I wish I knew that before I formatted the card. Currently downloading 550GB super slowly
That's funny as I only ordered mine on the day the DF overview video came out.
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That's funny as I only ordered mine on the day the DF overview video came out.
Not a trade in deal but I bought mine from Very and got 10% off for putting it on buy now pay later, so £279.
It's a credit agreement so not for everyone but an option.
Game are giving £140 off an oled switch when trading in an older model. Or £90 trading in a Switch Lite.
Pretty poor offer to be honest.
Don't you kind of need your old one to transfer all the data across as some games don't have cloud saves etc.
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Yeah I did a run around this morning. EVERYWHERE near me was out of stock of the OLED model in person of course, and basically saying we don't even KNOW if we're going to get anymore anytime soon, but the trade in offers were pretty bad.
I then happened to stop at one of the local supermarket and got told, no, no stock, it's not even in our system. I then went to the other large supermarket near me and they actually still had one, in white and all (I was VERY surprised when she walked out the stock room with one; given the White one is THE hardest one to get right now). Wasn't even advertised on the shelves; so guess the stock was really that limited. One of my family members works for them so they were able to go in and grab with 10% discount. That'll do, and will sell the wife's old one to recoup some of the upgrade cost; as she uses hers as a handheld this upgrade is far more worthwhile for her; and if it costs her around £100 or a bit less, that's probably worth it for all the little improvements.
She is looking forward to the new model coming out the box; but waiting until the screen protector arrives before we even consider unboxing it!
It's not got many dark areas, but pretty sure Animal Crossing and all the other games she plays will look lovely on it. I am not planning to get one for myself right now though; unless the overall quality of the thing just makes mine look bad.
I have an AC V2 Edition as well, play mostly docked, and use a pro controller, so I'm in no rush.
I then happened to stop at one of the local supermarket and got told, no, no stock, it's not even in our system. I then went to the other large supermarket near me and they actually still had one, in white and all (I was VERY surprised when she walked out the stock room with one; given the White one is THE hardest one to get right now). Wasn't even advertised on the shelves; so guess the stock was really that limited. One of my family members works for them so they were able to go in and grab with 10% discount. That'll do, and will sell the wife's old one to recoup some of the upgrade cost; as she uses hers as a handheld this upgrade is far more worthwhile for her; and if it costs her around £100 or a bit less, that's probably worth it for all the little improvements.
She is looking forward to the new model coming out the box; but waiting until the screen protector arrives before we even consider unboxing it!
It's not got many dark areas, but pretty sure Animal Crossing and all the other games she plays will look lovely on it. I am not planning to get one for myself right now though; unless the overall quality of the thing just makes mine look bad.
I have an AC V2 Edition as well, play mostly docked, and use a pro controller, so I'm in no rush.
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I believe there is a screen protector already on the oled system.
Do yourself a favor and avoid looking at her screen. It’s an enormous improvement in both dark and vibrant games.
Very few “influencers” on YouTube seem to even notice the huge improvement in motion clarity but for me that’s probably a bigger improvement than the contrast out screen size improvements.
Nope, that’s an anti-shatter plastic layer to make the screen act like safety glass when it breaks instead of shattering.
Well it's technically a protector then. It will stop the glass getting scratched anyway.
If you want to be pedantic then technically it isn’t.
A protector can be peeled off and replaced, this coating is a part of the screen that serves multiple purposes (diffusion and safety) and not a replaceable covering.
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Luckily, I play the VAST majority of the time docked, otherwise I'd have grabbed a second one! So for ME, the price doesn't necessarily justify the upgrade. Always a chance I'll get tempted anyhow haha but I do like my AC edition
If I'd been a primarily mobile player I'd have definitely got the OLED for myself too.And yeah although there is the anti-shatter; both of us would feel better with a proper protector on there, just incase! Orzly have looked after us before, so gone for them again. Should be here Tuesday, so I'm sure she'll have it out on Tuesday night
I'm just happy I was able to find one for her TBH (and the white one at that), they're sold out everywhere, and I suspect they'll be a hot item this Xmas, and thus hard to get for at least the next few months, even if stock isn't as constrained as say the PS5/XB.
Doom 3 now looks amazing, glad they added a flash light on this one or I wouldn't be able to see
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Anyone played Metroid dread yet? Is it worth £50?
Luckily, I play the VAST majority of the time docked, otherwise I'd have grabbed a second one! So for ME, the price doesn't necessarily justify the upgrade. Always a chance I'll get tempted anyhow haha but I do like my AC edition
And yeah although there is the anti-shatter; both of us would feel better with a proper protector on there, just incase! Orzly have looked after us before, so gone for them again. Should be here Tuesday, so I'm sure she'll have it out on Tuesday night
I'm just happy I was able to find one for her TBH (and the white one at that), they're sold out everywhere, and I suspect they'll be a hot item this Xmas, and thus hard to get for at least the next few months, even if stock isn't as constrained as say the PS5/XB.
You definitely need a screen protector, there are already reports of the anti-shatter coating showing visible marks.
I very rarely used my Switch in handheld mode is the screen is a touch too small for me on some games and the screen is to bright to play in a pitch black bedroom. This OLED model solves both of those issues so I should get a lot more handheld use out of it.
I'm wondering this. Buy on eshop or go physical. Still ******* mad that digital is more expensive than physical. I could deal with parity but paying £10 for the privilege of not being able to sell it on is rude.
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Cheapest physical I've seen is Argos at £40. Shouldn't digital be cheaper?
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This is stunning! Thanks for the heads up, first time playing this. Headphones on and it's an experience! You're right it absolutely shines on the OLED display!