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Nintendo's new console has a critical flaw that Nintendo refuses to address

Speaking in a recent interview, Nintendo America president Reggie Fils-Aime says he knows of the problem but can't say whether it's being fixed.

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2pacalypsenow2541d ago (Edited 2541d ago )

Quick, lets make 30 articles pointing out this single flaw both Sony and MS don't have, and how Nintendo is holding gaming back.

CaptainObvious8782540d ago

Yeah... Don't worry Ninty.

Ninty fans have the lowest standards of all fans. They'd literally buy a terd wrapped in a mario cap, so don't bother wasting the time and money to fix this serious, yet easily solvable issue. Ninty fans will still continue to defend you and buy your products.

You only need to look in this thread for people pathetically defending this and Regie's "response".

Krysis2540d ago

Your comment is asinine, every fanboy is the same way. If you go on Xbox threads or Sony you will find tons of blind fanboys shouting their favorite companies do no wrong. They all make decisions that are baffling and lack features the others have. Yeah being able to back up saves should be there and it's dumb it's not but don't pretend other consoles don't have some issues

MadLad2540d ago

No. Tell us how you really feel ..

OtakuDJK1NG-Rory2540d ago

yup just like they bought Metroid Prime Federation Force, Star Fox Zero, Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival and Codename S.T.E.A.M and some other..............oh WAIT they didn't.

dillydadally2540d ago

Yeah, Mario Odyssey (and Nintendo) won like every E3 award, so calling it a turd is just stupid.

DarXyde2540d ago (Edited 2540d ago )

Didn't realize Nintendo finished updating the Switch....

It's sad it doesn't have it, but that doesn't mean it never will.

V0LT2540d ago

My PC is better than yours.

Jaypi032539d ago

I'm a Nintendo fan though thick and thin, i've bought all of their consoles with the exceptions to the revisions already own, but this dumb belief that Nintendo fans would just buy anything Nintendo based is b.s. You can say we have low standards but the only thing Nintendo has been lacking on is third party, and power, both which don't seem to be an issue when they release amazing third party titles that run smoother than games on stronger platforms.

I won't defend Nintendo's dumb decisions,but I also see them moving forward which is a good thing, to act as if no one else will defend their console of choice is asinine.

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joab7772540d ago

This is pretty HUGE flaw that only exists B/C Nintendo has chosen to ignore it. And it is far from its only flaw, as we all know! This doesn't discount the great things about it, but it highlights the fact that it was rushed out, and is often the case, Nintendo lags behind in many areas that we would NEVER accept from MS or Sony!

_-EDMIX-_2540d ago

Nintendo anti-consumer!!!

I would argue that they're killing the industry!!!

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_-EDMIX-_2540d ago

@big- lol

I forgot the /s.

The comment is not meant to be taken seriously but considering all the crazy articles that have been coming up I'm not really surprised and I don't really hold anything against you for believing it was serious.

Testfire2540d ago

I own a Switch and am very happy about it, but you're wrong on this case. Something like this needs to be widely talked about until Nintendo does something

XanderZane2540d ago (Edited 2540d ago )

Well, we all already know that the Switch isn't perfect. After people where getting those joycons stuck in the wrong direction and all the other issues - https://www.youtube.com/wat...
This really isn't much of a surprise. Nintendo was pretty blase' about the other issues as well. One of the reasons a lot more people didn't run out a get one immediately.

It's pretty stupid that you can't save to the SD card though. The gamer is the one buying the memory and they can't even use it to save their games. It's obvious that Nintendo doesn't have over 100K dedicate servers like Microsoft so that gamers can save their games to the cloud. I doubt Nintendo will get this fixed this year.

Indigon2539d ago

It may be a single flaw but it's a biggie. Nintendo needs to address this asap.

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godashram2541d ago

didn't EVERYONE mention this at the launch of the system? At almost 4 months later, i consider this click bait.

deadfrag2540d ago (Edited 2540d ago )

Its the Truth!How can you call clickbait to something thats 100% true and that Nintendo did not yet solve.From the looks they dont give a shit about it and thats why this needs to be more publicity because i and many more people want this solve got it.

godashram2540d ago

It's a known issue, and bringing it up again the wait it was brought up is my issue. The title and summary are what I have the issue with. Now if they titled it mentioning the issue and that Reggie was asked about it, then I'd be fine with it.

joab7772540d ago

No, 4 months later, I would consider it even a bigger problem. It's kinda like my new car. Had I bought it with a problem, and told the dealership, just because time had passed, wouldn't then make it a non-issue. It would make it a more serious issue!

bluefox7552540d ago (Edited 2540d ago )

Well considering Nintendo chose to outright dismiss it, I think these type of articles are good, it keeps the pressure on Nintendo, especially since the fans probably won't. In fact, quite the contrary as you can see from these comments.

MrFisher212540d ago

Exactly. Nintendo fans, lowering gaming standards globally.

_-EDMIX-_2540d ago

I mean just the opposite, wouldn't that actually justify even more articles that it's actually not being corrected in the first place?

Gh05t2540d ago

If this was an issue that could not be solved then maybe. However, this is a solvable issue, Reggie was asked about it again and he dismissed it.

You are truly not concerned that if for some reason your switch breaks that everything is gone? Save backups have been around for over 20 years on consoles. How is this a non issue for them?

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Perjoss2540d ago

"The 70 hours you spent in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild"

more like 170

Eldyraen2540d ago

And I'll be playing more of it soon, and again later on this year.

That one game is the game that just keeps on giving (with a $20 cost anyways). Sometimes dlc isn't so bad. I definitely got my money's worth from launch content alone.

The 10th Rider2540d ago

I thought Switch was pretty dang durable when it came to dropping it?

I think the nature of the JoyCons, since they protrude on all sides, means that they're going to hit whatever you drop it on before the main part of the console does. Because of that you're joy-cons will likely break while the console itself survives. Sommeone dropped it from like 1000 feet to see how it fared and it decimated one of the joy cons, but the console worked fine.

deafdani2540d ago

That's besides the point. You are in a much higher risk to lose your data with a Switch than a traditional console, be it because you accidentally break it (which can happen regardless), or because of theft.

Cloud data saving is fairly easy to implement, so the Switch should have it.

The 10th Rider2540d ago (Edited 2540d ago )

Oh, yeah. I'm not saying it shouldn't have cloud saves and allow copying storage to an SD card. It's a feature I really want them to add, but the entire article places special emphasis on the potential of losing your data from dropping it, which is of little concern compared to the various other things you mentioned. They don't bring up the potential of it being stolen, spilling things on it, dropping something on it, sitting on it, hardware failure, a pet getting at it, etc . . .

Out of all the ways it could possibly fail and lose your data, they only mention dropping it, which just seems silly. I'd be far more concerned about destroying it by spilling on it than I would be about dropping it. As I said dropping it is far more likely to destroy a joycon than anything else.

_-EDMIX-_2540d ago

Agreed I think at a later date Nintendo is going to update their online to have that feature.

@10th-buddy your comment is not even addressing the lack of the feature so it's hard to figure out what you're trying to say.

At the end of the day in my opinion you're only comment should simply be "it's a feature I want them to have" please for the love of God stop being so defensive over everything about this damn system if it's something you want simply say it's something you want ,you literally are acting like you're scared to say something's wrong in fear that someone's going to comment on it

Smh

Be honest about your criticisms you don't always need to be so damn defensive about this thing.

What would happen if XBox owners kept defending this always online bs? That Community fought tooth-and-nail to get that reversed the vast majority of them didn't just lay down and continue to defend it in fear of being wrong.

I would definitely say your game saves is a huge issue on a portable ..

nitus102539d ago (Edited 2539d ago )

The PS4 and XBox can save your game saves (automatically or manually) to the cloud or just to any USB device (recommend 8G and above). Granted that many people don't do this but if you have a problem then you have nobody to blame but yourself.

Even the PS3 and XBox360 could do the above so why doesn't the Switch allow players to save their game saves externally.

Actually, having the ability to be portable is a double-edged sword since it is not that difficult to drop a portable gaming device compared to a console which normally sits in a much more protected environment. Yes, I know the Switch is robust but drop it enough times (kids have a tendency to do this) and it will break or be badly scratched. I have seen adults that should not be let within five meters of a mobile device and kids are much worse.

BTW. A screen protector is the best addon to the switch no matter if you use it for portable or static gaming.

_-EDMIX-_2540d ago

Ummm ok

What does that have to do with the lack of cloud saves?

Dear God are you telling me you're even going to fight a feature that is helping you? What good is this actually doing you right now?

The 10th Rider2540d ago (Edited 2540d ago )

Did you read the article and my comments? They keep mentioning how cloud saves are an issue because you may drop your Switch. My comment was in response to that. Cloud saves are certainly an issue, I was just baffled by the fact that they repeatedly brought up dropping it when that's a minute concern compared to all the other ways you could lose your data.

Simmer down, dude.

_-EDMIX-_2540d ago

Buddy the comment that I'm replying to you basically made no mention of cloud saves

you literally spent the entire post talking about something else to downplay it.

It's still a concern and it's still something that needs to be addressed bringing up other situations isn't relevant.

I understand that the degree of the concern is going to be different from person to person but your post is basically irrelevant it's essentially ignoring the actual topic in favor of bringing up a completely different situation to downplay the concern.

If Cloud saves are certainly an issue to be honest your entire post literally should simply be that cloud saves is an issue

..and that's it the rest of your post is essentially unnecessary and basically sounds like you're trying to say because of its build it somehow warrant missing features.

You're talking about a portable device in which the contents of it saves are basically locked onto the device.

The 10th Rider2540d ago (Edited 2540d ago )

Exactly. I barely mentioned cloud saves. I was addressing a different part of the article. Nowhere did I say not having cloud saves or the ability to save to a backup SD card isn't an issue.

You came in here and pretended like I don't think the lack save data solutions is an issue and didn't even respond to the actual content of my post.

Also, my post is not irrelevant and if you read the actual article you'd know that. They mention multiple times that you need cloud saves because the Switch is prone to being dropped. They directly refer to dropping the Switch three times in the article, but only directly refer to cloud saves once. How could you possibly consider a comment talking about the Switch being dropped irrelevant to the article?

Glemt2540d ago

" “We hear you, but I can’t say if we’re doing anything about it,” isn’t a response – it’s both an acknowledgement and a deferral." What? Yes that is a response. You might not like it the information or lack of information, but it is a response.

Gh05t2540d ago

Yeah that is not how it works... He literally inferred he cant respond to that question. He did not "respond" to the question, he said "I cant say"... that is not a response "TO" the question, that is a deflection from responding TO the question. If you ask a yes or no question and dont get a yes or no answer the question was not answered regardless of what the "response" is.

He could have just said "banana" and you are saying "Hey, he responded" no he didnt, it was a question and we are humans with intelligence, that is not a response to the question that is noise coming out of his face.

Glemt2539d ago (Edited 2539d ago )

1) Inferring is on your side, implying on his. What he implied is up to him, what he inferred is up to you. He implied, stated even, he can't say anything about it at the moment. That is not implying, but stating something clear as day, which -is- a response.
2) I think you are confusing "responding to" with "answering as clearly as I would like him to answer". Sure, his vague stating of the fact that he can't say whether or not they are doing something about it, but they have heard you, is not what you wanted him to say, but it is a response.

Officially "banana" would have been a response (I really had to chuckle about it, imagine Reggie doing that : D), but I agree, this would have been useless.

What, however, if I ask you the question "Will you still be alive in a year?" and you answer "I can't say I know anything about that, but I hear your question.", would that not be an answer?
Or the question "Was work good today?" (a yes or no question), and you answer "I don't want to talk about it."

Again, I'm not stating his answer was good enough for some, I'm saying it is a response, and it clearly is all the response you're going to get.

Btw, I love how people give disagrees based on their emotions instead of rational thinking. I mean, I don't like his avoiding clear answers, but that was not the point here. If you disagree with my statement I think you fail to understand what a response is. When you ask a person if they want a cookie, and they look away from their newspaper and just stare at you, that is a response. It is not an answer, it is a response.

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ARK: Survival Ascended Premium Mods on Consoles Q&A - By 2030, Time Spent on UGC Will Be Way Bigger

ARK: Survival Ascended has introduced Premium Mods on consoles. Wccftech talked to Studio Wildcard and their partner Overwolf about the rising importance of user-generated content, especially for live service games.

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Neil Druckmann clarifies true intent of new Naughty Dog game comments

Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.

just_looken5d ago

He can take dog shit put it in a oven with seasoning then call it waistland cookies the sony fans will pay $40 a cookie give them a medal of cooking.

No mater what trash this sobs puts out/talks about it will sell.

The true fact in the 8 years sense uncharted 4 his first time in the main seat to a point all this "amazing" team did was get 2 dudes to fuck in a van then destroy a franchise they never created.

But being a port studio they are decent at they should keep in there lane at being just that a glorified port studio.

fr0sty5d ago

Salty Bots... gotta love it.

just_looken5d ago

@frosty

Over what? naught dog under his command is a glorified port team tlou2 was mostly tlou 1 asset's with the same game play loop but forced a trans down your throat.

I would gladly help pay for this blight and his team to get removed from gaming in general.

fr0sty5d ago

Seeing a LGBT person exist in a work of fiction isn't "forcing them down your throat". Nobody is forcing you to play it. Nobody is forcing you to agree with it. If you think that just seeing a LGBT person exist is "force", it sounds like they make you very uncomfortable, and maybe you need to be doing some serious reflecting on exactly why... looks to me like you're suppressing something with all that fear.

just_looken5d ago

@fro

When i think of the last of us i think of a group of survivors crossing the apocalypse wasteland with a growing bond between 2 people that end up with Joel making ellie his new daughter.

Then you fire up the 2nd one bang joel is dead oh that comic series? bang dead

Oh you want to continue all that we grew in the first one? na f that toss it in the trash

Now here is a trans woman so strong superboy would blush go out there kill all what made tlou1 then halfway get a forced sex scene that you can not skip between 2 dudes.

The gameplay? just like the first game the combat/backpack system crafting sytem? 0 changes/improvements.

I could go on but lets face it they copy pasted that tlou 1 assets bin a shit ton of times.

There is nothing on the box or the ads or anything before the game that said you would going to spend most of the game controlling a new trans character that has no ties to anything of the first game the only existence was to kill what the first game made.

Oh but hey there is a mp mode coming out before 2022 wait what is that? oh we made it its own game then cancelled it now go but the game again as we port it a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

mkis0075d ago (Edited 5d ago )

What has Straley or Henig released since they left ND? Not a thing! stop scapegoating! Which of them is credited with co-writing a majorly successful show?

just_looken5d ago

@mkis007

You bring up Bruce Straley really? someone that gave us 4 generations of amazing games and was there in the creation of 4 legendary franchises but was tossed in the trash for the pos niel druckmann not 7? years ago

So yeah in those 7? years you right all he has done is get 2 awards one is a game award for a puzzle game he made oh boy right like for fuck sake's all niel has done is one game that was a overhyped fan boy orgasm underneath all that ps jizz was just a typical 5/10 game.

Then you drag Amy Hennig that poor woman was also kicked out then became this century's Brendan Fraser with her sexual misconduct information coming out.

We all know how horrible people are treated behind the scenes she might have been sexual attacked groped or something.

So yeah all she did after was battlefield hardline forspoken now that new marvel 1945 game but hey Brendan Fraser was a great actor till he also said he was sexually attacked just now he is allowed back in no doubt she also had to take a leave of absence out and or was forced out on ice.

Man there are way to many out there that look at niel at the new gaming jesus when all he had done is some work on uncharted 4 then tlou2

Oh also the tvhshow? for real all they did was use stuff from the 2013 game its like saying GOT was a 10/10 but never watching past season 3

-Foxtrot5d ago

@mkis007

That's highly unfair to them both

Amy Hennig got messed around working on projects that got cancelled by the publishers (EA) and then ended up on a awful game (Forspoken) where you had 4 other writers working on it which is just a recipe for disaster. She is now working on Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Not her fault she was pushed out of NaughtyDog, something both Nolan North and Richard McGonagle have both said in interviews.

Bruce Straley left after burn out, the rest of the story we don't know and will never know just like what happened with Amy Hennig. He decided to take a break and wasn't sure if he wanted to come back to gaming however he had an idea he wanted to make so he founded Wildflower Interactive, a smaller studio where they are currently working on a new game.

Tacoboto5d ago

@the obvious stain of a commenter

The trans character wasn't Abby. Try playing Part 2 instead of gatekeeping what you think Part 1 was about and meant.

Maybe try watching the show while you're at it, because you're terribly off with your opinion on that too

MajorLazer5d ago

Naughty Dog is better than all the MS studios put together.

derek5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

@just he has been behind 2 of the greatest games ever made. Tlou2 was easily the best non-vr game made last gen. Losers just can't get over Joel's death, mixed with the usual console war nonsense. The fact that you so casually call him a sob shows how deranged some gamers have become about Drunkmann.

derek5d ago

@frosty, for people like Just, including anyone that can be categorized as being a minority in any kind of media is "forcing it down his throat " lol. I to don't care for poor "checking box" inclusion for inclusion sake but that was not the case with tlou2.

fr0sty5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

The pathetic part about it is, you can tell just_looken never even played TLOU, because that was the game where Ellie's sexuality was first brought to light... No "that was forced down our throats" to be said about that.

Only terrified folks in the closet that use their hatred as cover from outing themselves fear LGBT people that much. They exist. They will exist in all aspects of life, including popular media. Get over it.

just_looken4d ago

@all

Once again you drag out something like its a big win

Here is my old channel a clip of me playing TLOU on ps3
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Search my channel for more clips

Proof its my channel? look at this profiles banner that is 7yrs old then look at other vids on that channel like my bf3 clips to see my psn id. But knowing this group that is way to much work.

Also elle being a lesbian is another trump card? one dlc is all we got of that a dlc that took over a year to be tossed out.

Rainbowcookie4d ago

Hey at least we have cookies to eat 😄

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Rangerman12086d ago

Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.

anast6d ago

No need to bow down, Stan your ground. The AI comments were gross though.

S2Killinit6d ago

Pretty excited as I read these. I just cant wait to see what ND is up to.

Export6d ago

put a chick in it and make her gay !

shadowknight2035d ago

Next they need a diverse couple, and perhaps some climate activists

StormSnooper5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

I would love that if only to piss off all the lunatics. Lol

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Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann Says AI Will 'Revolutionize' Development

Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'

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Jin_Sakai7d ago

I’m more interested in what else he said.

“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’

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H97d ago

It will be something like "we erased gameplay all together it's just a movie now"

purple1017d ago

every time naughty dog make a game, you play it and get the feeling "this is not possible'

from the boulder running towards you in crash, on ps1,
to the massive open world of jak and daxter, on ps2,
to the QuickTime events sequences of uncharted on ps3/4

and now we will see what they do with ps5,

H97d ago

Press X for doubt at "PS5"

-Foxtrot7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

Arrogant asshole who sniffs his own farts bigs up next game…sounds like typical PR to me

You know what I find interesting? Almost every site reporting this as the main title where the REAL interesting bit of the interview is Neil praising AI and saying it will be used to help push story, characters, dialogue and more.

It’s super shitty to big up AI especially when it comes to story telling and other creative elements.

senorfartcushion7d ago

Just because someone says this type of stuff, it doesn't mean that it's guaranteed to be good news.

You can say this about microtransactions. MXTs revolutionised the gaming industry.

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Levii_927d ago

Geez how full of themselves are these guys.

Einhander19727d ago

He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.

CrimsonWing697d ago

I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.

Chard7d ago

Things will get far sloppier brother

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