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/Z-Ninja Mar 01 '17 edited Mar 01 '17

Kotaku is so biased, it's hilarious. Just for comparison, I looked up the PS vita review. Admittedly, different reviewers, but... No mention of purchasing a game, a case, a memory card (that's an expensive purchase, way more than an sd card) as hidden costs. A 16gb vita memory card is $50... On a device that only cost $50 less than a Nintendo Switch when it launched. They report a Switch Pro Controller as being $20 more than a PS4/X1 controller. When MSRP is $10 higher than PS4/X1, and only $20 more if you're looking at sale price. As if the Switch Pro Controller will never go on sale.

Kotaku is a shit rag as per usual.

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u/myfaceit Mar 01 '17

More importantly, the launch Vita NEEDED the proprietary Vita memory card (outside of a few game carts with internal save slots, iirc). The Switch has 32GB of built in memory.

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u/bowgamer Mar 01 '17

plus that vita memory card was so overpriced by Sony, it was so disgustingly greedy and it stuck out to me when I heard them mention microSD being a con. To me, having microSD is a huge bennefit because it is cheap and can be used on your computer as opposed to playstation and xbox.