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Don't buy that cute Switch 2 Piranha Plant camera - it's rubbish
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This post did not contain any content.It sucks because it’s cute. I like piranha plants in general. Honestly though I don’t expect more from Hori. When I saw it was there’s and not Nintendo propers I was instantly hesitant. I just wanted a cute webcam for my work office.
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I mean, it kinda makes sense as a webcam for only being used with the Switch 2... from a 'minimum viable product' standpoint. 4 picture in picture windows of 640 x 480 on a 1920 x 1080 screen? Eh, good enough, rofl. I mean yeah, this is a joke, I also had a 640 x 480 webcam 20 years ago... but its very clear Nintendo has pivoted to the 'milk all the accumulated goodwill out of our customer base' phase of grand corporate strategy. They've gone full Mr. Krabs.
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Surprised you can even get such shit sensors anymore. Surely it's cheaper to get the mass produced HD+ ones nowadays? Or did someone find a warehouse of 90s trash?
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To allow for a live avatar. For example when playing Mario Kart online you can see the reactions of your friends your playing with. When you hit someone with a red shell and they make a mad face, you get to see it. Microphones have been in gaming for a while, this is just the next step. Now... Is any of that necessary? No, not really. Is it kinda neat? Maybe for some.
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TL;DR 640x480 This should be illegal. We had webcams like this 20 years ago. But Nintendo customers seem to enjoy outdated hardware. It's a tradition at this point
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TL;DR 640x480 This should be illegal. We had webcams like this 20 years ago. But Nintendo customers seem to enjoy outdated hardware. It's a tradition at this point
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TL;DR 640x480 This should be illegal. We had webcams like this 20 years ago. But Nintendo customers seem to enjoy outdated hardware. It's a tradition at this pointI just read that this camera is used to animate avatars. I'm sure they won't be using tons of processing power to read facial expressions. Are there going to be any games that actually make use of the camera as a camera? If so, I just imagine people sending their dicks or memes over the camera.
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To Hori, a company that makes fairly decent third-party controllers. They likely had a reasonable expectation that the product wouldn't be shit. It disgusts me to defend Nintendo in anything but this just isn't their fault.
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Nintendo takes pride in using outdated hardware. Kinda cool in some cases kinda "wtf" in others.
