Charging often is the expected usage of modern battery technology. E.g. smartphones. So yes, this is expected.
This is a myth based on how battery technology from the 90s worked. Please update to the present times.
If there are consumers willing to pay for it, Nintendo will milk the oportunity for sure.
Also did you think about having more than a pair of joycons, perhaps you play with your family games like ARMS, well sure you will want to have a place to charge the second set of joycons.
Horrible, the cable gets in the way all the time. It is not comfortable.
Of course I have the very first version of the Wii U pad that has an even worse battery life, so I end up doing that sometimes, but I hate it.
I never do that with my Xbox One controller, the idea of wireless controlers if to avoid using wires.
I never said charging often is the problem. I said leaving the on the charger while being fully charged is a problem and not, this is not expected, or has to do with modern battery technology. As soon as something is finished charging, you can prolong the battery life but unplugging the charger. Unless they build a really good battery life saving system that does not start recharging as soon as the battery reaches 99%, you are looking at long term batter life issues.
This is exactly what my rant is about. Nintendo milking us. I am fine with milking for the console price, but when something is obviously not included by default it is outraging. The idea that a second pair of joycons need a charger as well, makes this even bigger. Hell, we do not even have a single point of charging, let alone 2?
Playing with the cable plugged in is not ideal, but it can provide uninterrupted gaming... That is my whole point. I completely agree that the idea of wireless controllers is to avoid cables but it is good to be able to continue when you are shit out of battery.
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To be fair.. I never charge the Tablet while playing. I play... Finish my round *or admitidly if the tablet dies, put it on charge long enough to save* and then you know.. Exit the game and put the tablet on charge.
And why arn't you bitching about the Xbox 360 and Xbone controllers? They don't have rechargable batteries at all *Unless you pay extra* And are 60 fricken dollars in on itself, and it sure as hell has less tech than the Joycons or Pro Controller for the switch. Hell.. It has less tech in it than the DS3/4 does.. So why the hell do they cost 60 dollars?
Just because MS is milking the cow, does it suddenly become ok for nintendo to do the same? I never said i like the xbox controller so much, did i? Microsoft is indeed milking the cow too, BUT, if you want to ONLY buy the console and not any other accessory at all, you can plug a cable and play plugged in... Which is what i am talking about. all i am saying is, that the base Switch unit for me is missing critical functionality (personally speaking of course) by not giving you a way to play without interruptions at all. All because they did not drill a hole and put a plug.
On the other hand, think of it this way too. Microsoft gives you a battery operated controller and when you buy the play and charge kit they sell you the battery & the cable. Nintendo is selling you the battery *anyway*, they just took the ability to charge it while playing just to get more money out of pretty basic functionality. If you had to use batteries (like the wii remotes for example) i would not care a single bit. Now i do, because they are supplied with their own battery. I hope this makes sense.
At the end of the day, i do not expect Nintendo to do all the wrong moves their competitors did. I expect them to do whatever is the best right now, then excel on top of it. And we are only talking about basic accessory handling here...
