Topic: Forum Snap Poll: How Sold Are You on the Switch?

[Evan_B]

There are some cool games coming to the system. I am very adamant about Arms, personally. It looks awesome. I'll take more Splatoon if you give it to me. However, those trailers for SMT, FE Warriors, Xenoblade, and Octopath all have me super excited, but how far out are those games?

If I wasn't already getting one for specific reasons, I would hold off for a looooong time until those games came out.


P.S. Super Mario Odyssey looks hella fun.

[Stogi]

Walmart already sold out of pre-orders. ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN!

[Adrock]

Joycons are 40 bucks a piece. HOLY ****.

Worse. According to Polygon, they're $50.

Individual Joycon: $49.99
Joycon pair: $79.99
Joycon Grip: $29.99
Pro Controller: $69.99
Additional dock with AC Adapter and HDMI cable: $79.99

Get the **** out of here, Nintendo.

[pokepal148]

I'm definitely not getting it at launch. I have enough of a backlog to keep me busy for now.

[Soren]

Honestly....I'm not that sold anymore. And I don't know if I want to go out of my way to get one.

[Evan_B]

HA! Finally, the reality has sunk in on you overly optimistic people.

Oh, I'm buying the hell out of one. See, I just wanted to wait until you all SWITCHED your thoughts on it and did the same myself!


*snaps*

[Luigi Dude]

Hey I always said I wouldn't get it until I finished my current backlog on the Wii U which probably wont be until 2018 at my rate.  Of course the upcoming lineup does look pretty amazing from what they've shown and proves my point about how the the Japanese third party support will probably be pretty solid thanks to the system being a handheld as well.

Of course I would say it's a good thing Mario Odyssey is a holiday title since if that came out close to launch I don't know if I could have controlled myself.  Hopefully I can clear my backlog by the holiday since when that game comes out it'll be agony not being able to play it right away.

[Adrock]

This is still a day one purchase for me if I can get one. I'll check Best Buy for pre-orders and stand in line on launch day if I can't (unless the line is bananas), but I won't kick an old lady to the ground to get one at launch. I just do that recreationally.

[Khushrenada]

There are some cool games coming to the system. I am very adamant about Arms, personally. It looks awesome. I'll take more Splatoon if you give it to me. However, those trailers for SMT, FE Warriors, Xenoblade, and Octopath all have me super excited, but how far out are those games?

If I wasn't already getting one for specific reasons, I would hold off for a looooong time until those games came out.


P.S. Super Mario Odyssey looks hella fun.

The reports are that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a 2017 release so I think there's a good chance you see that one in Holiday 2017.

[Evan_B]

I have some stuff in my backlog, but that makes it easier to deal with the software... "droughts" that are going to be happening with the Switch. While I have faith that Atlus can churn out SMTV pretty damn quickly (which is exciting, since SMTIVA was my Game of the Year in 2016), I doubt we'll be seeing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 any time soon, and the big gap between Zelda and Mario makes focusing in on those titles easier for me.


Of course, there is that tentative 2017 for XC2, but I'm quite excited to re-enter the world of Splatoon. And I'm not gonna lie, ARMs has me a bit smitten.

[Stogi]

For roughly $400 bucks, I could get a Switch and Zelda. Or I can get a Wii U, a bunch of games, and Zelda. It's actually a tough call. I really want to play Smash bros., Pikmin, and Wonderful 101.

It really is gonna depend on how Zelda plays on Wii U.

[Khushrenada]

Perhaps if you buy it used, you can get the Wii U with all those games and more and still have $100 - $50.00 to start saving on the Switch. Guess we'll see what tomorrow brings as more news on this system gets distributed out to us.

[NWR_insanolord]

It's still a day one purchase for me, but the presentation was largely disappointing, between the price and the fact that Mario's not coming until the holidays.

[rygar]

I was already sold on the hardware but I'm disappointed in the price, and what looks like gouging on the peripherals has me borderline hostile. My experience with consumer electronics is that the stated ranges for battery life tend to degrade relatively quickly once the device is put into regular use, so I expected more than 2.5 hours for $400 (I'm including the price of a game obviously). So I'm still switched on, but I was hoping to be tempted to get it at launch, and now I'm thinking I will hold out till 2018.

[Kwolf]

I'm still day one purchase myself, in fact stayed up to get my amazon preorder here in the states.  I have to say though the conference didn't really boost excitement.   Might have even dulled me slightly.  Although both Mario and Zelda look fantastic.   There were a few times during the conference I actually burst out in laughter, along with head shaking.

[Stogi]

Apparently, the online service will give out free VC games per month sometimes with additions like ONLINE MULTIPLAYER. If this means what I think it means, it puts me firmly back into the Switch camp.

[Oedo]

Regardless of the quality of Nintendo's messaging over the past 24 hours or the price of accessories (which, while it may reflect the cost of the tech, is just too high), all I really care about is the games. Zelda is there for launch and it looks amazing, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is coming a few months after that (though the value proposition for that does not seem great for someone who has the game on Wii U and bought both DLC packs), Splatoon 2 is there for the summer, Mario Odyssey is there the holidays, and even Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is listed as 2017 for the west right now (though I'm certainly not banking on that). In terms of first party output, that's amazing. I got my pre-order in and I'm 100% there for day one.

[Mop it up]

Hype for Mario has increased. Hype for everything else is at an all-time low.

[Wah]

Im not supporting the stupid multiplayer bullshit, but i'll buy it for the awesome single player games.

[Sarail]

Sold! Breath of the Wild, Super Bomberman R, and I Am Setsuna on day one for me.

[Adrock]

I preordered Nintendo Switch and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Amazon. I think I can hold off on I am Setsuna since I probably won't play it right away.

[rygar]

I can definitely be positive on the games for myself, and I always liked the hardware.

BotW and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 look absolutely fantastic. Skyrim is confirmed. I love the art style of Project Octopath Traveler and would be shocked if I don't get it. Those four, plus Shin Megami Tensei, are all hugely attractive.

I am Setsuna and Disgaea 5 are also likely buys, and I'll be keeping an eye on FIFA, Ultra Street Fighter II, Steep, Super Mario Odyssey, and Fast RMX. The last four are genres that don't typically interest me, but the games look so visually interesting I could easily be tempted.

My disappointments are only price and an a growing suspicion that I won't have the breadth of genre coverage I want with the eventual full library. But in truth, I'll end up buying more games than I'll play.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Worse. According to Polygon, they're $50.

Individual Joycon: $49.99
Joycon pair: $79.99
Joycon Grip: $29.99
Pro Controller: $69.99
Additional dock with AC Adapter and HDMI cable: $79.99

Get the **** out of here, Nintendo.

You have got to be joking....

move me to the "wait and see" crowd.
I don't know the details on the joycons, but $80 to get an additional pair!?

oh you want multiplayer!? LOL, better BYOS (buy your own switch)
and additional dock that does no more than pass through the signal to the TV and charge the system is $80!? GTFOH w/ that noise.
Even the pro controller is $70, and the joycon shell is $30!?

ridiculous.
and then we gotta pay for online...
I know Nintendo gotta get paid too, but that new Club Nintendo better be worth the price of entry.

[Wah]

With BnM here plus $20 + for Australians.

[Adrock]

Subtract $50 from the dock, $30 from every controller, and $20 for the Joycon Grip and those prices suddenly become a lot more reasonable while still providing Nintendo with profits on each item. The dock is an HDMI pass through that still has USB 2.0 for some reason. This is a huge missed opportunity for Nintendo. It had a perfect opportunity to change the rules and force consumers to rethink how it views video game hardware. Nintendo should be positioning itself as an alternative. One way it could have done so by lowering the price of entry. Instead of making a profit by selling a few things for a lot of money, it could make a profit by selling a lot of things for less money. For hardware that can connect to eight controllers, setting the cost of controllers so high doesn't particularly make a lot of sense.