Fans har længe udskældt funktionen, som Nintendo så sent som i sidste måned udgav en opdatering til. Med udgivelsen af Fortnite viste udviklere ellers, at det godt kunne lade sig gøre at lave in-game chat. Det er dog ikke noget Nintendo har taget til sig og skal man tro Reggies udmelding sker det heller ikke foreløbig.
Han fortæller i et nyt interview, at grunden til, at det gøres via telefonen er, at telefonen er langt mere tilgængelig da du altid har den med dig. I en Mario Party trailer viser Nintendo også, at man tænker det er lettere at inddrage backseat gamere hvis det foregår via mobilen.
"Nintendo's approach is to do things differently. We have a much different suite of experiences than our competitors offer, and we do that in a different way. This creates a sort of yin and yang for our consumers. They’re excited about cloud saves and legacy content but wish we might deliver voice chat a different way, for example.
"What we see is a situation where we know that Nintendo Switch is being played in the open, at a park, on a metro bus. We believe the easiest way for you to connect and have a peer-to-peer experience with voice chat is with your mobile phone. It’s always there, it’s always with you."
"What we see is a situation where we know that Nintendo Switch is being played in the open, at a park, on a metro bus. We believe the easiest way for you to connect and have a peer-to-peer experience with voice chat is with your mobile phone. It’s always there, it’s always with you."
Hvad synes du om Nintendos måde at løse voice chat på og giver Reggies udtalelse mening for dig?
[8-Bit] MoNkEy
#1Hader at man skal bruge en lallet app for at kunne snakke med folk når man spiller Switch.
Med hans udtalelse ser det desværre ud til at de ikke har tænkt sig at lave det om foreløbigt.
Sad, sad times