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Nintendo Is Telling Game Publishers Switch 2 Will Be Delayed (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Reports were saying the Switch was coming q4 2024, but now Nintendo is reportedly telling its partners that it's been pushed to q1 2025

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Switch still feels like such a fresh system to me. I'm in no hurry for an upgrade

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If it's 100% backwards compatible, as it should be, I won't mind upgrading and passing down mine to my young child or perhaps donating it to a children's hospital.

[+] [email protected] -11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

While not the 1st household Nintendo product the switch was the 1st device that I bought for me I think imdone with Nintendo. I'm not interested in another device that will likely try to drop me in the hole close to £100 to keep playing the games I already own.

My wife bought me bayonetta3 which is where she drier. Kicked in for me. I would play the new zelda game but the new controller cost doubles the price and there isn't enough games for me yo sink that cost again

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What in the fuck are you talking about? Who charged you $100 brexitpence to keep playing games you already own?

And why do you need a special controller to play either Zelda? They work fine with the controllers you already own.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Controller drift. Require new ones. They are expensive as hell. There for to enjoy new games I need to buy the game and new controllers.

I tried the replacement because of the class action suit but because I no longer have the receipt they won't accept replacement

By the way brexit wasn't my idea I hate those fuckers

Edit for context I'm still using xbox 360 controllers with my pc

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I had the same problem. Never noticed the drift until tears of the kingdom and then it made the game nearly unplayable. Decided to buy a pro controller only to discover it sold out nearly everywhere with many being sold online for scalper prices.

However, once I found one it was a game changer. The thing fits very well in my hands and works well. I don’t regret buying it, but will be pissed if it does not work with the next console.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

This but third-party. I love my 8BitDos.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Joystick drift can be fixed at home with like 15 dollars worth of replacement parts lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

It works so well I've done it several times! On the same joycons.
Speaking seriously, DO NOT OVER-TIGHTEN. Those ribbon cables are super brittle.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Link me

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'd recommend that you get these ones, but you can pick them up plenty of places that aren't Amazon too, just make certain you get the ones made by Gulikit, any others are probably as cheap as your originals and you'll have to come back and replace them again in short order. The Gulikit ones use Hall Effect sensing rather than resistive contact pads that will eventually scrape down and break.

That kit at Amazon comes with all the tools to do the job and as the sticks are Hall Effect based, they'll theoretically never drift unlike the ones that ship with Joy-Cons straight from Nintendo.

iFixIt has the process for doing the work: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Left+Joy-Con+Joystick+Replacement/113182 and https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Right+Joy-Con+Joystick+Replacement/113185

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have gotten two sets of drifting Joycons replaced for free. If you are in the US make sure to check out their support page.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (7 children)

And it will be outdated and underpowered at launch and probably like $400 minimum

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (10 children)

I like how the switch had two Zelda games that are still more mechanically impressive than all the open world games on “better” systems.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I'll be surprised if it even approaches the hardware power of the PS4/XBO. It won't matter. Fan boys will eat whatever they're given, and ask for seconds.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

ohh nooo, games that are actually fun

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Nintendo is talking about Switch 2? When did that start?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There's been a good amount of evidence they're working on it. Then some rumors of a dev kit being shown to publishers. And then the distinct slowdown of releases and announcements of major Nintendo IPs. So likely the plan was to announce the new console in the spring or summer for a winter/Christmas release.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Only to its partners, there were many reports that they showed a devkit behind closed doors a couple of months ago.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I think I'm going to download all my digital purchases into SD cards and hopefully they'll still be playable when the OG switch reaches EOL.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I hope that works! I never got into digital downloads on consoles in any big way, how companies make games from the online shop inaccessible once the console goes end of life is a damn shame! It feels like the more and more consoles move toward digital only, the less we'll have viable retro consoles in the future.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Also, I wouldn't know how to back the sd cards up in case they break. You can't exactly do an image and duplicate them. It doesn't work so well with SD cards.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Uh, you very much can take an image of an SD card, the same as with any other block device.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

You can have errors when you write it back into another SD card and end up with a corrupt card. That was from experience a long time ago.

Maybe the tools are better adapted now?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

If this were universally true then SD cards would be completely useless, as regular writes would fail in the same manner. Bad card, bad slot, or bad tools.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

That’s going to be a function of your SD card reader and the quality of the card itself. If you’re really concerned, copy it to your HDD, then read again and verify. And then when writing, do a verify step as well.

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