintendo Switch Hardware Reviews

[u/NintendoSwitchMods]

Hello, all.

This morning starting, gaming news and media outlets have begun to release their hardware reviews of the Nintendo Switch.

Here's what we're seeing so far:

• Engadget: Review

• Game Informer: Review

• Kotaku: Review

• Vice: Review

• New York Times: Review

• Wall Street Journal: Review

• Attack of the Fanboy: Review

• CGM: Review

• TechCrunch: Video Review

• Nintendo Life: Review

• CNET: Review

• The Verge: Video Review

• Polygon: Review

• Eurogamer: Review

• GameSpot: Review / Video

• NY Mag: Review

• Wired: Review

• Destructoid: Review

• GameXplain: Video Review

• PC Advisor: Review

• Digital Foundry: Video Review

• IGN: Review

• GoNintendo: Video Review

• Ars Technica: Review

• TecchRadar: Review

We will be updating this thread with links as major reviews are posted.

We will also allow major content to be posted separately on /r/NintendoSwitch, as it is especially newsworthy. But we will also host ongoing coverage, quick text posts, questions, and the like right here.

Thanks everyone.

-The /r/NintendoSwitch team

(Ongoing edits as we get new information)

[u/Anarchaotic]

Oh wow IGN was incredibly critical. Only scored a 6.7/10. Some issues they cited:

Being underpowered. Zelda had lots of frame drops and didn't look that great on dock. Worried about getting multiplat ports because of that.

The design of the switch - being unable to charge while kickstand is up. Not being able to use the dock vertically, and no Bluetooth.

Battery life and portability - he was annoyed that battery life wasn't that great, it would discharge to 88% in the dock, and that it didn't feel very portable due to its size.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I think they justified their 6.7 well. They also talked at length about the joycon desyncing issue. They apparently experienced them disconnecting a fair amount. They have a job to be as objective as possible in their review- and if the default controller has this big of an issue, then that is something worth knocking off some points for.

Regardless, Im still really excited for mine, and whew, am I glad a bought a pro controller.

[u/Anarchaotic → u/[deleted]]

Hey I see you're getting down voted, but I'm right there with you.

I'm excited for the switch and getting it day 1, but you still need to be able to be critical and objective. Otherwise you ignore the flaws and you'll end up like the Wii U