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Volterra_90 on 20 October 2016
curl-6 said:
Volterra_90 said:

That's what I was wondering, if it's really possible to achieve that nowadays (unless Nvidia did some wizardry), and what would be the price. I think that anything which costs more than 300€ would be a commercial suicide. So I'm expecting Nintendo to do their own thing, the console will be underpowered, but cheap and with an attractive and highly marketable concept. That will probably mean no AAA third party support. And I still don't think it's necessary to the console's sucess tbh. I think competing with MS/Sony is quite absurd. That train just left time ago.

Still, if we combine the support the 3DS had regarding 3rd pary games , plus Nintendo exclusives, would make a pretty awesome system. With that saying, it wouldn't hurt anyone to try to get ports of popular games. I still think it's not that relevant in the console's sucess since Nintendo is crearly going on a different way. 

I think Switch lives or dies on its price point and software. If it's $250 USD or less with killer software, it could do rather well.

If it's $300 or over and has a Wii-U-esque library, it hasn't got a snowball's chance in hell.

They need to play to their strengths; make it cheap and accessible, not expensive and niche.

Yep, I totally agree. At this point, I think price will be the most important factor to suceed. It won't depend on power or third party support. It will depend on price, marketing, and a healthy library of games. I think that with Nintendo making games in just one platform, we could say goodbye to the WiiU drougths. I hope so.



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KLAMarine on 20 October 2016

Specs don't make the game, baby! The game makes the game.



Kowan on 20 October 2016

So that would mean the Skyrim on Switch will just be the normal Skyrim and not the remastered?



wombat123 on 20 October 2016
Volterra_90 said:
curl-6 said:

I think Switch lives or dies on its price point and software. If it's $250 USD or less with killer software, it could do rather well.

If it's $300 or over and has a Wii-U-esque library, it hasn't got a snowball's chance in hell.

They need to play to their strengths; make it cheap and accessible, not expensive and niche.

Yep, I totally agree. At this point, I think price will be the most important factor to suceed. It won't depend on power or third party support. It will depend on price, marketing, and a healthy library of games. I think that with Nintendo making games in just one platform, we could say goodbye to the WiiU drougths. I hope so.

I don't think it can sell at the same price point as the PS4/xbox1 if it ends up being weaker than those two because I can easily see the average gamer irrationally think of it as a lesser machine regardless of the NS's portability.  Nintendo is marketing it as a home console and that's how a lot of people are going to judge it.



umegames on 20 October 2016
Hiku said:
Faelco said:

Yeah, but you can't trust any leak about NX/Switch, all leaks ended up completely false, come on! ^^

The more "reliable" ones ended up completely true. Some chinese hardware manufacturer claimed that NX would use cartridges, iirc. Eurogamer said NX was exactly what it turned out to be. Pokemon Company CEO's description turned out to be true as well. Then we heard some WiiU games were going to be ported to NX from seemingly confident reports. We've seen Zelda, and what looks like Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 ports. I'm expecting Smash and Mario Maker to join the roster as well.
I don't know about this guy though.

But this info is interesting. We still don't know for sure if the docking station provides any additional processing, which could circumvent this problem when playing ona  TV:
But it looks unlikely judging by the teaser trailer.

Wasn't there something about the docking station providing a boost in power from one of those patents that was discovered 3 or 4 months ago? i can't recall a link or source, but the image of those patents is stuck in my head.



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Mr Puggsly on 21 October 2016
celador said:
Sh1nn said:

If these specs are true, this console is not fast enough to run Xbox One 900p ports at reduced 720p resolution. Quality also needs to be slightly scaled down. But these are rumoured specs, hopefully the real specs are a bit higher. I would like to see a new Pascal based GPU.

That third party support list is going to dry up fast if that is true

Third party support depends on sales. I mean Wii ports existed with PS2-ish graphics.

I'd be content if it simply had the power of a Wii U. Games on that device have been stunning a fraction of X1 power.



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setsunatenshi on 21 October 2016
binary solo said:
setsunatenshi said:
Handheld confirmed if the specs are legit. A powerful handheld at that though.

Hope it's successful so there's the chance for sony to see some viability for a psp3

There's no viability for 2 handheld consoles IMO. Smart phone gaming is the main mobile market. Handheld console is now niche. I don't see a niche market being able to sustain two products.

I hope the TV base unit isn't a mere docking station and that it actually has processing capability to boost the resolution. Should be like the PSVR, which actually does some work and doesn't just receive the image and put it in front of your eye.

Well we would need to know how profitable the vita is being for Sony. In an abstract way, I do agree that mobile has eaten into the handheld market, but that doesn't mean the market is not there still.

I think Nintendo is on to something with this, not as a competitor for the regular home consoles as it won't replace any of them. But a more beefed up type of handheld (with perhaps some phone abilities), I think that could definitely find a big market. The main problem will be a form factor of how to get the typical controller imbued into what can pass as a 'normal' phone/phablet.

So yeah, best of luck for Nintendo with this handheld, hope it pans out for them :)



Game_God on 21 October 2016
wombat123 said:
Volterra_90 said:

Yep, I totally agree. At this point, I think price will be the most important factor to suceed. It won't depend on power or third party support. It will depend on price, marketing, and a healthy library of games. I think that with Nintendo making games in just one platform, we could say goodbye to the WiiU drougths. I hope so.

I don't think it can sell at the same price point as the PS4/xbox1 if it ends up being weaker than those two because I can easily see the average gamer irrationally think of it as a lesser machine regardless of the NS's portability.  Nintendo is marketing it as a home console and that's how a lot of people are going to judge it.

If they succeed in market-tricking the consumers to believe it's home console, maybe it can have some success, a gamer with eyes will see the Switch for what it really is: a handheld with tv output... I'm sorry but handheld form factor, screen, battery, cartridges & mobile components make it a handheld, plain & simple, yes it does have a tv output but so did the PSP!!!

If you don't agree, well eat my shorts ;P



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AZWification on 21 October 2016

Zlatan should stop messing around with Switch specs and instead be a better player for Utd.



                
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COKTOE on 21 October 2016

Oh no if true.  540p, on a tv in 2017? :(



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