February 24, 2017

Nintendo Lied Already: No Bluetooth on the Switch

jamie0003 posted...
The thing that annoys me about all this is Nintendo's messaging on the whole thing. Bluetooth support was confirmed, so I bought myself a pair of beats X as I hate the idea of having to have multiple pairs of headphones on me at all times, and of course the iPhone and many other phones now are ditching the headphone jack, which means you either carry adapters which is dumb, or you get a pair of Bluetooth headphones.

Then all of a sudden, Nintendo retract this statement a week before launch. If they were clearer on this stuff from the get go it wouldn't be an issue.

I can live with this decision, and if they allow you to use your phone to route audio offline on the go, I suppose this won't be an issue but it's going to have a negative impact on battery life of both devices.

I really hope they enable Bluetooth in future software updates, and remove the dumb requirement of using an app for voice chat. The option of using this is nice, but don't force it on us Nintendo...

It's why I have held off on anything that's considered an accessory until after the launch. Bluetooth headset, portable battery, even with extra controllers.

Thought about getting a Pro controller, but that was only if I seriously needed a D-Pad, and if I didn't, then I could just get another set of Joycons to work as an additional 2 controllers for 4-player. But then again, I think there was something about the possibility of previous system controllers working, so I held off on extra controllers altogether for the possibility of something like Wii remotes or Wii U Pro controllers working (I have 2 of the former, 1 of the latter).

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