Nintendo Switch (Nintendo's next console)

Josey Wales wrote: »

Anyone know if Gamestop are doing a midnight opening?

I ordered in Swords myself so I'm not sure if that would open at midnight as it is based in a shopping centre.

Swords isn't doing one.

sligeach quoting some website wrote: »

Returning to the storage issue, unless you plan on never downloading any games for the Switch and are only using game cards, buying a microSDXC card is going to be an essential purchase. Right now, you can get 64GB cards for very reasonable prices (less than $30) but if you want a big storage boost, expect the cost to jump into the hundreds of dollars. Although Nintendo has stated that the Switch supports up to 2TB microSDXC cards, they aren’t on the market yet and the largest available card right now gives you 256GB of storage, but with a price upwards of $150.

A 128gb Micro SD is $40, but nope, let's not look at the fact that 256gb cards are insanely overpriced in comparison to other storage sizes, we're going to purposely quote the mad expensive ones. Completely ignoring the fact that you can double the storage they quoted for $10 more.

Jesus like, every other point he makes in sound, most of your own complaints come down to personal preferences, but some of this stuff is ridiculous.

Josey Wales wrote: »

Anyone know if Gamestop are doing a midnight opening?

I ordered in Swords myself so I'm not sure if that would open at midnight as it is based in a shopping centre.

Some of them are, but not many.

These stores, according to an email they sent recently

Henry St
Patrick St
Waterford
Galway
Dundrum
William St
Wexford
Drogheda

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Honestly Sligeach, if you set out to find articles on how expensive the Switch is you'll find it, and vice versa.
Truth is, as an initial outlay, all you need is a Switch starter set for €330 and a copy of Zelda BotW.
Nothing else is required, as an initial outlay.
A pro controller might seem "essential" but without trying the standard pad it's impossible to say, so it's not necessary.
If you want to spend your time and money downloading then your games then you'll need an expansion via SD but you don't have to jump for the priciest biggest card.
Heck, you can just pick up a cheap 64 GB to start with and expand later to a bigger one.

I will agree that the Pro Controller has no business being as expensive as it is and I'm hoping the 3rd party manufacturers will bring alternatives to market that will be a lot cheaper.

I didn't set out to find anything. Checked the latest news and that was right there at the top of the page. I knew someone would bite. Posted a positive article yesterday evening, nobody had anything to say, post a negative article and people just can't let it be. They have to find fault with it.


The Joy-cons don't have a proper d-pad, so it will be essential for certain games. And the Pro Controller looks more comfortable. Another thing, which I haven't heard anyone talk about is what's the HD rumble like when the Joy-cons are in the grip? Surely the HD Rumble is nerfed?


Buying a 64GB Micro SD memory card and then a larger one at a future date works out more expensive. The amount of different kinds and sizes of memory cards I have sitting around me here is unreal. When I buy a card, I'll buy one large card, no need for swapping then either. They'll be cheaper when I buy the Switch eventually, hopefully. Bought a 250GB HDD for the Wii U way back when. Sorted, don't need to worry about running out of space, even if I have it half-full now. I cursed Nintendo about that too at the time.

Edit:

sligeach wrote: »

5 Reasons Why the Nintendo Switch Might Actually be Genius

http://www.glixel.com/news/lists/5-reasons-why-the-nintendo-switch-might-actually-be-genius-w467770

Although the tone of that article was clearly someone being negative or the sake of being negative, I have to agree that the extra joy-con sets are IMO expensive. I remember when I first got the Wii having to fork out for extra remotes so the whole family could play Wii Sports. At their current price point*, I don't see myself doing the same with the Switch, which is a shame.

*i accept there is a possibility that the price will come down over time

Bit sh!t that they've put the ones that were meant to be for walk-ins on pre-order instead.

Star Lord wrote: »

Bit sh!t that they've put the ones that were meant to be for walk-ins on pre-order instead.

It's a bit silly considering I very much doubt every Switch that was preordered will be collected on Day 1 or 2. I also would have thought that it would be smart business practice to keep half a dozen or so consoles for the non preorderers but this is GS we are talking about.

sligeach wrote: »

That's not fair. That's just how it worked out there. Sometimes I'm busy and can't post it all or it may be too long or it's late and I'm tired. There was that one I posted a few days ago where it was so long and full of images the site asked me if I was a robot. Maybe it's a safeguard against spamming. I've embedded many full positive articles here before. That last article was easy, it was just a bolded headline with a relatively short body of text.

Fair enough, for the second time, I apologize for being bitchy towards you. The last line was uncalled for.

I don't have a problem with anything you post, it's not my place to tell you anyways. When you said people can't resist jumping on the negatives, my first thought was that you're, not quite shoving them down our throats but they seem to be more 'accessible' going through the thread. As you say, it's how it worked out but that was obviously the comparison that would have leapt out at me.

You've quoted me, so there's no point editing.

Anyways, I try not to have a go and keep it objective but it was too contradictory to stay quiet, for me anyways.

You're looking for a way to justify a launch Switch to yourself aren't you? There's no way you'd keep up so up to date if you were set on waiting a year to buy.

sligeach wrote: »

Remember too that Gamestop said that you need to pre order any games that you want from them on launch day as they won't have games on the shelves. Sounds strange.

weird