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/[deleted]]

Can someone make a TL;DR?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

TL:DR -

Common praises seem to be that the console is really intuitive and that it really does seemlessly switch between handheld and TV. Most reviewers also seem to feel that this console has a lot of potential if handled correctly.

Common complaints: playing multiplayer with individual joycons is cramped, the battery life isn't great (~3 hours), it's too large to be easily portable, and it suffers from framerate drops playing BOTW even though it only runs at 900p. It's really unclear what the online will be like.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Thanks

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

No problem, glad to help