Comment by bhouston
2 days ago
Arg, they make the screen look absolutely huge with that large front glass panel during most of the video and I was thinking to myself, nice! But then at the end they actually show how large the bezels are underneath the glass and it is quite disappointing. Someday we'll have modern smartphone like mini-bezels (a few mm at most) in our handheld gaming consoles, but I guess not yet.
Screen estate all to the edge of the device can be annoying too, just a wrinkle on your clothes will then cover a bit of the screen.
Play with no clothes on, problem solved.
Yes, because our chiseled bellies don’t get in the way.
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Commando gaming is a time-honored tradition!
You clearly have not seen the wrinkles on my body.
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It's not a tablet. It has physical controllers. You don't use a switch by grabbing the screen.
well, first, the Switch does have a touch screen.... =)
but I think parent poster is referring to the somewhat common situation with portable devices where you're watching/playing in bed and the device is propped up on a pillow or blanket or something
There are many people who do though, and there are many games that heavily utilize the touchscreen.
Gotta leave something for the Nintendo Switch 2 OLED
And upsell a magnifying lens to make the screen bigger.
/s
(1) https://www.thevintagegamers.com/2013/11/game-boy-screen-mag...
I’ll never understand why people hate bezels so much. They have no bearing on the screen size, but merely offer a basis for comparison when you’re looking at the screen.
What's not to understand? If the bezels were smaller, either the screen would be larger or the system would be smaller. Both are desirable.
Personal opinion, but I didn't really have that reaction. That screen is still significantly bigger than the Switch 1.
Honestly it looks like a great size and if the bezels were smaller, it might be a problem to grip the device (with joycons detached) without hitting the touch screen.
The switch isn't a handheld though. It's way too big to be a viable replacement for a 3DS in that regard, Nintendo just gave up on that market segment for whatever reason.
Phones have a lot of that market covered, and the Switch Lite gets close enough for a lot of people who want something other than a phone.
I guess Nintendo don't see enough left over space to bother trying.
Oh, sneaky! I fell into the trap without even realizing. Thanks for pointing it out!
Microbezels are aesthetically great but practically horrible.
Having some practical space to grab onto wins at the end of the day, we presumably use these things instead of having one sit looking happy on a bookshelf.
> Having some practical space to grab onto wins at the end of the day,
I guess I hold onto the controller parts on the sides, not the center component. It isn't a tablet.
It's a portable device, at some point or another I'm going to handle it without the side controllers. Having some place to grab the thing is basic ergonomics, much less something designed with kids in mind.
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At the same time, a larger handheld to fit those big bezels is unfortunate because we don't have a proper replacement for the gameboy/ds line.
Maybe they wanted more battery life without making it thicker? I want to see what the teardown looks like.
Do we know if the aspect ratio is the same? Maybe they're demonstrating Switch 1 games that have a slightly different aspect ratio, but can be updated to fit the new screen in the future?
That's a new Mario Kart game they're showing on the screen, not the Switch 1 version.
I didn't realize. That's disappointing