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Looking in to buying a Nintendo Switch but is it worth it?

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Have one and love it. BotW itself was worth it but Mario Odyssey looks scrumptious.

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The best way to get a switch is probably to ask ur local places when is the switch going to be in stock and come the day they are in stock

 

 

 

 

 

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On 2017-6-19 at 9:06 PM, Shiv78 said:

Yup. Also it lagged so far behind in terms of hardware that nobody stopped to consider the insane amount of optimization Nintendo has and also their unique games.

The issue wasn't that it was a weak piece of hardware so much. There have been plenty of underpowered consoles that have sold well. The problem with the Wii U was that it lacked any clear reason to be underpowered. The PS2 had a DVD player, the Wii was cheap and had motion controls, the Switch is portable. The Wii U had a portable component that wasn't really that portable and cost about as much as the other platforms.

 

I reckon what happened with the Wii U is that Nintendo got some research that said the majority of people who played portable systems played them at home. So they went all in on the idea of a semi-portable gaming machine with HD graphics. Before they could realistically make a proper portable machine that was powerful enough to do it. And consumers got a confused message about a home console that's portable as long as you play infront of the TV its connected to.

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On 6/17/2017 at 8:24 PM, nerdslayer1 said:

i would say so, i love my switch. 

I've been looking into getting a Nintendo Switch recently but I just can't seem to push myself to pay that much for what I am getting. Even if I could get one at MSRP I think I'd still feel like I was massively over paying for a Switch. So I am not sure yet

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Looks like the Platinum games from Wii-U might be coming to the Switch. Getting Bayonetta 2 would make the Switch a pretty much must buy for me, though I'll probably wait until Christmas to see if there is a good bundle (plus I have a back catalog of PC, PS4, and PS3 games I already bought that will easily last me the year).

 

 

I really hope the Switch's strong sales can finally make Bayonetta 2 highly profitable so we can get a third game in the series.

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7 hours ago, ripper101 said:

I've been looking into getting a Nintendo Switch recently but I just can't seem to push myself to pay that much for what I am getting. Even if I could get one at MSRP I think I'd still feel like I was massively over paying for a Switch. So I am not sure yet

then don't get it, if you are wrong if you think you are "overpaying" for it, even at MSRP, the switch is a very innovative console having both TV and handheld mode, combined with that the chipset can support features like 4k Netflix( the chipset has 4k decoding) if Nintendo allows it to, Zelda breath of the wild is also one of the best games available, i have over 350 hr of it, not even close to exploring everything, switch is also getting bunch of other titles, most of the games are 60fps.on console multiplayer/ LAN multiplayer games are what makes it one of the best console in this generation. 

 

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On 6/17/2017 at 7:44 PM, Theguywhobea said:

Where can you even get one at MSRP these days?

I got myself one 3 weeks after launch for 500$ sure it's 500$ but it came with Mario cart 8, botw, botw expansion and a 128 gb micro sd card

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On 6/19/2017 at 7:56 AM, Shiv78 said:

No, the Wii U was just shit and didn't sell much. Hell, the Wii had friggin COD on it! How's that for third party support?

Wii U had no 3rd party support trust me I have one cod doesn't mean sh** for the Wii U cuz no one bought it 

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6 hours ago, Gamerguy207 said:

I got myself one 3 weeks after launch for 500$ sure it's 500$ but it came with Mario cart 8, botw, botw expansion and a 128 gb micro sd card

still a little over what you should've paid but not bad deal

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On 7/16/2017 at 10:55 AM, nerdslayer1 said:

then don't get it, if you are wrong if you think you are "overpaying" for it, even at MSRP, the switch is a very innovative console having both TV and handheld mode, combined with that the chipset can support features like 4k Netflix( the chipset has 4k decoding) if Nintendo allows it to, Zelda breath of the wild is also one of the best games available, i have over 350 hr of it, not even close to exploring everything, switch is also getting bunch of other titles, most of the games are 60fps.on console multiplayer/ LAN multiplayer games are what makes it one of the best console in this generation. 

 

botw is on pc too though via cemu

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1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

no it's not that's a very broken experience also piracy 

They've actually made a lot of progress with that emulator

You can take this for an example

 

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Just now, ripper101 said:

They've actually made a lot of progress with that emulator

 

that's not vary stable, also piracy on a such a good game is such a shame. 

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Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

that's not vary stable, also piracy on a such a good game is such a shame. 

I'm sure with how much profit they make over-pricing the Switch makes up for it. 

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Just now, ripper101 said:

over-pricing the Switch

how is the switch overpriced? it seems priced right to me, considering how much it will cost to develop a new system. 

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Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

how is the switch overpriced? it seems priced right to me, considering how much it will cost to develop a new system. 

They didn't have to develop much because most of the technology is ready there and they just implemented it differently. Imo a Switch should be 200-250 dollars, but that's just me 

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Just now, ripper101 said:

They didn't have to develop much because most of the technology is ready there and they just implemented it differently. Imo a Switch should be 200-250 dollars, but that's just me 

no, how was the technology there? this is the most powerful handheld of its time. 

1 minute ago, ripper101 said:

just implemented it differently.

so... no engineering cost? 

1 minute ago, ripper101 said:

Imo a Switch should be 200-250 dollars,

what about development cost, and engineering cost, it does cost a lot to make a handheld that's decent with detachable controllers. 

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2 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

no, how was the technology there? this is the most powerful handheld of its time. 

 

cpu/gpu from nvidia 

storage 32gb (lol)

720p touch screen (lol)

They basically just improved on the Wii U anyway (technology ready there)

Maybe in their next iteration, they can improve on the 3hr battery life and the $0.50 plastic dock

 

All-in-all you don't need to keep telling me how good it is because I know. I think the price is too high and that's just my opinion and is why I will hold off getting it until it at least drops to msrp. 

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9 minutes ago, ripper101 said:

cpu/gpu from nvidia 

 

ok..... so no modification? 

9 minutes ago, ripper101 said:

storage 32gb (lol)

 

..ok

9 minutes ago, ripper101 said:

720p touch screen (lol)

 

really good quality screen, you have owned one how would you know, thare are more than resolution to a screen. 

9 minutes ago, ripper101 said:

They basically just improved on the Wii U anyway (technology ready there)

 

 wii u was more of a prototype switch 

 

 

-257  to 260$ to make  https://www.vg247.com/2017/04/06/nintendo-switch-estimated-to-cost-257-to-manufacture/

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/04/nintendo_switch_teardown_suggests_production_cost_is_around_usd260_per_unit

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Its only worth if you like the switch exclusives. Like zelda, mk8, and xenoblade chronicles 

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On 7/17/2017 at 6:45 PM, ripper101 said:

They didn't have to develop much because most of the technology is ready there and they just implemented it differently. Imo a Switch should be 200-250 dollars, but that's just me 

They're selling out at $300. Why would Nintendo charge $200?

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Just now, SteveGrabowski0 said:

They're selling out at $300. Why would Nintendo charge $200?

the switch costs about 257 to 260$ to make, they would lose a lot of money if they sell it for 200$. 

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Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

the switch costs about 257 to 260$ to make, they would lose a lot of money if they sell it for 200$. 

Even if they cost $1 to make they're selling out at $300 though, so no reason to sell any lower. 

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Just now, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Even if they cost $1 to make they're selling out at $300 though, so no reason to sell any lower. 

.... to sell more units, Nintendo makes most of the profit from software. 

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