Nintendo Switch Main Thread

[dyne]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

Yeah but doesn't it stand to reason that if you have a smaller screen, you can have a smaller battery?

Kind of. The amount used to just power a screen with no graphics at 5" and 7" would obviously draw more power on the 7" but it's minuscule compared to a resolution difference. Usually the main draw from a battery is the amount of pixels being pushed (and cpu/gpu but we're just talking about the screen) and not the size of the screen. Think of a PC. You can have a 24" monitor that has a max res of 1920x1080. Crysis comes out and you're trying to push all settings on max at 1920x1080 and can't do it. Lower it to 640x480 and you probably could. The screen size is the same, graphics settings are the same but you need much more power for more pixels. That's why the 3DS generally has better battery life than a Vita (3-8 hours compared to 3-5). It's not just because the graphics are less or that it's two different chipsets (although that certainly does factor in). It's because one is pushing more than twice the pixels.

[paulgeneacepeter]

I could definitely see a Switch enhanced in a couple years. Smaller bezel which would make the screen bigger, slightly stronger battery, enhanced joycons (same size but maybe buttons different/ slightly larger), better screen quality (maybe oled and gorilla glass). I wouldn't want this but maybe they'll add a camera in the next version.

[dyne]

Originally Posted by paulgeneacepeter

I could definitely see a Switch enhanced in a couple years. Smaller bezel which would make the screen bigger, slightly stronger battery, enhanced joycons (same size but maybe buttons different/ slightly larger), better screen quality (maybe oled and gorilla glass). I wouldn't want this but maybe they'll add a camera in the next version.

For sure. As long as they do what MS and SONY are doing and make it forward/backward compatible I would be fine with a New Nintendo Switch down the line.

[Steedeel]

If they are serious about VR they may have to upgrade. I just want a Mario game in the style of the PS Playroom mini game. It is incredibly addictive even though it's very short.

[irighti]

I do not post, often just read/lurk. since launch day I have truly been enjoying the switch. thankfully no issues that I am aware of. I do have a question, and excuse me if it has been answered or is easily found. each time I enter the eshop I have to enter my password, I looked through settings...is there a way to disable this?

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by irighti

each time I enter the eshop I have to enter my password, I looked through settings...is there a way to disable this?

Yes. Click on your profile icon in the top left of the main screen, then go to User Settings, then Nintendo eShop Settings. It will launch the eShop and there in the right panel go down to Password-Entry Settings and change it to Skip Password. Right now you have it on Enter.

[irighti]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

Yes. Click on your profile icon in the top left of the main screen, then go to User Settings, then Nintendo eShop Settings. It will launch the eShop and there in the right panel go down to Password-Entry Settings and change it to Skip Password. Right now you have it on Enter.

thank you. greatly appreciated.

[dyne]

Good write up on the internal NAND vs SD vs carts. Main takeaways.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/di...ime-comparison

There's also the matter of the SD card speeds. The fact neither of these Sandisk SDs can overtake Switch's on-board storage suggests there's a speed cap. Also, it doesn't matter what the rated read bandwidth is on the SD package. Whether that's 80MB/s on the 16GB model, or 90MB/s on the 64GB model, it's clear Switch isn't making the most of either. As long as it's a minimum of UHS-1, you get roughly the same loading times, or even slightly better, as a much faster rated card.

Firstly, if you've already downloaded games to Switch's internal storage, right now it's impossible to transfer them directly across to a MicroSD - a big oversight on the part of Nintendo. Once you've put in a new SD card, you have to re-download all that data over again to the new destination.

Fortunately, for those already using a MicroSD card but fancy upgrading to a larger size model, we have some welcome news: there's no need to re-download everything. The good news is that you can actually transfer between your two SD cards using a PC. The game file names are presented as a long string of numbers and letters, but you can get an idea of which game is which by highlighting the folder, selecting properties and checking out the file sizes.

This way, you can just drag and drop the SD card's contents from one to the other, and all games will work on the new card - as long as you're using it on the same Switch console, of course. Also very useful is that this offers an easy way to backup all of your Switch data; SD cards are known to fail sometimes, after all.

[Scarface32]

What I hate is if there's an SD card in, games download to it. There's no prompt asking if you want it on internal storage or not. I only have a 1GB SD card for screenshots, I don't want games on it. But when I downloaded the Splatoon 2 Test Fire, it installed on the SD card. Which means when they eventually open up the Virtual Console, I'll have to remove the SD card each time I want to download a game to the internal storage. This sucks.

[Havok83]

The Switch seems like a work in progress. Hopefully Nintendo can have most of the issues people seem to be having ironed out in a timely fashion

[Oniros]

Originally Posted by Havok83

The Switch seems like a work in progress. Hopefully Nintendo can have most of the issues people seem to be having ironed out in a timely fashion

Any console is a work in progress these days for the first year or two. Both the PS4 and Xbone released in a pretty crappy state back in 2013. Only this year I've started considering buying a current gen console now that I see that there's a library and most problems have been ironed out.

[Scarface32]

Are the Nintendo Switch's Pointer Controls On Point? We Compare to the Wii! - YouTube

[dyne]

I've said it before but that guys voice is just incredibly annoying to me. It's a lisp mixed with marble mouth.

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by dyne

I've said it before but that guys voice is just incredibly annoying to me. It's a lisp mixed with marble mouth.

Agreed 100%. He sounds like a pretentious prick.

[Dynamo of Eternia]

I was at a Gamestop store earlier today. I was mainly there to pick up Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3 for Xbox One (the physical release of that on Xbone and PS4 is Gamestop exclusive).

While there, I noticed that on the shelves for the switch games and even behind the counter they had several "display only" switch game cases for the Expansion Pack for Zelda BOTW.

I asked the guy working there if the dlc code actually came in a case like that if I were to buy it there (I know that may seem odd, but there have been past instances of that sort of thing for other systems). He said that it didn't (the code just prints up on the receipt) and the boxes were just for display to advertise the pack.... but that they had so many of those display boxes that if I bought the expansion there, he would just give me one.

Since I hadn't bought it yet, but was already planning to in the very near future, I went ahead and got it there.

Not that I really "need" the case, but it is still kind of neat to have.

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by Dynamo of Eternia

but that they had so many of those display boxes that if I bought the expansion there, he would just give me one.

Since I hadn't bought it yet, but was already planning to in the very near future, I went ahead and got it there.

Not that I really "need" the case, but it is still kind of neat to have.

Pictures?

[Mavrick]

Nintendo stocks seem to have shot up overnight.

[Petey Parker]

Originally Posted by Dynamo of Eternia

I was at a Gamestop store earlier today. I was mainly there to pick up Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3 for Xbox One (the physical release of that on Xbone and PS4 is Gamestop exclusive).

While there, I noticed that on the shelves for the switch games and even behind the counter they had several "display only" switch game cases for the Expansion Pack for Zelda BOTW.

I asked the guy working there if the dlc code actually game in a case like that if I were to buy it there (I know that may seem odd, but there have been past instances of that sort of thing for other systems). He said that it didn't (the code just prints up on the receipt) and the boxes were just for display to advertise the pack.... but that they had so many of those display boxes that if I bought the expansion there, he would just give me one.

Since I hadn't bought it yet, but was already planning to in the very near future, I went ahead and got it there.

Not that I really "need" the case, but it is still kind of neat to have.

I saw that too about a week ago and asked the same thing. The artwork was pretty nice on it which is why I wanted to have it. I know they had done empty cases in the past at Gamestop for games like Marvel vs Capcom 2 on PS3 but sadly it was not meant to be. Pretty sweet that you were able to get one as I was unable to.

[Dynamo of Eternia]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

Pictures?

I'll take some tonight and post them.

Originally Posted by Petey Parker

I saw that too about a week ago and asked the same thing. The artwork was pretty nice on it which is why I wanted to have it. I know they had done empty cases in the past at Gamestop for games like Marvel vs Capcom 2 on PS3 but sadly it was not meant to be. Pretty sweet that you were able to get one as I was unable to.

Yeah, I didn't even ask for one of the display boxes specifically, just if the dlc came in a case (with Marvel VS Capcom 2 on PS3 being one example of a past instance of something like that happening, which I have, so I thought it wasn't a crazy question), and the guy just offered to let me have one of the display cases if I bought the dlc.

[dyne]

So they have changed their production forecast from 8 million to 16 million for the fiscal year and are ramping up production. They must have one hell of an e3 lined up.