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).
Before people bother viewing the race I wish they'd correct some of their issues:
- They change their points and/or playoff system, on average, every two years and it seems to get worse each time.
- They change rules, such as their lugnut rule, so often that the rule sometimes changes multiple times within a season.
- They have a charter system that alienates smaller teams on smaller budgets. Yet people wonder why the Daytona 500 only attracts 42 cars now instead of 62 like a decade ago or why they had to reduce the size of their field to 40 (and they still don’t always even get that many).
- Their television ratings have steadily been decreasing.
- Their ticket sales have fallen to the point tracks are ripping tens of thousands of seats out or covering empty seats with giant tarps. Maybe because you’re overpriced.
- Sponsors are leaving the sport at a greater rate than others are entering and the ones that are entering are not bringing as much cash to the table as their predecessors.
- They have steadily been getting paid less for title sponsorship, so much now that Monster is only paying half of what Sprint did per season while Sprint only paid a portion of what Nextel did.
- “Debris” cautions
- Lucky Dog and wave around gimmicks to keep cars on the lead lap since some races only finish with 25% of the field on the lead lap even though there were a dozen cautions during the race.
- The mandating of a rule requiring drivers to run 100% but if they beat and bang they get fined.
- Finishes that seem…manipulated…such as Homestead last year. Throw a yellow almost immediately for a car with a blown tire that has not made contact with anyone or anything and is running well off the racing surface but a car hits the wall on the restart and grinds to a stop and you wait ¾ of a lap to throw the caution. It’s all for TV right?
Clarence Johnson
