Really sad that people are interested in video game porn in the first place. Sad, sad, sad little people.
Little kids love switch (as predicted), that $300 price tag will seriously affect their core market (too much pocket money for most).
Windows 10 is the most confused UI I have ever used.
I haven't had a problem with Windows since 95, they all seemed like a natural progression until 10 (which changed everything that had become intuitive over the previous iterations).
I'd pick up the previous upgrades immediately, but 10 caused me a serious headache.
@DigitalRaptor
You aren't wrong about advertising.
I remember when the Xbox was revealed and everybody was slating it except for marketing executives.
I visited one site that had marketing men creaming their underwear about how great it was that people could sit in front of their Xbox watching adverts, clicking on a couple of buttons and having the product delivered to their door without ever leaving their sofas.
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Wii wasn't a game console, it was a novelty gimmick that played out of date video games.
If Nintendo want to be compared to Sony and Microsoft, they have to produce a comparable piece of hardware.
Currently they are a generation ahead in hardware, but half a generation behind in performance.
Kia build cars, but they are very rarely compared to Mercedes or Ferrari.
Matrick said that Xbone wasn't a game console, it was a home entertainment hub and as such would be bought by a far wider audience who wouldn't necessarily want a game console.
Day one purchase, that animation is awesome and when the tiger strikes, it's so realistic it is truly terrifying.
The other game looks amazing too.
"We see the reaction by consumers whether it's measured in Twitter trending topics or views of videos on YouTube or just the frequency with which I get called by old high school buddies that I haven't heard from in 30 years who are asking me how to get their hands on Nintendo Switch."
What utter BS.
Old school friend: "Hi Reggie, I know we haven't spoken for 30 years, but I really love the switch and want to know how to get my hands on on...
"Jesus Christ ! Nintendo getting cocky a lot. Have they learn anything from Wii U ?"
Yep, they've learned that you can still make huge profits by selling a failed system (with plastic dolls and accessories).
They also learned that they missed out on a revenue stream by not charging for an online service, their solution to charge without providing much of a service.
Whoever launched this stupidity would have been equally crucified. Will you be wearing two headphones (one for the game, one for talking to other gamers)?
They know how to fleece their fans, that has never been in doubt.
You wanted to pay to use your phone for game chat? That's what you were hoping for from your new console?
Nintendo must really want to keep hold of you. Utterly dilusional.
Really? You'll wait and see whether paying to use your own phone for game chat is a good idea?
Do you drive? If so I've got a great deal for you. I'll provide you with a 24hr taxi service, you pay me a monthly fee and you can drive your car anytime, anywhere.
Interested? (you can try it for a month if you want to "wait and see").
Nintendo have been asleep throughout the WiiU gen so people were expecting more from switch.
You'd imagine that there'd be tons of WiiU games that never got made because it sold so poorly and that those would be transferred, but that isn't the case.
The biggest difference between Switch and PS4/XB1 launches is that Nintendo was under no pressure to launch Switch until it was ready. The others had to worry about the competition stealing a march on them.
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@rjason12
Everyone who predicted it would be underpowered and overpriced with serious issues was told that they knew nothing and to "wait and see".
We waited, we saw, we were proven to be bang on with our predictions. Now we're being told to go away and keep our opinions to ourselves.
It doesn't work that way.
@fleecejohnson
So somebody who has been gaming for almost 40 years and has been dedicated to it for all that time has no right to comment on a new system because they don't like it?
Let's all live in Nintendo fairy land, where everything is perfect and if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing?
Nintendo is a video game company. Anybody who has an interest in video games has a right to comment on their latest offering even if...
They should have a better launch year than they have. They stopped supporting WiiU early to get going on switch.
The fact is Nintendo can't make enough games to support their own systems and nobody else wants to.
How is it "awesome"? Where you in awe of it when they showed it (stunned silence, weak at the knees, shaking with nervous energy)?
Awesome is so over used and hardly ever accurate.
@EddieNX
It only runs at 720p as a handheld. As a home console it runs at 1080p. You can't claim "Its handheld and can run Mario kart 8 @ 1080 60. " That is simply not true.
"If it was £199 people would say that it's to under powered that's why it's so cheap over who pay so much for not much power. "
Well it's £279 and too under powered. Making it more expensive doesn't change the specs.
Why would Nintendo have to pay them? If they were confident that the Switch will be a huge success, they would want to get in there early and establish themselves.