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Nintendo Switch (Nintendo's next console)

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  • #5432
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,247 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Iseedeadpixels wrote: »
    If you pre order online do you have to pay full whack?

    With who?


  • #5433
    TrustedApple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭TrustedApple


    Changed my pre order to Amazon fr. Zelda and my switch sent to me 310 euros.

    That's more like it to be fair.

    Being honest I don't know why people are saying this is to costly for a console I think it's cheap even if it's under powered.

    Considering a iPad is near 600 euros then you have your Samsung and iPhones that a near a grand Sim free and have no problem paying that yearly I don't mind myself.

    It's new tech you all ways pay more pay one for it. But I love my tech I have to have it all day 1


  • #5434
    Iseedeadpixels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,610 ✭✭✭Iseedeadpixels


    Deleted User wrote: »
    With who?

    Smyths?


  • #5435
    angryIreGamer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 399 ✭✭angryIreGamer


    TrustedApple wrote: »
    Changed my pre order to Amazon fr. Zelda and my switch sent to me 310 euros.

    how'd you get that? I can only see the pack for 330?


  • #5436
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,663 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    310 TrustedApple?
    It's listed as three fiddy!

    Am i missing something?


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  • #5437
    Xenji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,507 ✭✭✭✭Xenji


    Not sure if we have had any images of the game carts yet here.

    32394183142_97c7f0daab_b.jpg

    31734628893_61d49ec849_b.jpg


  • #5438
    druss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭druss


    pasta-solo wrote: »
    No odds to me either way, Im away to Belgium Friday morning, back Sunday evening. So Monday morning for me, booked the day off work, 24 hour Zelda marathon! Can't wait!

    I'm getting mine in Belgium on Friday evening. You should have had it for the flight. Ninty promised you that'd you'd be making the masses jealous by playing Skyrim on board!


  • #5439
    TrustedApple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭TrustedApple


    marcbrophy wrote: »
    310 TrustedApple?
    It's listed as three fiddy!

    Am i missing something?

    Call crop business discount I get as my company does business with them it's a benefit I get


  • #5440
    EDit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 819 ✭✭✭EDit


    Iseedeadpixels wrote: »
    Smyths?

    They take cc card details but say they won't charge card until you collect (that's pre-ordering online btw)


  • #5441
    angryIreGamer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 399 ✭✭angryIreGamer


    TrustedApple wrote: »
    Call crop business discount I get as my company does business with them it's a benefit I get

    handy that.

    I would consider for the 350 for the pack, though after shipping its 370.


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  • #5442
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,663 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    TrustedApple wrote: »
    Call crop business discount I get as my company does business with them it's a benefit I get

    Right then.
    I thought it might have been my miserable understanding of the French language.

    Never mind :D


  • #5443
    johnpatrick81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,752 ✭✭✭johnpatrick81


    TrustedApple wrote: »


    Considering a iPad is near 600 euros

    Ah now. An iPad mini which is the same size as as switch sells for around €230!


  • #5444
    magnumbud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,531 ✭✭✭magnumbud


    as far as im aware smyths continue taking preorders beyond their allocation. i think its then first come first serve from the preorder list and any remaining people are bumped to priority when its back in stock, this is based on what i heard about the nes mini so perhaps it might not be 100%


  • #5445
    angryIreGamer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 399 ✭✭angryIreGamer


    johnpatrick81 wrote: »
    Ah now. An iPad mini which is the same size as as switch sells for around €230!

    iPad mini 2 - from 309
    iPad mini 4 - from 449.


  • #5446
    EDit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 819 ✭✭✭EDit


    johnpatrick81 wrote: »
    Ah now. An iPad mini which is the same size as as switch sells for around €230!

    Where? I was looking at the iPad mini 4 recently and it's minimum €450 everywhere (and that is for the paltry 32 gb)


  • #5447
    johnpatrick81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,752 ✭✭✭johnpatrick81


    EDit wrote: »
    Where? I was looking at the iPad mini 4 recently and it's minimum €450 everywhere (and that is for the paltry 32 gb)

    Granted it's the 2 and they seem pricier than when I got mine a couple of years ago;

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-iPad-Mini-Wi-Fi-32GB-x/dp/B00GQVQ2UE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1485526067&sr=8-4&keywords=ipad+mini

    Still far far off €600!!


  • #5448
    Atari Jaguar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Atari Jaguar


    Star Lord wrote: »
    Pre-ordered mine in Gamestop Tallaght, which is in the Square, highly doubt there'll be any midnight launch there!

    I was at a few midnight launches there.


  • #5449
    mayordenis
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 9,716 Mod ✭✭✭✭mayordenis


    johnpatrick81 wrote: »
    Ah now. An iPad mini which is the same size as as switch sells for around €230!

    I can see the iPad mini 2 as between 290-330 which came out in 2013. iPad mini 3 and 4 are still 450+ (in Ireland).

    Why also are we only comparing screen size, I think it's fair to talk about the switch compared to a tablet, but price isn't only determined by screen size, I can get a Samsung tab S2 "10 which is around 500 or a Samsung S7 with a smaller screen for around 800. So I definitely don't accept the argument that we can only compare it to an item with a similar screen size.

    Now if you can show me video games that are superior running on a sub €330 handheld or portable device then I think that would be a good place to start any argument with regards the cost of the Switch.

    People (this is general not directed at you JP81) are living in cloud cuckoo land thinking that a brand new console, on day 1, given our tax rate, given the extremely low competition in the video game retail market in Ireland, given the current EUR-USD exchange rate, given that it's in the top 4 all time console release when adjusted for inflation, given the cost of a PS4, Xbox 1 or 3DS XL that you expect somehow on day 1 release for it to be cheaper than all these things.

    I'm ranting boys, I've gone off the deep end.


  • #5450
    johnpatrick81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,752 ✭✭✭johnpatrick81


    mayordenis wrote: »
    I can see the iPad mini 2 as between 290-330 which came out in 2013. iPad mini 3 and 4 are still 450+ (in Ireland).

    Why also are we only comparing screen size, I think it's fair to talk about the switch compared to a tablet, but price isn't only determined by screen size, I can get a Samsung tab S2 "10 which is around 500 or a Samsung S7 with a smaller screen for around 800. So I definitely don't accept the argument that we can only compare it to an item with a similar screen size.

    Now if you can show me video games that are superior running on a sub €330 handheld or portable device then I think that would be a good place to start any argument with regards the cost of the Switch.

    People (this is general not directed at you JP81) are living in cloud cuckoo land thinking that a brand new console, on day 1, given our tax rate, given the extremely low competition in the video game retail market in Ireland, given the current EUR-USD exchange rate, given that it's in the top 4 all time console release when adjusted for inflation, given the cost of a PS4, Xbox 1 or 3DS XL that you expect somehow on day 1 release for it to be cheaper than all these things.

    I'm ranting boys, I've gone off the deep end.

    Christ. You are ranting. I am merely pointing out the previous poster's comparison to a €600 iPad as a crazy comparison.:D

    I actually agree with you, it's chalk and cheese. Even Nintendo aren't marketing it as a tablet.

    On the subject of price I think it's actually not overtly expensive. A free copy of 1-2 Switch would have been perfect. The games and the extras are mighty pricey though.


  • #5451
    TrustedApple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭TrustedApple


    Like I one who does not care about price as all. I paid 400 euros for my PS4 day 1 and then the same for my PS4 pro I had to get it day one as wonted to get the best use out of my 4k TV.

    Like 330 Irish price is still keep for console and Handheld hybrid.

    PS Vita with a memory card was 300 euros day one 5 years ago if that gives you a idea.


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  • #5452
    Banjo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,485 ✭✭✭✭Banjo


    magnumbud wrote: »
    as far as im aware smyths continue taking preorders beyond their allocation. i think its then first come first serve from the preorder list and any remaining people are bumped to priority when its back in stock, this is based on what i heard about the nes mini so perhaps it might not be 100%

    I just asked a guy in the store that I Click-n-collect PreOrdered into. He was wearing a tie, so he must have been important.

    But not important enough to know how this is going to work. He has no idea (or more likely will not tell me) what their allocation is. He was fairly confident they could fulfill pre-orders on Day 1 till I told him there were only 2 million world wide. That prompted a bit of an aul' face rub. Anyhoo, with C&C you get a text and that means your unit is in store for collection - and at that point a reserve is put on the money on your card, released if you don't collect it.

    He would not outright confirm that if you don't get the mail/text you shouldn't show up, but he wasn't pushing the Midnight launch on me :D

    Also there's no way to pay to convert your pre-order to an in-store order, it would just be a separate back-of-the-queue pre-order.

    Hmmmm.... maybe I should just finally play Minish Cap on the day


  • #5453
    Star Lord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,120 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    Banjo wrote: »
    Hmmmm.... maybe I should just finally play Minish Cap on the day

    You should do that regardless, it's a great game!!! :D

    Might start putting money onto a card to pay for it on the day...


  • #5454
    sligeach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,294 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Xenji wrote: »
    Not sure if we have had any images of the game carts yet here.

    https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/575/32394183142_97c7f0daab_b.jpg

    https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/590/31734628893_61d49ec849_b.jpg

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=102260907&postcount=129


  • #5455
    Xenji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,507 ✭✭✭✭Xenji


    I was thinking you had it up, but was not going through 50 odd pages.


  • #5456
    Ace Attorney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭Ace Attorney


    Smyths sligo for me too, might bring the mario kart 8 sound track with me and belt out the starman theme all the way up the dual carriage way!


  • #5457
    Corholio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,014 ✭✭✭✭Corholio


    Official Switch specifications released by Nintendo

    https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Nintendo-Switch/Specifications/Specifications-1176277.html#1

    Most of it is known but noteworthy things are:

    - Using SDXC cards will require an online update
    - Switch battery can last for more than 6 hours
    - Headphone jack is also a mic jack.
    - It weighs 297g on it's own, 398g with Joy-Cons attached.
    - Charging time is approx 3 hours in Sleep mode.
    - You can 'manage friends' from the system itself, whatever that entails. It states "From the HOME Menu, you can start games and select game settings. In addition to managing friends and user accounts, you can also change your system settings here"


  • #5458
    LilRedDorcha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭LilRedDorcha


    Gamestop Dundrum. Only pre ordered on the 18th so I'm hoping I'm still good to get it on launch day (I know they said any ordered after the 18th aren't guaranteed, but I have trust issues :pac: ). Doubtful of a midnight launch there, but I'm happy enough to wait until the day of to play it :D


  • #5459
    Ace Attorney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭Ace Attorney


    Corholio wrote: »
    Official Switch specifications released by Nintendo

    https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Nintendo-Switch/Specifications/Specifications-1176277.html#1

    Most of it is known but noteworthy things are:

    - Using SDXC cards will require an online update
    - Switch battery can last for ]morethan 6 hours
    - Headphone jack is also a mic jack.
    - It weighs 297g on it's own, 398g with Joy-Cons attached.
    - Charging time is approx 3 hours in Sleep mode.
    - You can 'manage friends' from the system itself, whatever that entails. It states "From the HOME Menu, you can start games and select game settings. In addition to managing friends and user accounts, you can also change your system settings here"


    This is a good indication that we wont have to talk through the nintendo app on your smartphone to voice chat, i hope anyway


  • #5460
    sligeach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,294 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Gamestop on Henry Street though at this point I'm fairly sure I'm going to skip it for a good while. I don't like its price, its weak specs as a console, what I've heard so far about online, expensive accessories and no real compelling game until Super Mario Odyssey. I've Zelda pre ordered for Wii U. First Nintendo home console missed since all the way back from the SNES on. It will be strange.


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  • #5461
    Banjo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,485 ✭✭✭✭Banjo


    You know what's going to happen next. You'll just go along for the craic. And it'll be magic, and you'll get caught up in the moment - you'll buy one anyway. Then you'll need to sell it on, but you need to compensate yourself for petrol money, so you'll mark up the price. Then someone will over you 50 quid over your already inflated price, and you'll take it, and then you my friend will be a scalper. A god damned scalper!

    There's only one thing you can do to save yourself.

    Buy one at launch and open the box immediately so it's no longer resalable as new.


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