Nintendo Switch - Nintendo's new console for the home and your hands 👾

Seems like a natural progression from the Wii U, which was a screen-controller paired with home console. I agree with others that Nintendo's IPs are amazing, but they reuse them and repackage them requiring you to buy incrementally improved systems. I bought the Wii and the Wii U but I have a hard time justifying a new purchase only a few years later when only a few great titles came out for last one.

Lots of excitement on Product Hunt about the Nintendo Switch, but watching the preview trailer I was left feeling like it portrayed a kind of anti-social dystopia, where we're all jacked into some kind of gaming environment at all times, so much so that we literally can't pull ourselves away because with the Switch, you no longer have to. Sure, gaming is fun (I play too). The Switch looks fun too. But once again, I'm reminded of @TristanHarris's profile in The Atlantic about the subtle ways we're being manipulated by our technology devices and I wonder if the escape gaming provides is a satisfying and worthwhile future to keep investing in so heavily.

OMG This looks so awesome, definitely WANT!

Yet another device to carry around? Why can't they just make better use of the existing device I carry around with me everywhere?

I wonder why they've designed the dock to cover the screen. It could show notifications, photos or something while docked.

White Denim - Ha Ha Ha Ha (music)

Absolutely digging this play. It really embodies the reason for resisting a hardcore move into mobile for iOS or Android. They've been working extremely hard to figure this at-home + mobile console problem... starting a long time ago. I think they've done an extremely fine job here. Can't wait to get my hands on the thing! ... and, while superficial, I wish I didn't want to hide the hardware away.

As a casual gamer, the want level is strong here.

All I see is a Nexus 7 with added super small gamepads on its wings and a docking station in a Microsoft surface design. The product design is great and pretty surprising for Nintendo, but this is not a great product as there is no clear target audience except Nintendo fans. It's around 7" and features around the same huge bezel as the Nexus7 did but in 2017. It basically is a gaming-dedicated tablet with very small screen real-estate and added size when on the go making it even less portable, due to the necessary gamepads. Regarding its size, you can't expect much battery life to make it a very portable gaming device. We all should be aware of what a tablet can perform and this must sport a dedicated GPU and it has to run a process heavy task all the time when active. This won't run Skyrim portable in a good resolution or settings as depicted, even though Skyrim is 4 years old. The docking station will not magically make it a beefy console either. I'd be surprised if it can surpass the WiiUs capabilities by a lot. I'm skeptical at best, more disappointed, because I, for one, expected competition in the console market, not just a tablet with gamepads attached. It's not just a console with gimmicks attached, it is a single gimmick. Portability is the whole USP here but greatly limited as it is huge with the added gamepads (even though these are pretty small itself) and the bezel. I'd not wonder if the active screen is less than of a Note.

😳 I need this!