Nintendo Switch

[mogawoods]

I'm quite surprised that Axiom Verge hasn't even reached the top 15 on the UK eShop chart. I guess launching on the same day as Stardew Valley didnt help, but I still thought it'd fill a nice Super Metroid-sized hole for a lot of Nintendo fans.

[Captain Kelsten]

That's the second or third time I've seen you shill your blog recently. 

[scottcr]

3 minutes ago, ann coulter said:

I'm quite surprised that Axiom Verge hasn't even reached the top 15 on the UK eShop chart. I guess launching on the same day as Stardew Valley didnt help, but I still thought it'd fill a nice Super Metroid-sized hole for a lot of Nintendo fans.

 

The quality of games on the eShop has been *obscene* last few weeks.  I've just finished Thimbleweed Park... I want to play Steamworld, Axiom Verge, Stardew Valley, Oxenfree, Golf Story, Butcher... but I've also got Mario+Rabbids on the go that I want to finish before SMO comes out.

 

I can't remember a console with such a strong first year... I know some of these indie games aren't new for many people, but they are for me and it's ridiculous.

[Captain Kelsten]

The Switch catalogue is an embarrassment of riches. There is loads on there I'd never even consider, let alone play, but the fact they're available and, presumably, of interest to someone, is fantastic. 

[friedgold]

18 minutes ago, ann coulter said:

I'm quite surprised that Axiom Verge hasn't even reached the top 15 on the UK eShop chart. I guess launching on the same day as Stardew Valley didnt help, but I still thought it'd fill a nice Super Metroid-sized hole for a lot of Nintendo fans.

Oh I'm in for it, I've just got to clear *something* before I sink any time into it. It's ridiculous. Long may it continue.

[Not Thread Owner]

26 minutes ago, Doctor Shark said:

That's the second or third time I've seen you shill your blog recently. 

 

Sorry. Where do I pay?

 

[Stanley]

28 minutes ago, ann coulter said:

I'm quite surprised that Axiom Verge hasn't even reached the top 15 on the UK eShop chart. I guess launching on the same day as Stardew Valley didnt help, but I still thought it'd fill a nice Super Metroid-sized hole for a lot of Nintendo fans.

It's an incredible game imo, up there with the Metroid games themselves, but it is two years old now and it's likely that a lot of people own it for other systems. Personally I'm waiting for the cartridge version which is a bit pricier but the LE comes with an art book and making of documentary. That's out in November.

[NickC]

52 minutes ago, deKay said:

I do palm readings too, if anyone is interested.

 

I just found my reaction post when the price was announced:

 

Just woke up to all of this.

 

In a weird way it's a relief. Next generation I won't have to shell out for a Nintendo console to play Zelda, Mario and Metroid.  They'll all be on PS5 and Xbox Two. 

 

 

Of course the Switch is now my most played console of the last 10 years, hands down.  I'm planning on getting all major cross-platform releases on it, unless it is significantly worse on the hardware.

 

[Majora]

I honestly can't see a point at which I buy cross-platform retail games like DOOM or Wolfenstein on the Switch. They're the type of games I want to play on the TV and I want the best possible version, technically.

 

However, I'm rapidly starting to buy cross-platform indies on the Switch. I'm not sure why I feel they fit better on the Switch but I know I'm more likely to play them than on the PS4, and in the past week or so I've started bringing my Switch to work so I can play some Golf Story on the bus.

 

Basically my PS4 is for the Sony exclusives and 'AAA' multiplats and the Switch is for Nintendo games and indies. It's a pretty nice balance.

[NickC]

9 minutes ago, Majora said:

I honestly can't see a point at which I buy cross-platform retail games like DOOM or Wolfenstein on the Switch. They're the type of games I want to play on the TV and I want the best possible version, technically.

 

I totally understand that for a lot of folks, if not most folks, this makes sense. 

 

But the reason the Switch works for me is that I'm so busy with 2 young kids that gaming on the go has enabled me to play so many more games than I have in the last 5 years.  It's reignited my love of gaming. 

 

I won't pick up Doom and Wolfenstein for Switch if they are unplayable or a huge drop in the experience, but I'm willing to play a slightly downgraded version rather than get the PS4 version that I probably won't get a chance to play properly.

[Stanley]

I will definitely hold off buying Wolf II until the Switch version is out. Less interested in Doom because I already own it. And yeah I know I moaned about 60 fps vs 30 but I was being a bit of a moodypants.

[NickC]

At the end of the day, it's cool that it's even an option on Switch.  That was unexpected for me.

 

But yeah, if you are primarily a sofa console / high end PC gamer then getting it on Switch would be a bit... odd.

[Stanley]

11 minutes ago, NickC said:

At the end of the day, it's cool that it's even an option on Switch.  That was unexpected for me.

 

But yeah, if you are primarily a sofa console / high end PC gamer then getting it on Switch would be a bit... odd.

But even those people don't always want to play games that way. 

 

I think the main reason for Switchs success is that at last console games have caught up with all of our other media. We can watch Netflix on a tablet, a laptop, or high end home cinema set up, based on our preferences, moods and whereabouts. Switch is exactly the same. You're not forced one way or the other, and you can use it like all your other devices. It's brought console gaming back into the modern era, in spite of it being less powerful hardware.

[scottcr]

I love my PS4... but I haven’t bought a bit game for it now in months. The switch pretty much does everything I want in a console. 

 

I could get Wolfenstein on my PS4... but I’ll play it more on Switch 

[scoobysi]

10 hours ago, GokouD said:

I've had this happen a lot lately, most nights I turn it on and the screen is just black and I have to hard reset it. I guess it's been happening more since I got Golf Story, but I doubt it's the cause. Hopefully it's a firmware bug they'll patch.

 

*Edit* Actually now that I think about it, I may not have been closing Golf Story after quitting back to the menu...Need to test it later.

 

I think it must be firmware, I don’t have Golf Story and haven’t left anything suspended and still had to hard reset a couple of times this week.

[Nespresso]

40 minutes ago, scottcr said:

I love my PS4... but I haven’t bought a bit game for it now in months. The switch pretty much does everything I want in a console. 

 

I could get Wolfenstein on my PS4... but I’ll play it more on Switch*

*sometime in 2018.

[SimonC]

8 hours ago, Doctor Shark said:

The Switch catalogue is an embarrassment of riches. There is loads on there I'd never even consider, let alone play, but the fact they're available and, presumably, of interest to someone, is fantastic. 

 

An "embarrassment of riches" is just a tad excessive. Sure, the switch has some good games but a bunch of indie games already available on other platforms doesn't make it fantastic. By your logic, the platform with the most games is the best one.  That's not the switch

[Stanley]

It depends on your angle. A bunch of indie games already available on other platforms but that you'd rather play on Switch makes Switch the more desirable option. 

 

A bunch of multiplatform titles already available on other platforms, that probably run better too, but you'd rather play on Switch, makes Switch the more desirable option. 

 

A bunch of AAA exclusives including the best game of all time (tm) and the forthcoming next best game of all time (tm) makes Switch the more desirable option.

 

Switch is the best console.

 

See

[simms]

Does Stardew Valley use the touch screen?

[Quest]

Nope.

[NickC]

Well for me I've not really had the chance to play those Indy games before. I use a standard laptop for work and my PS4 is stuck to a TV I share with my family. I am also too busy to sit in the same place and game for hours. But I travel a lot and can play my Switch whilst others are using the TV. So Nintendo have built something that allows me to experience these things properly for the first time.

 

I bought Binding of Isaac on my laptop last week, it was cheap but I haven't had much of a chance to play it yet. What's the point in buying something if you can't play it? Stupid me. 

 

So thanks Nintendo 

 

A good analogy to what they've done is Netflix. Netflix didn't create video streaming, and most of their content is available elsewhere. They are doing so well because they looked at how people want to consume TV and movies, and they delivered. Nintendo have tried to do something similar, deliver to their audience's latent needs. Increasingly people want to be able to game anywhere. For me that's more important than having format exclusive or brand new content, though obviously that's nice to have too. 

 

Now if only Nintendo would fix the damned black screen o' death and get a move on with Virtual Console 

[Not Thread Owner]

I've owned Stardew Valley on the PC for months. Years, maybe.

 

Never played it. Wanted to, but it's on the PC, so never did.

 

Pounced on the Switch version the second it hit the eShop and it's all I've played since.

[Popo]

15 hours ago, NickC said:

 

I totally understand that for a lot of folks, if not most folks, this makes sense. 

 

But the reason the Switch works for me is that I'm so busy with 2 young kids that gaming on the go has enabled me to play so many more games than I have in the last 5 years.  It's reignited my love of gaming. 

 

This, every day of the week and twice on Sundays. I think as I have mentioned before, I've been away from gaming for years now. When the Switch announcement came I immediately knew it was going to be a big deal and can say without a shred of exaggeration it has delivered on that promise and then some. 

 

The price announcement dented my enthusiasm big time. I still think it was too expensive and they should have bundled the relatively crap 1-2 Switch, emulating the success of the Wii. But it wasn't enough to keep me away. 

 

I think the comparisons to Netflix are pretty valid. Nintendo have really hit on something - a new way to play. A bit like how the Wii opened the market up by having broader appeal with simpler waggle-oriented games, I think Switch does a similar thing. It has opened up the market, just in a different way - opened it to lapsed gamers, time-poor gamers and gamers trying to juggle the demands of a family with the desire to play a game every now and then. Switch, by virtue of its form factor and it's play-anywhere, suspend and resume any time functions is a revelation. 

 

Waggle didn't go on to influence the industry much beyond the Wii (though Switch still flies the flag proudly) but it's hard to see how Sony and Microsoft can ignore what Switch is doing so right. And in that respect, Switch could also be revolutionary. Time will tell. 

[Dudley]

17 hours ago, scottcr said:

Having just finished Thimblee Weed - should I get Oxenfree?

 

I dont quite see the logical connection there but my guess is you would very much enjoy oxenfree yes.

[Not Thread Owner]

I didn't buy it on PC. Someone bought it for me.

 

I'm very grateful to them, but I struggle to play PC games. I have to boot into Windows, update Steam, update Windows, update my virus killer, potentially update my graphics drivers and the game itself, reboot then potentially do *more* updates. Then I have to update my Steam Link.

 

Finally, I can play. Or, I can just pick my Switch up.

[Nespresso]

7 minutes ago, deKay said:

I didn't buy it on PC. Someone bought it for me.

 

I'm very grateful to them, but I struggle to play PC games. I have to boot into Windows, update Steam, update Windows, update my virus killer, potentially update my graphics drivers and the game itself, reboot then potentially do *more* updates. Then I have to update my Steam Link.

 

Finally, I can play. Or, I can just pick my Switch up.

That's not how computers work. 

 

(you're thinking of PS4) 

[Stanley]

1 hour ago, clippa said:

Are we just still in the new console honeymoon period? Will that die down eventually? I mean I see people talking about ports of indie games and then going "nintendo " as if they had anything to do with it. It's very strange.

Well they have something to do with it in as much as they've created a new way of interacting with a console that we've not experienced before. The USP in this case is the hardware itself. 

 

For years now we've got used to consoles basically just becoming the same as PC's. They're just black boxes that sit under the TV. 

 

Nintendo tried something similar with Wii U, but it had serious limitations, so it wasn't that the games were bad or anything.

 

So yeah people are excited for the hardware itself because it's allowing them to do things they couldn't before.

 

Switch 

[Not Thread Owner]

1 minute ago, VN1X said:

That's not how computers work. 

 

(you're thinking of PS4) 

 

It is when you have a Mac and only boot into Windows to play games. Unless I do it daily there are always updates to install. If you don't install them, they have a tendency to kick in mid game and boot the Steam Link out.

[SimonC]

8 hours ago, Stanley said:

It depends on your angle. A bunch of indie games already available on other platforms but that you'd rather play on Switch makes Switch the more desirable option. 

 

A bunch of multiplatform titles already available on other platforms, that probably run better too, but you'd rather play on Switch, makes Switch the more desirable option. 

 

A bunch of AAA exclusives including the best game of all time (tm) and the forthcoming next best game of all time (tm) makes Switch the more desirable option.

 

Switch is the best console.

 

See

 

It does indeed depend on your angle and I totally understand why a lot of you think it's the best thing ever. I drive to work and don't live with a family that hog the TV (used to so I know the pain of you TV starved people) so the tablet mode just isn't something I use much. I've had my switch 3 weeks and I think I've used it in tablet mode for about 2 hours. So for me it's probably not the more desirable option. I have no regrets about buying one as Zelda is fantastic and I'm really looking forward to Mario. But if I could have just one console it wouldn't be the switch. But then I tend to prefer multiplayer games as gaming is a social thing for me and the switch isn't great for that.

[Paulando]

Sitting at a desk playing Stardew Valley? Nah mate. Even on PS4 connected to the TV, the ritual of switching everything on was too much of a barrier for me. I like to press a button to switch it on, play it for 5 minutes, play for an hour, play for another 10 minutes. Only the Switch can give me that.