Night Angel
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Didn't you hear? No one uses their game consoles to consume other types of media! Especially not Youtube or Netflix.
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Switch will launch with no video apps, being considered for future
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StrongBlackVine
Banned
Switch has an entirely unintended meaning. Switch to another device for anything outside of the core gaming experience.
Prototype Viktor
Member
Voice chat was interfering with talking to people playing games with you. So they instead invented this air vibration technology where you talk and are heard by people within a 20 foot radius that also has a Nintendo switch
PowerThroughLov
Member
Netflix is not a niche. Watching Netflix on your Nintendo Switch? Id be willing to bet it would qualify.
Good for you...
WaterAstro
Member
Given that you need a phone to use the Switch's basic online functionality, of course they don't care. They'll make you buy a phone with it. lol
Night Angel
Member
So consumer behavior will be entirely unique with the Switch compared with every other electronic entertainment device, yeah?
Don't go to Vegas.
DirgeExtinction
Member
ZombiePlatypus
Member
If it's patched in, in a timely manner, I'm good. Never implementing it though would be ridiculous.
Sony is also a multimedia company and has a vested interest in keeping people on their consoles watching movies. Nintendo never cared about that stuff or was reluctant/slow to add those features. Not justifying it, but expressing that the companies have different philosophies regarding that.
Netflix not being there tells me Nintendo is focused on making a great console experience in the way they know how. Once everything is off the floor they can build.
This translates too "We rushed the system for launch and we were only able to get the Operating System to run games effectively. Even then we didn't finish that due to you needing a special app for online features."
Not really upset, just baffled they didn't wait until at least May to launch the system. By that point, you could of not only had a larger launch line up but more OS features fleshed out.
At least we know media support is coming soon and when it does, the Switch will be a more valuable product.
Not really upset, just baffled they didn't wait until at least May to launch the system. By that point, you could of not only had a larger launch line up but more OS features fleshed out.
At least we know media support is coming soon and when it does, the Switch will be a more valuable product.
As to why its being rushed out of the door, end of fiscal year.
Maximus P
Member
I'm cancelling.
I mentioned in another thread that I had a switch on pre order for my daughters 9th birthday. She was really looking forward to having a device she could game on that she could take with her on her travels. There aren't enough launch titles for her, and I can see her getting bored of the device easily. Now there's no media capabilities at all? She can't even watch YouTube on the thing?
We talked earlier, we're now looking towards a ps4 for her bedroom, I'll make sure to fill her in on why I think the switch is a bad investment at the moment, we'll maybe look again at x-mas when the console starts to find its feet.
I mentioned in another thread that I had a switch on pre order for my daughters 9th birthday. She was really looking forward to having a device she could game on that she could take with her on her travels. There aren't enough launch titles for her, and I can see her getting bored of the device easily. Now there's no media capabilities at all? She can't even watch YouTube on the thing?
We talked earlier, we're now looking towards a ps4 for her bedroom, I'll make sure to fill her in on why I think the switch is a bad investment at the moment, we'll maybe look again at x-mas when the console starts to find its feet.
LordKasual
Banned
This is asinine. It's a giant game pad that looks like a tablet and is designed to be enjoyed on the go, except it can't play videos?
So you need a phone to do matchmaking/voice chat, a tablet to watch multimedia, and if you decide to use it for gaming, you can only play for 2-2.5 hours.
...just up the price by $50 and release something that isn't trying to be mediocre. This product is baffling to me.
This is just like when i got excited for the Wii U, and then Nintendo slowly revealed that it doesn't play DVDs and it only supports 1 gamepad.
So you need a phone to do matchmaking/voice chat, a tablet to watch multimedia, and if you decide to use it for gaming, you can only play for 2-2.5 hours.
...just up the price by $50 and release something that isn't trying to be mediocre. This product is baffling to me.
This is just like when i got excited for the Wii U, and then Nintendo slowly revealed that it doesn't play DVDs and it only supports 1 gamepad.
This makes no sense because they are updated each month with new content.
Night Angel
Member
You really are working hard.
I'm sure none of the many subscribers to any of those services, Twitch users, or Youtube users care about using those services. Hell, they probably don't even LIKE those services, the rubes.
The Abominable Snowman
Member
You're being facetious but yeah, the Wii U among other devices are widely used for those as well as Netflix. I'm confused as to why less functionality and less effort is being celebrated here. Do-it-all, jack-of-all-trades devices are the norm for such a premium device.
metalslimer
Member
Dear lord
brochiller
Member
Were you going to trade in your phone for a Switch?
DangerMouse
Member
Seriously though, I agree it's really sounding like a rush job where it's going to be a pretty bare bones OS in time for launch.
Hopefully it does come later because it's crazy if this thing won't get Netflix/Amazon, Youtube, and Twitch for watching game/gaming-related streams.
Maybe part of the fall update.
Nintendo taking the game developer approach to releasing a console... Release a console before it's ready and patch in the features later. We give game devs and publishers shit for this all the time, so why not Nintendo?
Netflix was available day 1 for the Wii U, so we can't give the Switch a pass on this.
finalflame
Member
It would be nice to take a poll of how many people complaining in this thread have at least 1 mobile and 1 home device connected to their TV that already has streaming services. I don't think I'm a special butterfly for having other devices that stream Netflix in 2017. Unless most people were just waiting for the Switch to finally start watching streaming TV.
Papacheeks
Banned
If that's true they done fucked up since sharing moments was part of their presentation. And also since they should want youtubers playing their games.
WTF???
This thing is just not ready. NIntendo is not ready, but reggie's body is I hope.
Night Angel
Member
Because that's what's being argued here.
Next time I need a strawman I'll come to you.
Killroyskbg
Member
Yeah since you watched everything and is done with Netflix everyone is....
Seriously wtf....
LordKasual
Banned
If Nintendo has proven anything, it's that they probably don't want youtubers playing their games...
At least, not playing them and then showing them on youtube -_-
DigitalScrap
Member
I think it is strange that they won't have this at launch, but it isn't a big deal for me. I rarely use Netflix on anything other than the built in player on my 4K TV, or my iPad when I'm traveling. I never use it on any of my gaming devices, but still an odd omission for those who want to.
Perhaps because the launch was earlier than expected, Netflix doesn't have the app ready yet? Nintendo wouldn't make the app.
Perhaps because the launch was earlier than expected, Netflix doesn't have the app ready yet? Nintendo wouldn't make the app.
ElMexiMerican
Member
Nintendo only said screenshot sharing was going to be available at launch, with video coming at a later date. No clue if they're working to get YouTube set up for that, or if they're trying to make their own platform to share video.
Moon_frogger
Member
I used Netflix very frequently on 3ds and wii u, as well as YouTube. This is a mistake
Papacheeks
Banned
Yea, but it's just weird that they use youtube for their presentation's,directs and also talked about sharing screenshots and video?
You would think they would see the benefit. But Nintendo going to Nintendo i guess.
A Link to the Past
Banned
"All of our efforts have gone toward making the Nintendo Switch system an amazing dedicated video game platform"
I feel bad for Nintendo
I feel bad for Nintendo
Tranqueris
Banned
Haven't you heard? It's actually a good thing that the Switch doesn't have (insert missing feature here). You didn't even really need it anyway!
You should be thanking Nintendo!
AntraxSuicide
Banned
I think most people have other devices that play games too, and for me so far, I'll stick to those instead of this thing.
Basically paying $300 for a glorified game console. Which person in their right mind would do that tbh. Let's forget that we're games hobbyists, which person would walk into a store, see a switch, which cannot currently do anything else but play games, for $300 and then see a Ps4 or XB1, which can be used as multimedia powerhouses, for cheaper and go ahead and buy a switch
Maximus P
Member
I find it strange that a company that found a great deal of success on marketing one of its former consoles to the more casual user such as young children and the elderly have now seemingly decided to market this thing towards people that have smart phones, media tablets and smart TVs.
😏 Thanks for the attribution.
Def don't remember Laura , Emily or anyone else besides me leaking this stuff. Totally should have signed up for twitter and patreon so people would have paid attention lol
And just like in the last thread where I mentioned it, whether you agree with the decision or not, it has nothing to do with the system being rushed. I've been telling gaf this was happening for months, this was a very deliberate plan by Nintendo from the get-go.
Despite having x devices already capable of playing video, I'd rather not have to turn on and off other devices just to watch a quick Youtube video, a stream or Netflix.
You'd need to have a PS4/Xbone controller lying next to you all the time JUST IN CASE you don't want to play but watch.
You'd need to have a PS4/Xbone controller lying next to you all the time JUST IN CASE you don't want to play but watch.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
I don't really think the argument of "well this would have my umpteenth device to have Netflix" is a convincing one.
If you want the Switch to become a mainstay in peoples' daily lives, it would seem like one of the best ways to do that would ensure it has enough uses that people are willing to incorporate it in their routines inside and outside the house. There were times when the PS4 felt like there was a drought of games to interest me, but it was always a mainstay in my life because of all the multimedia capabilities. Maybe I'm alone in valuing consoles that can do that, but I don't think I am.
If you want the Switch to become a mainstay in peoples' daily lives, it would seem like one of the best ways to do that would ensure it has enough uses that people are willing to incorporate it in their routines inside and outside the house. There were times when the PS4 felt like there was a drought of games to interest me, but it was always a mainstay in my life because of all the multimedia capabilities. Maybe I'm alone in valuing consoles that can do that, but I don't think I am.
What else do you expect him to do to spend the time between writing shill posts for Nintendo.
finalflame
Member
Neat, sounds like it's not for you, and that's totally okay.