Nintendo Switch : 100% gaming related console !

Just a few weeks from the release date, March 3rd, Nintendo Switch has unveiled a little bit more. After we knew the new console will have a particular online service, this time the president of Nintendo confirm that NS won't have a web browser.

In an interview with Time, Tatsumi Kimishima said: "In terms of the internet browser, since all of our efforts have gone toward making Switch an amazing dedicated video game platform, it will not support it, at least at launch,"

This is due to Nintendo focusing solely on building a gaming console rather than random one, although there is hope that something might be launched in the future.

Nintendo has admitted it was challenging to create the Wii U's browser; the company may have decided that in order to meet its deadline, a browser wouldn't make the cut.

However, this might complicate things:the Switch is billed as a system that can be taken and played anywhere, but without a web browser there is no way to access public Wi-Fi networks that require a sign-in from a browser. In addition, the fact that the switch is robbed from a web browser has annoyed the fans. 
Actually, there is enough gadgets - smartphones, smart TV, tablets that relativize the lack. In contrast, we won't have access to YouTube or Netflix which gave us the possibility to benefit from its offline content, it was supposed even then to watch our favorite movies outside, on 720p display.

For everything related to multimedia we need to forget the switch, assuming we cannot blame Nintendo for making a 100% gaming related console.

That said, you have to ask whether the Switch really needs a web browser. A browser takes up a lot of system memory, so not having one ensures that the console will be working solely on gaming, something that’ll be particularly important when it’s in tablet mode with regards to impact on performance and battery life.

We tend to turn to our phones to look things up online when we’re gaming, as it doesn’t pull us away from the moment – and considering the quality of the browsers available on phones right now it’d be difficult for Nintendo to compete.

This latest Nintendo Switch news has raised concerns among fans interested in playing the console online while on the go. “Public Wi-Fi typically requires the user to sign into a portal. Without a web browser how are we expected to open the web portal and sign in,” one user wrote on Reddit. Others debating the problem said they hoped some form of pop-up option would be incorporated into the Nintendo Switch, much like in Android and iOS devices.

Some also pointed out that whatever Nintendo plan to do, hackers are almost certainly going to cause a few problems.

To conclude, in the interview, Tatsumi Kimishima mentioned virtual reality, he explained Nintendo is making researches about it in order to find the best approch in terms of gaming experience.

Meanwhile, Nintendo took the opportunity to publish a detailed video about The Switch Hardware :