Oh, I missed that. That's actually a bit surprising since Hori usually makes very high quality stuff.

Hori are well-known for their high quality controllers of all kinds. It's pretty sad that they put out a piece of garbage like this.

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.

but they also sell an official, better quality one, 1080p, without the flower [matt gray](https://youtu.be/RaM9XPTRl4w) made a camera cover for it

Absolutely no reason to buy it unless you love the design. Third party webcams will work with the switch 2.

lol, I can't make up my mind if it will be fun or annoying to play Mario Kart with you.

Charging premium while delivering worse than Ali-express

My experience with Hori has been terrible, highly rated controller went to shit in months with drift and buttons drop inputs when held down

Not in my experience, Hori shit breaks in no time. Modern madcatz garbage

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?

I got the light version of this as a joke birthday present. It plugs into a USB slot and makes an anemic light source. Haven't used it much in summer but it might have some limited utility in winter.

That's unfortunate. Did you try anything with the warranty? I'm curious what that experience is like. I have a SF4 arcade stick that's more than 15 years old now, still going strong.

They could have gotten a good deal on binned HD+ ones where they just were able to lower the resolution instead.

I just don't think the software is going to be good enough to get me to fork over for this console and peripherals this time. I grew up a Nintendo kid, but I'll most likely be sitting this generation out. They want way too much for way too little.

back in the day they did but not really any more

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.

It's not an official Nintendo product.

Nintendo takes pride in using outdated hardware. Kinda cool in some cases kinda "wtf" in others.

Ok, I'll *bite*. Why does a game console need a webcam?

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.