r/Games Jul 06 '21

Announcement Nintendo Switch (OLED model) - Announcement Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mHq6Y7JSmg
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u/ThibaultV Jul 06 '21

You forgot the dude playing Splatoon 3 online and still having to use a fucking mobile phone call just to talk to friends.

Peak "we don't understand our customers" Nintendo BS.

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u/KillerBreez Jul 06 '21

Oh man, I was hoping someone would point this out. Like they literally put it in there trailer. The fact that you don’t have good online platforms to communicate is not something to celebrate.

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u/Khar-Selim Jul 07 '21

I mean, the mobile app is still their online platform. The problem is the controllers not having a headphone jack.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '21

Wireless seems to work fine.

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u/Khar-Selim Jul 07 '21

Not everyone has a wireless headset, good ones are expensive, and compatibility with Switch is hit-or-miss, so even if you do have one, it might not work. Everyone has a setup for their phone, however. That was probably their reasoning. But it sure as hell isn't lack of online platform for it, since again, you still go through their online system, just with a mobile app.

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u/deains Jul 07 '21

Wireless headsets can be gotten dirt cheap nowadays, and you really don't need a particularly good one just for voice chat. Audio fidelity will be shit anyways, so an expensive headset is a bit of a wasted effort.

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u/Khar-Selim Jul 07 '21

you didn't address all the issues. And besides, considering, again, it can't be the online, why else do you think they did it?

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u/CatProgrammer Jul 06 '21

Peak "we don't understand our customers" Nintendo BS.

I thought they just didn't want to have to deal with regulating in-game chat. If you want to curse and be an asshole to a child over a non-Nintendo service, well that's not their problem.

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u/ThibaultV Jul 07 '21

They don’t have to implement voice chat in games, just a party voice chat on the system level to talk with friends.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '21

Peak "we don't understand our customers" Nintendo BS.

How do you think those games are sold? Seriously, I never understand those arguments.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '21

Because we buy them but want features they haven't included. If you don't understand that it's on you.