Nintendo Switch (Nintendo's next console)

Josey Wales wrote: »

I haven't been following the thread the last few days but there seemed to be some confusion over Gamestop asking people for more money for their pre-order. I called into the Gamestop store where I pre-ordered prior to the Switch reveal. I asked if I had to increase my deposit from €20 to €50.

The woman working there explained that that was all a misunderstanding. The Gamestop staff were given a new directive to take a minimum of €50 for Switch deposits. Some staff thought they then had to go and get additional money from existing customers with pre-orders and a deposit below €50. Apparently, that was never the case and was simply a badly communicated policy change. Anyone with a pre-order taken out before the pricing change is fine and no additional payment is required until collection of the Switch.

Funnily enough I was told something different. I was told the day after the Nintendo reveal that Gamestop HQ got on to all stores and told them all pre-orders had to be minimum €50, even ones that had already been put down and that customers would have to top up to €50 of they had not already done so, or risk place in line of pre-orders. It's good to hear that they might not all be doing this though, however I still wouldn't be taking a risk.

angryIreGamer wrote: »

Given those trade in prices, why would I trade in? I hadn't seen that page, thanks for adding it

Indeed you'd have to be nuts

764dak wrote: »

Nintendo should follow Sega by only making software.

That's exactly what will happen. It's just a matter of time.

It's the smartest play Nintendo can make but they will be very stubborn and hold out until they absolutely have to do it.

Anyway, ignoring the stupid people.

Those trade in prices are very bad. I'd have thought a Wii U would be worth more.

Plenty of us 'fanboys' have been extremely critical of Nintendo, and the switch, and the presentation last week, and whatever. Nintendo are nintendo, they're not perfect and they're terrible at communication and scarcity of stuff and keeping game prices high and a lot of other stuff I'm not happy with them about.

But when people come in and make endlessly negative posts that don't contribute to the discussion beyond trying to look edgy, it does annoy me a tad. Sligeach is very negative about Nintendo sometimes, but he still contributes to the discussion and is fair about it. Popping in to say 'of course they'll go third party cos triggered' is just stupid.



Anyway. Zelda and Horizon Zero Dawn are out on the same week, 2 days apart. Sorry Horizon Zero Dawn, good opppourtunity to wait for it to drop in price.

And not to mention, Sega never had that mysterious QOL platform up its sleeve for a rainy day!

I've cancelled my preorder and instead ordered BotW for the Wii U from Amazon with £10 off.
I just can't justify the Switch at present. It's a let down for me somewhat. I don't want a hand-held. I play at home not on a train. Why couldn't they launch this under the DS/Gameboy hand-held brand and gives us an actual dedicated home console. I don't want a compromise.

I was hoping for something beefier or with more games at launch. So instead I'll wait and pick it up at a later stage when decent offers arrive.

I always buy consoles at launch so this will be hard to hold off from. Need to stay strong and avoid retailer's on launch day because I know I'll cave if I see one there available.

sligeach wrote: »

Don't get me wrong. They're absolutely nowhere near like SEGA and some of the comments here in that regard have been nonsense. But I do wonder if the Switch fails, will they release more hardware? Kinda like throwing good money after bad. I have to say I'm very disappointed with the Switch. I don't care for portability. I'm a home console gamer and this is barely a step up from Wii U. Nintendo have annoyed the hell out of me over the last number of years. I know I'm not alone in feeling that way. They make so many bad decisions. The list is honestly nearly endless.


We've had to wait ages for Zelda on Wii U because of Switch. We don't get a Special Edition. Gamepad functionality was removed because of Switch.


Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is barely an upgrade. A proper Battle Mode? That should have been on Wii U. It so easily could have been. The graphics to me don't look any better, maybe they are slightly but I don't see it. I play MK8 every week. Have a session with lads from another forum. I've put hundreds and hundreds of hours into it. I'm expected to spend another €60 on a minimal port?


There's so much about the Switch hardware that I don't like. Crazy expensive accessories, poor launch. Where are the Western developers? Where's the really big third party games? The online? Nintendo are mad. They've no history of doing online well and they now want to charge us for it? Or how about giving us a NES/SNES rom for a month only to take it back if we don't pay for it.


The NES Classic Mini. What a disaster that was. I don't think anything has infuriated me as much in a long time. Cancelled pre order from their official partner, Zavvi. The crowd who run their UK Nintendo store. Then another cancelled order from the UK Nintendo Store. No sign of a restock. Nintendo have said nothing about it or when it'll be back in stock in Europe.


The Wii U? How long have you got?


And I'm sure there will be more soon. I'm waiting for them to say they're shutting down the Wii U online servers, maybe by the end of the year, if we're lucky.

I haven't been massively impressed by the switch and I think Nintendo as a home console developer could be in trouble if the switch goes the way of the WiiU.
In my opinion the main issue with the WiiU was no marketing with talking about and consumers hadn't a clue what it was about.
Sure the harcore Nintendo fans knew all about but that's because they were actively looking for info. Everyone else was left in the dark. There people who bought the Wii that still think the WiiU is an add-on.

While the accessories seem to be overpriced for the Switch, those prices will likely drop q bit yet.
There's over 80 games in development for the Switch apparently. While there hasn't been enough info (again Nintendo falling down here) about the online side, it could still turn out ok.

I'm of the mind that the switch hasn't been as an exciting a reveal because our imaginations ran away with us but Nintedno still have time to blow us away.
Obviously some of us who have fully supported the WiiU will feel disappointed in the switch because so far it's catering for people who never really got a WiiU. Ports of Splatoon and MK8 will be an amazing line up for anyone who has t played them.
Could you imagine coming to the switch having never played a WiiU. Mario Kart 8 with a battle mode and hopefully a better online experience with splatoon. I'd say it would be amazing. And don't forget Zelda.

The WiiU owes us nothing. There was some excellent games in it and the fact you're getting 100s of hours out of MK8 speaks volumes for the console.
I paid less than €300 for it with some games. I've put over 100 hours into Mario Maker, Mario Kart, Smash Bros and a good 30-50 hours into other titles like Hyrule Warriors, xenoblade etc.
The WiiU was a sales failure and a marketing failure but as a console I don't think it was. It has too many plus points say otherwise.

And even if the switch does fail like the WiiU, Nintendo still have that massive handheld market to cater for. While its shrinking, it's still there and I think Mobil games like Pokemon go can help grow their handheld dept.

There's a pretty good argument for not buying the Switch at launch, in fairness. Early adopters are generally the 'hardcore' fans so to speak, so you expect to be slightly burnt over time, it happens with any product. Wish I'd waited for the PS4 a few months even, maybe till bloodborne, rather than wrecking myself getting one for launch. And 3DS ambassador program set a precedent for such things with Nintendo.

But I'm still excited for it

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Anyway, ignoring the stupid people.

Those trade in prices are very bad. I'd have thought a Wii U would be worth more.

agree, but Nintendo stuff usually keeps its value

I reckon a year from now you could fetch a decent price for a wiiU

Also in GameStop a lot of Nintendo games still seem to have comparatively good trade in value

The problem is there's a few who's default posting starting position is negative and they'll automatically jump on anything that follows this train of thought. Nothing at all wrong with criticism but when it's absolutely clear as day that the preferred posting stance is to be negative is when criticism gets silly, and then comes the 'but we can criticise if we want to' stuff. I'd much rather to be seen as overly positive than to be overly negative, what's the point in being miserable about something as a pastime? especially when it's something you may possibly buy anyway, which is in itself hypocritical. I've been critical of the Switch but there's a lot I'm looking forward to as well, there's just some that have the criticism and stop there.