Game have stock it appears of the consol on its own. Doesn’t come up if search it but direct link above
I’d not order from them as there useless plus it’s not the no bundle but thought I’d let you guys know
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Game have stock it appears of the consol on its own. Doesn’t come up if search it but direct link above
I’d not order from them as there useless plus it’s not the no bundle but thought I’d let you guys know
Yup many retailers jumped the gun it appears from what I’ve been googling this morning the places I’d use and trust all gone
No hall effect sticks!? That's taking the biscuit.
www.engadget.com
Nintendo says the Switch 2 Joy-Cons don't have Hall effect thumbsticks for reducing stick drift
A few more Switch 2 details have emerged from interviews with Nintendo executives.
www.engadget.com
Seem to be sold out now on there
If the games you want to clear are going to take you until after the new year then wait. If it doesn't then getting an NS2 closer to christmas is probably going to be as difficult as it was for NS1 during launch year christmas and/or Covid.
My back log of games is insane across the formats I have and I’m struggling for time on them as is.
Why I think am better off waiting.
Launch wise I’m only interested in Mario kart, donkey kong and bravery default as I never played original but it always looked interesting
Why I think am better off waiting.
Launch wise I’m only interested in Mario kart, donkey kong and bravery default as I never played original but it always looked interesting
And Donkey Kong isn't available at launch ... it gets released on July 17.
No hall effect sticks!? That's taking the biscuit.
Nintendo says the Switch 2 Joy-Cons don't have Hall effect thumbsticks for reducing stick drift
A few more Switch 2 details have emerged from interviews with Nintendo executives.
Hall effects are not the be all; they have serious downsides such as they kill battery life on any controller that uses them
DK is July 17, and there is no date for Metroid Prime ... rumours suggest an autumn release.
They could have used TMR then.
Well if the sticks are the same as S1 just bigger, we're gonna be in for a treat quite quickly.
That’s fine by me. I am more excited by the hardware. Though I’ll probably cave and get MK anyway!
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As someone that has recently got into replacing ALPS potentiometers in PlayStation controllers (shout out for Vince's epic repair thread) I think the benefits do outweight the negatives. I did bump into this Youtube video where someone tests the impact of Hall Effect vs. TMR battery life and the difference is negliable. However on it's own I'm not sure it can be trusted. I'm sure because of the way Hall Effect sticks apply a constant power drain they do have bigger impact on battery. From a personal preferance now of having used all three different modules types I think you can sense a difference in accuracy and clearly durability is much improved.
I don't think it's a Nintendo thing becuase all of the manufacturers are releasing products with ALPS sticks; Microsoft, Valve, ASUS, Lenovo, Sony, Amazon Luna controllers etc. So I think it's always going to be safe to assume any new product from these guys will use the ALPS parts. Only Guilikit, 8bitdo, Gamesir and other Chinese licensees seem to use Hall Effect/TMR modules. And I believe some of those share the same owners. So it does feel like Guilikit's licences/patents are restrictive, or something else is stopping the usage of better tech for now. A lot of people think it's just a cost thing but I'm not sure that is true either.
Either way much more needs to be done to make it easier for us to repair/replace stuff. And at least with Nintendo you can buy replacement modules to fit rather than going through the pain of removing soldered on parts. Assumption is the Switch 2 joystick modules are comparable to the original Switch.
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Yup, was just about to post the same ... managed to get a pre-order in finally !