Nintendo Switch review: pure potential

Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential by nilkn on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @01:47PM (#13766880)

The Switch is basically a high-powered tablet with proper gaming controls. I'd love it if it could actually replace "real" tablets. As it is, we're going to have two separate classes of tablets: those that are actually good at gaming (Switch), and those that are good at everything else (iPad, etc.).

That said, it's easy to see why Nintendo's focusing on gaming: it's their core competency, nobody else in the tablet space does serious non-casual gaming well, and it would be a tremendous undertaking to make the Switch into a real iPad competitor.

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Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential by throwaway91111 on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @02:36PM (#13767426)

I already have a tablet. I certainly don't want to browse anything with shitty Nintendo software. They should focus on games.

Hell, this is the best sign yet that the switch will have SOME value beyond "you can play the latest Mario here"

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Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential by flycaliguy on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @05:42PM (#13769296)

Can I just say that the Wii U browser wasn't a "power user" browser or anything, but was totally charming and fun. I loved it.

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Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @03:49PM (#13768137)

Do you really want to carry both an iPad and a switch in your bag, though?

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Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential by hug on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @05:16PM (#13769071)

I would much rather carry a Switch and an iPad rather than something that amounts to an iPad with awful tacked on gaming controls, with the kind of games the iPad is known for.

Multipurpose portable utility computing platforms are all well and good, but in a general sense are a jack of all trades and master of none.

I prefer to read on a kindle. I prefer to type on a laptop. I prefer to watch movies on an iPad. I carry my DS in case I want to game. I also carry a DSLR in case I feel like taking photos.

I can guarantee I get more work done on my laptop on the train than the guy with his iPad, and I take better photos than the guy with his phone out. I like to think I enjoy the gaming I do on the train more than the people playing bejewelled to pass time.

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Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential by seanmcdirmid on Thursday March 02, 2017 @04:03PM (#13778190)

Hmmm, do you have to walk or bike to the train? If you carry that much stuff around, I guess a car would be better. I've been simplifying what I carry around, I can read better on an iPad anyways.

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Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential by hug on Friday March 03, 2017 @10:33PM (#13789051)

Late response, but I walk. It's roughly a 10 minute walk from my house to the train station.

I've not weighed my bag, but it usually contains:

* 6D DSLR body, 20mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.4 85mm f/1.4. (About 4KG total of lens & camera.)

* Xiaomi Notebook Air 13" (About 1.2 KG.)

* iPad Pro 9.7.

* Kobo H2O.

* Nintendo DS.

And other sundries: A couple moleskines and pens, a leatherman, headphones, a 20k mAh USB battery pack and lightning cable.

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Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential by throwaway91111 on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @08:50PM (#13770699)

I mean, do you really want to wear pants AND a shirt?

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Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential by seanmcdirmid on Thursday March 02, 2017 @04:01PM (#13778167)

Yes, I need both of those. When I'm commuting, I don't want to carry both a tablet and a game console. I'll choose one that can do what I need (so in this case, an iPad).

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