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hey how's it going Dave QD here so I didn't title this video the review of the Nintendo switch because I don't think you can really review a product like this this early on in the product lifecycle you kind of need the game to come out and for the system to mature because products like these are entirely dependent on how good the games are you can have really good hardware with crappy games and the system just sucks with this system it's too early to say so I will talk about the hardware for a little bit and then focus on things that I think are a little bit more important so I will say that the system's hardware is good the screen is good it's about average brightness I measured it 213 its speakers are good really punchy for the device size and the ability to switch it from console to handheld is nice it's seamless it works the way it should I like it the separated controllers is actually nice that you can swap down like a slug and play whichever way you want I like that the battery life is not bad so I'll hit like two and a half three hours of battery life fine Zelda but if I'm playing something less demanding like shovel knight it'll be closer to five hours now in terms of extending battery life I get sent a lot of battery packs my favorite for the switch is this thing from Ankur uses youth PC charge we can use the charger from the switch to juice it up and this isn't sponsored or anything this is just a good battery pack that I really like for the switch the things that I don't like the performance feels just adequate it uses the Tegra x1 chip from Nvidia in breath of the wild which is the Zelda game it seems to be pushing the hardware really close to the limit so there's quite a bit of terrain loading and this is the kind of stuff that you see on a PC when you have to lower your viewing distance because your hardware is not good enough to run a program and I get it in tendo's never about super high in performance so this is par for the course I don't like the charging port location it's on the bottom so it's not the easiest to play when it's plugged up the kickstand is also a little flimsy I mean it gets the job done but you got to be careful with it but the thing I dislike the most is the pricing of the accessories so the device is reasonably priced but additional controllers charging stands for those controllers extra docks for the switch they're expensive and then the whole thing about local multiplayer it only lets you connect two players two one switch so if you want to have local 4 player Mario Cart you need two switches and that's the bummer ok let's talk about games so at this point I've had to switch for about two weeks I beat Zelda it's fantastic I don't know if it deserves a tenner to ten but it's really good fast our max is also pretty good it feels like f-zero one to switch and super Bomberman are are terrible I kind of regret buying them I wish I could get my money back now before the switch launched I remember looking at the list of like confirmed game and I remember not being very impressed there were a handful of first party titles so these are games made by a Nintendo themselves and then there's a lot of indie titles I don't know the exact number but it sounds like 50 or 60 percent of the confirmed games were developed by independent studios so I was like hmm I don't know because seriously it doesn't matter how good your first party titles are you need solid third party titles but that's them you're going to fail consumers want them consumers need them to make a system growth but now that it's played with hardware and seeing how good the dock and the controls were I see the light the indie games are going to do well some of these are games already owned on Steam and I've played them before but they are a better experience on the switch they're perfect for TV consoles and handheld devices or these handheld devices with physical controls I legitimately think that indie games will carry the switch to success traditionally console development is more complicated you have to pick up a dev kit you have to kind of go through a whole bunch of Hoops go to publish it on to a console this time Nintendo is doing what they can to kind of make things a little bit easier if you have a good game you pitched the idea to Nintendo if they like it and they think it's like a good fit for the switch to let you develop and you're set they've already partnered up with some really awesome indie Studios like chuckle fish Double Fine team17 devolver digital these guys have some really awesome titles under their belt Nintendo knows what's up and they're actively looking for games that are just a really good fit for the switch so they want things that are good for TV and handheld mode they want games that are going to make use of the thumbsticks they want games that Nintendo players want to play and this time unlike the Wii U developers know exactly what the switch is for and they're going to tune their games to fit nicely into this column so this is a game called ghost song it's an independent game being developed by Matt white a friend of mine I've played the demos and I think it's going to be a fantastic Metroid style game when it's finished it's not a switch game right now it's being built for Steam but this is the caliber of game that any developers can bring to the market right now it plays way better with a controller and the game like this is exactly the type of third-party content that Nintendo trying to deliver really good stuff that people actually want to play the important third-party titles are these indie games things like binding of issac shovel knight terraria these are games that have very strong followings and now they're going to be available on a $300 console with standardized physical controls to player capability right out of the box and Nvidia chipset that's like relatively simple to program for and support by unity like that's one of the most common 3d flash 2-d game development tools right now it's this is seriously a developer's dream people are going to make some really awesome games of the system okay so the Nintendo switch has pretty good hardware it's not like earth-shattering performance but it's got a couple tricks up its sleeve and I like it the accessories are expensive but in the end of the day the only thing that matters are the games and I think a year from now we'll have a handful of first party Nintendo games that are pretty solid but a huge selection of third-party titles and I think a big part of those are going to be independent games but they're going to be good that's the end of this video hope you guys enjoyed it thumbs we liked it subs we loved it I'll see you guys next time