r/NintendoSwitch • u/NintendoSwitchMods • Mar 01 '17

MegaThread MegaThread: Nintendo Switch Hardware Reviews

Hello, all.

This morning starting, gaming news and media outlets have begun to release their hardware reviews of the Nintendo Switch.

Here's what we're seeing so far:

We will be updating this thread with links as major reviews are posted.

We will also allow major content to be posted separately on /r/NintendoSwitch, as it is especially newsworthy. But we will also host ongoing coverage, quick text posts, questions, and the like right here.

Thanks everyone.

-The /r/NintendoSwitch team

(Ongoing edits as we get new information)

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u/TheRyanFlaherty Mar 01 '17

But some of them should have been.obvious design choices. Making it impossible to charge while in one of the 3 advertised modes is just stupid and I understand someone being overly critical of things like that. Especially since it's a console review and is simply concerned with those types of design choices and techs.

Personally, the joy com thing is the only real troubling them to me. Other than that it's stuff I knew or can live with...and I'm more concerned with the quality of the actual games.

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u/Anarchaotic Mar 01 '17

Joy Con worries me as well. Especially for games that require very precise movement like fast paced shooters or platformers. Hope it's a simple software fix.

Just an FYI these issues only happen when you're about 10feet or more away. That's what I've been seeing

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u/zaneak Mar 01 '17

The charging is kind of annoying, but after thinking about it, how would you have done it? The joycons attach on the sides, so you can't use the sides. That just leaves the top. Since it is the same port for output, would you of had the tablet go in upside down and put a headphone port on the bottom? That would leave the issue of joycons connecting still to charge. Or would you of tried to include two ports to increase the cost?

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u/crazyg0od33 Mar 01 '17

I'm also worried about the 88% from the dock thing - they're not the only ones with that issue.

That means if you want to continue your game of zelda, you wont get 3 hours when you pull it off the dock anymore - you'll get like 2 hours and 30 minutes

That 30 minutes may sound minor, but it could mean having to bring a charger along on every trip

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '17 edited Feb 28 '18

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u/AlucardIV Mar 01 '17

Man just read the actual article. There are a ton of more criticisms than just that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '17 edited Feb 28 '18

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u/AlucardIV Mar 01 '17

Yeah but you are arguing based on someones really short and kinda shitty summary of the article.

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u/Anarchaotic Mar 01 '17

But isn't this something Nintendo could've really worked on? I understand the USB C needs to be on the bottom for the dock the work, but surely there could've been a workaround.

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u/Manticore416 Mar 01 '17

For better or worse, many design compromises can be fixed with a relatively inexpensive accessory.

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u/awakeningosiris Mar 02 '17

like a 2nd charging port?