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Nintendo Switch Lite announced at $199, launches September 20th, "dedicated handheld" (smaller, has D-Pad, has gyro, no HD Rumble, no dock/TV output)
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(flashback to me playing Metal Gear Solid for the first time on my Vita during a snowbound power outage, low-brightness, for 8.5 straight hours)
(wistfully) There was one time... one, wonderful time...
Love this. Give me the yellow one. Stick it in my veins.
Bbbbbbut what about the family gamers???!!
Bbbbbbut what about the family gamers???!!
All this announcement does is make me more annoyed that there's no D-Pad joycon with HD rumble. Thats literally all I want to actually feel comfortable playing the switch in handheld mode.
Can you have your digital library working on two Switch units at the same time, currently? I don't think you can.
Looks cool enough and the price point makes it easy enough to jump in. I understand why they made it "undockable" but it's a bummer, I might consider it if it was so my fiancé would have her own system too. At that price it's a pretty reasonable entry point otherwise. Oh, and finally a decent D-pad.
I mean, there's zero reason to own this if you already have one.
Umm no, it's not. They will both continue to be sold. When the PS4 Pro released it was not the de facto PS4. When the Xbox One X released it was not the de facto Xbox One.
i think at this point it's safe to say that nintendo feel comfortable and secure enough in their success to drift almost entirely from the fundamental basis of the name of the switch - ie playing docked or undocked, even sharing.
this will do extremely well, but honestly shouldn't be rewarded. 150 bucks max and it might be worth discussing, but yeah this kinda sucks. i'm glad i didn't wait this out and got my switch a while ago - at the time after all the rumours i thought i might wait for a 1.5 gen refresh, but seems that's a ways off still.
this will do extremely well, but honestly shouldn't be rewarded. 150 bucks max and it might be worth discussing, but yeah this kinda sucks. i'm glad i didn't wait this out and got my switch a while ago - at the time after all the rumours i thought i might wait for a 1.5 gen refresh, but seems that's a ways off still.
No the reason it can't dock (like, not even without an extra accessory not included in the price) is going to be one of two things - either it can't sustain the higher clockspeeds at all for thermal reasons, or they just chose to not let it for product differentiation.
I'm baffled that people are defending the lack of TV output by arguing that Nintendo needs a reason to keep selling the original model. Why would you expect such a feature when you could just buy two consoles instead?! It's such a pro-corporate and anti-consumer thing to argue. Wanting to have TV out on a smaller model is not some kind of unreasonable, outlandish desire.
The fact that such a dock wouldn't be included in the package and there are also no wireless joycons is more than enough to make up the cost difference, especially if the original model were to get a modest price drop, which it seems like a good time for.
The fact that such a dock wouldn't be included in the package and there are also no wireless joycons is more than enough to make up the cost difference, especially if the original model were to get a modest price drop, which it seems like a good time for.
Its like when the Nvidia super cards got announced, and all "tech" people could talk about is how bad the naming is, since the cards are actually great.
Gotta get that negativity from somewhere.
If the device itself is good, just complain about the name.
Yellow looks great. The reduced weight and size and improved battery life make it seem like a fucking great portable. That price is spot on to kill the holiday season.
I prefer to play tabletop so it's probably not for me but I bought like six 3DSes so who am I kidding, I'll probably get one anyway.
I prefer to play tabletop so it's probably not for me but I bought like six 3DSes so who am I kidding, I'll probably get one anyway.
I don't know why you would ever have expectations of liking anything
Those colors...
Those weren't named Switch. Guess the Not-Switch is good for the kids they're targeting.
Looks great in concept but I've already expressed my #1 concern: the analog drifting issue.
Whereas with the detachable Joy-cons one could buy replacements on the cheap on Amazon, or ship them back to Nintendo to get them fixed/replaced while keeping the Screen/Console at home, you would now be looking at an unplayable console that drifts and all you can do is take the whole thing apart, potentially damaging the unit, or shipping the whole thing back to Nintendo which has other implications, such as having to get a replacement without your saves, not to mention you wouldn't have a console to play on for a while.
Whereas with the detachable Joy-cons one could buy replacements on the cheap on Amazon, or ship them back to Nintendo to get them fixed/replaced while keeping the Screen/Console at home, you would now be looking at an unplayable console that drifts and all you can do is take the whole thing apart, potentially damaging the unit, or shipping the whole thing back to Nintendo which has other implications, such as having to get a replacement without your saves, not to mention you wouldn't have a console to play on for a while.
Also as another 'Who is this for?' consideration:
The next big pokemon game is hitting this November. So now there's a cheaper SKU ready to hit store shelves in anticipation of that.
Wasn't the drift a result of the bluetooth connection the joycons use, and this one presumably won't?
The next big pokemon game is hitting this November. So now there's a cheaper SKU ready to hit store shelves in anticipation of that.
Wasn't the drift a result of the bluetooth connection the joycons use, and this one presumably won't?
Wouldn't a normal Switch sold without the Dock but still compatible with one cost roughtly the same?
Maybe the Pro won't get announced until closer to its launch before the holidays (allegedly).
those color choices are really bad imo lol
bBt it looks nice, pretty much exactly what everyone thought it would look like. I don't understand why they still have a bezel around the screen though...
im wondering if i should sell my base switch and pick this up instead, since I pretty only play in handheld mode anyways.
any indication of how the battery life is???
bBt it looks nice, pretty much exactly what everyone thought it would look like. I don't understand why they still have a bezel around the screen though...
im wondering if i should sell my base switch and pick this up instead, since I pretty only play in handheld mode anyways.
any indication of how the battery life is???
You'd need a controller and a charger, It makes no sense. I always thought they'd keep detachable controllers but without them it makes sense not to have TV mode.
Looks really cool, but baffled that it can't be connected to the TV. Not something for me.
Happy for those that will finally play the great Switch games.
Happy for those that will finally play the great Switch games.
With Nintendos track record or whoring out a successful platform into different variations, this isn't unexpected.
Yeah I wanted to buy one for my brother for his birthday, but I assumed it could still be docked if you bought a specific dock for it.
Yeah, you're right, a 3D-less 3DS doesn't exist. These go by a different name, 2DS.
Aka, they renamed the system when they removed the titular gimmick, doesn't matter that it's basically 1:1 with a 3DS sans 3D, it's a different system name.
It doesn't have to be dockable, but no TV-out at all is just plain dumb.
You know if the enhanced switch is still releasing this year? Was hoping they would be announced at the same time