ugh, I will wait for a revision
Have you been waiting 6 years for a longer lasting 3DS battery or 4 years for a longer lasting Wii U battery? If so I have some bad news for you...
ugh, I will wait for a revision
I don't see what the issue is. So we play for 2 hours then set it to charge for a few hours while we go live life. Not sure why people are upset.
That its is a bad battery for the what people are expecting from the Switch and it being non-removable.
But feel free to break down the chemistry of batteries for me.
So spend more money then is the solution?oh for god sakes.. so much hyperbole in here..
It uses USB-C get a bettery pack. it's what i did for my Wii U game pad and what i have for my 3DS i never run out of power.
Gawd people need to calm down with these threads. Think about it, this is Nintendo's next home console. You'll be able to play their big franchise main entries on the go, in HD, and the whole thing is about the size of a WiiU controller. It's really a marvel, both technologically and industrial design wise.
It's not being touted as a handheld, and it will probably charge when you come home and put it in the dock anyway. It's a home console with mobile capabilities and it will do its job just fine for most people and use cases. Some posters here seem to have really unreasonable expectations on what they have built, try to be realistic please.
Have you been waiting 6 years for a longer lasting 3DS battery or 4 years for a longer lasting Wii U battery? If so I have some bad news for you...
Everything is the worst. Hopes and dreams were crushed for those who had no interest in the first place.REALLY drinking up all this doom-n-gloom.
Like we don't live in a world where everyone already lives with a device with a non-replaceable battery and carries around a charging cable+plug or usb portable battery pack wherever they go.
I don't see what the issue is. So we play for 2 hours then set it to charge for a few hours while we go live life. Not sure why people are upset.
Live life? What is that?
oh for god sakes.. so much hyperbole in here..
It uses USB-C get a bettery pack. it's what i did for my Wii U game pad and what i have for my 3DS i never run out of power.
Less than great battery life is definitely expected. I'll give you that. I'm not mad about the battery life.
What is indefensible is using USB 2.0 standards with USB-C. It's not a cost saving measure. The price different between the components, even when produced on a mass scale, is negligible. The difference between them however is massive. using a USB 2.0 means slower read/write speeds (in case we actually get external HDDs) and, most importantly, no quick charge. Quick charge means you could charge this thing from 0-70 in about 10 minutes.
No one on this forum was expecting the charge time to be longer than the play time and I can guarantee that no one was expecting the possibility of battery drain while charging.
I don't see what the issue is. So we play for 2 hours then set it to charge for a few hours while we go live life. Not sure why people are upset.
Lmao you are gonna have to charge this piece of shit for longer than you can play it, my lord.
Who greenlit this mess?
It's a quote from Trainspotting.
I don't see what the issue is. So we play for 2 hours then set it to charge for a few hours while we go live life. Not sure why people are upset.
Jesus that nintendo kool-aid is running wild on gaf.Yes, if you play extremely demanding games on max settings.
But anyone who doesn't configure their console to save even a little battery life shouldn't complain.
What's the inherent problem here? What's the fuckup? You can play your console games on the go for the first time. Have you ever heard about not seeing the wood for the trees?I like how the responses to Nintendo's fuckups are literally "JUST BUY THIS EXTRA THING" like it somehow fixes the inherent problems with the system.
Will Nyko save us?
I saw that movie, but I don't think that was the reference he was making. Take heroin while we wait for Switch to charge? Sure, why not.
Going by the games, these aren't games designed for mobile and mobile power. Obviously they are gonna demand a lot from the battery.
Better battery life would be awesome, don't get me wrong, but I think all this was to be expected. Battery life is shit in general and something like this I expected to be, pretty much right what it is.
I'll wait for more information, but I'd guess that it could play and charge just fine, but again with the power it must demand to process these games... I dunno seems right in line.
Maybe you all have fantastic mobile devices, but all of mine, if I do anything at all taxing with them, battery and charging goes to shit. Just the nature of the beast.
Can demand amazing things from hardware, but if you expected this to have amazing battery life and be super mobile and a pure mobile device... well I dunno.
To me its always seemed clear, you play this at home, but hey if you wanna go on the train for an hour or to the park, you can do that for a bit.
Not TAKE IT ON THE 8 HOUR TRAIN RIDE!!! GONNA BE FINE!
Gawd people need to calm down with these threads. Think about it, this is Nintendo's next home console. You'll be able to play their big franchise main entries on the go, in HD, and the whole thing is about the size of a WiiU controller. It's really a marvel, both technologically and industrial design wise.
It's not being touted as a handheld, and it will probably charge when you come home and put it in the dock anyway. It's a home console with mobile capabilities and it will do its job just fine for most people and use cases. Some posters here seem to have really unreasonable expectations on what they have built, try to be realistic please.
Live Life, you say? Maybe this is Nintendo's end game with the Switch.
32GB Storage.
2 hour of game time portable.
Longer charging time than playing time.
Paid online for what will surely be horrendous infrastructure - it's nintendo ffs.
Must use smartphone to talk online (hope this one isn't true)
Same power as a Wii U - meaning this "home console" is now as strong as consoles released nearly 10 years ago.
$299 overpriced and $59.99 games (are they serious with this bullshit?)
$70 for a pro controller - more than an XB1 or PS4 controller. $90 for a set of JoyCons.
This thing isn't a marvel at all. It's a goddamn disaster with an abysmal launch lineup. I had such high expectations for this thing and was ready to buy it day one but now... now I'm gonna have to avoid buying it on launch just out of principle.
Too expensive and bulky for a handheld system (especially with $60 games), and far too weak for a current gen console. Nintendo thought they were being smart but instead they screwed gamers on both spectrums.
Nintendo truly never learns. I never thought I would say this but I honestly hope they die off after this thing fails and just starts making software. I wouldn't mind seeing Zelda/Mario on a PS4P and Scorpio.
I don't see what the issue is. So we play for 2 hours then set it to charge for a few hours while we go live life. Not sure why people are upset.
32GB Storage.
2 hour of game time portable.
Longer charging time than playing time.
Paid online for what will surely be horrendous infrastructure - it's nintendo ffs.
Must use smartphone to talk online (hope this one isn't true)
Same power as a Wii U - meaning this "home console" is now as strong as consoles released nearly 10 years ago.
$299 overpriced and $59.99 games (are they serious with this bullshit?)
$70 for a pro controller - more than an XB1 or PS4 controller. $90 for a set of JoyCons.
This thing isn't a marvel at all. It's a goddamn disaster with an abysmal launch lineup. I had such high expectations for this thing and was ready to buy it day one but now... now I'm gonna have to avoid buying it on launch just out of principle.
Too expensive and bulky for a handheld system (especially with $60 games), and far too weak for a current gen console. Nintendo thought they were being smart but instead they screwed gamers on both spectrums.
Nintendo truly never learns. I never thought I would say this but I honestly hope they die off after this thing fails and just starts making software. I wouldn't mind seeing Zelda/Mario on a PS4P and Scorpio.
I like how the responses to Nintendo's fuckups are literally "JUST BUY THIS EXTRA THING" like it somehow fixes the inherent problems with the system.
With its formfactor I think its gonna be build like any modern tablet, i.e. everything glued and soldered together.
Hyperbole my ass dude, all these hidden costs are adding up. If you want an enjoyable portable experience it would cost over 400 it seems.oh for god sakes.. so much hyperbole in here..
It uses USB-C get a bettery pack. it's what i did for my Wii U game pad and what i have for my 3DS i never run out of power.
That's the solution people want. An extra $50 brick tethered to their portable handheld.
I had this.. It was amazing. But if you can't remove the battery, how can they?
The thing about Switch being a hybrid system means you always hear justifications that skew towards the side other than the one the discussion is about depending on how it suits the person. For instance:
1) When there is a concern about Switch's power especially for its price and year of launch, the justification is "It's a console that goes portable and the difference between it and 3DS is huge". Also implying that it's fine for it to be like that because it provides a big jump from 3DS.
2) When there is a concern about its portability such as this thread, the justification becomes something along the lines of "It was never meant to be a portable console that replaces 3DS".
Smh
Just tell me this: I can play this in portable mode while it's charging, right? That's how I play my 3DS at home.
I hope a bunch of scalpers buy this piece of shit and get ripped off for consumers not wanting it. Wow nintendo royally screwed the switch up