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New Improved Switch Now Available
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Did this last night at my local GameStop, took about an hour to transfer everything over to the new system between my account and the few others I had on the system.
Your cloud saves and Nintendo account can't be wiped unless you actually wipe them on purpose... You can lose your Switch tomorrow and as long as you don't have any games that don't support/have cloud saves, nothing will be lost.Just make sure that all games that you care about actually had automatic cloud saving turned on.
I have the same one and flew from JFK to Johannesburg without issue.
Seems like Smyth Toys will have it in the next couple of weeks but is store dependent so some may have it now . John Lewis and Game also have no idea when they are expecting stock.
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Gotcha. So I should be able to unselect the Switch as my primary device, Format the device/SD card and just get the new one, log myself in, redownload games on to my formatted SD card again and load my saves from the cloud (as long as the games' saves were uploaded).
TGC said they're expecting it in the next couple of weeks as well.
I plan to trade mine in today for a newer version.
Do you have to have both consoles to transfer or you can just trade in the old one, go home with the new one and do everything from home?
Is there anything I should do with my current switch?
Took less than a half hour to transfer. I deleted all saves that were backed up through NSO and left Pokemon Let's Go, Splatoon 2, Fortnite, and Minecraft. I did forget to backup screenshots and videos from the microSD card, but all videos have been uploaded to Youtube and I don't value most of the screenshots I had. Forgot that Switch doesn't like a microSD card from another console, regardless of any transfer of profile.
More of the time spent had to do with signing in with a randomized password and 2FA enabled, and two system updates (one for transferring, another for microSD support). The actual transfer in store of 500MB took about 1-2 minutes. To their credit, the download speed for firmware updates was pretty quick for having supposedly "bad" internet.
Now in the process of downloading software/cloud saves again. Not at home so it will take a while.
More of the time spent had to do with signing in with a randomized password and 2FA enabled, and two system updates (one for transferring, another for microSD support). The actual transfer in store of 500MB took about 1-2 minutes. To their credit, the download speed for firmware updates was pretty quick for having supposedly "bad" internet.
Now in the process of downloading software/cloud saves again. Not at home so it will take a while.
Man between the JoyCon wobble elimination and the battery life, I'm extremely tempted to do this.
Just worried about losing saves, etc...I know it probably wouldn't be a problem but I'm paranoid about that kind of stuff.
the only thing keeping me from doing this trade in is me banking on both of my first-run, hackable switches being worth more than 225 by the time the next revision rolls around. the one i use on a daily basis always had pretty poor battery life from the start but i feel like trading it in would be a mistake.
BUT Price heavily changes in my region
i mean increases too much
Ho, ok, fair enough
It can be really expensive in some countries indeed...
I believe your Switch photos, videos, etc. are still on your sd card. Unless you PC formatted it. I could be wrong though.
You could always buy a month of NSO for safety if you're really gonna worried about your saves.
Oh I have a NSO membership, I know they should be saved...just an irrational fear that I'll get over lol.
In theory it should be the same price as the previous Switch since it's just replacing that one, yeah? Hopefully they don't jack it up too much for you :\
yup thats a bummer
i really hope so mate
At Argos, they are expecting new Switch shipments from Nintendo on the 18th and 29th of August. I'd hope that they would be the new models. With it being a catalogue store though, can't see the item until you pay for it.
If you look on the Argos site now the only switch listings they have either come with the Fortnite download items or the £30 voucher.
I'd assume that the new switch would come under a separate listing to these two! I'll keep an eye out on the 18th, thanks for the info.
You are right! I didn't think to check after all was done, but took the formatting message at face value. Thanks!
That's a good point, old Switch items do list the battery length time so it should likely have a new catalogue number. I'm slightly concerned Argos may not set a new number which causes more call complaints for me...
Maan i just got one of these and it looks like there are scratches on the bezels
edit: they all came off with a microfiber cloth. idk what those were then. i blame the plastic packaging
edit: they all came off with a microfiber cloth. idk what those were then. i blame the plastic packaging
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Hrm. Not bad. My joycons have the connection issues too. So I could solve that at the same time as getting more battery life.
Just traded in old Switch with about 8 games split between PS4 and Switch. Walked away with $380 so I put $300 on brand new Switch. Had the $80 left so I grabbed a $20 eShop card for upcoming sales then preordered some games to help out the associate. Feels good, these promos make me think I robbed Gamestop though lol...
i just called my GameStop and the dude didn't even know about these, then told me they haven't gotten them in. seems kinda odd with all of the success stories i'm seeing here.
Can someone tell me what happens to your friends code and list if you don't do a system transfer? I would hope that Friend codes and lists are tied to your Nintendo account but they do things so differently that, who knows.
The dude at my GameStop had no clue they were out either, my suggestion would be to have them look for that specific red switch box.
Friend's list is tied to your Online Account and not tied to your system.
Didn't even think of a warranty. Never bought one for my PS4, that ran well up until a couple months ago when it started giving this weird "cinematic" glitching sound.
Is there any warranty better than the one Amazon provides? Is it too late to get 1 day after purchase?
Is there any warranty better than the one Amazon provides? Is it too late to get 1 day after purchase?
Perfect not much in the way from me just wipinh out my old switch and redownloading all my stuff after I get home with the new unit
I have a weird question about the system transfer process as I am strongly considering picking the new model up for the added battery - when you transfer everything, will the tiles for the games you have on your account (card or digital) still be displayed on the switch menu? Or do they only come back when you re-download digital titles or re-insert cards? I like having all the tiles visible.
Also, do your play time counters come over as well? I know it doesn't really do anything, but I like to see how much I have played certain games.
Also, do your play time counters come over as well? I know it doesn't really do anything, but I like to see how much I have played certain games.
The GameStop deal made me break and go ahead and replace om OG Switch. Reinstalling everything now while I work.
I literally bought mine less than an hour ago. I didn't do a transfer and just relinked my account and my playtime was restored.
I literally bought mine less than an hour ago. I didn't do a transfer and just relinked my account and my playtime was restored.
Uhhh anyone else notice these motion artifacts? I was thinking of upgrading, but am not so sure anymore...
Sounds like a faulty unit. Didn't notice anything like that on mine
lol.. talk about hyperbole.
Mine is a launch unit and it still is 10/10.
So many people to quote but yeah, just ignore the multiple complaints about Switch parts breaking, Joy Cons drifting, card slots falling, screen getting damaged, kickstands simply stopping working, etc.
Seriously considering doing this. I just picked up NSO with the vouchers, so all I have to do is transfer my saves to the cloud before going into the store, right?
