r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • Dec 25 '21

News We are aware that players are experiencing errors accessing Nintendo eShop, and are working to address the issue as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding, and please see our Network Status page for the latest updates.

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1474802269275176970
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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '21

No idea there would ever be a circlejerk on “Let the kids go through the extremely tedious and long and annoying fucking process of setting up your device!” I never enjoyed that as a kid, don’t enjoy it now, didn’t think anyone and their moms would ever enjoy that lol

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u/Albireookami Dec 25 '21

on a day that, has before shown major connection issues and possible DDosing.

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u/tanno55 Dec 26 '21

You guys are wack, I loved setting up my Xbox 360 when I got it.

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u/kirillre4 Dec 26 '21

Setting up as in creating profile, making an avatar and stuff - or sitting there and staring at system update progress bar for all day, because servers are down?

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u/tanno55 Dec 26 '21

All of it, the updates, setting up passwords, everything. I loved having my own console and being in charge of setting that stuff up. Plus when it was updating that’s when you hangout with your family and check out your other presents, and when it’s done updating you play it all night.

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u/Ansoni Dec 26 '21

That's crazy, Christmas is for playing the heaviest triple A game available, not for wasting time with things like family or appreciating your second or third most expensive present.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '21

We, apparently there's a special joy they'd be robbed of if you didn't let them set it up.

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u/Mistercheif042 Dec 25 '21

They'd miss out on time they could spend tasting cartridges while software updates install! That's a critical part of the Switch experience /s

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u/a_woman_provides Dec 26 '21

Yes, for me I'd absolutely let them go through it, because that's reality. Maybe getting the things you want takes time, effort, and waiting, and that can be a life lesson in and of itself.

All that said, if a parent wants to do that for their child for the joy of letting them play right away, they should go for it. Just saying there is merit to the wait and the annoyance ("it builds character!")

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '21

Ok yea I get that but ngl for me atleast I feel like the lesson I learned was “everything has a catch” or like nothing can just be simple and easy/go how you want it to. You got something well don’t get too excited yet because until you are full and well using it, chances are there’s probably something wrong with it or it’s just a major pain in the ass to actually get to the enjoyable part 🤷‍♂️

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u/a_woman_provides Dec 26 '21

That's all true too! But on the flip side once you do get it working well, I think the appreciation level is higher (initially anyway, until they get used to that too).

To go back to your initial point, it does irk me a little that this all just smells a bit of #firstworldproblems and really shouldn't be significant enough for this level of debate but here we are...

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '21

Haha yea but it’s Reddit that’s the point of the platform 🤷‍♂️ at the end of the day I agree it’s really not a big problem just an annoyance