You know what they say: never buy a console out of launch. But some of us just can't resist, right? Screw it I'm getting one... wait! maybe not.



This video provides visual proof of a variety of problems people are having across the globe. We hope these early adopters will be able to get their consoles replaced or fixed quick!

Also, not visible in the video: 1.99 million other consoles working normally

 

[linuxares]

This... fuck. This is the end of Nintendo. All we had was perfection, consistency. And now...

Delicious cartridges!

 

[Luckkill4u]

My friends Switch was borked after a few hours of playing. Graphical artifacts everywhere either in menu or in game. Went back to Best Buy and got his money back luckily! We had a conversation about how waiting for the "New" Switch is probably a safer purchase. I've never heard of problems with Playstation but after doing a quick search there was a 0.4% defect percentage in 2013. Most of them were very unlikely (BLOD) or fixed in a simple firmware update. The 360 had the RROD which was mostly due to overheating from playing a long time. The issue was fixed by repairing/replacing consoles and updating future revisions.

I don't know if it's just me but the Switch seems to stand out among the rest for launch problems. I don't know many people who own a Switch (well none anymore lol) so It will be really hard for me to gauge how it turns out.

 

[linuxares]

Most of them were very unlikely (BLOD) or fixed in a simple firmware update. The 360 had the RROD which was mostly due to overheating from playing a long time. The issue was fixed by repairing/replacing consoles and updating future revisions.

Sorry to say most BLOD are YLOD and is the same as as the RRoD. The soliderpoints start to flow because they get heated up. RRoD's are repairable... if they redo all the solider balls. And that is a huge problem.

 

[ProtoKun7]

I did watch this the other night and it was concerning albeit somewhat entertaining. I'm actually intrigued by the Switch and may consider one eventually even though I'm more of a PC gamer now, but even so it would be after a while to avoid this sort of thing.

Whilst it's true it doesn't affect every console, to have this volume of pretty serious complaints does raise questions.

 

[H1B1Esquire]

The 360 had the RROD which was mostly due to overheating from playing a long time. The issue was fixed by repairing/replacing consoles and updating future revisions.

Wrapping the system in a towel to melt the solder. That's the recommended fix. Other best fix: manually resetting the error codes with the 'sync' combo. That was a shady way to charge people for a cache flush.

I think Switch was rushed; Nintendo needed another year to get everything just right. If I was working for them, I would have recommended the dock have a removable insert that cleaned the screen or give people a free screen protector. Would have saved so much on resources for the long-term. But those 'normal' artifacts....and dead pixels.......

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

Whilst it's true it doesn't affect every console, to have this volume of pretty serious complaints does raise questions.

It takes more than this to take down Nintendo, but they sure as hell haven't put themselves in a good position.

 

[jefffisher]

i will admit those joycon straps are crap and so fucking hard to get off.
but the console itself seems mostly fine a few failure's isn't bad out of the 5 people i knew including myself that bought xbox360's on launch day all 5 got the red ring.
a few gpu issues here and there is to be expected, it's happened in quite a few consoles and even desktop pc gpu's
my first nvidia shield died for no reason within 3 months i just returned it no big deal.

 

[nIxx]

 

[DiscostewSM]

It would be something if there was a 100% defect-free launch, but truth be told, there never will be for any company. Even PS4 had a similar montage made. It just seems it's worse than it really is because the folks having issues are being the more vocal about it. I've got no need to make a video about how I'm having no (major) issues with my Switch, but imagine if I and everyone else who had no issues did it....

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

Well that video makes the product seem far more promising.

 

[TheCyberQuake]

That moment when people somehow think this has only happened with the switch, when it's happened at every console launch. PS4 Day one issues for example:

 

[Kioku]

New problems erase the old. That's how it works, right?

 

[TheCyberQuake]

It would be something if there was a 100% defect-free launch, but truth be told, there never will be for any company. Even PS4 had a similar montage made. It just seems it's worse than it really is because the folks having issues are being the more vocal about it. I've got no need to make a video about how I'm having no (major) issues with my Switch, but imagine if I and everyone else who had no issues did it....

I've said it before, but the issue is with mass production. Problems that didn't exist on the beta products crop up in mass production. And nothing can really be done about it at first. No matter what, even later on in a consoles life, you may just get unlucky and get a product DOA. Even high-end PC components have the potential to arrive DOA.

 

[DeslotlCL]

That moment when people somehow think this has only happened with the switch, when it's happened at every console launch. PS4 Day one issues for example:

Yeah, this is another proof of why people shouldn't urge themselves to get a new console on day 1.

 

[Deleted User]

It would be something if there was a 100% defect-free launch, but truth be told, there never will be for any company. Even PS4 had a similar montage made. It just seems it's worse than it really is because the folks having issues are being the more vocal about it.

Exactly. Had it been any other time of the year, and most of these guys would just send their Switches back to Nintendo to get them replaced, no big deal. It's just the whole frenzy of the launch that's causing everyone to flip out over every single defect, cuz everyone has to be first to play the new Zelda (or Snipperclips, but no one cares about that).

 

[TheCyberQuake]

Yeah, this is another proof of why people shouldn't urge themselves to get a new console on day 1.

Some people are willing to pay a bit more and gamble the risk to get it day one. For others it may not be worth it. If you don't want to get it day one, don't. I'm all for people having choice

 

[DeslotlCL]

Some people are willing to pay a bit more and gamble the risk to get it day one. For others it may not be worth it. If you don't want to get it day one, don't. I'm all for people having choice

Of course, people are free to buy whatever they want whenever they want to, it's just an advice.

 

[ZoneBlaze]

The straps have a lock that'll really make it stick to your joycons. I've yet to experience any issues with my switch or joycons so maybe it's just a couple defective units. If you look at his channel he rags on a bunch of stuff, the ps4 defective on arrival is an example.

 

[Deleted User]

Never fucking buy day 1. NEVER

 

[Kioku]

Never fucking buy day 1. NEVER

The only console I've bought Day 1. No regrets as of now. Hm. Wondering if I won't see issues down the road. D: