*** Nintendo Switch ***

mahius said:
Looks like it so far though, Nintendo seem more interested in selling their 6 year old ancient handheld hardware that already has a ton of games, than this new piece of exciting hardware that needs all the support it can get right now.

Oh, I thought you meant WiiU. I don't think the Switch will ever end up like the Wii, that time has passed. The casuals have moved on to smartphone games and other stuff.
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It makes perfect sense why Nintendo are still supporting the 3DS, they have a massive install base of over 64 million devices! That's a lot of people to sell games to, you only have to look at the sales numbers for Pokemon etc. to see why they'll keep pushing it.

The Switch is doing great, outsold initial target of 2m units, Zelda is amazing and has a greater than 100% attach rate, Mario Kart is getting rave reviews across the board, Splatoon 2 is due soon which is huge (particularly in Japan) and we have stuff like Skyrim and Mario due at Xmas and I'm sure there will be more besides.
 
jrodga2k5 said:
Battery life wise for Zelda I've been around the 3 hour mark so definitely appears to be accurate.

Make sure you invest in a decent external power brick for that loooooooong flight! I'm guessing you're flying direct?

I'm convinced Zelda will see me through it fairly easily.
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Yep, I'm flying direct. I have an 10000 mah power bank which I purchased 3 years ago. Hopefully that should be enough.
 
malachi said:
Yep, I'm flying direct. I have an 10000 mah power bank which I purchased 3 years ago. Hopefully that should be enough.
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Depends on the current rating of the USB port though , I have the anker one which has a 4.8A output and that only just charges whilst playing Zelda :)
 
Yeah, Im sure they will as all of them have so far Ive been on long flights.

Just checked my power bank, max output is 5V on 2.1 :( Guess that's not enough?
 
malachi said:
Yeah, Im sure they will as all of them have so far Ive been on long flights.

Just checked my power bank, max output is 5V on 2.1 :( Guess that's not enough?
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You'll probably succeed in just having it run out slightly slower but to no great effect. It may buy you an extra 1.5hrs before you have to turn it off would be my guess.
 
malachi said:
Yeah, Im sure they will as all of them have so far Ive been on long flights.

Just checked my power bank, max output is 5V on 2.1 :( Guess that's not enough?
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That will charge while playing no problem. You only need more if you are playing it in docked mode.

It uses 8.9 watts maximum when fully charged, do your research before telling him porkies :p
 
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Kreeeee said:
That will charge while playing no problem. You only need more if you are playing it in docked mode.

It uses 8.9 watts maximum when fully charged, do your research before telling him porkies :p
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Kreeeee I've tried using my older power brick that was 5V output @ 2.4a and mines did not manage to charge the Switch but did reduce the time it took to lose it's battery life.

It all depends on the game being played at the end of the day as to how effective the charge will be.
 
jrodga2k5 said:
Kreeeee I've tried using my older power brick that was 5V output @ 2.4a and mines did not manage to charge the Switch but did reduce the time it took to lose it's battery life.

It all depends on the game being played at the end of the day as to how effective the charge will be.
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My 2.1A battery keeps Zelda fully charged on max brightness.

You might want to test your setup as your device is not providing the amperage it specifies.
 
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