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Penny Arcade - Comic - Which Switch
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Penny Arcade - Comic - Which Switch
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/06/nintendo-switch-dead-pixels-console
The hype around these launches is downright comical. During the PS4 launch I saw a huge line at the local Gamestop, so I drove another 1/3 of a mile to Wal Mart. This was right around midnight, walked in, a few people were hanging out in electronics but nothing crazy. We asked the stoned guy behind the counter if they were putting out the PS4, he said "oh, yeah", went and got them from the back. Ten minutes later I drove by Gamestop, held up the PS4 to the window and laughed as I went by. They were not amused.
The next day Wal Mart still had plenty on the shelves. I live in a small town, I know in some areas this was not typical. But still, if they sell out just wait a few days, they'll get more.
When I went to get my copy of GTAV, the local EB had a throng of people lined around the building. Drove past it to best buy, was about 20 people. They were doing no more than 5 in the store at once at first, but it was really cold so they just came out and said "Hey, it's really cold, everyone just come inside and line around the front area this way."
Also considering it now looks like there is definitely a hardwware flaw in the left joycon, waiting till they fix that might be good.
It came pre-ported. Having it on a handheld is nice, though.
I keep forgetting that it has a Wii U version, Metacritic doesn't even have 1 posted review score for that version yet.
I was actually in JoshJepson's Twitch stream the day before the launch, and he advised people to go to Target if they didn't have a preorder for the Switch. From the looks of things he was right!
It was such a weird move of them to port it on Wii U, since if it wasn't it totally would've been worth a purchase for me.
I haven't been to a console midnight release since the launch of the original Wii, but they sure are fun, even with pneumonia.
From what I read on Ars that was a prelaunch issue that seems to have been resolved by updating to the latest firmware.
A quick back-of-an-envelope calculation (assuming about 20% efficiency and making what's really just a guess as to the length of the conversation) puts the emissive power of Gabe's rage in the 33-50Kw range.
Of course that's just in the thermal range. God knows what's happening up there in the picometer spectrum.
Posts like these are why I love this forum
Yeah, the email to the dev team went something like
"We've decided to also port the game to the Switch.
PS: Have it ready by launch"
There was a day 1 patch, but it didn't resolve it, just mitigated it slightly. There's instructions out on how to take apart the joycon and solder in an antenna that appears to be missing from some of the joycons. Probably a manufacturer defect.
What I read said the left joycon wasn't missing an antenna. The one it has is crammed against some metal and in a place your hand will be around it. Same antenna on both sides, but one gets attenuated more so that side has problems.
I'm really excited too. Just moar Acq-Inc, of any kind, makes me squeee!
Also noted on the new site that Will's bio states Al is canon working for Auspicia, so the chance of a guest appearance, like the Kraken, rises... ^^
The swich has shorter loading times for some area's that's it.
I got a hearty chuckle out of the 'Web Ring' in the footer.