Nintendo Switch

[Girth Certificate]

You're right, I read it as 29.5 incorrectly

[Strafe]

2 hours ago, Indy @ S.E. said:

Ooh gonna be difficult to not watch that... must resist.

 

It looks pleasant but it's not dropping any huge surprises. 

[Elseb]

Neogaf have just posted the first unboxing video for anybody that's interested. 

 

http://www.floko.tv/video/1107255-exclusive-worlds-first-nintendo-switch-unboxing#.WKZDlHRFDqC

[Flub]

9 hours ago, Fallows said:

https://vid.me/oQkO

 

!!!!

 

IT'S REAL!!!

 

Almost three-minute Switch UI showcase.

 

That looks nicely slick. I can't wait. Checked my Amazon preorders. Console and Zelda are still scheduled for the 3rd.

[the_debaser]

[HarryBizzle]

The hardware and system UI look lovely. I really wish there were enough games at launch (or even between launch and Mario Odyssey) for me to justify a purchase. 

 

I didn't spot it myself but apparently in that UI video you can see there's about 26GB usable on the device. I wonder if they'll make ones with more in future. 

[Adrock]

There will be no need to because of the micro SD slot. Extra storage would mean extra cost and people already had their melt down about the price.

 

With a case and some of those cartridge holders that also hold SD cards a couple of 64gb cards should cover most people.

[Chooch]

Can you hot-swap SD cards on the 3DS (if thats the right term)?

[Super Craig]

It's not really practical on the New 3DS models, as you need to remove the backplate to access the card slot.

[Adrock]

To get the SD card out of the new 3DS requires a screwdriver and removing the bottom cover plate. So not really designed for that.

[Chooch]

But is it possible?

[Strafe]

2 weeks today so that's 1 week! 

[Adrock]

Yes it is possible

[JPickford]

[joe bazooka]

Big shout out to Nintendo's reveal strategy. A lot of people complained but revealing as they did, fully in January, was just right. I've worked myself up in to a fucking frenzy. You know. I'm frenzied. Don't think I'd last more than two weeks Jesus Christ.

[Mogster]

I don't suppose there's some amazing deal on a high end Micro SD card anywhere people know about? I'm looking at a 128GB SanDisk card at the moment for £37.19, which seems pretty standard. Is there any reason why this is a bad choice?

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Ultra-MicroSDXC-Memory-Adapter/dp/B013UDL5HU/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics-accessories&rps=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1487326932&sr=1-5&keywords=micro+sd

[Girth Certificate]

 

Nintendo, yesterday

[Professor_k]

9 minutes ago, Mogster said:

I don't suppose there's some amazing deal on a high end Micro SD card anywhere people know about? I'm looking at a 128GB SanDisk card at the moment for £37.19, which seems pretty standard. Is there any reason why this is a bad choice?

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Ultra-MicroSDXC-Memory-Adapter/dp/B013UDL5HU/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics-accessories&rps=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1487326932&sr=1-5&keywords=micro+sd

 

Or a good deal on a 64gb...

[rgraves]

15 minutes ago, Mogster said:

I don't suppose there's some amazing deal on a high end Micro SD card anywhere people know about? I'm looking at a 128GB SanDisk card at the moment for £37.19, which seems pretty standard. Is there any reason why this is a bad choice?

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Ultra-MicroSDXC-Memory-Adapter/dp/B013UDL5HU/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics-accessories&rps=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1487326932&sr=1-5&keywords=micro+sd

I've just got this one - it was £32 when I got it, but it's up to £34 now:

 

Toshiba Exceria M302 128GB Micro SD Memory Card 90 MB/s 4K - THN-M302R1280EA

http://amzn.eu/6ZRL2We

[Strafe]

Any difference in read/write speeds on those various brands that I would notice?

 

Also, the cards expand the memory, right, meaning you get the card size and system memory at the same time or are they locked off from each other?

[Paulando]

The market for memory cards is a mess 

 

Extreme Pro Plus Evo Pro U3 Class 10 V30. God knows what it all means.

 

I'm hoping very soon there will be one that rises up above all, spread far and wide across Twitter and forums, much like those 2TB that everybody put in their PS4s. The perfect balance of price, speed and reliability.

[rgraves]

The one I linked is a touch faster to read and write - that's the U3 part I think.

 

It is all a bit confusing though!

[Corranga]

I'm hoping I can hold off on an SD for maybe 6 months, hopefully things will be a bit clearer by then as to whether the H/W can even benefit from a faster / better card.

 

I'm kinda hoping it becomes as simple as finding on that is decent capacity, and has the little 3 in a bucket logo on it.  Or something.

 

Also a bit annoyed that it's almost inevitable that another / or a bigger one will be required in future..

 

[g wings]

7 minutes ago, Paulando said:

The market for memory cards is a mess 

 

Extreme Pro Plus Evo Pro U3 Class 10 V30. God knows what it all means.

 

I'm hoping very soon there will be one that rises up above all, spread far and wide across Twitter and forums, much like those 2TB that everybody put in their PS4s. The perfect balance of price, speed and reliability.

That one is shit compared to the Extreme Pro Plus Pro U3 Class 10 V30.b

[Mogster]

The U rating denotes its minimum write speed I think, with U3 indicating a minimum speed of 30MBps. The equivalent Sandisk card is about £60, so the Toshiba is rather tempting unless there's some reliability issue or something. It's a lot cheaper.

 

Write speed probably isn't massively important for the Switch though. It'll presumably make for slightly faster saves, but unless you've got some incredible super mega fibre speeds you're not going to see that U1 rating being a bottleneck for downloads. I don't think the Switch has any game capture abilities either.

[JPickford]

I don't think I'll ever need one.   Digital games are too expensive anyway.  

[Indy @ S.E.]

I'm in the same, unsure boat about buying a mahoosive SD card, I planned to go fully digital when the Wii U was out but the prices were ridiculous.

 

(prepare for next message saying I've bought one)

[the_debaser]

Didn't need anything above my 32gig internal memory for my wiiu so doubt I'll need an SD for this, unless they start releasing some amazing virtual console shit. 

[revlob]

I certainly don't think I'll be needing an SD card for the first six months, by which time you'll get twice the storage for half the money.

[Mogster]

There will be digital only games though. I can't see myself using it too much for the likes of Zelda, but there will surely be some games I want to have around all the time, and others that simply won't have a physical release.