Nintendo Switch

[auntyclimax]

4 minutes ago, Darren said:

I think my morning glory has worn off and I'm starting to think more sensibly. I don't have time to play the games I already own, so there's not much point paying £300-odd for another Zelda, no matter how good it is.

 

Time to cancel the preorder and come back later when it's a bit cheaper/has a few more must-buy games/has a not-insane online service.

 

I know what you mean, but for me this allows me to play TV games whilst watching the TV - when I would usually be reading about games on an iPad.

[Stanley]

2 minutes ago, Harsin said:

Reading the Switch thread on SA, people on there saying reports are coming in that Zelda runs better on the Wii U than the Switch, if it makes you feel better.

That ridiculous if true. I could, sort of, understand that in handheld mode but not when it's docked.

[Paulando]

Will Wii U Pro Controllers be compatible, as they look the same? £65 for a Pro controller - fuuuuuuuck.

 

The console price I can deal with. The accessories, not really. I think I'd rather get a Pro controller than a £30 grip, so I don't have to slide the bits out all the time, but 65 quid.

[the_debaser]

3 minutes ago, Harsin said:

Reading the Switch thread on SA, people on there saying reports are coming in that Zelda runs better on the Wii U than the Switch, if it makes you feel better.

 

wot

[pulsemyne]

2 minutes ago, gizmo1990 said:

Snipperclips looks a fun diversion. However, unlike something like ARMS, it looks the very definition of a eshop/mobile title. Is it priced yet..?

20 dollars in america apparently.

[pulsemyne]

1 minute ago, Stanley said:

That ridiculous if true. I could, sort of, understand that in handheld mode but not when it's docked.

Seems to be running just fine on the stream. Anyway the version on display at shows is apparently not finished. I dare say a more finished version is being played on the stream.

[gizmo1990]

2 minutes ago, Stanley said:

That ridiculous if true. I could, sort of, understand that in handheld mode but not when it's docked.

 

There is no way that Zelda running slower in portable switch mode over the WiiU is acceptable.

[JPickford]

Zelda looking great on the stream.

[Kiwi Cake]

Zelda looked absolutely lovely on the stream. If that's running poorly then I guess Wii U owners are in for a treat.

[Not Thread Owner]

27 minutes ago, TehStu said:

 

Blimey, that's actually quite small, isn't it. I couldn't play comfortably on that for long, unless they're mini type games.

 

How big is a GBA SP? I can't remember.

[RubberJohnny]

12 minutes ago, rgraves said:

Yeah they do - I've bought loads of eShop credit from CDKeys.

 

CDkeys are a grey market for good brought with stolen credit cards, it's not a legit Nintendo offered thing.

[Strafe]

5 minutes ago, Paulando said:

Will Wii U Pro Controllers be compatible, as they look the same? £65 for a Pro controller - fuuuuuuuck.

 

The console price I can deal with. The accessories, not really. I think I'd rather get a Pro controller than a £30 grip, so I don't have to slide the bits out all the time, but 65 quid.

 

Part of me thinks Nintendo think they're fucked so just intend to gouge the early adopters and cut their losses.

[Not Thread Owner]

9 minutes ago, Oracle said:

its utterly bizarre, I don't get the online aspect at all. Will stick with the Wii U for now.

 

Also for those hoping for a discounted online, Nintendo don't do discount codes, nor do they allow the likes of CD Keys et al to discount either. 

 

But CD Keys do discount. That's when I get almost all my codes from.

[boybrown]

10 minutes ago, Darren said:

I think my morning glory has worn off and I'm starting to think more sensibly. I don't have time to play the games I already own, so there's not much point paying £300-odd for another Zelda, no matter how good it is.

 

Time to cancel the preorder and come back later when it's a bit cheaper/has a few more must-buy games/has a not-insane online service.

i'm exactly the same. i posted enthusiastically this morning but on reflection it seems the same old problems that befell the Wii U. Wish i'd kept it now to play Zelda as i aint paying £280 for a switch with seems to be a glorified ports machine. Heartbreak hotel it is then

[Stanley]

4 minutes ago, gizmo1990 said:

 

There is no way that Zelda running slower in portable switch mode over the WiiU is acceptable.

Well quite, but I could understand it more. 

[Not Thread Owner]

1 minute ago, RubberJohnny said:

 

CDkeys are a grey market for good brought with stolen credit cards, it's not a legit Nintendo offered thing.

 

 Proof or this is bollocks.

 

Are Game's discounted eShop games also grey market? And GMG?

[neoELITE]

I'm very disappointed. I think this might be my combo breaker as I've bought every Nintendo console since the Gamecube.

 

Can someone just briefly recap the online thing as I think I've made it up in my head. Nobody could come up with that could they? 

[gossi the dog]

14 minutes ago, Oracle said:

its utterly bizarre, I don't get the online aspect at all. Will stick with the Wii U for now.

 

Also for those hoping for a discounted online, Nintendo don't do discount codes, nor do they allow the likes of CD Keys et al to discount either. 

 

How come I purchased Mario Kart 7 and New Super Mario Bros 2 for somewhere between £15 & £20 each from CD Keys when they were still £40 on the eshop?

[Not Thread Owner]

1 minute ago, gossi the dog said:

 

How come I purchased Mario Kart 7 and New Super Mario Bros 2 for somewhere between £15 & £20 each from CD Keys when they were still £40 on the eshop?

 

Because they were stolen credit card-bought, apparently. Amazed nobody has picked this up before.

[buizel]

Just now, deKay said:

 

Because they were stolen credit card-bought, apparently. Amazed nobody has picked this up before.

 

CDKeys steals credit cards, buys keys and re-sells them? Is that true?

[gossi the dog]

15 minutes ago, Paulando said:

Will Wii U Pro Controllers be compatible, as they look the same? £65 for a Pro controller - fuuuuuuuck.

 

The console price I can deal with. The accessories, not really. I think I'd rather get a Pro controller than a £30 grip, so I don't have to slide the bits out all the time, but 65 quid.

 

£28 for a wired controller. Wired? Crazy nowadays. It'll probably be the 3ft long too to force you to go wireless.

[gossi the dog]

Just now, buizel said:

 

CDKeys steals credit cards, buys keys and re-sells them? Is that true?

 

No

[Harsin]

11 minutes ago, neoELITE said:

 

Can someone just briefly recap the online thing as I think I've made it up in my head. Nobody could come up with that could they? 

 

It's going to have online play behind a paywall, ala PSN/XBL, except it's only in the US, Canada and Mexico at launch. I think we're scheduled to to get it in the autumn. Like XBL/PSN to try and sweeten the deal they're offering 'free' games, except where those services tend to give you two or three newish releases a month, Nintendo will be giving you a single NES or SNES game. On those services the games are yours to play as long as you subscribe to the service. Nintendo will withdraw access at the end of the month and you have to buy it if you want to continue playing it. To use functions like voice chat and other basic sounding functionality you have to download an app on your smartphone/tablet, so a bit like Skype except you have to pay Nintendo for the privilege. Presumably the result of them getting an F2P phone app business to make their new online service for them. I think that's about what we know.

[buizel]

Just now, gossi the dog said:

 

No

 

Well thats what I got from that persons message, can you let me know what it means please.

[Not Thread Owner]

1 minute ago, buizel said:

 

CDKeys steals credit cards, buys keys and re-sells them? Is that true?

 

Apparently other people steal them, but cards, and sell them to CD Keys.

 

Thats quite the allegation.

[gossi the dog]

2 minutes ago, deKay said:

 

Apparently other people steal them, but cards, and sell them to CD Keys.

 

Thats quite the allegation.

 

So they're doing an arbitrage between the darkweb and the normal web? If true, genius!

[Yiggy]

I don't know if it's been posted but as a parent the switch parental controls video is the best bit of the whole thing!

 

 

[Shimmyhill]

7 minutes ago, deKay said:

 

Apparently other people steal them, but cards, and sell them to CD Keys.

 

Thats quite the allegation.

 

I mean I know thats the more plausible answer but every time it comes up on other sites its pointed out that the codes from shady sites that the names I can't recall get pulled they don't from cdkeys...

 

I mean I know it can't be true but apparently they get all their codes in some fangled 'bulk buy' new launch games are heavily discounted as 'promotional' by publishers and sold in bulk, others are given to youtubers with further distributed to give away etc.

 

All part of something called 'marketing' but it does sound unlikely, I imagine its either a terrorist cell or the mafia and this is just a smoke screen no matter what all the publishers say.

[MikeBeaver]

Cd keys don't sell knocked off or stolen codes, several distributors were offering mk7 and nsm2 codes last year, probably being split from console packs, selling the codes and 2ds consoles separately to make the Cara money .

[gizmo1990]

Has there been anything reported about the absence of Capcom and Namco? Their type of titles are what I'm really missing if Nintendo insist on this Japan centric third party love in. A proper traditional Ridge on this would be amazing. As it is, this console is shaping up to be literally a 'Nintendo games only' machine. Blah blah, it's always been like this.. like hell it has! I don't care how good Zelda is, if there'd had been a kick arse Ridge at release I would probably have ended up breaking my one game rule. Or at the very least made one of them my next purchase.