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As the day of the Nintendo Switch conference and hands-on impressions draws to a close and the beans have been thoroughly spilled, we want to ask you - what do you think?

What are your impressions on the overall unveiling of the Switch given the pricing, games and hardware capabilities? Will you be Switching? Perhaps you've already pre-ordered one.

Vote in the poll and let us know! And be sure to share your comments in the thread below.

 

[KingVamp]

As long as it can play most games well, I don't really care about the specifics. 1080p 60fps is nice, but not the end of the world without it.

 

[DHall243]

I have one on preorder, Just wish they would have had more titles at launch. Kinda makes me mad that BOTW is only gonna be 900P.

 

[Deleted User]

As long as it can play most games well, I don't really care about the specifics. 1080p 60fps is nice, but not the end of the world without it.

Yeah, specs on a console really don't matter for me. Every game will work with it

 

[Xzi]

I have one on preorder, Just wish they would have had more titles at launch. Kinda makes me mad that BOTW is only gonna be 900P.

I'd note that XB1 runs a lot of open world games at 900p. IMO you'd have to be crazy not to be blown away by that BotW trailer regardless. This is a game world twice the overall size of Skyrim's.

 

[Deleted User]

This is a game world twice the overall size of Skyrim's.

Eh, that just means more empty space

 

[Xzi]

Eh, that just means more empty space

I doubt it, they seemed to have broken things up into regions (in typical Zelda fashion) and done it well. From what we've seen this world seems to encompass just about every Zelda timeline in some way, and then has it's own set of intricacies as well. It'll sell systems, before and after the reviews come in.

 

[Deleted User]

I doubt it, they seemed to have broken things up into regions (in typical Zelda fashion) and done it well. From what we've seen this world seems to encompass just about every Zelda timeline in some way, and then have it's own set of intricacies as well. It'll sell systems, before and after the reviews come in.

Ah well that sounds neat. We will just have to see

 

[KingVamp]

I think they should have kept it as a regular D-Pad, even if it would feel a bit weird to use it as 4 buttons.

 

[AlexanderLS]

Eh, that just means more empty space

The cartoon style means lower poly count and lower resolution textures, it makes the game both smaller and easier to render on the crap hardware that the switch will ship with.

EDIT: Also easier to produce. 3D rendering can take a really long time with high poly counts but choosing a cartoon style like breath of the wild can more than half the time.

 

[DHall243]

The cartoon style means lower poly count and lower resolution textures, it makes the game both smaller and easier to render on the crap hardware that the switch will ship with.

Exactly the game is only 13GBs compared to skyrim on XB1 at 22gb

 

[AlexanderLS]

Exactly the game is only 13GBs compared to skyrim on XB1 at 22gb

Both of those are nothing compared to the 50GiB+ that PC users have been getting lately.

 

[Xzi]

The cartoon style means lower poly count and lower resolution textures, it makes the game both smaller and easier to render on the crap hardware that the switch will ship with.

It's within range of 1TFlop, good enough for most XB1 ports. Final touches haven't even been put on Switch version yet. Considering the additional use cases and technology that has gone into Switch, I find it a much better value than the base revision PS4/XB1 at this point. Pro/Scorpio have to worry about competing for value against PC, and they lose that battle.

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Both of those are nothing compared to the 50GiB+ that PC users have been getting lately.

That's completely uncompressed, though, and PS4/XB1 are never going to use all those uncompressed textures, so it's easy to cut down for consoles.

 

[AlexanderLS]

It's within range of 1TFlop, good enough for most XB1 ports. Final touches haven't even been put on Switch version yet. Considering the additional use cases and technology that has gone into Switch, I find it a much better value than the base revision PS4/XB1 at this point. Pro/Scorpio have to worry about competing for value against PC, and they lose that battle.

I'm a PC gamer primarily, but with the 3ds they had a gimmick that drew my attention.
The ability to have glasses less 3d is amazing.
With the switch it has nothing worthwhile from my perspective.
I may consider it a few years from now if the homebrew/piracy scene really develop. It might have 3-5 games that I'd want to play and then it's just worthless to me.
Zelda, and Mario are the only exclusives I'm even a little interested in but I'm nearly 30 years old, I can wait.

 

[Xzi]

I'm a PC gamer primarily, but with the 3ds they had a gimmick that drew my attention.
The ability to have glasses less 3d is amazing.
With the switch it has nothing worthwhile from my perspective.

It's an Nvidia-created hybrid console with Nintendo games and a better outlook for third-party support. It utilizes multiple APIs, and it's a vastly superior portable compared to 3DS graphically. Wouldn't you like to play a much better-looking Pokemon with FPS in the double digits? I sure would.

 

[AlexanderLS]

It's an Nvidia-created hybrid console with Nintendo games and a better outlook for third-party support. It utilizes multiple APIs, and it's a vastly superior portable compared to 3DS graphically. Wouldn't you like to play a much better-looking Pokemon with FPS in the double digits? I sure would.

Not really, I liked Pokemon when I was younger, I just don't like it that much anymore.
Starcraft, pokemon, and mmorpgs all things I liked as a kid that I find boring now.

Being a person who strongly despises walled garden platforms, I've very little interest in supporting them. I'd never buy an apple product for this reason.

 

[DHall243]

Both of those are nothing compared to the 50GiB+ that PC users have been getting lately.

I know, Im a PC user lol

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Not really, I liked Pokemon when I was younger, I just don't like it that much anymore.
Starcraft, pokemon, and mmorpgs all things I liked as a kid that I find boring now.

Sun and moon was horrible, play ORAS or XY

 

[Xzi]

Not really, I liked Pokemon when I was younger, I just don't like it that much anymore.
Starcraft, pokemon, and mmorpgs all things I liked as a kid that I find boring now.

To each their own. Ofc this also means a great-looking Zelda/Mario/Metroid/Smash/etc. As well as Bethesda games and a better development environment for third-party devs.

 

[AlexanderLS]

Nintendo is doing there best to take steps backwards.
Paid online is a huge step back.
Walled garden systems will eventually be no more than a note in history.
I see a future where corporate greed has been snuffed out by open source community.

To each their own. Ofc this also means a great-looking Zelda/Mario/Metroid/Smash/etc. As well as Bethesda games and a better development environment for third-party devs.

Zelda and Mario being the only IPs I've any interest in from Nintendo.
Those two IPs don't merit the cost of this overpriced/locked down/walled garden tablet.
Then there is the incredibly weak launch window game lineup.
Many of which are not even good games.
You buy a console to play the games, Nintendo is not putting out enough launch window games for any sane person to buy there pos tablet.

 

[Xzi]

Nintendo is doing there best to take steps backwards.
Paid online is a huge step back.
Walled garden systems will eventually be no more than a note in history.
I see a future where corporate greed has been snuffed out by open source community.

Jesus man you aren't bringing down the Illuminati by refusing to pay for games that you enjoy playing. I'm not opposed to piracy on occasion myself, but let's take it down a notch. If you don't enjoy playing those games, just don't buy the system.

 

[Jonna]

If you don't enjoy playing those games, just don't buy the system.

I don't think that's an issue for him.