Cold, simply because it is RRP so not a deal. Deal implies some saving over RRP, none to be had here so not a deal....

I thought you were meant to be a Nintendo fanboy !



Nintendo rejected the idea of teaming up with Sony at the time as they didnt think the idea had legs.

Ordered.

Even since my grandad bought me my first Gameboy with tennis & Mario, then NES & Zelda with the gold cartridge, then the SNES, it's always been a tradition of mine to pick up the new Nintendo.

Admittedly the Wii U was the most disappointing yet but even though my grandad has now passed I'll carry on with the day one Nintendo purchases.

Zelda looks awesome anyway.

Really trying not to pre-order this. Burnt on the Wii U, and 3DS day one purchase (poor year 1 libraries). Need to hold out. >.<

UK stock available here - http://nintendoswitchuk.xyz

Yes we did and we even checked our neighbours bins just incase they got the wrong house.
I had my replacement delivered yesterday Nintendo were very good about it.

Oh my goodness, that is very poor IMO, putting it behind a bin, that's not an acceptable delivery if you ask me. Just out of curiosity - did you check thoroughly inside the bin, as I've heard before of people finding deliveries put inside their bin instead of behind. GL

Well i never got my sons Switch. My husband went to work as he didn't want to waste the day off thinking it wasn't coming because the delivery email stated Tuesday-Wednesday.
Got home to find a delivery note saying it was behind the bin, looked and there was nothing there searched everywhere asked next door and still nothing!
Our house is on a main road with an open drive way and the bins are very visible from the path. Rang the delivery company and they said it says it has been left safely in your porch. I haven't even have a porch!!!
I now have to go though a claims to get it sorted.

Yeah, mine came just before 12 despite the email received previously! :smile:

Got a despatch email last night but tracking still says "at national hub",managed to get the last one in stock at a Argos store this morning, plus a pro controller ..45 mins away.Will refuse delivery of the nintendo website order inc pro controller when it turns up next week. (Hermes ) Lesson learned.

thanks for the info, i'll report back tomorrow with update!

See here guys :sunglasses:http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/03/official_nintendo_uk_store_reassures_customers_on_day_one_switch_deliveries

*credit to meherenow for the link:smiley:

Ordered from Nintendo store on the 15th January and just got delivery date of the 7th-8th of March? I thought it was released tomorrow? So mad, i brought it for my sons birthday which is Saturday as the website said it would arrive on the release date!

I will never order anything from that website again, I was assured via email they would despatch my pre-order a few days before launch...now I have to source one of the red /neon units locally..Then refuse the order from Nintendo store when it eventually turns up next week.My pre-order was placed on the 1st Feb. All I am getting back from Nintendo is that they hope to process my order shortly!

Email received advising it has been dispatched and won't be delivered til tuesday-wednesday. What a shambles.
Wouldn't even let me cancel this morning before it has dispatched as shopto could deliver tomorrow as more stock came in.

17.20 pm and my pre-order is still "processing".Gutted, I thought it was a safe bet to order directly from Nintendo.Will check argos, currys tomorrow in case of any stock floating about.

Just got this :smile:

Dear Nintendo Fan,

Thank you for your recent pre-order through the Nintendo Official UK Store.

We are happy to inform you that your product(s) will be dispatched very soon, and as such payment will be charged to your chosen payment method.

If you paid for your order with PayPal, to avoid any delays in shipment please ensure that you have sufficient funds in your PayPal account to cover the price of your order.

Should you require any further assistance with this or anything else, you can contact us by:

• Sending a message via your Official Store account
• Sending an email to our Customer Support Team to the following email address at [email protected]

Kind regards,
Nintendo Official UK Store

No mario kart 8 for launch :disappointed:

That's not true at all because this thread is about those considering buying a Switch now. I will buy one myself I'm sure later on perhaps in a year or so depending on how it goes and what games it gets. Vita is pretty much end of life now anyway like wii u. It's in its death throes so to speak. Yes in many ways buying a Vita is better than Switch but perhaps better options are available a Windows device that gives you access to your steam library and a wider range of superior games or even an android or ios device where your collection of software will always be available on replacement portable devices too.

OK dad! I'm just arguing that the 'staggering' value of the vita versus the switch would only be valid if you judged the vita based pre-launch, or waited 5 years to see where the Switch stands after a similar time frame. I guess it's pointless debating it really so whatevs, bruv!

Some really childish comments but then you could be 6 years old for all I know. There has been a lot of information about what is coming out for Switch this year and because most are small indie titles, wii u ports or old games that have been seen on other formats its not difficult to make a fair assessment of Switch games. Of course this wouldn't be the case if the Switch was getting a wide range of original exclusive titles which sadly it isn't, it's getting shovelware at premium prices.

Maybe it's worth buying seeing as all Nintendo stuff seems to sel, out n it's sold at twice the price on eBay. Buy two sell one?

It's slightly unfair to criticise the range of games available on the Switch, which hasn't even been released yet, by comparing it to a console that came out 5 years ago. But you are clearly in love with your vita so it's understandable I guess, as you seem to spend as much time writing love letters about it as you do complaining about the expected limitations & poor performance of the Switch. But each to their own :stuck_out_tongue:

It is leagues ahead of the Vita in performance, at least 3x but you wouldn't know it by the majority of the games. Many are tiny simplistic games yet are expecting £40-50 per game. If I look at what I have for my Vita and look at Switch games apart from the wii u ports they look very dated tech wise. Many indie games which could easily be run on Vita, 3DS or even PSP, some even look DS level apart from resolution. Huge amount of filler titles on Switch that I wouldn't of thought would sell well.

The value of Vita is staggering compared to Switch, huge range of more ambitious games at fantastic prices. Bonus games on psn plus etc plus all your ps4 games played for free using remote play. That said the Vita is probably poor value compared to the value on android with a huge range of very competitively priced software that is performing above Vita nowadays for the most ambitious titles.

If it doesn't sell at this price they won't really have much choice but to reduce the price, or maybe start bundling games with it (which is a bit tricky when there aren't any).

Who knows, their expectations for sales may be relatively low to begin with since there are no announced switch exclusives to draw people in. Anyway, they must be aware that without something that can really sell the switch to people who already have a Wii U they might struggle at the start.

I'm hoping they actually have a lot going on behind the scenes as they have stated numerous times that they have learnt a lesson & are going to avoid having game droughts similar to the Wii U & 3DS launches.

Although it doesn't appear to be the case at the moment, they must have a lot of stuff to reveal shortly. I'm surprised the amount of attention that they have given 1-2 Switch as it looks terrible, hopefully that's not indicative of how they plan to avoid game droughts in the future! :neutral_face:

I think releasing details on whatever the next game from Retro is would probably make me go out & order one straight away & whatever it is must be pretty much finished by now.

Having played a Switch at the preview tour I can say it's a nice handheld, leagues ahead of the Vita in performance.

In console form though nothing on show was any better than the Wii U and that was behind the curve 3 years ago.

Even though I like it I can't justify spending £280 on a handheld and I can't see enough people being willing to for the Switch to be a major success.

You don't need to be a expert, all you need to do is look at the Vita and look at the Wii-U, two devices priced right out of the market at launch, you don't need a university diploma or a snarky attitude to see that coming, just common sense, take care.

Sadly for me the price with one game and one accesory is too expensive for now, this part of the year , so it will be a expensive xmas purchase for me.

I convinced the gf to buy herself a ps4, 3 months of psn, fifa 17, gta V, skyrim, diablo, and rocket league all for about £330 (ps4 & fifa standard bundle and games their normal price on amazon currently)

We decided to wait until at the very least splatoon 2 is out, before considering one, but more than likely we will see what e3 brings (yes i am aware nintendo do their own direct but its the same week) and then after e3 if still interested, if we wait till around xmas we can consider a switch with splatoon 2, Mario Kart and Mario Oddessy

But we do want one, hear for stock

It's pretty much end of life now but there are a huge range of games and I'm realistically not going to get through all the games I have before a better portable comes along. My problem isn't lack of games its too many. Each month more are added thanks to playstation plus. Not forgetting all the ps4 titles I can play using remote play too.

http://thevitalounge.net/released-playstation-vita-games/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0OBPVATD1g

If you don't want it, don't buy it
Personally being able to play Zelda in HD on the go is worth £300 to me.

I'm not knocking Nintendo or complaining about their pricing. As it stands there isn't a compelling reason for me to buy the switch since I already own a Wii U & will be happy playing Zelda on that.

The list of launch games is currently the main criticism leveled at the switch launch & it seems a pretty strange strategy for Nintendo to launch with something that the majority of their biggest fans don't need to buy the new console to play. I'm sure Arms or whatever is good but it's not really me selling the console as it stands.

Until the console has been released & there's some actual sales figures to back up your points, comments like yours suggesting the switch had already failed are a bit juvenile. The fact you can still preorder one tells you nothing apart from there's enough stock available to meet current demand. That could be because none is buying it or it could be because Nintendo are providing more stock. The UK is not the only market in the world so the ultimate success or failure of the switch will be decided elsewhere than in the heads of the doom mongers on here such as yourself.

I have seen many people commenting on here to say broadly the same thing - that they will consider buying the switch once there are more games & especially if they drop the price - to suggest that it will do OK, even if the first 9 months currently looks a bit shaky.

If you suspect that it will 'go belly up' within a year then good for you! Your expert analysis based on an in-depth understanding of the product, the worldwide market conditions into which it's being launched & Nintendo's plans for making it a success mean I might not bother to buy one now seeing as it will be redundant next Easter. Thanks for that, you've saved me over £300! :smirk:

People are petty (and stupid). This is a deal, this deal has more favourable terms and conditions than for the same product elsewhere. 'Deal' does not only mean money off the RRP. If a salesman chucks in a free mot, insurance and set of tyres with my car, it's a good deal, even if I pay the RRP.

Don't shoot the messenger, i am not personally responsible for pricing the switch, or am i responsible for it not selling out it's pre orders stock, your beef is with Nintendo, not me, and is i already stated, dedicicated gamers like yourself cannot make a system a success, the U has already proven that, the casual market is where the success is made, the Wii and Ds have proven that overwhelmingly, gamers sitting with all three consoles and money to burn on $50 games are in small minority, so at this stage if it cannot even sell out on it's limited pre-order stock then that would also suggest dedicated gamers are also not touching it, don't matter how much you want to play their games, if it is not selling it's not selling, and only Nintendo can do something about that.

It's interesting to see other people's viewpoints and have a reasonable discussion.

In terms of this being a deal I'm not sure as it doesn't appear sold out in many places.

Again I think you're missing the point, but I won't bother repeating myself. Yeah Joe Public may very well be able to buy a PS4 or Xbox for the same price, but given how many PS4's have been sold there are probably plenty of people who already own a PS4 and don't really need another one. If I owned a PS4 or an Xbox & I had £300 to spend, would you recommend me buy another very similar console or maybe buy something completely different? I guess PS4 & Xbox owners will quite happily consider buying another slightly improved PS4 or Xbox, but then scoff at thought of buying something which is designed to meet a different set of gamer needs. You may be right tho, let's all hope Nintendo fails so there are just 2 fancy DVD players to play exactly the same games on! Go gamers!!! :wink:

The problem for the switch is they have priced it up there with the PS4 and XB1, so at this time to buy a Switch and one game would cost your the same to buy a 1tb PS4 pro, or you could buy a XB1 bundle with a game for £30 less than the switch alone, it is just a madness pricing structure for what joe public will look on as just a new DS, and as the U has proven without the casual gamer taking up the product, dedicated gamers can't make a product a success, i mean this thing is already following in the same steps as the U, that thing never sold out at pre-order due again to the silly high price, Nintendo just seem to live in a fantasy world when it comes to anything that is not a ds or 3ds, and for some reason when it comes to making a actual dedicated home Nintendo console to replace thier last actual home dedicated gaming console, the gamecube, Nintendo just keep missing the ball, and when i say missing the ball i mean the ball is in one stadium and Nintendo are standing in a open field surrounded by cow poo, in another continent. lol

But i suspect not even a year will be needed to see this thing go belly up, not unless there are some massive price cut's across the board from hardware and software before that, Joe public simply won't buy what they perceive to be a £280 handhelds, Sony learned that lesson with the vita.

Also, sorry for drawing you in to a long-winded debate about it, I just find it extraordinary that people have such strong (negative) views on something they have yet to try out & expect Nintendo to have somehow priced it according to their own speculative evaluation of what it's worth, given they think it's clearly an under-powered tablet with no games & they aren't interested in it anyway, yet feel the need to endlessly tell others about it any chance they get. I don't aim that at you as you at least seem to be able to discuss it without resorting to 'Nintendo fail, LOL' type responses. Cheers anyway!

OK, to me spending £65 on smartphone games is out of the question (even more so £200), particularly on updated PS1 titles. In this case you are probably better just sticking an emulator on your phone & playing the original PS1 roms which I think smartphones are more than capable of managing. Similarly, if all you want is to play the retro stuff then I agree there is little point in buying the Switch day one, or ever possibly.

My point about 4K is that it's another tech upgrade that no-one really needs. The advance in graphics is impressive but it doesn't make standard HD games redundant, and as I say I don't understand the benefit of increasing the cost of production for games without any real benefit to the developer or person buying the games. Sure, Sony & Microsoft need to sell you something new, & again, if you're buying the new console which has 4K built in then why not, but it's kind of missing the point.

The Wii was standard definition and looked rubbish on an HD TV, the Wii U moved Nintendo into HD and Wii U games actually look pretty good. The Switch will look like or better than the Wii U, but enable you to take games that look good - or at least good enough - with you wherever you want. People are very hung up on the technical side of the Switch but if you look at comments from people who bought a Wii U you won't generally find people complaining about the game play or graphics as they are both good. The Switch will apparently be relatively easy to port games to, but god forbid that the those games may be slightly less shiny than on the PS4! :wink:

The fact is that people might need to wait for the Switch catalogue to grow, & clearly the launch lineup is pretty limited - opening with the latest Zelda & the best Mario Kart they've ever made may be enough for some people but not others. Myself I won't buy one until at least Christmas, by which time there should be a fuller list of titles with more currently unannounced Nintendo titles to follow shortly, by which time it will probably be worth the money.

I'm sure it will have the standard Netflix and Amazon apps given time, but the fact an Xbox or PS4 are glorified DVD players doesn't mean the Switch isn't a home console. It's supposedly more powerful than a PS3 or Xbox360 which as far as I can tell remain home consoles? Also, it's not competing directly with the PS4/Xbox as it provides for both home and handheld users.

One of the underrated features of the Wii U was being able to continue playing on the gamepad when the TV was in use and while many people may not want to take the console out of the house it can still be used in handheld mode in the same way. Although I'm no expert on the PS4/Vita thing, I'm not sure this is possible on other platforms, ie playing on the TV and then being able to just pick it up & start playing on the handheld.

It might take time for the concept to gel in people's heads but I think there are more uses for the switch than simply replicating a home or handheld console. I think if you were able to just pick up your PS4 games and take them with you wherever you go then you might learn to appreciate the concept a bit better.

It doesn't need to be as powerful as the other consoles, it needs to be a standard that looks good & include a few games that people want to play. From my own armchair analyst viewpoint, the point at which it becomes worth buying may be different for different people but once there is a catalogue of games then sales will probably pick up. Also, a price drop wouldn't hurt obviously!

Yeah I saw that, I know I listed about £200 worth of iOS software and said that's what you get for the same as 4 Nintendo full blown Switch games. FYI £65 for the Final Fantasy bundle on UK iTunes - good value for the amount of gaming, if you like FF.

I keep listing concerns and you keep replying by changing goalposts by stating new things, such as 4K isn't really worthwhile (Tell that to Sony, Microsoft and a lot of PC users, or VR). Retro not important when shown other devices have a solid background of retro content but then you also state about virtual console. Then you say people will have to wait for good first party Switch games. So the Switch is inevitably going to have to rely on old content via virtual console until people get the new games..... Why bother spending £280 to play those retro games. They haven't given anyone a reason to really get it at launch. That's the concerning thing, I've heard Zelda plays better on Wii U....

Personally myself i only use a console for games, i have a laptop, PC, mobile phone and blue ray player for all the rest. Most of it boils down to personal preference. I had an xbox one and sold it after 6 months as there wasn't many games to interest me, that to me was a waste of money. We have a PS4 but that is mainly used by my son as again i'm not interested in COD, Unchartered, Fifa, GTA etc. Nintendo caters to me, i like bright, happy, stress free gaming lol. The fact that i can play on the go and when someone else wants the TV is a winner for me. I can appreciate that many people are into the games PS4 and Xbox have to offer but they are not for me, even the bright, colourful platformers tend to be frustrating, people seem to spend more time yelling at the TV and smashing their controllers than having fun!! lol (That can get costly). Think we have got through around 10 PS4 controllers alone courtesy of COD! For me £279 is well worth it for the enjoyment i will get. I just hope they bring out a new harvest moon and animal crossing, that would make my year!! The only negative i do have to say is the release day games library is pants!! I'm not really into Zelda but will be buying it just because there isn't much else. (To be honest though i've never really played it so it might surprise me)

But the Switch is not a home console, a home console can also be used as a media device as well for playing dvds or blu rays, and the switch is even pushing the fact it is a portable handheld because it won't fit unto the same pocket as a 3ds or ps vita, it is more a tablet with a tv output, and as the limited stock of pre orders have not even managed to sell out i think it is safe to say the majority are not going to entertain such prices for what they are being told is basically a handheld, and who can blame them when you can pick up a xl ds or 3ds for less that half the price, with a game, and free online, Nintendo should never have priced this to compete with the Xb1 or Ps4, that was just silly, when you consider a xb1 with 500 meg hdd, full game and joypad, can be had for 30 quid cheaper than the switch, just a insane pricing structure Nintendo seem to have every time they launch hardware.

I wasn't suggesting going out & buying it day one, I was just saying maybe wait and see what it's like first. My 'typical retort' that you can't play Zelda, Mario Kart & Mario elsewhere was purely in response to you saying the list you provided was better than the games that will be released in the first year. I wish your list had included games that were optimized for touch controls as I have yet to find any that are worth spending longer than 5 minutes of my time playing. If you wish to play Nintendo's virtual console games then you will indeed be sitting playing NES and SNES games on a fancy tablet, but you can also play all the full blown 1st & 2nd party titles Nintendo release going forward, while your Samsung tablet will be stuck forever emulating Mario 64 badly. Also, the console comes with enough built in controllers to play 2-player Mario Kart out of the box, & a way of turning the controllers into a more traditional configuration also. Of course you can choose to buy a pro controller if you want one & £50 is a similar price range as other consoles, given that the console has yet to be released & the price for everything is at a premium currently.

In case you missed this edit to my earlier comment:
having just had a look on the google play store, the final fantasy games are around £12 each & the GTA games are £5 a pop so you're recommending paying around £100 to play PS1 and PS2 games on your iPhone? & yet you think the as-yet-unreleased Nintendo Switch & games are too pricey for you? :confused: I'd think that anyone, not just your cost conscious gamer, would be having second thoughts about your recommendations! :wink:

Games lists are subjective but that list doesn't even start on the games that are purely optimized for touch, that's the point. Pay £280 and for what, a hope for the future. It really is the Vita all over again.

perhaps you'd be happy sitting at home in front of your 4K TV with your phone on the table in front of you, your Bluetooth controller in hand, settling down for a nice evening of gaming, playing 16 year old GTA games & 16-bit Megadrive games on your iPhone

You'll be doing the same with the Switch but some of the Virtual games will be older than that, more expensive to buy and some probably lower resolution than 1080p and to have a decent controller it'll cost £50. They're doing well to actually beat Apple accessory makers with pricing!!

Compare the Switch to solutions that exist now and the only real comeback is ''You won't get to play Zelda, Mario or Mario Kart''.... the only other game you forgot to mention in the typical retort is Super Smash Bros. and maybe throw in a Pikmin reference. Funny thing is Nintendo basically lost the space under people's TV's only relying on their own stereotypical franchises, they need developers, variation, whether it's a purple box under the TV or a Black tablet with Joycons attached they need more than the stereotypical fanboy retort of pure Nintendo games.

FWIW - It's well supported by JRPG's. If that's not your thing (it isn't mine) then the cupboard is bare... 3rd party support literally died in months and the lack of AAA games (from memory there can't be anymore than a dozen) is astonishing.

Sure, but I don't think anyone would think that list of games is particularly appealing. For the cost conscious that might be ok, but if I invested in a decent controller to play games on my phone or tablet based on your recommendation here then I'd be sorely disappointed.

Although, perhaps you'd be happy sitting at home in front of your 4K TV with your phone on the table in front of you, your Bluetooth controller in hand, settling down for a nice evening of gaming, playing 16 year old GTA games & 16-bit Megadrive games on your iPhone? :wink: & that's just one or two of the AAA highlights that are available apparently! :wink::wink:

Anyway, it may indeed be a cheaper option, but if you think its in any way comparable to playing the latest versions of Zelda, Mario Kart & Mario etc, then I'm happy for you.

I admit the games aren't there yet but I'm sure there's a lot that we don't know about that will be revealed shortly - including info on the virtual console, or whatever it will be called on the switch. :smiley:

* also, having just had a look on the google play store, the final fantasy games are around £12 each & the GTA games are £5 a pop so you're recommending paying around £100 to play PS1 and PS2 games on your iPhone? & yet you think the as-yet-unreleased Nintendo Switch & games are too pricey for you? :confused: I'd think that anyone, not just your cost conscious gamer, would be having second thoughts about your recommendations! :wink:

Lets look at it this way, a Nintendo wiiu set you back £250 then a 3DS £179, you then would have to buy the games for BOTH platforms. Now we have a home console and handheld in 1 and only have to buy games once. Looking at it like that £279 is good!!

Like I say I think it will sell 25-30 million, which isn't too bad for what it is. It is a niche gaming only handheld of reasonable power, in a world full of multi purpose handhelds.

Clearly I'm looking towards the future with my TV purchase, I didn't buy it solely for 4k (Can't buy it in potato quality 1080p either :stuck_out_tongue: ), I was in the market for a good upgrade to a Kuro, wanted something to last a while and the LG OLED is nice to have as a piece of furniture - it takes up a lot less depth than the Kuro! Incidentally 1080p content looks good too, so it's not just about 4k content all the time. Heck I've been re-watching sopranos from a DVD rip and it still looks great.

The Switch would be for me purely from a nostalgia retro point of view however will it be comprehensive in the digital catalogue - that's what many of us are waiting to see. Not like there's ample actual made for Switch games coming to market within the first few weeks of ownership to really try anything else. If I can get a full NES, SNES, N64 and Gamecube digital library I'll jump in a buy the biggest SD card that works, that's what may save the Switch the retro titles - but look at the list below of classics that iOS has. Plus the majority of people could probably retro game right now on the phones in their pockets (point taken about touchscreen controls, but......

Not all iPad/iPhone/Android games need to just be touch screen. That view is out of date somewhat, very good controllers out there made by Steelseries, logitech, or even the Dual Shock 4 works on Android. Additionally I talk of value - what the majority of the market is dictated by. You can pick up an iPad Air, Nimbus controller and all these games, for the price of a Switch and 4 games at RRP:
(I've chosen ones relating to classic console games or remakes of well known franchises)
Rome Total War
Final Fantasy 1-7
GTA 3
GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
Max Payne
Abe
KOTOR
Sonic games (retro console comparison)
Chrono Trigger (retro console comparison)
Banner Saga
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Batman
Oceanhorn (Zelda Clone)
Badland
Crazy Taxi
Batman
Lumines
Geometry Wars
Fifa (Will the Switch one be any better, it won;t have Frostbite?!)
Halo: Spartan Strike
Dead Space
Deux Ex
TTR Racing
Sim City
Football Manager Touch
Final
Warbits (Advance Wars Clone)
Mario Run (Lothesome to put this as the Mario experience on a Nintendo console will be better but even so it still is Mario)
Pokemon Go

Better gaming on the above list than you'll get on Switch in the first year at least!!

£198.50 on Gameseek website. But I doubt they will honour it/ be able to get one. If I can I will buy it at that price and try and find zelda cheap used. Not prepared to pay the prices quoted
. Are gameseek banned on here . Is it dodgy company or summat?

​Yeah I'm feeling the same. I'm interested in the console, but it would collect dust way to fast.

I'll hold off on year one, see if there's a big price reduce (£200-230 area I'd be more comfortable), but I'd 3rd party support runs off in the first year. I'll leave the Wii U 2.0.

If your iPhone or iPad or whatever could play the new Zelda you'd have the beginnings of a point, but if you think that gaming on an iPad is equivalent to gaming on a dedicated console then you are obviously happy playing games which involve little more than tapping the screen in order that they are playable on a touchscreen. While you may be desperate for your games to be slightly more HD than they are already, there is no real benefit & this just increases the cost and development time needed to produce games, which in itself is kinda idiotic. I mean, who really gives a sh*t about 4k anyway (apart from people like you who've already bought a 4k TV before the content really exists & need to find some reason for having it to make it worthwhile)?

The switch may not be for you & it may not be for a lot of people & may actually end up failing miserably, but then again it might just be better than you & a lot of other people actually imagine with some great new Nintendo games (although you might have to wait a while for these to appear).

Who knows, I've not tried it & I assume you haven't either so maybe wait a while until it's actually been released & there's some games available for it that you actually want to play before passing final judgement.

...all in my opinion of course! :smiley:

Sure, but Nintendo MUST set a price the retailers have to pay them per unit, unless you are saying they give them away for nowt, in which case they are exceptionally generous :smirk:

Obviously in order to make a worthwhile profit the retailers have decided they must sell it at £280. If the price to the retailers was lower, they could in turn charge less for it while still making a profit, so directly or indirectly, Nintendo still ultimately decides what it will cost and they have been in the business long enough to know roughly what the retailers slice of the pie will add to the price they push it to retail at....

Nintendo don't set RRP in Europe. This has been has been a fact for a long time now... it is THE RETAILERS who are given that power. So all those bashing Nintendo for the pricing do need to pipe down.

and the Nintendo Store is run by The Hut Group if you didn't already know...

I have an iPad and an iPhone - (I'm not getting in to an Android vs iOS debate - Could replace that with Samsung tablet and Galaxy S7), either way why do we need a dedicated handheld just for gaming? The 4 devices above do gaming plus a whole bunch of other things. Now relating it to children, would I spend £280 on a switch plus £50 on Zelda or any other title, or would I get my child a Kindle Fire or a Samsung Tab or an iPad Mini?! They represent better value and do so much more besides gaming.

Take the home console dock situation, the market is heading 4k, people are being pushed towards 4k by Netflix, GoPro, Camera's on our phones et al. 4k is in the infancy compared to 1080p or 1440p but it is the future. As someone who owns a 4K LG OLED TV and has disposable income the console, game or accessory prices I don't mind, but I do mind the lack of power.

It seems to me this is the Vita all over again, the game pricing of £50 is the equivalent of the Vita console and memory card prices. The Switch and Vita aren't bad devices, I just think the market doesn't need this device. I still think Nintendo will sell 25-30 million globally, but it that enough?!

I paid £140 for mine s/hand from Grainger games a few years ago, maybe 2013. Have played many games on it thanks to bonus psn plus games and remote play plus the games I've bought on cartridge and psn. Quite a large library of games I can play. I can never use remote play outside the house always comes up with too slow a connection but works perfectly at home.

The OLED screen is awesome with amazing contrast and beautiful colours. My phone is a OLED too, yotaphone. I'm quite a fan of this screen technology although saying that my tv is a conventional LED backlit LCD. To me the Vita is a far better portable gaming device than Switch, as a piece of hardware, range of games, portability, better controls, functionality. No Zelda though, no easy dock and the Switch has a larger screen but for the moment I don't think the Switch makes sense for me. Too bulky as a portable, too weak as a home console and only 1 game worth paying serious money for which is also available on another format which I already have.

I paid £230 for a vita... By far the biggest gaming purchase regret I have ever made...

2018 I believe. :wink:

anyone got any idea when nintendo will release details about the v/console on the switch,under 2 and no details at all so far,pretty shockin..i got one on pre order with amazon but the lack of info from nintendo is shockin,if the v/console is a let down then prob cancel me pre order and wait a few months as the launch line up is pretty weak

I was just on Argos, tesco, Amazon, still taking pre orders and still having that 3rd March delivery date, so they have not went out of stock since pre orders went live, which i suppose is a good sign UK gamers are not as daft a Nintendo thought they were with that 280 quid price tag for a handheld system. Lol
UK gamers just went way up in my estimation.

time has moved on james

you will get burnt on this one too,

Has this been in stock for the whole time the deal has been live? Or has it just come back in stock?

I reserved online for collection at smyths toys for release day and you pay on collection. No payment if you don't collect within 48 hours you lose reservation. There are loads of places that take payment on dispatch

Really appreciate all ur opinion..... Av to think twice...

Do it do it dooooooo it

I was just pointing out that the thread is actually 2 weeks old rather than 2 hours so 8 pages of comments is normal, regardless of the amount of nonsense you have to wade through. Until someone receives a switch for that price gameseek can carry on saying whatever they like, there's nothing to stop them cancelling all the orders.

You miss the point. The complaints cover up any good info someone may add such as cashback deals, vouchers or updates on relevant info.

Secondly, gameseek have confirmed they will be selling more consoles at that price, no doubt there is some rule or extremely limited stock, but its accurate information.

In stock practically everywhere, even HMV have it. Too expensive, will wait for a bundle and more games.

Surely it's a bit hypocritical to complain about someone's post complaining about someone elses post? After all, no one is forcing you to read our opinions after all! :wink:

Also anyone who believes that gameseek will not only honour that price but continue selling for that price is in for a big comedown shortly, particularly when they have to mess about trying to get their money back.

Also 2:
This 'deal' is 2 & half weeks old so 8 pages of whingeing & moaning isn't so exceptional! :wink:

I appreciate it's a forum, but in 2 hours it's got 8 pages of comments and it makes the decent comments drown in the complaining crew. Yes £280 is alot of money, but by that logic you'd say anything other than budget items are a waste as you can get alternatives cheaper. Ultimately it's worth what the buyer is willing to pay, the people on some crazy mission to discredit Nintendo should just save the effort, I want one regardless, be it £100 or £500. Simply because I WANT the games. It's my money and il buy what I like, but funnily enough I'm trying to get it as cheap as I can and on release date hence looking on this website!

Jeez take a chill pill. This is a public forum, where anyone with an opinion can post, so what do you expect. Personally I love the HUKD banter, it can often contain good tips and advice and I often partake myself, not doing anyone any harm and gives the place a community feeling, plus no one forcing you to read our opinions after all.

As to discounts on the Switch, unsurprisingly there aren't many to be had because retailers are selling through their initial allocations anyway so what incentive do they have to make it even cheaper?

That said many places, including the Nintendo shop I believe, will at least let you claim cashback with TCB or Quidco. Personally, I think the best bet for a real deal on the switch is if Gameseek get it back in at £198. They have promised there will be another chance to order it at that price with them before release though other than that details are very vague. Personally, as I'm not that bothered about getting it on launch I am waiting to see if Gameseek make good on this. If they don't no loss to me as I have plenty of other systems to play but if getting it for launch is vital to you I'm not sure I would trust Gameseek though they are easily best deal for Switch if they come good....

I'm sorry. When all said and done, the hardware and accessories are overpriced. I'm a dedicated wii u owner. Won't be switching at this price. Weak launch line up .....no mario yet. Rehash of mk8. Get zelda on wii u. No metroid pilot wings for zero luigi mansion mentioned....sorry. .

This is just ridiculous. Too many idiots here just posting for the sake of it. One said Nintendo hasn't been mainstream since the 90s. Really mate? What about the Wii. Or the Ds. Or pokemon go on mobile. Stop being stupid and move along.

Another claiming why pay the money for games we were playing 20 years ago. Another idiot who thinks the new zelda could be run on a Nes.....

8 pages of just moaning morons, I'm scanning it looking for someone who may have a code, or some benefit I could add to save money but instead just post nonsense about their own opinion.

To recognise a decent deal, one must understand the concept of value. A games console with standard RRP isnt a deal. A ford Mustang at a price of £5000 (even if it was RRP) is an insanely good deal because we all know a basic "motor" from the showroom is £15k+ - A sport car as such at £5k is a steal..

Some good insights there and we know the hardware will be well made. It's Nintendo. Its just I wouldn't have anything to use it for. I will get Zelda for wii u and there is nothing else I want until Mario Odyssey. If I bought it it would just gather dust and no doubt drop in price until Mario Odyssey comes out. Arms looks good but not worth full price for me and not interested in buying conversions of my existing wii u games. I haven't upgraded my ps4 to ps4 pro yet, I'm still waiting for enough content to justify PSVR but even that seems a far better use of money for entertainment. There's scorpio coming out too later. The Switch seems like a waste of money at the moment.

I will wait for bundled sub 250, but if anyone still wants one in colour, you can preorder from spanish amazon, as its on offer atm and states day one stock available.
Link here

I managed to get a 2 hour hands on go with the switch yesterday
Firstly i want to say im a universal gamer i own a ps4 and an xbox one as well as a 2DS so i aim to be unbiased as possible,
But I love Nintendo they always have a special place in my heart.
If you live your gaming life striving for gflops hertz refresh rate etc stick to a PC where it FAR outmatches consoles
But any worries that you have about the switch being underpowered will soon disappear when you have one in your hands.
It feels extremely well built, Zelda looked amazing on the Panasonic TVs they had set up (docked) i even managed to try out the pro controller now my opinion its wider than other controllers and for me its the best control pad i have ever held (even beat my xbox one elite controller)
I switched from dock to handheld and although i wasn't expecting the switch screen to beat the TVs screen i couldn't tell that it was 720p (it looked far more colourful and vibrant than 720p on other things i seen) .
Forr me i haven't been able to buy and keep a Nintendo console since the N64, I've always purchased a major Nintendo console on release but found myself getting bored with it over time and selling them. I feel the switch will stop that, it TRULY is both a handheld and a console at the same time.

A few minus points though:
with the charging port being on the bottom and i feel that in 2017 they could have utilised the screen space by going to the edges a bit more ( large black border around the screen)
The prices of games and accessories are just silly but my thought behind that is that they are trying to recover some loss from the wii U console but you dont have to go nuts and buy the whole catalogue just wait for some price drops.....and dont get me started on them calling 1-2 switch a retail game......its a tech demo at best that should have been bundled for free.

Switch wont be for everyone but i think more will be impressed than under impressed.

As a portable its as powerful as ps3/360/wii u which is very impressive about 3x Vita. As a home console its pretty dire. It's designed so all game cpu code runs the same between portable and docked and there is no difference in cpu performance between each mode but it has 2 output modes for graphics, outside the dock its a slow speed that gives 150 gflops performance but put it in the dock and the gpu speeds up to generate 400 gflops and it switches over to the tv output and allows an increase in resolution and you can toggle between docked and portable as much as you want taking in and out of the dock. Because of this all games are really written with the 150 gflops in mind and the docked modes just increases resolution. The 400 gflops performance isn't really fully utilised and its believed there is a memory bottleneck when docked anyway. It has shared memory of 25.6GB/s between cpu and gpu which is ample for portable mode but restrictive for docked mode. I'm just making the point its not really making full use of that 400 gflops.

It's not like you play skyrim in portable mode and its at low detail setting but play it docked it goes to high detail setting it will remain at low detail setting in both modes with only the resolution changing. Otherwise you'd have to restart the game to load in the new assets and graphic features, you'd pretty much have to reboot the game between playing portable and docked. Every game is setup to switch between 2 graphic output modes on the fly which only differ by resolution and anti-aliasing.

If it's possibly as powerful as a PS3 (which i think it should be) then I don't understand how people think the games will look horrible.

People praised the PS3 for a long time.

if it is really based on nvidia maxwell (which all info points to) then the downgrade in graphics will be vast and much more than just "slight" downgrade that you imagine.

if you dig the web deep, and read what people who played the thing said..there are very concerning comments of how it even struggles to have steady frame rate with the Zelda game.and that game is already graphically compromised to accommodate the weak hardware.
also check the leaked screen shots of Dragons Quest Zero II on Switch and compare it to PS4 version.and remember they are charging you more than PS4 for this pathetic hardware.
portability aspect is no excuse, they could have used the already available and also mobile chipset Pascal which would have been significantly more powerful than what they used.making it on par with PS4.but they didn't, to save money and make more profit hoping **** gimmicks like HD rumble will fool people and make up for outdated hardware.

​if the switch gets decent third party support and I had the choice between buying the same game on ps4 or switch, I'd always choose switch. The ability to play the same game on a handheld tablet console is really compelling. And yeah the graphics will be slightly worse but I'm a PC gamer so I'm already compromising by playing ps4 games... an additional but slight downgrade in graphics on the switch is nothing compared to the downgrade I get when going from pc to ps4.

I suspect the switch will be wildly successful, once the price comes down to £229 with a bundled game. On purely anecdotal evidence, it's the first games console me and my friends have preordered for a long time.

to made things even more complicated,Nintendo boss recently said they are considering the 3DS successor..so Switch is mostly the incredibly weak home console that happens to have some portability..not a real portable.
Nintendo themselves are obviously not confident with it.also Wii U sold very good in first 3 months but after that it sank.let's see how Switch does after first 2-3 months :smirk:

OOS now but grey is available

I'm not sure it will flop but launch pricing I think is just to rinse Nintendo enthusiasts of cash before a more realistic price is set. We know how the 3DS sold at launch and had to drop pricing considerably shortly afterwards I suspect the same will happen here and early adopters will get a free year online or something as compensation. That is from a UK perspective it looks like in the US the launch is doing better. UK likes Nintendo portables but they need to be sub £200 pricing and we aren't too keen on their home consoles.

The Switch is a powerful portable but an incredibly weak home console. 3x Vita performance as a portable. About 3x gpu (50gflops vs 150 gflops), 3x cpu (6000 mips vs 18000 mips), at least 3x memory (640MB vs 2GB or likely 6x memory 4GB). It's about last gen console performance as a portable overall, weaker in some areas, stronger in others. When docked just the gpu upclocks to render at an improved resolution and/or include AA (anti-aliasing) (720p AA, 900p no AA, 900p AA, 1080p no AA and possibly 1080p AA in future).

I'm sticking with my wii u for the moment but totally understand those who want a powerful portable why they would get one. Don't quite understand those buying it for just home use though at least at current pricing. Zelda lighting and shadows look better on wii u and the use of the TV for main display and gamepad for inventory I think will make the wii u version play better. It was designed from the beginning for wii u with Switch development added at a later stage to increase the launch line up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL_sB5e7ubk

I have good eye for a half baked product. Nothing to do with ps4/xbox fan boy.

just because someone criticised a device that has many preventable flaws and shortcomings doesn't mean they are fanboys of other devices.

And you can predict the future can you? Dont be a xbox/ps4 fanboy.

Looks like you ain't selling your nintendo shares anytime soon. Mark my words this will be a huge disaster for Nintendo.

Aint going to happen

this will be £130 within 6 months. I will wait for it to go obsolete.

So why comment?

have to wait and see if it flops or not.there is real concern and legit reasons why it might flop.already discussed in details..

The switch has already smashed wii u sales on its pre orders alone that the wii u sold in its 1st week, its on bar to completely beat wii u sales by end of 2017.

This console wont flop. Dont be a hater

no they haven't.

Your smart phone might have more power, but it doesn't have the new Zelda game, so no thanks.

I'm getting the horrible feeling this will flop...will be waiting at lest 3 months, should know by then.

oh have you bought one? Please accept my commiserations I think my smart phone has more power than this xbox360/ps3 esque backwards console. Should have waited they will be in the bargain bin in a years time with about 12 proper games available all made by Nintendo!. :wink:

Yes they have "sold" them, they take payment for pre orders at time of ordering.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/metro.co.uk/2017/01/16/nintendo-switch-sold-out-at-amazon-and-gamestop-6383554/amp/

No errr they havent 'sold' any yet, they just have a pre order, you dont even have to pay until it is shipped, so no sale has taken place yet.. and for all you know they may not have made 500k or even 15 million units (thats how many wiiu's sold worldwide in its lifetime) which you said they have already beat in switch sales!, I somehow doubt that! :smile:

Gamestop sold over 500,000 units of the switch alone.

They haven't because its not out yet, they cant have shipped that many Nintendo are notorious for not meeting demand!, And anyway people can still change their minds, cancel there pre order, especially when they here The last of us 2 is not far off! Playstations greatest ever game about to get a real next gen sequel! Might overshadow Nintendos plans a bit that.

They have already beat the wii u sales

I am thinking I may as well save £100's and pick up a used wiiu for about £130 to play the switches main launch titles zelda and mariokart 8 (not too bov about dlc) and just play indoors on it and I can sell the wiiu/games after to get most of my money back. Seems the most sensible and cost efficient way to play the new zelda to me, and ill get a switch next year at christmas if theyr cheaper or used one's are then available cheap. Just too darn expensive for what it is for my liking ( a portable wiiu)

Thanks for letting me know :smiley:. Yes there will be a bundle for certain and a good chance of a LE console edition. Can't wait to get one when it is worth getting.

I agree, there will be Switch Zelda bundle, though sadly not at launch :-( BTW, the online price for the online service will be @£20 p/y!

Cold. This is RRP. Also the console peripherals are over priced and Nintendo orders are dealt by The Hut Group which means it may not arrive at all or especially on launch. The fact this is still available to pre-order proves Nintendo is asking too much. When new stock arrives a few months after launch you should expect as always a game bundle for cheaper than launch price and by then more than a couple of decent games will be released. Unless you are a major Zelda fan and can't wait a few months, a day one buy is illogical. Not to mention the unknown costs of online support. I am a Nintendo fan and will be buying this but they have missed the mark with costs and a really shoddy presentation.

Not direct from Ninty

surely there will be game bundle deals announced soon?

This thread is hilarious. So many trolls!

This isn't a shield. It's a Nintendo console, you get to play Nintendo games like Zelda, Smash, Mario, Donkey Kong etc... continually rated on every generation of console as some of the greatest games ever made. So no, it isn't sub £200, but you get a hybrid controller, a dock to play on TV and a custom processor that should place it inline with the shield. That's £279, hardly a stretch to ask for! Safe in the knowledge that Nintendo will squeeze every last bit of power out of it to bring you those games.

I have a PS4, a PC with GTX 1080 and a steam link to play on the couch. I buy Nintendo for the 1st party games (much like I have a PS4 for uncharted, the last of us etc...), the switch is a WiiU in a handheld system (calculated to be about 1.5x as powerful) with a sleeker appearance and the ability to play anywhere. I'll be enjoying mario kart and Zelda in the comfort of my bed whilst my PS4 waits for the next exclusive and I continue to enjoy games like battlefield and planet coaster on my PC. The trolls aren't real gamers at all but yeah whatever... :smiley:

or of course you could get into the world of everdrive carts and the like but thats for another post.

And I agree you with you on that :smiley: It is a good compromise though as the cartridges you have or buy will still be originals, and if you get the right carts and keep them for considerable time could work out as a nice investment.

True.
The collector in me wants all the originals but I would be open to alternatives.

That is fair enough, but one of the key features of the hybrid console I linked to is as well as supplying you with pads, it also has ports for the original NES/SNES/SMD pads. The main fundamental point of hybrid consoles must surely be convenience and probably cost saving, you don't have to have a NES, SNES, SMD in your house or on your TV shelving unit where space is often limited. Cabling spaghetti junctions are never fun either, as many of us know.

Thanks ordered

Well the gaming scene would have been completely different if they did partner up with Sony back then.
They would have had the monopoly and would have been even more successful.

But Sony would probably have jumped ship a few years later and went for it themselves. But there could have been enough time together for Ninty to become the #1 player. Alas, it didn't happen and variety is good for us all.

I don't think the PS2 will ever be beaten in terms of volumes sold.
The same goes with the DS (if you don't include the Gameboy's run from 1989 to 2005 as a single platform).

Personally, I'm not too keen on these third party hybrid consoles.
Now there are a few that do it very well but the vast majority always have something wrong (usually the controllers).

You can't beat original hardware.
I do like the look of the Supa Boy S (portable Snes) but the screen ratio on the newer model seems odd.

Is more about the Nintendo brand than anything else. Is not something I think they should be doing past or present. I generally don't like cross overs with game titles and game franchises either, although there are one or two exceptions for me.

I was thinking about previously buying this to revisit the past and go on a bit of nostalgia trip:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Retro-Super-Console-Version-Electronic/dp/B00Q2MCSIC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1486122047&sr=8-2&keywords=sega+nintendo+console

It has excellent reviews and it seems more practical, space saving and a good price for what you are getting? Or maybe you think it is a shoddy third party console? I have not tried it yet, so can't say.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_NES_CD-ROM

Not sure how you view this being (semi) developed as a bad idea. Sony were not interested in the gaming market before this and the breakdown of the relationship directly led to the development of the PS1. The PS1 outsold the N64 and the PS2 outsold the Gamecube.
The broken partnership with Sony has been cited as an error on Nintendo's part, effectively creating a formidable rival in the video game market Nintendo would not release an optical disc based console of its own until the release of the GameCube in 2001.

There is only a single prototype in existences (pictured ITT). It is probably priceless.
It cannot be compared to one of those shoddy third party consoles lol.

I don't know everything about gaming history and am not one of HUKD resident gaming industry/history experts.

I am surprised that particular console even saw the light of day, clearly a bad move from Nintendo. The third party console that takes carts for NES/SNES/SMS/SMD I think it is and has ports for all the controllers for each has tempted me before. Would make a nice gift for someone with a game or two also.

Not many would have got their hands on the PS/SNES combo as it got panned quickly but those who know about gaming history will probably know about it. It led to Sony going solo and being very successful with the PS1 and then producing the most successful ever console in the PS2.

Yes, it used to be the Wii U is dead. It is almost like it doesn't matter what's going on with a Nintendo console, some are gonna do they thing. Visiting a switch thread always reminds me of a particular Bill Murray film.

Well I am no self proclaimed fanboy, you guys say that :smiley: but I really don't mind. As it happens I have owned NES/SNES/N64/WIIU GB/DS x 2/3DSXL x 2 in my time. Quite a few of their consoles I have not had and some I have never even played on. And I actually preferred my SMS/SMD/GG to the Nintendo options on those consoles back in the day, but that is nothing I have not said on HUKD before. Sometimes people pick up on what they like to pick up on really.

first time visiting a switch post? its the hukd equivalent of mtv's The real world. (early 90s)

​Aaaaaaand another poster on the internet gets 'fact' and 'opinion' confused

Jesus some of these exchanges of opinions are so ridiculous... either vote one way or the other, buy it or don't buy it, and just move on with your life. Blimey.

I too was holding out for that, ​but I admit I only thought that because that's what hopeful speculators and lazy gaming journalists pulled out of their **** before knowing anything about it.

For some reason, because it's not exclusively a home console but instead much more (save for advanced visual output vs competition,) people want it to be cheaper, which maddeningly contradicts any economic understanding of microcircuitry.

HOWEVER, it should definitely have come with 1,2,Switch even if they'd bunged just half the content on there or something. The Wii was such a success because the bundled Wii Sports was such a good shop window. Nintendoland is a fantastic party game and was to be the same thing on the U, but they decided not to bundle it after all, I'm assuming out of a fear of money/success. Thus, no shop window. Foolish.

Yes on rare occasions I get an Amazon delivery using Hermes, and the last time they did that I got a free one month extension to my Amazon Prime and got the item for free. Hermes failed to deliver it for three days when it was "24 hour" delivery so Amazon instructed them to return it back to them, and then Hermes actually delivered it to me. I told Amazon and they told me to keep it and refunded me anyway due to the incompetence. As Amazons own delivery service don't cover where I live they usually use Royal Mail or DPD for me.

LOL, Agreed

I had an Amazon/Hermes delivery post Black Friday. Though now it's back to Amazon delivering electrical items. I think they just use them when at capacity.

do you really have to comment when you have nothing to say mr troll?

This isn't true, Amazon use Hermes now for electrical items.

At least they did over Christmas for the items I ordered, they also used them to collect a return. Before someone says it was a marketplace seller, no it was from Amazon themselves.

I asked the driver and he said he doesn't understand it either.

yeah I agree, it looks like it should have been bundled not sure what they were thinking with that.

That 1 2 switch looks like a free pack in game...35 notes wtf)???

yeah, £249 with a game and I would have piled on myself.

start pulling out bits of odd looking grey tech midflight and looking like a big kid might be the least of your problems. Go neon, it might save your life!

I was expecting 199 without a game. 249 with zelda. Sorry im out. Stick with the wii u.

Yeh that's fair enough if you're collecting. I don't wanna shell out for extra controllers just yet and I will feel like a bit of big kid pulling out some bright pink and blue joycons on a plane lol.

Thee nintendo switch and thy controllers are too expensive for thee...

Shakespeare is that you?

Deary me!

Ooops Noahsdad

Cold. Too expensive. Fact.

Less time spamming every single Nintendo deal on here...and he might have just seen it. :laughing: Even still, it was hard to miss...was everywhere a year ago or so.

I guess Ferris said it best:

You can probably stop posting RRP Switch deals now; Nintendo have already confirmed they are producing more Switches for launch - though, it's not like anyone in Europe has had any issues pre-ordering the thing whatsoever since pre-orders opened. Soooo....

I thought you were meant to be a Nintendo fanboy !



Nintendo rejected the idea of teaming up with Sony at the time as they didnt think the idea had legs.

TBH I find it hard to muster an opinion on an imaginary fantasy console that does not exist :smiley:


You going to Smyths for the launch then to soak up the atmosphere? :smiley:

ah, understood. ta

It was just something I hears from Pat the NES Punk and is confirmed by the amazon sales chart in the first week, both versions being sold out, the grey version was number one seller but the Neon was only 14th

Smyths are doing an instore midnight launch dont forget so depending on how feverish you are you could get it minute one so to speak. (but also probably mugged for it outside smyths depending on area)

Just some guy with a balaclava on crouching between the parked cars outside a smyths at 5 past midnight you know.

true that.

Fair enough but a retailer like Game or Amazon don't use Hermes

Pretty sure large orders to retailers arent handled hermes style. (you sons a bitches!) And any time you can omit a leg by courier thats one less chance to have your package used as a temp football or have it sat on during lunch.

Heat for instore pickup!

If an item is received damaged you either refuse delivery or the seller has to (eventually) cover the costs of return postage.

I've ordered loads of consoles online and not once has one arrived damaged from a big retailer.

Obviously, but they're not going to sell consoles that show signs of damage face to face are they? Plus if you order online and the console is damaged you'd have to pay to send it back, when ordered in store you can just call in. That's just me, like I said I've had it happen before, maybe I just have terrible luck.

I will add it to the list, along with the Nintendo Playstation. Poor old Noahsdad would be in a right conundrum about that one... is it mainstream... is it niche? Mario Gear Solid anyone?

this is not helping me get through my 3ds back catalogue! i'll stay until the next incredible rrp deal switch post. (then hop over to that one!)

missed out the core grafx 2. <3

I only play games on my handmade bespoke non mainstream console. The games are made from bits of bark and organic teabags, i can't bear all the mainstream Nintendo consoles myself. Down with the gaming big pharma, down with the Monsanto Switch.

Peace love and harmony to all my fellow non mainstream consoles out there, the Apple Pippen, The NeoGeo and the old Mega CD

:smile: love a good debate stuck on the bus for another 30 mins carry on gents

"passion" ! That's a quite kind and generous way to put it :smiley: Happy to roll with that anyway, maybe it can just about be kept friendly today... gotta have faith in humanity and all that.

I tend to believe what Nintendo and the wider gaming industry say on these things rather than a few HUKD Nintendo haters or mainstream console fanboys. We all love a good conspiracy theory though (seriously!).


Who called who a troll, I haven't seen that though have had it in my time as an apparent member of the Nintendo Defence Lge or so I am told anyway. If people are going to throw rubbish about on a Nintendo thread then they should expect and understand people will have a right of reply. I imagine it is exactly the same on mainstream console threads, but I don't know for that sure as I don't go posting rubbish there just because I am Nintendo player and don't play mainstream stuff.

Got to love these Switch threads for all the popcorn banter, they certainly bring out passion! :laughing:

Hmm? I wonder how the retailers receive them? Let me think.

just out of curiosty do you have any idea of ratio % of neon to grey units out there. if not no probs just wondering whether nintendo actually put it out there at some point and I missed it.

ah, a copy paste ending. I've used it myself I'll admit. Just in case you come back to talk i genuinely think you've got the potential to change. :smirk: Just need to get beyond that narrow viewpoint and be open to alt interpretations of what a deal is. It doesnt matter if its rrp. Most of the switch posts are pretty informative with lots of people weighing in and can help people decide whether to purchase or not or where might be better to buy.

Posting in misc doesnt quite cut it which is why none of these posts are moved there. And obviously a post like this in misc would'nt attract as much attention and bottom lining it generate as much revenue for the site that we all frequent so as always there's a bigger picture.

And fwiw, I've no intention of owning a switch. Peace in the middle east!

But you wont be able to get a Neon box so easily as they have been made in far fewer numbers than the regular version. Believe me, CIB is EVERYTHING in collecting and resale value.

I dunno why everyone is whining about the price of games, if you had been vigilant you'd easily find the Nintendo Switch games for cheaper than RRP, I already got 3 games for decent prices.
Mario Kart + Legend of Zelda BoTW - £78.98, exactly £39.50 each - from the Amazon BIGTHANKS deal
Splatoon 2 - £39.99, argos £10 off

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.

In today's society everyone should be applauded for their efforts, here's a gold star for trying so hard.

Enjoy your Switch, it's been a blast. :smile:

Flying off the shelves is what they would have you believe. Too much hype and not enough stock in the first place probably. My point is that it is overpriced compared to the competition.

you've almost got it. :sunglasses: 2 out of 3 aint bad. see what I did there?

They're closer to SD cards than traditional carts. Manufacturing costs is likely slightly higher than an optical disc but not enough to justify a £10 premium.

Well... Kinda, I've never paid more than £40 for any PS4 game on disk, and for Vita (i'm assuming these are basically the same cartridges)? I've never paid more than £25 tops. It's ottobusdriver on my account btw.

Zinger fries aren't a deal, PS+ games aren't a deal and neither is the Nintendo Switch at RRP simply because it's in stock..

What I did there, did you see it? :sunglasses:

​ it's £10 more than a disc but it's better in every way. Still expensive though!

Calm down dear, it's only a new console! :wink:

The usual suspects crying "Troll" at anything they perceive to be anti-Nintendo.

I stayed up to watch the reveal, this has been my most anticipated piece of gaming hardware since the XBOX 360 but I will not pay over the odds for it.

When Nintendo have milked you guys for all you're worth, and the sales drop off a cliff, I'll more than happily buy one after the inevitable price drop.

ill top that with some zinger fries at 2276 degrees which is as relevant as your ps+ one. + tastier. :stuck_out_tongue:

I have to disagree that it will be the hottest, most desirable console of the year. I think it's easy to forget this is as much a handheld as a console, it simply won't be outselling the options of PS4 and XB1 which already have an extensive library and established player base, with much cheaper games.

£60 for a cartridge is always going to be ridiculous.

You on the Nintendo payroll or something? Do you get a commision everytime you assert that it's "the hottest, most awaited and desired console"... can you get me the same job? I need some extra cash so I can afford this overpriced console and accessories. Cheers

another switch post another massive haul of trolls to ignore. thanks op!

Congrats, the PS+ "free" monthly games/shovelware get over 1k heat every month.. also not a deal. :wink:

talking to the wrong person buddy.

If you consider the bigger picture in the overall grandscheme of things - i.e. the hottest, most awaited and desired console is almost here and release date units are going to be difficult to acquire given the popularity... this is why many of us consider this a deal. Is not the same as someone posting Milk for RRP at local supermarket.

A pre-order constitutes a sale under UK retailing and consumer laws. Another way to look at it, is without doubt a sales contract. Pre-orders almost always involve payment details being taken and with some retailers the funds are even taken up front long before the item is even ready for dispatch.

Even if you were right (which your not), it would seem a petty point to suggest there has been 0 sales to date, not really sure what purpose that would serve?

stock alert/rrp flag wavers, its over. Its at nearly 400 degrees! They'll be other switch posts to hijack but here, today, good prevailed. #proud

This is a stock alert not a deal. And why do you keep saying it's the best selling console of the year? It's currently sold 0 copies and we're only in February.

So you must be able to appreciate the 'Cold' votes?

Popular opinion seems to be that Nintendo are price gouging early adopters. This is essentially an Nvidia Shield tablet with a dock and a controller and should realistically command a price between £200-250 IMO, especially when compared with other consoles already on the market. £60 per game validifies the price gouging.

I agree that it's great to get the word out to those who want a Switch, that stock is still available for launch, but it should come as no surprise that it won't be universally praised as a great deal.

No but i'm appreciative of people sharing quality information for those looking to pick up a switch.

For myself a 'hot deal' would imply that you're getting something for a bargain price. Is a confirmation of stock a 'hot deal' where you come from?

Thank you for sharing information that there is stock.
Too many bloody deal nazis here voting cold because they save nothing.
Have some heat for doing a good service to fans of the switch.

When it comes to consoles I always pre-order instore, no way I'd allow something this fragile to be handled by a courier, I've had too many bad experiences.

Well you just gave an example of a comparable device, which IS under £200, so your very own argument confirms nicely that Nintendo could comfortably have done the Switch sub £200 if they had wanted to, they don't even have the cost of a pack in game to factor since there isn't one. I always thought the inclusion of a pack in game was one of the better features of Nintendo consoles especially since in the past some of their choices have been stellar (e.g. Wii Sports, even Nintendo Land isn't a bad choice).

Bear in mind the hardware at the heart of the Switch is 2 years old and counting, that Nintendo are very well versed in how to negotiate for the best deal and will be buying the chips in massive bulk and you can see just how cheap the console will be for them to put together versus what they charge for it. And yes, I agree it looks really nice and am sure would feel nice if I got to use one but nice quality plastic isn't all the dear, especially in the numbers Nintendo will buy. All that factored, with the omission of a pack in game and I think we had every right to expect £200 and be at least a bit peeved they didn't do that.

Again slate my opinion all you want, though I'm by no means the only one to mention this, but the whole launch screams corporate greed from start to finish to me, no pack in game, debateably high launch price, paid online services, high peripheral and game prices.

Also the Nintendo is the only choice for family gaming is a very well-worn argument, that just isn’t true anymore. Yes Nintendo have the most recognisable franchises but you can still find lots of great nonviolent, colourful cartoon styled games on rival platforms if you are willing to leave the house of Mario. Stuff like the Crash Bandicoot games, Ratchet and Clank, Jack and Daxter, Yooka-Laylee are all good examples. Even an old PC or laptop can be repurposed into a good childrens games machine. They aren’t that difficult to use (just set it to boot right into steam) and have hundreds of cheap simple casual and nonviolent games. Then there is Android and ios. Nintendo is far from the only choice for family gaming it’s just parents growing up with Nintendo tend to stick with them, which is fine if they want to spend the extra but not factual to say Nintendo are the only option…..

and throw in a japanese lingerie model and a massive new york cheesecake and...

Hey, listen........

From the specs it seems to be a custom version of a Nvidia shield tablet that you could buy for half the price with a proper controller. Why didn't they ship it with a proper controller too! And lower price to about £189 and it would have a chance of success, but at this price they are trying to go against xbone and PS4 surely it's not going to compete it looks so kiddiefied too!

Eh? I take it you are not aware it is flying of the shelves before it even hits the shelves (pre-orders). Why should such a ground breaking and new modern console have the same price setting as an older different format console released years ago?

This is gonna fail not because it isn't a great idea and and a brilliant machine.........but purely because of the pricing. Knock a £100 off the RRP and make it the same price as the Wii was at launch and it would fly off the shelves.

Cannot wait to get this and Zelda.

So bored of my X1 and ps4!

Keep seeing that word "switch" and thought this was a Bank deal and there was cashback involved :laughing:

Thanks for this! Pre ordered!

​Too many "they're just RRP Magic beans" posts

Cue the "Nintendo is creating artificial demand" BS.

Ordered mine on Amazon last night

I am a bit disappointed that Nintendo deals seem to never make deal of the day on the front page. Plenty PS stuff gets a pus on there, even an old game today and yesterday. Give Nintendo a fair crack of the whip please HUKD. The most exciting and eagerly anticipated console of the year, the best selling console of the year, it should be a no brainer to get posts like this on deal of the day.

ah, most of my helpful comments got moderated. i've just got back from a suspension this cant be hukd is now? bring back the old regime.

Bless.

To those complaining that it's only RRP, good luck finding this for RRP on launch day in a months time :wink:

launch stock magic beans? worth a post.

the switch has the worst console launch games ever, it's just like when the wii u was launched, so disappointed

I'm still on the fence about the switch. I still want it to be a bit cheaper. I'm also considering getting a 2nd hand wii U around the time it comes out and see if anyone upgrading will sell cheap. I don't really expect stock issues on this. They probably want to sell a lot of units, but there's also a lot of people with reservations on the switch. Though even if it was it's not like you're missing out by waiting when there's actually games to play on it apart from zelda. I don't think nintendo are doing enough to make attractive hardware.

​If people didn't want to play the same games slightly updated nobody would have bought any console since the PS1 and N64

​The Switch comes with a charger

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-whats-in-the-box/1100-6446901/

Well I made over £3k on PS4s and similar money back in the day when 360 came out, luckily cancelled Xbox one's, I sold a couple wii's for £500 at launch also.

I reckon the Switch will be £400+ if it goes out of stock, won't use eBay though

Wii U with new Zelda game will keep me going. switch hardware seems very underwhelming and more like a glorified tablet with controllers.

it doesn't even have the latest nvidia processor. the games are all going to be Wii U level games nothing nextgen about them except the additional portability. so 2ds / Wii U type console.

I seriously doubt it will be a major success.

the only time I can see the play together with friends concept working is with games like Pokémon sun/moon and maybe those games you can play together at a lunch time with work colleagues.

The Wii U has a poor year 5/6 library. :stuck_out_tongue: (and I say that as an owner, for the 1-2 games I really needed to play, plus the Zelda that I was expecting). The 3DS worked out well, though.

You obviously haven't been keeping up with what exactly the new Zelda game is I assume? The new Zelda is taking a completely different approach to the point it can be considered abit of a reboot.

If you are excited to play a pile of old Nintendo games you have already played before, But are slightly updated this is the console for you!

nope


huh?

None I'm afraid. No pack in game with the Switch. The Wii and Wii U probably spoiled people I guess though I do agree with many that 1-2 Switch should've been a pack in game.

I preordered my Nintendo Switch from Argos when they were still doing the £10 voucher for every order over £100, so my switch which is confirmed for day one is only £269.99, every little helps :smile: (ordered 1 then used voucher for 2nd, then returned :smile:) on a side note the second switch gave me another £10 off anything so preordered Splatoon 2 for 39.99 too xD

None! Only one available (xenoblade) if you were silly enough like me to buy a so called 'NEW' 3DS XL! :disappointed:

Beware! Nintendo no longer provides chargers since new 3ds Generation! You will have to source your own probably same case here!.

What game comes with it

Not a deal and people actually think these are going to be OOS on launch day, as if.

It's February...


Again, it's February...


No it isn't, the battery life is poor.

I still own my Wii U, but it just doesn't get played much or at all. Usually due to not wanting to spend £40 on a title when the Ps4 has a bunch of great titles for sub £15 if left a while. So the back log grows more for the PS4, and the Wii U gets forgotten about sadly.

I really wanted the Wii U to be that console I'd get most games on so I can play the console in bed in the dark (I enjoy using the tablet like an actual tablet, headphones, on your lap in the dark, immersed in the small screen). It would've been the platform all my single player games would be on, and all my co-op online games would be the PS4, as all my mates have that.

As that fell through, it's the main reason I don't want a Switch day one, or trying to hold out for year 2 line up. I don't want a Nintendo (tablet) console just for Nintendo games, I want it for those RPG's I can play on the go, can play in the garden on a sunny day. Not something I have to set up the TV and get comfortable for gaming.

But it's difficult trying not to get caught up in the hype.

I bought a 3DS XL a few years back and found it had a poor lineup and like you have bought one recently and can't put the thing down. Same with the Wii U although I never sold it because it's my sons but we didn't play on it much at all but now we have tons of games and play it more. I was/have been sooo close to preordering the switch but just feel I will be wasting my money at launch. Although I really want Nintendo to do well and keep producing excellent games so feel like I should preorder still and support them.

Ordered.

Even since my grandad bought me my first Gameboy with tennis & Mario, then NES & Zelda with the gold cartridge, then the SNES, it's always been a tradition of mine to pick up the new Nintendo.

Admittedly the Wii U was the most disappointing yet but even though my grandad has now passed I'll carry on with the day one Nintendo purchases.

Zelda looks awesome anyway.

Wait till you have kids!

I'll vote all of these cold just as I'll vote all of the PS VR stock alert 'deals' at RRP cold.

Has nothing on the PS4 pro and Xbox one with the growing library of great games. Something for everyone really.
Most Nintendo products are overpriced and low in tech.
Wii U was terrible and this will most likely follow the same without any support.

I pre-ordered Grey model from amazon on 13th Jan for launch date, today the date slipped to delivery on the 4th so have pre-ordered from nintendo.

even if the units were 'sold back within days', that's still 100 million units that were sold!

also lol at you using your friendship circle as a measure of what's mainstream.

is that including pre orders?

I think the grey controllers are much more slick. Anyways you can always get some coloured controllers later down the line

I'm still struggling with the concept of a console that plugs in to my TV and yet I could get home at any time to find the kids have wandered off with it.  3DS and predecessors were personal devices and so it made sense to go wherever the person was. But TV-connected consoles are more often shared by family members. Then again, I didn't understand the Wii U marketing either, and after initially saying I wouldn't buy one it turned out to be my favourite console of the past few years.

I love he Neon and pre ordered on the first day. The Neon has been produced in far fewer numbers than the standard version so it will be slightly more desirable to collectors. You can always buy a pair of grey Joy Cons (albeit expensive) afterwards if you really decide you dont like the bright colours. Easier than trying to get a Neon Console box anyway. Sad I know. That is my logic

Damn it. Preorded

Amazon France still have stock, apparently.

Spoke to them about my preorder, as my Switch/Zelda bundle hasn't come down in price, nor is it reflecting the drop in BotW from 62€ to 51€, and they still have launch stock. As I say, apparently.

They said they'll drop my bundle down to about 340€, but we'll see. That's about £290 including Zelda.

I'm trying too but resistance is futile.

So in an optimistic version of this, how much money do you hope you can make selling this on ebay per item or for all 5?

Depends in each store? One store might have sold all their allocation but another store might have plenty of allocation left.

Yeah same I have six neon on order at various places 5 to flip :smiley: just waiting on stock levels to see if I need to cancel or not

Agree, it would need a chance in popular culture from sports/shooter gaming and the mainstream console makers would need to drive that by going in direct competition with Nintendo. That's a lot of things that need to happen.


Yes...

Thanks :smiley:

Grey for me too. I like the look of the colours when they're on the Joy Con Grip, but not when they're attached to the console itself - I think the light grey looks far better and contrasting in that situation.

Thank you captain obvious

But, if you scroll down - a message under the item description currently reads:

" Note: Please be advised that Amazon has sold through our allocation of Nintendo Switch.
Orders will be fulfilled in the order they are placed as soon as we receive further stock. "

Plus the Gameseek £200 pre-order thing, that was just a clever bit of cheap advertising. You had to pay up front with no idea what the official price would be so people ordering were taking a big gamble, so they never expected many people to actually do it. Only 1,000 pre-ordered so it cost them £80,000 to get their name all over gaming websites and wider, a bargain. So it's not really relevant in discussion about price.

People expecting sub £200 (with a game no less!) aren't realistic and were probably drawn in by wild rumors of a £200 basic unit price​. or they expect Nintendo to sell at a loss which won't happen until Nintendo's other revenue streams mature (there's no way they'll risk making a loss on each console sold when the media and public both pounce on any loss announcement)

I've held the controllers and seen the unit close up. The controllers are expensive but feel sturdy and well made. The console itself is designed nicely and doesn't scream cheap. £249 is probably the best market price for it and that's the one most widely predicted by analysts prior to the actual announcement.

Again it is just an opinion from you that it should be sub £200. There is no comparison to any other product other than the nvidia shield tablet k1 which is the price you're stating, this has controllers and a base unit with the hybrid ability to switch from a handheld to a console in an instant. which is also branded Nintendo hence the difference in price. The only other comparison is the Wii U which is over £200. If you can build a Nintendo Switch for less than £200 please show me. PlayStation and Xbox are not comparable as they sell at a loss based on their mainstream place in the market and their vast 3rd party support. So software sales is their profit markup. This is a nintendo product which "generally" hold value (if not increase temporarily) and have its own place in the market. If it is not value to you then cold vote and move on. The Wii U in my house is by far the most used console. Which I also have 2 Xbox Ones, 3ds and 2ds and a gaming laptop. I have children as many adults do and Nintendo can't be touched when it comes down to a family console.

For anyone interested Amazon has stock of grey Switch for pre-order again right now (279.99). No idea how many

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01MFADJFV

​ you don't need the pro controller. The existing controller is comfortable to use and works well. After Zelda and Arms there's also splatoon 2 at the bare minimum. And whatever other unannounced titles there are for release over the next several months

​I ordered the grey, the coloured one looks funky but the grey looks more sleek and more grown up to me.

​Oh sorry they've just said it will keep going for years. They also had some magic beans from the tooth fairy for sale :wink:

Im just calling it as i see it. No discount over rrp equals no deal and hence not that great of a contribution to the deals section. It would be fine in misc though.

As to the best price that was gameseeks preorder at £198 but obviously not available now. As to my input, at £280 i think it is overpriced and launch software deeply underwhelming and peripherals astronomical. Id urge people to vote with their wallets and not buy till the price falls. Of course that won't go down well with the nintendo die hards this thread seems to have pulled in but so be it.

I have nothing against Nintendo, like the look of the switch but think they have the pricing wrong, its a sub £200 machine nearly £100 too expensive with no bundled game. I intend to buy but only when its sub £200 and with more to play than zelda...

oh man Its gonna fade away? just got a 3ds4life tat on my face.

​Hopefully once Nintendo let 3DS fade away next year they'll be concentrating on Switch only. Between Wii U and 3DS they've been putting out 20+ games a year themselves. Add in Japanese third-party support and it shouldn't go short.

​Ok now I know you're on a wind up. What can millions and millions of sales possibly tell us against steve-bezerkers mainstream shooter loving circle of friends?

I really do not understand the logic in some members on this site.. If you think it's a cold deal then vote cold and move along. If you have a link to a cheaper price then a cold vote and a comment is helpful. If someone on for sale or trade are charging too much and you know it, then a comment to warn buyers is very helpful. If you've got experience with the said product and have proof of problems then a cold vote and a comment is great... Even a little humour here and there is great..

Instead we have members that come on to posts on here slating members for putting in time and effort. Or even worse the members who just give irrelevant opinions on stuff they have no interest in. Is life that fun for you that you have to jump in and throw negativity around.. Just my opinion but seriously get a life.

Edit: Prime example above... Thanks for the input philreid...

not a deal!

I don't know if it's been said as I've not checked the other posts but that quote in first post does not prove it's guaranteed launch stock. It's a generic response as I've had it before and reads as if there isn't a release date for it yet.

Bottom line I doubt anyone would guarantee launch day stock at this point or even launch week or month stock. The listing would implicitly state otherwise because it would be a huge selling point.

No I agree with you, I phoned them up once, while the person I spoke to didn't sound like a 12 year old, they were totally disinterested in trying to help or offer anything that resembled customer service

Just over £500 it's going to cost for a Switch, extra pair of joy con, pro controller and Zelda... Still debating cancelling my pre-order and holding out until Christmas as I fear that once I've played Zelda and maybe Arms, I've got to wait 6-7 months for another good title

Unfortunately, yes

​I get carried away with tech and tend to purchase them early.
I didn't the ps4, and that's my most used console.

The Wii U I played some of the greater titles (mario world, mk8, etc).
The 3ds, I think I held out till 3ds lands and one other title before I sold it on. I got a replacement one now after a few years of not having one.

I see the switch falling into the same issue. It's gonna have one solid release every 10months like the Wii U has. Unless the 3rd party supports it all the way.

Is their shop still run by The Hut group?

I have no issue with that whatsoever but i think these preorder, stock availability type threads have their place but that place isnt in the deals section, because they just arent deals, maybe misc or maybe they should make a new section and im far from the first person on hukd to mention this...

Buy blue/red joy-cons too?

That's strange, I guess I was unlucky. No word of a lie it sounded like it was a child I was talking with.

Sounds like you had a really bad experience that's different from the norm - I see quite a bit of anecdotal evidence that Nintendo's customer service is quite good

The RRP is £279.99 and this will sell out at launch, why would a retailer discount it if they are definitely going to sell all their initial stock anyway. I paid the RRP for the PS4 and PS4 Pro I got on launch day from Amazon, retailers typically don't discount new consoles at launch as they make virtually no money from them anyway. The differences are what you get bundled with it in terms of games and accessories and how much extra those bundles cost.

Edit scratch that I did pay slightly less than RRP for PS4 Pro because they price matched Tesco, but the PS4 Pro had weak demand at launch.

My 13/1/17 preorder has always had the release date as the estimated dispatch date that's just how Nintendo Store UK (run by The Hut group) roll :sunglasses: I contacted them and they said preorders are dispatched to arrive on or before release date :smiley:

The deal here is the fact you can get it at launch. Yes its selling at RRP but its increasingly difficult to get one for launch. For those wanting it day one this then is a deal

It'll be fine providing you don't need to contact Nintendo. When I attempted to order from them online last month it was absolutely shambolic. I rang them up in the end and it got even worse, it sounded like I was speaking with a 12 year old who couldn't string a sentence together. Never again!

Thanks for the heads up, heat!

Think I will wait until Mario odyssey is released close to Christmas, got plenty to play on my PS4.

This will make a great 2nd console if Nintendo and 3rd parties support it right.

Yes and says 3-4 days for delivery so not likely to arrive on launch day but i think most people know that but just happy there is stock and will arrive a few days after the 3rd.I am sure some people are holding on to their amazon pre-orders till they get a more definite date for delivery from Nintendo.

Awesome, ordered ours from here too!!

Totally agree with you. The launch line up of games, apart from Zelda, is really poor. I'll just get Zelda for the Wii U and see how things pan out further down the line

Okay well you can stick to your circumstantial evidence and assumptions and I'll stick to facts. Consider my face blue.

Seems to be the element of price fixing going on ,everywhere is £279.99 .Game will probably hike the price with the awful bundles they put together .

Not your fault, very hard to tell through text.

you only knew 1 Wii owner? AMAZING! I know lots of people also and you know what, back then, Wii in every home.

mostly.

I'd just probably get Zelda for "free" on the Wii u and then buy the switch with Mario bundled later. £45 for cartridges seem too much. Just having a few games on the switch will set you back a small fortune.

You can quote figures till you're blue in the face - I know exactly 1 person who owned a Wii, and I have a huge circle of gamer friends as well as a social circle at work of mixed ages and genders, some with kids, some without.

Xbox and PS in every house, 1 Wii.

How many of those units were sold back within days? Pretty high I would assume.

... so are we just going to ignore the Wii's 100 million units sold or? Seemed pretty mainstream when everyone's family and their dog was playing wii sports.

Do people just come in switch threads to tell everyone they aren't buying a switch?

Seems incredibly doubtful. Nintendo hasn't been mainstream since the 90's.

Obviously there is a section of this site for this kind of post. Misc. That is what this is. This is not a deal. The price is actually higher than what most analysts were predicting (to the point where one website put preorders up for £200 before the announcement). The console is said to not be sold at a loss (as is the case with some other companies who recover this through software and accessory sales).

It's a nice FYI. It just isn't a good deal. People can vote how they like, but that doesn't change the facts.

If the new Mario game was also being launched at the same time as the Zelda game I definitely could be persuaded to buy the new Switch, but as it's not I think I'll just wait and get Zelda for the Wii u and then maybe in the future upgrade when more games come out.

Any-one else thinking the same? I really wish the Mario game was coming out sooner but I think they're saying the end of the year :disappointed:

Popular culture is not exclusively defined by or tied to revenue :smiley:

Although the landscape may change, who knows now Nintendo seem to have produced something extra special and on another level with the Switch. We could see it become mainstream once again before long.

I think he's a bureaucrat and expects there to be a website called hotukpreorderstockalertsatrecommendedretailprices.co.uk

remember people, this isn't a mainstream console... lol

Buying this means you are helping basically an indie developer keep the lights on for another year...

I mean they only made $4.5bn last year so times are hard and all that.

UPDATE:

A few people concerned if this is launch stock. I have now got confirmation from Nintendo UK that it is indeed launch stock. Please see their response below :smiley:

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Thank you for contacting us regarding your recent order placed through our UK Online Store.

With regards to your query, we can confirm that all pre-ordered items from our Online Store will be dispatched for delivery, before its announced release date. You can then expect delivery of your goods on or before the date of release.

Confirmation of the dispatch of your goods will be added to your order, as and when they are available. This is normally done a few days before your order is dispatched.

There will not be a stock issue people

I'd normally agree with the chap re "HotUKStockCheck" and HotUK-RRPinfo sort of comments. Not keen on all that myself, but this is not a textbook situation wear dealing with. This is like if Oasis reformed... try getting tickets for that even at RRP. In the non mainstream and even wider world of general console gaming this is the most exciting thing to happen for ages.

Thanks for this, Amazon have screwed me on Neon by moving to 9th March. Don't really trust the other retailers

Was just the way I read it then, sorry! I interpreted it as sarcasm. :laughing:

Those same games have stood the test of time and remain fun, often for unrivalled multiplayer fun too. Is not that different to the shooters of today? Most of them to me are like the old classics (Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Quake), they just have different names and updated GFX. Same thing?

I wasn't complaining.

Not really, I just don't understand why people would pay £300 to play the same games we were playing 20 years ago. Each to their own.

If it can save someone from paying more to the scalpers next month, then yes - why not?
Good post by the OP imo. :wink:

Okay now your posts are making sense to me. Is quite simple to get though, you won't get the various Mario related games or Zelda and many others on your PC. The Wii U and Switch were never gonna be blessed with endless generic shooters, so not for you which is fine. Do you ever see Nintendo players on PC/mainstream console threads BTW saying cold, you don't get Mario for it, or it is all generic shooters etc. I never see that happening.

That is why you were burnt then. Splatoon, MK8 and for too many other games to start listing them all were not released in the first month after launch.

Joined Nov 2004, 0 deals posted. No deal to be had from you either it seems? Kinda difficult for you to knock the deal poster with any credibility?

This is exactly my point though - I only ever play PC because the thought of playing games (especially shooters) with a controller, gives me aids. I don't understand the fascination for the switch, it can't compete on specs and the game titles are made for children. They tried to come out of that market with the Wii U but failed miserably so will probably just revert to Mario Kart, Which is a lot of fun - but there are a dozen games exactly the same on the PC and consoles. I don't get it. Then again, I don't have children, and the switch is not exactly aimed at adults or hardcore gamers.

HotUKStockCheck

No deal to be had here. What next Poundland posts at a pound?

Got one with amazon, one with GAME - I imagine CeX will take them for £20 profit minimum week one... if it sells out then they'll pay more...

I was burnt on the Wii U, haven't played since a month after launch.

Got lots of use out of the 3DS though, The Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright games alone justified the purchase.

I haven't pre-ordered a Switch and probably won't until I get confirmation there will be 5+ games I'd buy for it but I'm holding out the hope that it will take over the portable market

That's a bit redundant considering new budget laptops with GTX 1050 cards outperform a PS4 Pro. The quest for best spec is becoming stale now. Get systems based on the games you want to play, because PC Master Race will never be beaten.

All new consoles are unproven :smiley: It is the nations best selling console of 2017, that's a lot of nutters :smiley: Difficult to deny it is the most exciting, ground breaking and eagerly anticipated console of the year.

PS just to pre-reply likely comments about the tech. The tech is fine for what it needs to do. It is not going to be running mainstream games, not in any significant numbers anyway. Being ground breaking is not just about overall tech. What is ground breaking about this console is the improved multiplayer experience that is available, like no other. And that a machine of its power plays such a high standard of modern games while being a hybrid home console or portable console without compromise.

I had a few and I've cancelled most of them today
Just got Tesco and Nintendo

​Not at all. For me it's a secondary console to my PS4, I love first part Nintendo games such as Zelda and Mario so this is perfect for me.

Nintendo put loads of stuff up on the site rhey don't have stock of. Pokemon go plus was a great example of this...

I have 3 switches on preorder incase I can flip a couple to pay for mine... still can't make my mind up if the have the stock covered here or if there will be a shortage. I'm tempted to cancel them at the moment, but might as well wait...

Portability is its main USP. That and Nintendo games on the go.

I never knew that deal also meant "Fir or pine wood as a building material." I am enlightened now - thanks! 8):laughing:

finally! look how warm it is in here. Mmm so cosy. Cold voting rrp bemoaners with alt agendas : your boys took a hell of a beating.

The first apple launch after hukd was launched.

This has to be the gimmick of the century, no?
I mean the console has nothing to praise except for portability, and with slim consoles and laptops that out-perform the switch what exactly is the sales point of the switch?

is it because you're so smart that you have such a problem with people giving others (who do want this on release day) a heads up on its stock/availability?

If they are dispatching on March 3rd then you'll get it on March 4th, so not launch day. Boo

When did this site turn into RRPInStockDeals

Always one thats too smart to be taken in by the hype and doesn't want to get fleeced by day one pricing, yep thats me.

All pre-ordering means is that at some point you will be sent something when it comes in to stock. It doesn't say anywhere that you'll get it on March 3rd.

​The keyword is 'instore' and not 'online'. You pick up your preorders instore when you preorder instore.

Im looking forward to getting mine on the 3rd, then waiting till late April to get the first game

Personally speaking, with something as unproven as this I think you'd have to be nuts to pre-order it.

Still, it's your money..!

Everybody that's complaining that it's not a deal, you're right.

It's a heads up for those that are looking for day one stock and don't mind paying the RRP, which you normally do for day one stuff.

Applying heat makes more people aware.

Thanks for posting. Heat added

you could try Amazon me and about 3 others cancelled theirs today for the neon. waiting for a Mario bundle instead. this will be the first console in about 15 years I haven't bought/won't buy during the launch window. I do want it but im not rebuying my Wii u games on another format with no real difference. I love the Wii u but Nintendo handled it so badly.

Yup they have loads of stock left, it's only one per customer so they won't be scalped lol.

Sensational deal, HEAT all the way. Get this on the HUKD front page, deal of the day. I know is not a mainstream console, but lets not discriminate and all that.

Good if you trust them to deliver on launch day,mind you amazon are not great for deliveries on launch days either.

Cold, simply because it is RRP so not a deal. Deal implies some saving over RRP, none to be had here so not a deal....

How is this even a deal?
It's RRP.

Cold.

In huge letters 'More Stock Available' for the Grey one. The Neon colour is on Wave 2 though...

Second wave I believe! So no guarantee re: launch :disappointed:

Pre-orders available at http://www.game.co.uk - Much rather buy from GAME than The Hut...

Heat for the effort

Game still have them instore to pre order incidently.

Maybe there might be a case for this as a deal if it offered exceptional value in its field like a £5k mustang would in the field of automobiles but this blatantly doesn't. Ps4 and xbox one are far cheaper and more powerful, have huge existing libraries with lots of great games under a tenner each. Yet if i go posting "deals" with them at rrp say at amazon they would obviously go freezing in seconds just like this "deal" should imho but just because its new and hence somehow more desirable and by nintendo, surely the apple of videogames, it gets massive credit for being the standard price...

FYI my preorder I made on the day it became available says the same - estimated dispatch 3/3/17. I contacted them regarding this and they told me they dispatch preorders to arrive on or before release date :smiley:

It's that 'est', the ultimate excuse.

Lol how so? Says 3/3/17? Sure it may be delayed - but dah well. Man can hope!

TBH that could be any date.

Ah that's a shame :disappointed: Sorry to hear that! Well let's give it a go and see. Hopefully we get it. I assume there's been a few cancelled preorders too - so could've just released those instead. Plus - worth the extended 2 yr warranty!

In December I ordered a NES Mini controller, a couple of days later they took the money, three weeks later they cancelled the order citing they couldn't get stock. I had to chase them to get my money back.

I wouldn't trust them with anything, and if it does go pear shaped, they really won't give a damn!

Just checked my order:

Quantity: 1
Cost: £279.99
Status: Awaiting Stock Pick
Est. Dispatch Date 03/03/17

So yup should get it for launch :smiley:

Are you sure?!

I preordered the Grey from then as soon as they listed it and was 3.33% topcashback at the time but keep thinking the Grey looks boring compared to this one :/
Anyone got an opinion on this ? TIA

No they don't!

Where does it say guaranteed day one?

Cold, don't care for Nintendo

I appreciate the information, but not voting either way as it's RRP.


My be to you sir, but that's not what the word actually means. I guess that's why it's call HotUKDeals and not just UKDeals. Glad I could help. Thanks for taking the time to post OP.

Really trying not to pre-order this. Burnt on the Wii U, and 3DS day one purchase (poor year 1 libraries). Need to hold out. >.<

2.3% cashback too via Topcashback

Heatt

Heat added.

Cool just incase my tesco order doesn't come through