Nintendo Switch Thread

[nwflamesfan]

Anyone in the Lower Mainland they are still available at the EB Games in Lougheed Mall. 3 pre-orders while I was in the store.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by psicodude

CNET with a hands-on and a recommendation to wait. While the hardware is great, the high price and lack of games is a deal breaker for the author. No Mario until next Christmas is a mistake, imo.

https://www.cnet.com/news/i-loved-pl...inkId=33362610

I gotta agree, the price...especially for the controllers is high

with weaker hardware you are paying for exclusives...that won't be released for a while

[DownhillGoat]

Clicked on the amazon link and it was still available on Prime. Red/Blue version only though. It's not actually different other than colour, is it? Same specs and everything?

Not sure I'll keep it. Actually didn't have a whole lot of interest in it. Not sure if that'll change when the console actually comes out and I can't find one then.

Although if the Zelda game isn't going to be any different than the Wii U version I'll likely pass on this.

[manwiches]

holy cripes... i have been hovering over the pre-order button confirmation for the past 30 minutes...

[andy_521]

The scalping in Calgary has begun $650 ha ha, I hope they made so many units that these people can't make money:

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-video-games-c...ationFlag=true

Funny I just got one from Best Buy they are still up.

[Mazrim]

This is gonna sound all high and mighty here...but please, don't buy one just to scalp it. The less people who do this, the more likely those who actually want to use the system will get one.

[Resolute 14]

Yay for best buy! I wouldn't even be mad if I had to wait for March 31. Would give me time to beat Horizon: Zero Dawn first.

And to put the price in perspective, this is the fourth cheapest launch price in history once you account for inflation.

[andy_521]

According to Twitter the March 31st was a placeholder and they updating the site to the correct March 3rd release date

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Yay for best buy! I wouldn't even be mad if I had to wait for March 31. Would give me time to beat Horizon: Zero Dawn first.

And to put the price in perspective, this is the fourth cheapest launch price in history once you account for inflation.

[Fire]

The price of the console/tablet is ok but not the greatest. You can buy a more powerful Xbox One S with a game included for $375 right now. The price of the accessories are way too high in US or CDN dollars. Why does the pro controller cost $20-25 CDN more than a PS4/Xbox controller?

[burn_this_city]

Anyone wanna bet the old man you meet at the beginning of Zelda turns out to be the old King.

[Jbo]

If Zelda was not a launch title (Wii U Version aside) I probably pass, but I wanna play this thing day 1 on the better console.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Yay for best buy! I wouldn't even be mad if I had to wait for March 31. Would give me time to beat Horizon: Zero Dawn first.

And to put the price in perspective, this is the fourth cheapest launch price in history once you account for inflation.

its also less powerful hardware than systems that came out 4 years ago...plus add $80 for a real controller

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

And to put the price in perspective, this is the fourth cheapest launch price in history once you account for inflation.

It's only $299 in real dollars. Not this worthless Canadian funny money stuff.

[burn_this_city]

People still get caught up in console specs? Buy a gaming computer for the measuring contest boys, any console is behind no matter what. Nintendo is all about the content and exclusives.

[Deviaant]

If anybody is still looking I just left EB on 130th and the lady said they still had "under 20" switch consoles available for pre order. Was not busy.

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[Russic]

A little too expensive for me, but the idea of a portable virtual console with the pro controller is mighty cool. Maybe in a couple years when they're a bit cheaper.

On KindaFunny last night their resident Nintendo fanboy was pretty devastated that a lot of the games are just ports. This morning though when he tried them, he seemed more optimistic.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Deviaant

If anybody is still looking I just left EB on 130th and the lady said they still had "under 20" switch consoles available for pre order. Was not busy.

By the time I got there, they were down to around 10. They expect to run out of their current allotment of stock today.

I put a pre-order in there and will cancel the Best Buy one because Best Buy said they were out of Zelda. Would rather just do it all in one shot.

[Fire]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

People still get caught up in console specs? Buy a gaming computer for the measuring contest boys, any console is behind no matter what. Nintendo is all about the content and exclusives.

What content? The same games they had on past Nintendo systems, with small changes and slightly improved graphics? Specs isn't everything but if you want good 3rd party support you need higher end specs. Most of the 3rd party games will be 5 year old ports. I'm sure triple AAA game companies would love to have their games on the switch, but the Switch simply won't be able to support most of them.

Wii U probably had 2 or 3 games I really would want to play but I'm not buying a console for 3 games. The Switch needs to be a success or they might be done making consoles. Might as well make their games for Playstation and Xbox.

[Jason14h]

Looks like a good time to short Nintendo ��

[gottabekd]

One positive is that "Switch" has a strong, memorable brand.

At least they didn't call it something like 'The Wii DS'.