Those so called true gamers are angry when Ninty stopped the production of NES Classic but at the same time, they wish Switch will fail. Suprisingly, Gbatemp also have many Nintendo haters. They don't have any qualms about hoping for Nintendo downfall, which I hope will never happen.
If the toys were cheaper, I would have bought 'em. But the price is too much just to get some special items, no thanks to our currency exchange rate. I could understand people using this as other means to get the locked items. That Wolf looks so cool!
I can relate to the "Nintendo Must Die" mentality. They want Nintendo games be available on a more neutral platform like PC than just locked behind Nintendo's own hardware. That lock is already broken with emulators and even the NES Classic is basically employing that, using emulation on relatively cheap Raspberry Pi PCB.
A more subdued rationale would be Nintendo to release their games out to other platforms, with exclusivity to their own hardware first for one year. That way, nobody has to die, and games can be tailored to the strengths of the platform itself: Nintendo games on Nintendo hardware with all the Nintendo gimmicks, while a year later, Nintendo games on a more superior hardware (PC, PS4, XBONE) without the gimmick nonsense. Not everyone likes Amiibo stuff, and some gamers already moving to 4K for higher graphics fidelity.
As for the Amiibos, every single developers who got exposed locking their game content behind a DLC that is already available on the disc of the game itself gets called out. I'm not giving a "pass" to Nintendo for doing the same.
just got back from HK, both official/imported Switch stocks are still plenty there,
either color are sold at the same price, Switch related accessories also aplenty as well. Only thing that's out of stock everywhere is the Pro controller.
Cheapest official Switch I can find is HKD2680 compared to the official price set by Nintendo HK at HKD2340, Japs set are a few hundred HKD cheaper but I didn't bother as those don't have any warranty, and the power plug is 2-pins type.
None of the stores force you to buy a forced bundle as well, you can just buy the vanilla Switch by it self.
Bought one Switch from a well known reputable store in Golden SSP, got a 2.5D edge tempered glass for HKD98 as well, forgot what brand as have already throw the cover away, but so far super happy with it.
Day 2 night experienced the dreaded L-joycon issue, reception was pretty bad from 2~3M away, had a few signal lost when I place the L-joycon behind me. No such issue with the R-joycon.
Then I realized Nintendo HK wasn't open the next few days due to the long Easter weekend holiday, and I had to catch the flight home the next day evening. Contacted the store I bought the Switch from, told them my dilemma, luckily they're willing to do a 1 to 1 swap for the joycon for me.
While I was commuting to the store that morning via the MTR, read the dreaded news that Ninty is stopping the production of the wildly popular NES/Famicom Classic. Saw a few stores in SSP still have a few Famicom Classic on shelves, but selling at a slightly inflated price of HKD650-HKD680. It seems they still haven't got hold of the news that those will reach EoL this month, else the price would be much higher. So quickly grabbed one at HKD650.
TL;DR
grabbed an official Switch from HK, found out the L-joycon has the dreaded issue, store did a 1-1 joycon swap for me as Ninty HK is on holiday mode.
Also bought a Famicom Classic before the stores knew it's going to reach EoL.
Some of you might questioning me why bother go all the way to HK to buy a Switch, as after the currency conversion, it's only slightly cheaper, and it's foreign warranty as well.
Well, I have my reasons, 1st, I'm boycotting Maxsoft and some local stores for how they're handling the Switch launch in this region, forced bundle? No thank you. Diff price for Neon set? No thank you again. Pay the store RM100 just to send back your Switch to Maxsoft for warranty? Hohoho, you might as well shoot me in the head.
2nd, it's a fully paid company sponsored working trip, so there's zero travelling & accommodation expenses for me
Might as well take advantage of that to do some shopping.
3rd, my home is across the south china sea from most of you here, local game stores I can count by one hand, and Switch are in very very short supply here. I have a better chance of spotting the rare orangutan in the jungle here than spotting a Switch in a local store.
4th, online order? no thank you as well, local courier sucks, most of the time you'll get either delayed delivery or a damaged parcel, or worst, both! Not to mention the shipping fees aren't cheap as well.
An exemplary report, instead of "I saw a Nintendo Switch in Sofmap for 25,000 yen" bullshit in last thread. You glean relevant and useful info instead of idle Kopitiam chit-chat that goes nowhere. Good job!
Apr 13 2017, 11:11 AM
Quote
0.1659sec
0.56
7 queries
GZIP Disabled