{"id":115951,"date":"2017-03-08T12:29:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T10:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=115951"},"modified":"2017-03-08T12:30:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T10:30:39","slug":"a-pc-gamers-perspective-on-the-nintendo-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/115951-a-pc-gamers-perspective-on-the-nintendo-switch","title":{"rendered":"A PC gamer&#8217;s perspective on the Nintendo Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, Nintendo&#8217;s colourful new console released last week and people have finally had time to get their hands on the new system, but what are their impressions?<\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s still early to tell (there\u00a0aren&#8217;t\u00a0too many games out just yet), but with the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, 1-2 Switch, and a few other exciting games on the device, it&#8217;s fair to say that journos now have an idea of what the Switch can deliver.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2017\/03\/08\/nintendo-switch-review?page=2\" target=\"_blank\">IGN<\/a> says that the console is &#8220;nicely built and cleverly designed to be used in a variety of ways, but ultimately, the Switch doesn\u2019t do any one of the many things it can do without some sort of significant compromise.&#8221; On the other hand, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2017-03-08-switch-has-redesigned-portable-gaming-forever\" target=\"_blank\">Eurogamer<\/a> says &#8220;the Switch is portable gaming redesigned, with no boundaries and next to no compromise&#8221;, which is a bit of a contradiction to IGN&#8217;s thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>So, where does that leave us? PC enthusiasts and YouTube reviewers <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LinusTechTips\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinusTechTips<\/a><\/strong> got their paws on the Switch to give their thoughts on Nintendo&#8217;s new console, and we think they&#8217;ve done a pretty stellar job with their review.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NINTENDO SWITCH - A PC Gamer&#039;s Perspective\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8GsXbuR23WU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Article\u00a0originally published on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>Now read:\u00a0<a title=\"Permalink to Moments when video games failed us\" href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/115861-moments-when-video-games-failed-us.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Moments when video games failed us<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nintendo Switch is a totally different gaming experience&#8230; but is that a good thing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":115953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[155,1966,2664,73,22983,22949],"class_list":["post-115951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo","tag-console","tag-games","tag-gaming","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-switch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}